Giganimals Gigablox

Review

UFOs, aliens, and strange phenomena are topical. This game presents a humorous take, focusing on farm animals invading an alien planet in flying saucers.

Gigablox symbols appear on each spin, potentially filling the screen with the same symbol. Low-value symbols are collected in UFO meters, triggering a bonus round where the triggering symbol turns wild. All 4 low-value symbols can be transformed. The 20,000x potential exists, but might not be enough to make this game memorable.

Slot Features

The Gigablox mechanic merges reels on each spin, forming mega symbols in sizes 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, or 6x6. These gigablox symbols count as 1x1 sized symbols in win calculations. Premium alien symbols offer payouts between 4 and 8 x your stake for 6 of a kind. The Wild symbol substitutes for pay symbols and pays up to 20x your stake for 6 wilds on a payline.

The Wild Surge feature can randomly turn at least 1 low-value symbol into a wild. When low-value symbols contribute to a win, they are collected by their respective UFO meters. Values added to these meters receive a multiplier boost between x1 and x5, and filling a meter triggers the Collection Free Spins round.

You get between 5 and 24 free spins when the Collection Bonus Round triggers. You can gamble for more spins if you get less than 24, risking the entire feature. The low-value symbol corresponding to the filled meter becomes wild during the feature. Filling new meters upgrades other low-value symbols to wilds and grants +2 extra spins.

The Bonus Round can also trigger by landing 5+ scatter symbols. You get 1 free spin per triggering scatter and can gamble for more. Filling meters turn the corresponding low-value symbol wild, and you get +2 extra spins.

The Bonus Buy menu is available in some markets. If eligible, you can pay 75x your stake to get 10 to 24 free spins, 150x your stake to be guaranteed 24 free spins, or 250x your stake for 24 free spins with one low-value symbol turned wild from the start.

The 200 Spins Slot Experience

A short base game experience precedes purchasing the top-tier bonus round. It provides the maximum 24 free spins and the highest value low-value symbol as a wild.

Review Summary

The Gigablox series hasn't been massively successful, and this game may not change that. The game's pace is decent, but the mega symbols become common. Random wild transformations occur, but they rarely significantly impact the game.

The bonus round can trigger via scatters or filling low-value symbol meters, humorously presented as a UFO piloted by a farm animal. The bonus round itself isn't initially eventful until several low-value symbols become wild. The 20,000x potential is surprisingly high.