Cygnus 2 Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Cygnus 2 Review

Cygnus (greek for swan) is a northern constellation between Lyra and Pegasus in the Milky Way, and it resembles a swan as you can clearly see outlined in the backdrop of Cygnus 2. The Egypt setting has been replaced by an observatory of some kind, with the starry night sky clearly visible above the grid. The features are pretty similar to the original Cygnus, so the biggest changes are found in the math model.

The leap from a 5,000x to a 50,000x max win is hard to characterize as anything but astronomical, but you pay the price in the form of a far lower 94 % RTP. The gravity mechanic is satisfying to behold, as usual, and especially when multiplier or bonus symbols tumble their way towards the leftmost grid frame. This is how the multiplier increases and the bonus round triggers, and you can learn all about the features below.

Cygnus 2 Slot - Reels Screen

Cygnus 2 Slot Features

The symbols pay between 0.2 and 15 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and Wild symbols substitute for pay symbols to help complete wins. The Avalanche mechanic removes all winning symbols, while also dropping a new batch of symbols from above. This is when the gravity mechanic kicks in, and symbols tumble to the left or right after each drop.

Each Avalanche drop expands the grid with 1 row, which can give you up to 262,144 ways with 8 rows in total.

Multiplier symbols come with numerical values of 2, 3, 5 or 10, but the multiplier is only activated if the multiplier symbol touches the left-most grid frame. The multiplier symbol then turns wild, and the multiplier value is added to the global win multiplier. The multiplier will boost any subsequent wins from that point forward, but everything resets on the next paid spin. If multiplier symbols end up at the bottom of rows 2-6, they are transported to the column directly to the left.

The Bonus Round triggers when a single bonus symbol touches the leftmost grid frame. This awards 7 free drops, and any active base game multiplier is carried over into the feature.

You get +3 extra drops per bonus symbol that makes it to the leftmost grid frame during the bonus round, and the feature plays out similarly to the base game. The big difference is that the multiplier never resets during the feature. Bonus symbols are transported to the left if they hit the bottom, just like multiplier symbols.

The X-iter feature buy menu is packed with goodies as usual, and here’s an overview of what eligible players can expect (it’s not available in the UK for sure):

• Bonus Hunt - more than double your bonus round chances for 2x the regular stake.
• Multiplier - pay 10x your stake for a guaranteed multiplier drop.
• Multiplier Wilds - pay 25x your stake for wild multiplier symbols.
• Bonus - pay 100x your stake to trigger the bonus round.
• Super Bonus - pay 500x your stake for the bonus round where multiplier symbols are wild.

The 200 Spins Cygnus 2 Slot Experience

Nothing too exciting happened for us in the base game, so you can safely skip to 0:55, where we purchase the Super Bonus Round. The triggering spin went on for quite a while, so the actual feature starts at the 2-minute mark. It plays out for the remainder of the 5:20-minute highlights video, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The refreshing nocturnal Egypt setting in the first game has been replaced by an observatory in what seems to be medieval times, but the gameplay itself is pretty close to the original. The math model of Cygnus 2 has gone through some drastic changes though, and the 50,000x win cap places this release next to Nitropolis 3 at the very top of ELK’s catalog in terms of potential. This is a 10x increase, but the 94 % RTP will probably be a deal-breaker for some players.

It’s all about building the win multiplier in this follow-up as well, while crossing your fingers for a bonus symbol that is able to make it all the way to the leftmost side. The X-iter menu was not present in the original release, so eligible players get plenty of exciting options to choose from.

We only wish the Super Bonus was possible to trigger organically also, but overall this is a very solid follow-up that will please most Cygnus fans.

Pros

• Avalanche grid expansion and Gravity mechanic
• Multiplier symbols increase the win multiplier
• FS w/ persistent non-resetting multiplier
• X-iter feature buy menu (not UK)
• Win up to 50,000x your stake

Cons

• 94 % RTP is well below average

If you love Cygnus 2 Slot you should also try:

Cygnus - comes with the massive pyramid of Giza in the background, and the multiplier doubles up to x64 as multiplier scatters hit the bottom of the grid. The bonus round comes with a fully expanded grid and sticky multiplier symbols, and the max win is 5,000x your stake.

Coba - is another powerful ELK Studios release, and it comes with a Mayan-theme centered around snakes. Collected winning symbols can unleash up to 6 symbol snakes, and they move around to eat matching symbols in order to grow in size. Multipliers are also part of the equation, and the max win is 25,000x your stake.

IO - comes with a similar cosmic setting, although you’re orbiting a planet in this ELK gravity mechanic installment. You can look forward to Wild Forge multiplier action, laser symbol transformations, as well as a bonus round with charged wilds and sticky wild forge. The max win is 5,000x your stake.

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