Diamond Hunt - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Platipus Gaming is a UK company founded in 2014 by a team from Miracle Casino. Today there are over 70 Platipus Gaming free play slots available of all kinds. Diamond Hunt follows in the gem-quest tradition of IGT’s Da Vinci Diamonds slot but tries to bring a new angle to the familiar jewel themed slot by taking as its setting a jungle-covered volcanic island.

Diamond Hunt has a conventional six-reel four-column grid and 4,096 win ways. The minimum coin size is 0.01 and the maximum is 0.25.There are 11 regular symbols: Gorilla, Leopard, Snake, Chameleon, Butterfly, Lily and the five highest playing cards. The scatter is a diamond and the wild is an erupting volcano.

Theme, Graphics and Soundtrack

First we see the massive volcano, which is followed by a backdrop of brooding skies, the cries of jungle creatures and the birds of prey flying overhead - it’s a promising look. The soundtrack is heavily percussive and nicely atmospheric, and the symbols are nicely drawn on well-designed reels. This is fine as far as it goes, but it could do with a little bit more to look at. With no bonus game there is very little variety.

Diamond Hunt RTP and variance

The RTP of Diamond Hunt is 95 per cent. This is below the average of 96 per cent. The volatility or variance is high.

How to Play Diamond Hunt

1. Click the coins symbol to call up the settings menu for your bets and use the plus and minus to adjust it.
2. Click the smaller Spin button, which is the autoplay control, to call up the autoplay settings. Select the number of autoplays from 25, 50, 75 or 100. Here you may also set a single win limit and a loss limit.
3. Press autoplay again to exit the mode at any time.
4. Press the large Spin button or the space bar to start spinning the reels using the bet level you have selected.
5. Click on the menu symbol, which is three horizontal lines, to enter the reference page, where you will find information about various aspects of the game and where you can also access your game history.
6. Click the fast-forward symbol to enter turbo play mode.
7. Winning combinations are formed from both right to left and left to right starting from the outermost reels. Symbols must be consecutive.
8. Any six of a kind pays only once.
9. Wins on different win ways are added together. In the case of several winning combinations on one way per one direction the game will only pay out for the highest win.
10. Wild symbols substitute for all other symbols except for scatters. Wild symbols appear only on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.
11. Stacked symbols may appear anywhere on the reels as stacked symbols. If you land 10 or more scatters, you will trigger the Free Spins feature.
12. Remember the Gamble Aware initiative. You should play responsibly, and if you choose to gamble be sure not to bet more than you feel comfortable to lose. When it is no longer enjoyable please consider stopping.

Bet Sizes and Paytable Wins

You may place bets in a range from 0.01 to 0.25.

The paytable values start at from 3x or 4x rising to to 6x and the top pay-outs are these:

Gorilla

6 = 400

Leopard

6 = 400

Snake

6 = 250

Chameleon

6 = 250

Butterfly

6 = 200

Orchid

6 = 200
        
Ace

6 = 150

King, Queen

6 = 100

Jack, 10

6 = 80
    

Max-win 15,600x

Volatility High

Top RTP 95

Diamond Hunt Bonus Features

Free Spins

When 10 or more scatter symbols land anywhere on the reels, the Free Spins feature is triggered. The numbers of free spins awarded are as follows:

10 scatters = 15 spins
11 scatters = 20 spins
12 scatters = 25 spins
13 scatters = 30 spins
14 scatters = 35 spins
15 scatters = 40 spins
16 scatters = 45 spins
17 scatters = 50 spins
18 scatters = 80 spins
19 scatters = 100 spins
20-24 scatters = 250 spins.

Each free spins win is multiplied at random by 2x, 3x or 4x. If you land 10 or more scatters during the free spins feature, you will win a further allocation of free spins according to the number of scatters as detailed above.

Diamond Hunt Review: Our Verdict

Although this is an attractively designed game with a well-chosen soundtrack, it doesn’t deliver much in the way of excitement or variety. The RTP is a little low, which doesn’t help. The absence of bonus games in traditional fruit-themed slots usually seems justified, but here there doesn’t seem any good reason to stick with free spins, however many permutations the feature offers. In a theme with such broad potential it feels like an opportunity missed. It’s diverting for a while, but in our opinion interest will flag fairly quickly.

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