Arcane: Reel Chaos is a video slot brought to you by the renowned software developer NetEnt. It features four superheroes set to defeat Deep Pockets, a businessman turned evil. The game offers an intro where you will learn all about the four heroes and their special powers. It also introduces Deep Pockets and his talisman which is the most sought after icon in this NetEnt release. Get ready some real action on the reels as you can pocket up to 10,000x your bet in a single spin!
Once you enter the game, you will feel a post-apocalyptic atmosphere with the reels set against a ruined building looking like an old church. The graphics are meticulously designed and accompanied by the sinister background music and sound effects. The action takes place at 5 reels with 20 fixed paylines. With this game, the Swedish developer introduces a new control panel offering you to set your total stake by simply choosing a coin value from a range between $0.01 and $10. Once you decide how much you will wager, and you can stake anywhere between $0.20 and $200 per spin, you are good to go. Other functionalities include only the Autoplay feature allowing players to start up to 1,000 spins that will play without interruption.
The symbols appearing on the reels resemble Magic cards. High-value symbols are depicted as the villain, paying the top prize, and the four heroes – Flare, Zero.X, Chrono and Psyop. Playing card royals pay prizes of lower value. To win a prize, you need three or more symbols of a kind on a payline left to right.
On the reels, you will notice Wild that replaces all other icons except for Scatter. The four superheroes pay prizes, but they can also trigger respective bonus features. When Flare shows up in the base game, you can win a multiplier of 3x, 4x or 5x. Zero.X awards 3 to 5 Overlay Wilds that are added randomly to the reels. Another female hero Chrono appears at random on a non-winning spin in the base game to award respins on all the reels until a win is hit. On each re-spin, you can benefit from a progressive multiplier ranging between 2x and 10x. Finally, Psyop adds up to 3 stacked Overlay Wilds.
While the base game can be highly exciting due to all these bonus features, the Free Spins feature is the main attraction of the game. To enter it, you need to land 3 Talisman Scatters at the same time on the reels 1, 3 and 5. It is played through up to 4 stages where the heroes should defeat Deep Pockets. In each of the levels, Deep Pockets has different health points, ranging from 2 to 6, and awards a multiplier ranging between 1x in the stage 1 and going up to 4x in the stage 4. If the hero manages to pass all four stages, the player is granted an additional bonus win.
Kudos to NetEnt for creating such an attractive offering in all respects. It looks great and plays great, providing you with multiple opportunities to win. With a little help from your new hero friends, you can defeat the evil Deep Pockets and cash in some nice prizes. This particularly applies to Chrono’s Respins where multipliers can go up to 10x. With a high RTP of 96.81% and medium to high volatility, Arcane: Reel Chaos is a title you should consider giving a spin or two.
