Blazing Riches Slot
If you are one of the many diehard fans of Novomatic’s huge range of traditional classic fruit machines, it surely must be a treat when a new game is announced. Fortunately, they do it fairly regularly and ensure that all their fruity games are kept up to date with what’s available.
Blazing Riches is the latest in a long and popular line, likely set to take over from some of the more basic fruit themed titles such as Fruits N Sevens. Like that game, there is a huge overall prize available on Blazing Riches, though here it’s in the form of a progressive jackpot instead of a big single coin win.
Of course, being a recent addition Blazing Riches is available to play on almost anything. No matter whether you play from mobile, tablet or desktop, this should play seamlessly for you. Also, as with other Novomatic creations, the design is so simple, that it plays very clearly on the smaller screen.
How to play Bars & Sevens
Even though there are only ten lines available, Blazing Riches still gives you the opportunity to narrow them down even further should you want to. Given the frustration of a win coming in on a line that you didn’t have active. We’d definitely recommend playing them all and reducing the bet per line instead if bankroll management is central to your strategy!
Bet range is decent, Novomatic games right back to the Book of Ra and through to modern slots such as Chicago have always aimed to allow both small and larger stakes players to find their spinning groove. Long-time players will be glad to see that the auto-spin feature, spins counter and the mini playing card gamble game all make a return on the control board next to the game pay-table and balance displays.
Gameplay & Features
Although Blazing Riches might easily be dismissed as just another Novomatic fruit machine, we have to give the devil his due. The graphics are vastly improved, ok, maybe not the reel backdrop and frame, but the icons are far better rendered than usual. Hopefully this is a trend of things to come. The audio, it has to be said, is just the same as pretty much any other slot in the range.
Something that no-one, especially players at UK casinos, wants to see changed, is the way Novomatic slots pay out. These games are famed for their generosity when you catch them on the right streak. Blazing Riches is no exception, with the Sevens and Bars offering 600 and 400 credits at the minimum 40 credit bet for all lines respectively. There are 6 other symbols on the slot – traditional fruits and, even the cherries get a say in the action as they are the only symbol to grant a win for just 2 in a row – though that win is only half your initial stake.
What adds some real spice to Blazing Riches is the Jokey Symbol. Rather than being a fixed wild as it is on some Gaminator machines. Here, it’s a scatter pay. It’s a generous one too, offering 800 credits for all 5 at minimum bet and triggering a 10 free spins bonus round. This is available for re-trigger at any time during the round. In addition to forming the scatter trigger and granting some fiery individual wins, a full screen of Joker scatters triggers the games progressive jackpot. This is related to stake size proportionately but we’ve seen over 400000 credits available even on the smallest 40 credit bet. This isn’t to be sniffed at no matter your playstyle or bankroll!
Summary
Ok, Blazing Riches isn’t re-inventing the wheel, but it does do what it says on the tin, Ronseal Style. It’s supposed to be a classic fruit machine with a decent level of variance without being overly brutal. By and large it does exactly what is needed and little more. There is a slight update to some of the fruit machines in the Novomatic range in the form of the graphics, but they still have a long way to go to rival the likes of NetEnt online, or IGT on the casino floor in terms of entertainment value.
