Giganimals-Gigablox - Winport Casino

UFOs, aliens, and strange phenomena in the sky are in the wind like never before at the time of writing, with unidentified flying objects being shot down in both the US and Canada. Yggdrasil has taken a humoristic approach to the subject matter, which is hardly unusual in the world of online slots, and Giganimals Gigablox seems to be about farm animals trying to invade an alien planet in their little flying saucers.
You get Gigablox symbols on each spin, and these are capable of filling the whole screen with the same symbol. Low-value symbols, that look like the battery indicator on your mobile phone, are collected in UFO meters. This eventually leads to the bonus round with the triggering symbol turned wild, and you can turn all 4 low value symbols wild in the same way. The20,000x potentialis solid enough, but it’s probably not enough to keep this game from sinking into oblivion pretty soon.
You can expect the reels to merge on each spin via theGigablox mechanic, and they can form mega symbols insizes 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, or 6×6. These gigablox symbols still count as 1×1 sized symbols in win calculations though, and the premium alien symbols pay between 4 and 8 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins. TheWild symbolcan land anywhere to substitute for pay symbols, and thus help complete and/or improve wins. Wilds also pay up to 20x your stake for 6 wilds on the same payline.
You can trigger theWild Surge featureat random times, and this turns at least 1 of the 4 low value symbols into wilds. When low value symbols partake in a win, they are also collected by their respectiveUFO meterson the left-hand side. All values added to these meters receive amultiplier boost between x1 and x5, and filling a meter triggers the Collection Free Spins round.
You getbetween 5 and 24 free spinswhen you trigger theCollection Bonus Round, and you can choose togamblefor more if you get less than 24 spins. This takes place on a wheel, and you risk losing the whole feature if you go there. The low-value symbol corresponding to the meter you filled to trigger the bonus round becomes wild during the feature. Fillingnew meters upgradeother low-value symbols to wilds as well, and this also gives you+2 extra spins.
You can also trigger the Bonus Round by landing5+ scatter symbolsin view (and these are also counted as 1×1 sized symbols if they land in a larger format). You get1 free spin per triggering scatter, and you can gamble to get more spins if you wish. Filling metersturn the corresponding low-value symbol wild, and you get+2 extra spins.
TheBonus Buy menuis available in some markets, but not in the UK for sure. If eligible, you can pay75x your staketo get 10 to 24 free spins,150x your staketo be guaranteed 24 free spins, or250x your stakefor 24 free spins with one low-value symbol turned wild from the get-go.
You get a brief taste of the base game, before we purchase the top-tier bonus round at 0:36 into the 3-minute highlights video. This gave us the maximum of 24 free spins, as well as the purple battery symbol (the highest value of the low value symbols) as a wild from the get-go. You can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.
The Gigablox series hasn’t really been a massive success, and we hardly think what’s on offer in Giganimals Gigablox is gonna change that. The pace of the game is decent with the turbo switched on, but there isn’t all that much happening except the mega symbols that you get used to after a while. Sure, you get some random wild transformations sprinkled in for good measure, but they seldom make a massive impact.
The good news is that there are plenty of ways into the bonus round, as it can trigger both from scatters and from filling 1 of the 4 low-value symbol meters. These are kind of hilarious by the way, as each meter is a UFO piloted by a farm animal. The bonus round itself isn’t all that eventful by default, and at least not until you’ve converted at least a few low-value symbols to wilds. Even then it kind of feels like the base game, but the20,000x potentialis surprisingly high. How realistic it is is another matter, and we know Yggdrasil can do better than this.
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The game Giganimals Gigablox, created by Yggdrasil, has a unique theme of farm animals attempting an alien planet invasion using flying saucers. The game mechanism involves Gigablox symbols that can fill the entire screen with the same symbol. Low-value symbols, represented by battery indicators, fill up UFO meters, leading to a bonus round where the triggering symbol turns wild. The game allows up to 4 low-value symbols to turn wild in a similar manner. The potential for a 20,000x win is present, but it might not be sufficient to keep the game from fading into obscurity. On each spin, the reels can merge through the Gigablox mechanic to form large symbols. Despite their size, these Gigablox symbols still count as 1×1 symbols in win calculations. The most valuable alien symbols pay between 4 and 8 times your stake for 6 of a kind wins. The Wild symbol can land anywhere and substitute for pay symbols, improving wins. Wilds can also pay up to 20x your stake for 6 wilds on the same payline. The game also features a Wild Surge feature that randomly turns at least 1 of the 4 low-value symbols into wilds. The game also provides between 5 and 24 free spins during the Collection Bonus Round, which can be gambled for more spins. The game has not been notably successful, but there are plenty of ways to trigger the bonus round. The bonus round itself is not very exciting unless a few low-value symbols have been converted to wilds. While the 20,000x potential is surprisingly high, its realism is questionable. Pros: - Unique theme - Multiple ways to trigger bonus round - High win potential Cons: - Lack of excitement - High potential win might not be realistic - Low-value symbols may not be appealing.