Yggdrasil’s popular ‘Vikings Go’ series along with other titles demonstrate their penchant for adventure-themed games. Their latest offering, Cannonade!, stands out with its 6×5 grid, half of which are covered by blocker tiles, and introduces players to fierce pirate characters. Winning symbols remain intact as blocker tiles are removed, potentially leading to up to 7,776 ways to win. In the bonus round, symbols are eliminated one by one via scatters, increasing the chances of higher paying winning streaks. This could result in payouts of up to 17,001x your stake.
In between base game spins, the Golden Bet feature can be activated at an additional cost of 50% per spin, which increases the chances of a bonus round. No wild symbols are included in this game, and the pirate character premium symbols pay between 0.4 and 2 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins.
The Win Streak feature triggers upon landing a winning combination, locking the winning symbols in place. Each winning combination removes one blocked position per reel. The remaining positions respin, and new winning symbols become sticky as blocker tiles are removed. Landing a new winning combination upgrades the lowest value winning symbols to the highest value sticky symbols, and the process repeats as long as you keep improving the win.
The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3, 4 or 5 scatters, awarding 6, 9 or 12 free spins, respectively. You have the option to gamble for more spins, but this comes with the risk of losing the entire feature. The Win Streaks feature is also active in the bonus round, and each scatter awards an extra spin. Each scatter also eliminates the lowest value symbol in chronological order.
A Bonus Buy option is available in some jurisdictions, offering 2 options – 6 free spins can be purchased for 100x your stake, or 15 free spins for 500x your stake. The game’s dramatic soundtrack adds to the tension and excitement, making for an engaging base game. Despite low overall symbol values, the removal of blocker tiles can increase win ways up to 7,776 and lead to substantial payouts. While some might hope for a cannon fire feature in a game named Cannonade!, the closest you get is a static image of a stormy sea battle in the bonus round.
Cannonade! combines several unique mechanics for an experience that is definitely worth trying. Other similar games include Blue Fortune by Quickspin, which features a sticky winning symbols streak feature and only premium symbols in the bonus round, and Serial by NoLimit City, which introduces a sticky winning symbols respins mechanic for the first time. Night Trax by ELK is another game worth checking out, featuring a similar sticky winning symbols streak feature, and arrows that create win multipliers up to x32.
