Nitropolis 2

Review

Get ready for another intense journey through a post-apocalyptic, animal-filled futuristic world. This game delivers a high-energy experience, though it might not fully realize its potential or offer the best payout rate.

While the energetic soundtrack can get you excited, it's important to stay grounded. Players seeking constant action will likely enjoy it, but the unchanged 10,000x potential, despite a significant increase in win possibilities, is a bit disappointing. However, despite a slightly lower payout rate, it remains a good sequel with plenty of new features to keep you entertained.

Features

The wild symbol substitutes for all standard symbols and has the same value as the highest paying symbol. Six wilds on a payline award a 1x win. This may seem small, but the Nitro Reels can dramatically increase the number of symbols and win ways.

The Nitro Reels occupy two symbol positions each and contain 4 to 12 matching symbols. A massive 191,102,976 ways can be generated if you maximize this feature with 24 symbols per reel. All non-winning symbols remain in place after each win, and the winning positions (including Nitro Reels) spin again. This continues as long as you keep winning.

A key upgrade is the Nitro Booster feature reel positioned above the main reels. Feature symbols appear on this reel and grant 8 different modifiers:

• Nitro Wild – nitro reels below will contain wilds only.
• All Wild – all sticky nitro reels and new nitro reels contain only wilds.
• All Premium – all nitro reels contain only premium symbols.
• Nitro Upgrade – adds extra symbols to nitro reels below up to 12.
• All Match - all nitro reels match the symbol on the reel to the left.
• Respin - bonus symbols and nitro reels become sticky for a respin.
• Pay both ways - initiates a pay both ways system.

Landing 3 to 6 Hot Rod scatters triggers the Bonus Round, awarding 10, 15, 20, or 25 free spins, respectively. The gameplay is the same as in the base game, but all Nitro Reels become sticky for the duration of the feature.

The X-iter menu offers 5 different feature buy options (not for UK players), and these are as follows:

• A guaranteed winning spin can be purchased for 5x your stake.
• Pay 25x your stake for 3 spins with feature or bonus symbols on every position on the Nitro Blast top reel.
• Pay 100x your stake to land 3 guaranteed scatters on the next spin, awarding the 10 free spins bonus round.
• Pay 200x your stake, and the bonus round is triggered with 4 scatters for 15 free spins.
• Pay 500x your stake for 10 free spins with 12 Nitro Reels locked in for the duration of the feature (2 Nitro Reels per regular reel).

The 200 Spins Experience

This highlight video goes on for a full 10 minutes. After a few initial base game wins, the 500x Bonus Round is purchased, and it starts at 1:52 into the video. Then, the 15 free spins version is played. The video can be sped up to 2x.

Review Summary

This game delivers a high-energy experience from the start. After the initial excitement, there are some significant drawbacks.

The new Nitro Booster feature reel improves the experience. However, there are also time-consuming elements that can be annoying when combined with small or no returns. Increasing the win ways to over 100 million, on top of the original 85M+, seems excessive when the 10,000x potential remains the same. Also, the payout rate has been reduced.

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