Crescendo Demo (Elk Studios) Slot Demo & Review

Game Overview

Have you got a poker face? Or do you have more tells than an open book? I think we’d all like to have the impression of ourselves that we can’t be read, but if the majority of us sat down at a poker table with a pro, our chips would be long gone before we could say ‘full house’. So, how do you think we might fare against an online poker slot machine with reels? Now’s the time to find out, as we place our bets and wait for the cards in the Elk Studios release of Crescendo, a 5-reel game with payouts of up to 25,000x the bet.

Theme & Design

If you thought Elk Studios would be flying you out to the tables of Vegas for their Crescendo casino game, then you’re going to be in for a surprise, as the developer has got you staring into outerspace instead. Yeah, I don’t get that one either, but during the standard and bonus play of the game, you’ll get to enjoy what we’re thinking is a computerised version of the Northern Lights; either way, it looks pretty if nothing else.

Crescendo is far from being the first slot to use cards as its theme, and if you want to try your hand at something similar, then Jili Games and their Super Ace demo are worth a bit of your time. It doesn’t share the same poker-style gameplay as today’s review, but it does have win multipliers that can reach up to 1,024x.

Crescendo Gameplay & Features

Elk Studios Crescendo is a 5-reel, 1-row online slot which uses poker hands to pay players out when they hit a winning connection. The game doesn’t work in the traditional sense of placing an ante and then further bets to see more cards; instead, each spin costs a minimum of €0.20, up to a maximum of €100.

Okay, the gameplay works by each press of the button spinning you in 5 card symbols on the reels. Above these are special features that can come into play, helping you to create a winning hand, increasing the value of your current one, or making its potential win multiplier bigger. To be honest, it would be so complicated trying to explain how the special modifier features work when, in reality, they are very simple to understand and would be best learnt by just playing our free demo slot.

Okay, does the game have a free spins feature, you ask? And yes is the answer, with it being triggered when three of the bonus symbols are collected. During this round you’ll find winning hands are made far easier, and if the super bonus is activated, you’ll always begin each spin with 5 special features in play.

Bonus Buy

Any card sharks who wish to up the stakes, can choose from several enhanced and feature buy options. These are:

• Bonus Hunt: More than triple the chance to trigger the bonus – Costs 3x the base bet.
• Guaranteed 3 special features per spin: Costs 10x the base bet.
• Guaranteed 5 special features per spin: Cost 25x the base bet.
• Standard free spins: Costs 100x the base bet.
• Super free spins: Costs 250x the base bet.