Star Spell - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

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In Star Spell, the designers have dressed up a fairly traditional slot format within an attractive theme, which is a tactic we have seen in the creation of many other slots. NetEnt’s Starburst slot is just one example. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as you don’t come to it expecting something entirely original.
 
Star Spell has a conventional five-reel, three-column grid with ten paylines. The minimum bet is 0.10 and the maximum is 100. There are seven regular symbols: book of spells, pentagram, purple flask, red flask, yellow flask, green flask and blue flask.

Theme, graphics and soundtrack

There is a quaintly old-fashioned look to Star Spell. The lavishly illustrated background of the twin castles against a sky brimming with stars is given an atmospheric purple wash, with the lights in the tiny castle windows hinting at all kinds of mysterious arcane activities.

The reels are attractively illustrated, and the wins are sharply animated. It does seem a shame that all the regular symbols are inanimate objects, as this makes it a slightly impersonal, characterless affair until the flamboyantly dressed witch appears as the wild. She certainly isn’t an old crone in a black hooded cloak; instead, she wears a shimmering blue outfit and an extraordinarily ornate hat. It is a shame there isn’t more in the way of human participation.

Full of vague echoes and approximations of Hogwarts music, the soundtrack is unremarkable but adequately functional.

Star Spell RTP and variance

The game’s RTP is 96.17 per cent and the variance is low.

How to play Star Spell

1. Click the - and + buttons to either side of the bet indicator to adjust the bet level.
2. Once you have set the bet level, press the spin button to spin the reels. You can also press the spacebar to play.
3. Click the three-line menu to go to settings and select quick spin if required.
4. Click autoplay to call up the menu and select the number of autoplays from 10 to 1,000. The number of autospins remaining will be displayed on the main spin button, which is now the stop button. You can cancel autoplay by clicking this button at any time.
5. Click the B button to enter burst mode, which is a faster autoplay mode.
6. All wins pay from left to right and right to left. Only the highest win is paid on each payline.
7. Click the three-line menu icon to the left of the grid to open the information menu for details of the paytable and how to play.
8. Always play gambling games responsibly. If playing for money, make sure you stay within the limits of what you can afford to lose. When it stops being fun, you should walk away.

Bet sizes and paytable wins

The bet size ranges from 0.10 to 100. 

The paytable values range from three to five matching symbols on a payline. The highest payouts, which are for five matching symbols, are as follows:

• Book of spells = 2,500
• Pentagram = 1,200
• Purple flask = 600
• Red flask = 500
• Yellow flask = 400
• Green flask = 250
• Blue flask = 250

    
Star Spell bonus features

Expanding sticky wilds

These are respin win multipliers. The wizard is the wild symbol and appears on reels two, three and four, where it expands and substitutes for all symbols. Once expanded, the wild remains in place and triggers a free respin. If an additional wild appears during the respin, one more respin is awarded and the expanded wilds remain in place. A win multiplier is applied to winnings with two and three wilds: two wilds award a 2x win multiplier and three wilds award a 3x win multiplier.

Star Spell review: our verdict

The RTP is slightly above average and the low variance means you can expect fairly regular payouts of modest size; however, the gameplay is not very inspiring and, on the whole, Star Spell rather underdelivers. The burst feature does not add much to the functionality and there is a distinct lack of meaningful features. It is not clear who this would appeal to. The visuals are quite old-fashioned and the extras are very meagre. It feels as if an opportunity has been missed.

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