Plasma Fusion

GAMING1 provides games with a lot of different themes, and Plasma Fusion is its attempt at a space-themed slot with relaxing music and a low-volatility play style. There are a number of games that use this overall motif, so they were up against a bit of competition when they developed this title. They did a solid job with the graphics, and it definitely has a different look than what you've probably seen before. The bonus feature has a bit of value packed into it as well, so you're looking at a solid experience if you like this type of gameplay.

Game Format

The format of this slot uses 10 paylines that pay both left-to-right and right-to-left. You'll find that they are spread across five reels and three rows, but the bet sizing is a little different than what you're probably used to. There are no adjustments for coin sizes, the number of coins on each payline or for the number of paylines that you're playing with. Instead, you only adjust your total bet for a value ranging from $0.20 to $25 per spin. From there, you'll find that all of the payouts are adjusted according to a multiple of your total bet size.

Wild Symbols

This game uses wild symbols on the middle three reels. Because they do not show up on all five of the reels, they do not have their own payouts, but they can help you to get paid in a couple of different ways. First off, if the wild symbol appears on the middle spot of a reel, then it will expand to cover the entire reel. This gives you even more ways to win, especially since the game pays both left-to-right and right-to-left. It's clear with this feature that GAMING1 wanted players to have lots of chances to win on each spin.

Additionally, wild symbols can get you a set of free turns. During this free spins bonus round, which you earn by getting wilds on all three center reels at once, you'll have a chance to get the complete center reel full of wilds for the entire feature. Land a wild on the middle symbol on the game grid to earn that sticky, expanding wild.

Important Payouts and Symbols

One of the things that's important to realize about this video slot is that there are only seven regularly paying symbols on the entire board (other than the wild). This means that you'll have an easier time lining up winning combinations, and that's a very important part of the overall setup of the game since it helps to increase the hit-rate even more.

Five of the Earth symbol will earn a 25x win. Keep in mind that this is like a 250x line bet in in other games, which is in line with the top pays for games of this genre. Likewise, you can earn 20x for just four. Five of the exploding meteor pays out 12x, and that's a pretty reasonable top win as well. This also indicates that the pay schedule is pretty flat up top, which helps to keep volatility low as well.

The card rank symbols in this game are stylized in a way that looks really great. They are made to look like different types of asteroids, but they're done in a low-poly style that fits in with the theme really well. In fact, this might be some of the best card rank symbol design that we've seen in any slot ever, and we can say that without any exaggeration whatsoever. Five of the A gets 6x, five of the K earns 5x, and five of the Q pays you 4x. You can earn 2.5x for five of the J or 10 symbols.

Overview

Plasma Fusion is a game that looks great, and it has an immersive feel to it due to the aesthetic values combined with the relaxing soundtrack. The function of the wild symbols with the expanding option and the free spins with the sticky expanding wild keep things exciting, but it's the high hit-rate and low-volatility pay schedule that will really make the experience for most players. Overall, we are impressed with this game and definitely recommend it to players, but it's not quite in the top-tier category.