Blazing Star Slot
Looks like guys at Merkur have just invented a time machine and taken us all back into the 90s when CDs were all the rage, cafés were full of jittery pinball machines and every secluded corner of every casino and bar in the country had at least one fruit-ball slot machine to attract newbies and gamblers sitting on the fence. We have good enough reasons to say that, because Blazing Star is a perfect recreation – in fact, an homage, we would like to think – to those bygone times when internet was a word nobody knew the meaning of.
Online or Offline – It Just Doesn’t Matter!
Blazing Star is available online AND offline. Even though it’s relatively new in the world of slots (introduced in 2014), it has been able to get that all-too-important traction that is a hallmark of popularity. At the very first sight (be warned!), it may look just a touch childish and superficial, but let it have a benefit of the doubt, because it will certainly grow on you.
Simplicity Thy Name Be Fun
There’s a strong case for simplicity to be made while discussing slot games, since slots rarely test the skills of players. A general consensus among regular revellers of slots seems to be that the simpler the gameplay is, the better is the overall experience.
Blazing Star seems to pass this acid test quite emphatically. There are five reels here, accompanied by a maximum of five paylines. If you have already started feeling disappointed because there are ONLY five paylines, hold your horses, for Blazing Star offers some of the best odds you can find anywhere on the circuit.
Throughout our extensive slot survey, there are only a handful of times where we have come across a slot that pays out for as few as two matching symbols. The good news it, you guessed it – Blazing Star happens to be one of them!
Isn’t that music to your slot-streamlined eardrums? To ours, it is like Mozart playing lullabies with Wagner – just for us!
Here’s How to Go About Winning
Since most people seem to play Blazing Star online, we are putting the offline machine on the backburner for the time being.
Playing Blazing Star will definitely not be the hardest thing you’ve ever done. It’s just a matter of making a wager and pushing the activator (virtually, albeit). Wagers can be made in the increments of 5 cents while $10 is the highest you can wager in one spin (too little, we know, but that’s how things stand here).
The payout will be determined by the combination of three influencing factors. These are:
- Matching symbols you get on active paylines
- Corresponding payout factor
- Wagers you have put in
For example, if you wager $1 and you match three symbols with a total payout factor of 5: BOOM – you’ve just become $5 richer!
No-Nonsense Symbols
Time to be blunt. If you are looking for high adrenaline drama that you normally associate with a slot, Blazing Star is NOT for you. It’s a simple and sweet retro slot that bears no deceptions. What you see is what you get, and we don’t think we would ever crib about it.
Symbols, as noted fleetingly earlier, can be a tad childish (grapes, oranges, cherries – you get the idea, don’t you?). You would like to note here that these are NOT default symbols. These need to be activated as you play along. Like in blackjack, three consecutive luck symbols (fruits) bring the highest payout factor of x1,000.
What’s Not so Good?
The only disappointing thing – and quite rightly so – that most players would find while playing Blazing Star is that developers seem to have overlooked the possibility of a jackpot or a wild symbol. There is no scatter symbol, either.
The only way you can hope to jump over the maximum winning of $10,000 is by activating the gamble option once you win. There’s a catch, though. You cannot see this option unless your winnings exceed $50 in one go. To cut the long story short, this means that if you win $50 or less, you have to take those out as they are.
Start with Star
Minimalistic, simple and splendidly retro, Blazing Star can be a good starting point for you to get a feel for slot games. It definitely has what it takes to keep you occupied for a while, but that’s that. Don’t expect to find your name in Forbes even if you hit the best combination!
