Boom

Review

Origins are a branch of a larger company, and the team has many releases. We were intrigued when we first heard about the slot, but, we weren’t expecting all that much from it. The final result, however, is complex and good. We’ll walk you through everything it offers, and we’ll start with its playing field, which offers 5 reels, 3 rows and 50 paylines in the base game.

The theme is all about explosions, and its audiovisuals are all over the place. It’s not bad, and we get what the designers were going for, but some players might consider the graphics to be somewhat messy.

Let’s now move onto the slot’s mathematical model. The volatility level is medium here, and the top jackpot is worth 10,000x your bet. The slot’s min bet is £0.10, while the most you can play for is £450 per spin. Finally, the default theoretical RTP is 96.59%, which is nicely above average.

Slot Features

You can look forward to 9 standard pay symbols, which are divided into 5 low-paying symbols and 4 high-paying symbols. For low-paying symbols, there are card ranks from Tens to Aces, while their high-paying counterparts show protective glasses, green figurines, cables and even classic bombs.

In addition to pay symbols, there are Wilds, Scatters and Bomb bonus symbols. Wilds are the most straightforward of those, as they work exactly as you’d expect. It’s worth noting, though, that even they come with their own payout values.

Land 3 or more Scatters to trigger the Free Spins feature with 8 free spins. During free spins, the middle reel contains only Wilds and Bomb bonus symbols, which improves your chances of getting wins and triggering the Hold and Respin feature.

Find 6 or more Bomb bonus symbols to trigger the Hold and Respin feature, which is a fresh take on the classic Hold and Win formula. You’ll get 3 respins to start with, and each new special symbol that lands will reset your tally back to 3. Importantly, you can get special Tool symbols that can unlock additional lines, which means that you can play with as many as 9 rows in total.

Unlocking rows 7-9 gets you all kinds of kickers. Regular Bomb symbols on the 7th reel automatically get a 2x win multiplier, while regular Bomb symbols on the 8th reel automatically get a 5x win multiplier. Bomb symbols on the 9th reel are then automatically transformed into Jackpot Bomb symbols (which can also appear organically anywhere on the board), each of which will net you one of the slot’s fixed jackpots. They are called Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand, and they are worth 20x, 100x, 500x, and 2,000x your bet, respectively.

Review Summary

All in all, this is an excellent online slot that excels on the gameplay side of things, and that is backed up by a very solid math model. Its audiovisuals won’t please everyone, but that’s only a minor detail on the game’s overall resume. The bottom line? If you enjoy explosives and big wins, make sure to give it a shot!

Pros	Cons
Excellent gameplay features	Lackluster audiovisuals
Hold and Respin feature with 4 fixed jackpots
High default 96.59% RTP
10,000x jackpot