Innovative NetEnt Feature In Online Slots

December 21, 2017

Online slots developers use different ways to stay ahead of the competition. One of them is to alter the basic reel structure of the slot machine. NetEnt has used quite a few techniques in this respect, but the most popular remains Cluster Pays. You can play the NetEnt Cluster Pays slots at online casinos like Virgin Casino and Golden Riviera.

Cluster Pays online slots are played on a grid of 6x5 symbols. The usual paylines are missing. Payouts are awarded through clusters. A cluster is a group of like symbols that are connected vertically or horizontally. If the cluster has the minimum specified number of like symbols you receive a payout. For the same symbol the payouts increase with the size of the cluster.

NetEnt introduced the Cluster Pays functionality in Aloha with a Hawaiian theme. The high paying symbols are coloured wooden masks. The low paying symbols are pineapple, coconut, shell and flower. You get payouts for clusters of 9 or more symbols. The Question Mark wild symbol transforms into an adjacent symbol that will create the biggest cluster. Aloha also includes Sticky Win Re-spins that can randomly trigger after any winning spin. The winning clusters remain and the other symbols spin again. If the size of the cluster increases you get another re-spin. You are paid only after the final re-spin. You can also win from 9 to 12 free spins in which only the high paying symbols participate.

Emoji are visual representations used in digital communication and are used in Emoji Planet Cluster Pays as symbols. In this slot game the minimum cluster size is five symbols. Every win results in an avalanche in which the winning symbols are replaced by new ones. This continues till there are no new wins and you get paid after each avalanche. There are a number of bonus features. In the Pizza feature a 3x3 overlay of any symbol, except the wild, will appear on the reels. In the Kiss Mark feature three sticky wilds will randomly appear on the reels.

The latest Cluster Pays online slot The Legend of Shangri-La takes players to a paradise where no one ages. Clusters of 9 or more symbols result in payouts. The leopard, elephant and monkey appear expanded over two rows. The low paying symbols are flower, butterfly, dragonfly and koi fish. The jade is the wild symbol. The Random Substitutions feature may trigger if two non-paying clusters of the same symbol appear on the reels. Wild symbols are randomly added till a win is awarded. The slot game also includes the Sticky Respins feature and a regular free spins feature.

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