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Play’n GO Unveil Contact, A Mystical Mayan Slot
By Shane Addinall Mar 29, 2019 Game ReleaseContact, Play'n GO's Mayan inspired mobile-first cascading slot machine, is breath-taking! The 3D design puts you at the foot of an ancient temple, watching the reels fall, but will they fall in your favour, and present you with the €151,750 jackpot?Play’n GO continue their streak of creating fantastic mobile-first slots with Contact! With a number of fantastic casino games to their name it is always interesting to see where a provider draw inspiration from next, and if the new title will hold its own. Contact proves that they know how to select a beloved theme yet keep it interesting, how to use technology to achieve impressive results, and that they are a force to be reckoned with in terms of online and mobile slots.
Truly Immersive Mayan Art
Contact draws heavily from ancient Mayan culture. The game is designed to create a sense of awe in your, even a sense of foreboding. History tells of the sacred rites which took place on the altars of Aztec and Mayan temples. In Contact this is exactly where the location where the slot plays out – on the steps of a mystical temple, where stone towers loom overhead and the smouldering eyes of flame filled skulls set an ominous tone.
The entire scene is designed to lead you in, to immerse you in the spectacle that is Play’n GO’s Contact slot. This is the first casino game they designed specifically with mobile play in mind, using 3D technology to create an environment which even on your mobile phone leaves you feeling as though you stand at the foot of a gigantic edifice to a bygone era.
“As the first fully 3D grid slot, Contact provides a truly immersive visual experience, to match the innovative game play. The 3D visuals allow us to be very creative with camera angles which gives this game an epic feel and provides a new dimension to a player’s session not yet explored in our titles!”
Their mobile-first philosophy means that Contact’s vertical design has been optimised to look even better on your mobile phone than it does on your, horizontally displayed, home computer. If the devil is the in the detail then the creative talent at Play’n GO clearly brokered a Faustian bargain before creating the artwork for this impressive slot.
It would be almost criminal not to mention the fantastic sound design behind Contact. The audio team at Play’n GO have created fantastic rasping stone and tile sounds for the reel drops, and the tribal-fusion of the score and vocals are worth listening to on their own merit.
Richly Rewarding Features
The core game play mechanic that sets Contact apart from its competition is the implementation of Play’n GO’s cascading reels format. In this instance rather than the winning reels being removed from play Play’n GO have opted to leave them in play and remove all the non-winning symbols. The winning combination of symbols then drops to the base of the 5x7 game grid and new symbols cascade in from above, either adding to the existing win value or potentially starting new ones.
There are also no paylines, rather wins are created when 5 or more matching symbols (either 4 High value Mayan masks or 5 Low value Mayan animal symbols) join together in a cluster. This winning cluster can take any form or pattern as long as the symbols connect vertically or horizontally. The ability to connect symbols in any manner, and the fact that they will stay on the reels to keep adding to the win total makes their option to bet up €100.00 per spin a potentially lucrative proposition, especially considering the fact that Contact holds a maximum jackpot of €151,750 for someone blessed by the gods.
1. Win Multiplier Feature
Much like Tetris in order to trigger the Win Multipliers that appear on the sides of the base game (from x2-x4) it is necessary to complete entire rows of symbols. Fill the rows to the top and you transcend the multipliers and trigger the Bonus Rounds.
2. Bonus Round & Super Bonus Round
Having reached the top row with a few symbols will award you with Bonus Round of 3 Free Spins. In this mode you stand to trigger greater multipliers or special features as you complete new winning lines.
The ideal is to reach the top of the reels by filling all the symbols with winning combinations. This triggers the Super Bonus Round where you begin with 6 Free Spins, and are guaranteed both bigger multipliers and special features on each winning line!
The available special features are:
- Temple motif: during the Bonus Round it upgrades the value of a single winning cluster, during Super Bonus Round it upgrades the value of all winning clusters
- Skull motif: destroys 1-3 multiplier blocks depending on the Bonus Round level you achieve
- Golden Sun: adds 1-3 Free Spins to your game depending on your Bonus Round level
Have The Gods Persuaded You?
Contact is a marvel of visual and audio design, and shows how technology can be used to create beautiful and engaging casino games. The slots only drawback is its incredibly high volatility. It doesn’t part with big payouts freely and the max exposure is limited to €151,750 which could be a little off putting for casual players who want lots of smaller wins and high rollers who might find the jackpot a little light for the compared to the possible outlay. That being said fans of Mayan themes, players looking for mobile-first games and slot lovers in general will definitely see the beauty of Contact.
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