Crimson Heart
Spadegaming gaming studio allows you to play with the Crimson Heart slot for free in demo mode. No registration or download needed. Game tutorial included.
Game specifications
| Bonus Game | Available |
| Free Spins | Available |
| Bonus Buy | Available |
| Paylines | 117,649 Ways |
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Daniel & Adesada tries out the Crimson Heart slot game.Review
Crimson Heart is a gothic vampire-themed slot by Spadegaming. The game uses six reels with a variable number of symbol positions, creating between 64 and 117,649 ways to win. Its main gameplay is built around cascading wins, Wild features, multipliers, and a Free Game feature with different combinations of bonuses.
The dark fantasy setting features vampires, supernatural characters, a haunted castle, wolves, coffins, goblets, and weapons. The slot combines this visual theme with a fairly feature-heavy game system where several mechanics can interact during the same spin.
How Crimson Heart Works
Crimson Heart uses a variable reel layout. Symbols can occupy between one and six positions on a reel, although a larger symbol is still treated as a single symbol when wins are calculated. This changing reel structure means the number of available ways to win can range from 64 ways up to a maximum of 117,649 ways.
Winning combinations are formed by matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right, beginning with the first reel. Scatter wins are an exception to this rule.
Cascading Feature
Crimson Heart uses a cascading system instead of ending the spin immediately after a win. Symbols involved in a winning combination are removed and new symbols fall into the empty positions.
After each cascade, incoming symbols appear at a standard 1x1 size. Another winning combination can then start another cascade. This process continues until no new winning combination is available.
Random Wild
The Random Wild can appear on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. It substitutes for all regular paying symbols but does not substitute for the Scatter.
Random Wilds can therefore help complete winning combinations across the variable reel layout, including during cascading sequences.
Mega Wild
The Mega Wild is a full-reel Wild that can appear on reels 2 to 6. Up to three reels can be covered by Mega Wilds during a spin.
Each Mega Wild receives a random multiplier between x2 and x7. When multiple Mega Wilds participate in the same winning combination, their multipliers are multiplied together. For example, an x5 Mega Wild combined with an x7 Mega Wild results in a x35 multiplier for that winning payout.
Mega Wilds that are not involved in a winning combination can remain in position during the current spin sequence. Their multipliers reset for the following spin.
Bonus Multiplier
The Bonus Multiplier can randomly award a multiplier between x3 and x10. When the multiplier is involved in a win, its value is applied to the corresponding winning payout.
The Bonus Multiplier resets on the following spin, so it does not permanently increase between normal spins.
Free Game Feature
Landing 4 or more Scatter symbols triggers the Free Game feature. Before the bonus begins, the game randomly selects one of several Free Spins configurations.
- 15 Free Spins: Up to 1 Random Feature, selected from Mega Wild, Random Wild or Bonus Multiplier.
- 10 Free Spins: Up to 2 features, combining Mega Wild and Random Wild, Mega Wild and Bonus Multiplier, or Random Wild and Bonus Multiplier.
- 5 Free Spins: Up to 3 features, combining Mega Wild, Random Wild and Bonus Multiplier.
- Mystery: Randomly awards one of the three Free Spins configurations above.
This creates a trade-off between the number of spins and the number of active bonus mechanics. The 15-spin version offers more spins but fewer additional features, while the 5-spin version can activate all three special features together.
Free Spins Retrigger
Free Spins can be retriggered during the Free Game. When this happens, the game adds the same number of Free Spins and features that were originally awarded.
For example, a round that originally started with 10 Free Spins and two features will add another 10 Free Spins with the same feature setup when retriggered.
The total bet used during the Free Game remains the same as the bet used on the spin that triggered the feature.
Crimson Heart also includes a Buy Free Spins option. The Free Game can be entered directly by paying 100x the total bet.
Symbols and paytable
| Symbol Count | 6pc | 5pc | 4pc | 3pc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haunted Castle | ×3.75 | ×2.25 | ×1.5 | ×1.25 |
| Wolf | ×2 | ×1.5 | ×1.25 | ×1 |
| Coffin | ×1.75 | ×1.25 | ×1 | ×0.5 |
| Chalice | ×1.5 | ×1 | ×0.75 | ×0.4 |
| Crossbow | ×0.75 | ×0.6 | ×0.5 | ×0.3 |
| A & K & Q | ×0.5 | ×0.4 | ×0.3 | ×0.2 |
| J & 10 & 9 | ×0.2 | ×0.15 | ×0.1 | ×0.05 |
Scatter and Wild Symbols
- Scatter: 4 or more trigger the Free Game feature.
- Random Wild: Appears on reels 2 to 6 and substitutes for regular symbols except the Scatter.
- Mega Wild: Can cover an entire reel on reels 2 to 6 and awards a random x2 to x7 multiplier.
Final Verdict
Crimson Heart is a feature-rich slot built around variable ways to win and cascading combinations. Its most important mechanic is the interaction between Random Wilds, full-reel Mega Wilds and Bonus Multipliers. The Free Game feature can then combine these mechanics in different configurations, making bonus rounds less predictable.
The game should be easy enough to understand at a basic level, but there is considerably more happening than in a traditional fixed-payline slot. Players who prefer cascading slots with changing reel layouts, Wild multipliers and several interacting bonus features will find most of Crimson Heart's gameplay concentrated around these mechanics.
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