Rocket Reels Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Rocket Reels Review

Hacksaw has found a formula that works, and with their creative abilities the template can probably be used for countless installments without ever getting old. Their mobile-friendly Pocketz range is already overflowing with simple, yet potent and entertaining releases, and Rocket Reels is another solid effort topped off by the signature innovative twist.

Different colored rocks, asteroids and planets fill the 7x7 grid, and winning clusters ‘pop’ to make room for more combinations. Everything is accompanied by an upbeat soundtrack, but the alien planet backdrop is a bit dark and indistinct. The real fun starts when 3+ rocket symbols land, as these take off to leave multipliers behind, and a UFO can sometimes swoop in to prolong cascading sequences after the rocket launch has triggered.

Rocket Reels Slot - Reels Screen

Rocket Reels Slot Features

You win by landing 5 to 15+ matching symbols in a cluster (vertically or horizontally) anywhere on the 7x7 grid. The premium planet/asteroid symbols pay between 150 and 300 x your stake for 15+ in a cluster, and wilds can land anywhere to help you complete winning clusters. The wilds hold no value of their own, however.

All winning clusters are removed from the grid via the Cascading Wins feature, and new/existing symbols will then drop down to fill the gaps. This process repeats as long as you keep winning, awarding indefinite “extra wins” per round.

There are 3 types of Multiplier Rocket symbols that can land anywhere, and you need 3+ at the same time to trigger the Rocket Launch feature in the base game.

The rockets take off as the cascading sequence ends, and they remove all symbols above as they exit the screen. The affected reel positions are filled with multipliers, and these affect any winning clusters that form as new symbols cascade down to fill the gaps.

If you get more than one multiplier overlaid on the same winning cluster, the multiplier values are added together before being applied. The multipliers remain in place for the whole cascading sequence that might follow a rocket launch. The multiplier values left behind vary within the following ranges per rocket type:

• Rocket 1 (ice cream cone shape) awards multipliers of either x1, x2, x3, x4 or x5.
• Rocket 2 (triangle shape) awards multipliers of either x10, x15 or x20.
• Rocket 3 (round shape) awards multipliers of either x25, x50 or x75.

A UFO can appear at random times after the rocket launch feature has played out. It will hover above the reels and “abduct” between 20 and all 49 symbols on the grid.

A new batch of symbols will then cascade down, and the UFO can appear both in the base game and during the bonus round.

You need 3 astronaut scatters anywhere in view in the same cascading sequence to trigger the Bonus Round. This awards 8 free spins, and all rockets that land in the bonus round will launch no matter how many you land at the same time. Non-UK players can purchase the feature for 129x the total stake (RTP of 96.34 %), and this awards a spin where 3 astronaut scatters are guaranteed to land.

The 200 Spins Rocket Reels Slot Experience

You get to see some cascading wins and a few ineffective rocket launches, before we purchase the bonus round at 1:08 into the 4-minute highlights video. We got lucky towards the end, when 5 rockets landed close to the bottom of reels 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. In addition, the UFO showed up to prolong the sequence, and you can see it all for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

While many developers struggle for a good while, Hacksaw Gaming found their voice pretty much from the get-go. Their excellent and mobile friendly Pocketz range is filled with nuggets similar to Rocket Reels, but they always include certain innovative tweaks to make each a unique experience. Per usual, the grid slot style game is all about cascading cluster wins and multipliers.

It’s fun to see the rockets take off and leave multipliers up to x75 in their wake, but it can also be frustrating when nothing connects to take advantage of them. When the cosmos is on your side however, and aliens conspire to help you out, sudden and massive payouts up to 10,000x can be landed.

Once again, Hacksaw makes it look so simple, and this is another neat and charming installment that’s well worth checking out.

Pros

• Cascading cluster wins engine
• 3+ rockets leave behind multipliers up to x75
• Random UFO symbol removal
• All rockets take of in the bonus round
• Win up to 10,000x your stake

Cons

• 129x Bonus Buy not for UK players

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