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phoenix reborn slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

I found it quite challenging to categorise this game – it definitely has some mystical elements to it, the background makes me think “Aztec”, yet the symbols which populate the reels do not feel as if there is a cohesive theme on the whole. A peek at the Play’N’Go website reveals that the Aztec vibe I felt when looking at the background is intended to be the overall theme of the game. Perhaps I just do not have enough knowledge about the Aztecs! The music is enjoyable, and whilst the loop would benefit from being a little longer, the sound effects break things up just enough to stop it become repetitive too quickly. 

As much as I am a fan of Play’N’Go slots, there is a new trend creeping into their games over the last two years, and that is the “capped bonus round”. The developer seems to have decided that 5,000x your stake is “good enough”, and if you hit this at any point, you should forfeit the remainder of your free spins. I can understand this in a way with Phoenix Reborn video slot – I managed to get four Phoenix Wilds multiple times just while testing this game, and it genuinely felt like the 2,000x pay off for hitting all five was close enough that I could touch it on each occasion.

My best single hit was in the 900x range, whilst my best bonus outcome from 7 spins (I never hit more than 3 scatters) was roughly 1,800x. This is a very top heavy paytable – the phoenix wild pays 25x your stake for a full line of five, and with the expanding wild feature and 40 paylines, you can understand why a jackpot spin feel as if it should be very easy to achieve. The next two symbols pay 10x and 7.5x your stake for five-of-a-kind respectively, but hitting a full screen of either of these is much less likely because they do not expand as the Phoenix Wild does. More likely, you will see four Phoenix Wilds, with one of those other high paying symbols on the fifth reel, resulting in a payout of 800x or 600x your stake for each individual spin.

The betting range begins at €0.20 per spin, which is nice of Play’N’Go – most 40 line games require you to bet at least a penny a line, whereas Phoenix Reborn video slot considers the low rollers as well by offering such a low minimum bet size. The maximum bet is set at a completely unrealistic €100.00 per spin  - the option is there if you want to try it, but you better have a huge bankroll if you do!

base game & modifiers

As mentioned previously, the play area is fairly unique at a size of 5x6 – this is twice the area of a regular slot, and the payouts have been adjusted accordingly. Unfortunately, there is only one modifier available during the base game, though surprisingly this did not affect my enjoyment of the slot too much.

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phoenix reborn slot bonus feature

The free spins bonus spices up the action by guaranteeing at least one Phoenix Wild per spin for the duration of your feature. Hitting two, three, four, or five scatter symbols will award 3,7, 12 or 20 free spins respectively. 

There really isn’t much else to add other than what was stated above with regards to the free spins feature – the additional phoenix wild will be added after the reels have come to rest, so if you already have four on screen, you know for sure you are about to hit a 2,000x jackpot. In my experience, hitting four phoenix wilds was fairly easy – I never saw the full screen of five, however.

phoenix reborn slot review final thoughts

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