TEMPLE STACKS SPLITZ FREE PLAY

Temple Stacks is a 5 reel slot from Yggdrasil that runs on their personally developed gaming engine called Splitz. Through this mechanic that alter the amount of symbols per reel, Temple Stacks can generate up to 248,832 ways to win.

With so many potential paylines up for grabs Temple Stacks is still very cheap to play, and it will cost you just €0.10 to get the reels spinning, whilst the maximum bet on the slot comes in at €20 a play. Our slot reviews always focus on the amount of options made available for a player from €2 down to the minimum bet, we believe this area is where the majority of players will choose their stake from to play. There are a total of 7 within this range on Temple Stacks, which is slightly above the average of 6, so offers a good choice in our opinion.

TEMPLE STACKS SPLITZ GAMING ENGINE

As we mentioned in the introduction Temple Stacks runs on Yggdrasil's Splitz gaming engine, this is quite clearly a take on Big Time Gaming's extremely popular Megaways™ engine, and through its use a different amount of paylines can be produced with each spin of the reels. So just how does the Splitz engine work?

On any spin during your gameplay the mystery stacks can land and fully cover a reel, or partially cover 1-2 reel positions. Once they have landed these stacks will then spilt into 3 - 9 identical symbols, which in turn will increase the amount of paylines. Players should note that all mystery stacks will turn into the same symbol from the paytable, so with a good set up, big base game wins are achievable. 

Whilst playing in the base game if a spin ends and you are left with 2 free spin symbols on the reels, then they will become a hybrid wild / free spin symbol. What happens next is that the reels will respin giving you the chance to hit the 3rd free spin symbol required to trigger the bonus, whether that symbol lands or not all free spin symbols on the respin act as a wild symbol. 

TEMPLE STACKS FREE SPIN FEATURE

To trigger the free spin feature on Temple Stacks you will need to land 3 or more of the free spin bonus symbols anywhere in view. If you can achieve this then you will have a selection of four free spin bonuses to choose from, these will each vary in their potential volatility, which we now look at beginning with the amount of free spins each bonus will award.

• 3 scatters – 15 steel, 9 bronze, 6 silver, and 3 gold free spins.
• 4 scatters – 20 steel, 12 bronze, 8 silver, and 4 gold free spins.
• 5 scatters – 35 steel, 21 bronze, 14 silver, and 7 gold free spins.

Once the amount of spins you have triggered the bonus with has been determined, you will then have to decide how many Splitz you want the mystery stacks to have the potential to reach. Below we have listed the options that are available to you.

• Steel - 3 - 9 Splitz
• Bronze - 4 - 10 Splitz
• Silver - 5 - 11 Splitz
• Gold - 6 - 12 Splitz

During the bonus round the mystery stacks are once again in play and can land anywhere in view, but this time you will see that they show a far greater presence on the reels as they spin, or at least that is the impression that you are given. Just as they do in the base game the mystery stacks will split to reveal a random amount of symbols ( determined by the bonus you selected ) and again will all turn into the same symbol from the paytable. 

The free spins can be re-triggered on Temple Stacks and this is achieved by once again landing 3 or more of the free spin symbols anywhere in view. The amount of spins rewarded is the same as the table we included above for the feature trigger.

It should be noted that the respin feature is also present during the bonus round, so this gives additional chances to hit a big win through the hybrid wilds, or snare a re-trigger. 

Yggdrasil are the not the first slot provider to develop a gaming engine to try and rival BTG's Megaways™, we have of course already seen Play'n Go's Payways engine, and of course the Dynamic Ways pay mechanic from Leander. So how does Yggdrasil's Splitz gaming engine fair in the grand scheme of things?

Whilst the base game didn't do too much for us whilst playing Temple Stacks, we were genuinely excited once the free spin bonus had triggered. As we said previously, you do get the feeling that the mystery stacks could quite easily land on every reel and transform to produce a mesmerising win with their added presence in the bonus, and although this wasn't the case for us we were at least excited enough to think that it might.

Time will ultimately tell on whether this slot, and the engine in general will succeed in the ultra competitive online slot market. Will it be a one hit wonder? or is the Splitz engine here to stay? We're hoping for the latter and plenty more releases, but for now it's a wait and see scenario.

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