The Great Icescape Slot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

PG Soft slots are great at creating their own little universes to give context to their slots. For The Great Icescape, we learned that the baby penguin was minding his own business when a huge icy gust of wind blew him away and trapped his friends in ice! Your mission in this slot is to free the penguin’s friends by finding matching symbol combinations that will smash through the ice blocks, offering you more ways to win and giving the penguin the chance to be reunited with his friends!

As with most slots, winning combinations pay along a payline starting from the far-left reel and can take place in this slot in any of the 1,325 winning ways. That said, there is a catch, and that’s that three symbol spaces in each corner of the slot are blocked by solid ice that only matching symbol combinations can remove.

There are no Wilds or Scatters in this slot, so players are fully reliant on the many winning ways to help them land successful symbol combinations.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

The soundtrack in this slot is perfect for the sort of mission we’re being sent on. Equally charming and upbeat whilst adding to the suspense of the game, it’s a great choice. The game only appears in portrait mode, being designed solely for mobile play, even when accessed on desktop.

The reels themselves look out over the icy tundra, with blocks of ice filling the background and reels. The penguin’s friends are seen trapped in some of the ice blocks that make up the symbols, each showing a surprised expression as they were caught off guard and trapped. The sweet cartoon-style animations and personable characters do a great job of building emotion here, as you won’t be able to resist trying to help them out!

RTP & Volatility

This is a medium-volatility slot with an RTP of 96.33%

How to Play The Great Icescape

Before we get into the paytable and bonus features for this slot, take some time to get to know the controls, all of which can be found beneath the reels.

1. Start by clicking the three lines to the far right-hand side of the control panel to view sound settings, paytables, rules, paylines and play history.
2. Next, set your bet by clicking the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ buttons.
3. You can see what your bet is set at in the middle above the control panel. Your balance is to the left of this and latest win to the right.
4. For more control over your bet, click on the bet being displayed to change the size and level for your wager.
5. When you’re ready to play, click on the large Play button in the middle of the screen.
6. Alternatively, click the ‘Auto’ button to set up AutoSpins and limits.
7. You can also speed up the reel spinning by clicking ‘Turbo’.

Bet Sizes & Paytable

Bets start at 0.25 and go up to 75.00 credits for The Great Icescape with some pretty generous wins to be found! You can increase the winning chances in the Bonus Respins round thanks to the addition of some impressive and increasing Multipliers, but for now we’ll just look at the top prizes available for five of a kind of each symbol without multipliers.

Penguin: 500

Seal: 300

Squid: 250

Fish: 200

A: 50

K: 40

Q: 35

J: 30

10: 25

9: 20

Bonus Features

The aim of this game is to smash icy blockers to release baby penguin’s friends and increase the number of available winning ways in the game. Blockers are destroyed by lining up matching combinations, with one blocker being destroyed for every winning symbol. You’ll receive a free respin for every winning combination, with more blocks being destroyed every time you win.

It’s not all easy going, though! Because it’s so cold in the penguin’s home, any time you don’t land a winning combination all 12 ice blocks will instantly grow back.

Bonus Respins

Once all the ice blocks are out of the way, you’ll trigger the Bonus Respins round, starting with one extra life and a 2x Multiplier. Every winning combination during the bonus respin will entitle you to another respin. What’s more, collecting blue symbols in winning combinations will increase the available Multiplier, while purple symbols will go towards an extra life which can be used to prolong the respins if you don’t land another winning combination.

Conclusion

Overall, we really enjoyed The Great Icescape. The characters were well designed, and we couldn’t resist wanting to help the baby penguin and his friends! The soundtrack and graphics added to the storyline brilliantly, and the removal of ice blockers really made us feel like we were on a mission (almost reminiscent of Candy Crush).

If you enjoyed this slot, you might also want to check out IGT’s Icy Wilds slot demo. Versions of both games can be found right here at Slots Temple, or if you’re ready to play for real money, you can check out our picks of the best slot sites.

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