Cosmic Adventure Slot
You don’t have to be a fan or Star Trek or even Star Wars to appreciate a space race to the finish line; the sights of the universe are enough to have anyone as giddy as a child at Christmas. That feeling can be yours again, whenever you want, courtesy of Cosmic Adventure from Roundstone International.
Sporting a 5-reel and 9-payline layout, it appears to be a staple example of what the brand churns out. There’s conventional dynamics and relatively little variance. Whether you choose to play with cash or try out their free slot version, you’ll be spinning to get matches of between three and five, in the hopes of unlocking the bonus round or some free games.
Gamers have a lot of difficulties to overcome on their journey through the cosmos, with some decisions harder to make than others. If you’re ready to delve into a world of aliens and exploding planets, we’ve restocked our fuel and are ready for takeoff.
Alien technology
The aesthetic of this real money slot is fantastic – so authentic to the types of sci-fi we engage with on a daily basis, from all various forms of media. Despite its cartoony texture, it has a living and breathing matrix of alien images to help us feel like we’re aboard an unknown spacecraft.
This is done in various ways, but most obviously by how the grid is shown: the 3x5 network has been placed in what appears to be a cockpit of some kind, with the backdrop being that of a window looking out onto space. The subtle movement of the view makes it feel like you’re moving at reduced but steady speeds, adding to the immersive quality.
Around the edges of the screen are where the nodules illustrating the winlines are, made to look like part of a highly sophisticated and technologically advanced machine. Basically, all sci-fi geeks will fall in love here.
Brutality
Even though you’re explorers, there’s always going to be conflict when exploring the far reaches of space, and so the gamble option shouldn’t have surprised us; Roundstone is well known for inventing new and improved ways to double your winnings after you make a combo.
Cosmic Adventure provides you with two simple options, both of which look the same, in this instance it’s two orange planets. Your mission, and it’s a grisly one, is to decide which one to blow up in order to find supplies. You might needlessly be blowing up a planet if you discover nothing lurking within, but just to make you feel better, the brand has made it so that both orbs ignite and explode.
There’s a 50/50 chance with this round, but we hardly ever progress past an initial success, which goes to demonstrate the high level of volatility you have to accept when playing this game, or at the very least this round.
Here comes the sun
The image of a burning ball liken to our sun is the bonus symbol of this game. To be in with a chance of experiencing its spoils, you need to get three of them. Unlike in other slots where the amount can be between three or five, here it’s only a match of three that will herald in the new level.
Due to the challenge presented by Cosmic Adventure, it took us a long time to activate the round, and when we did we were sad to see nothing more than a glorified pick me bonus. The wins were generous in places, as were the potential multipliers, but it’s been done before by the brand and therefore there’s nothing new to see here. Consequently, it reduces the excitement of unlocking this round.
Adventure is out there!
As far as games go, Cosmic Adventure is a mild intensity slot machine with a low variety paytable and lacklustre aesthetic; it might look good in places, but the shine dulls when you’re presented with nothing but a pretty face.
In so far as how it shapes up against other slots from the brand, it’s much of the same we’ve seen before, which only helps to chip away at any redeeming qualities it does have. Nonetheless, for a quick bout of fun, this slot will do nicely.
