Electric Diva Slot
A Microgaming title with a deep back story? Yes, you heard it first here. Clearly following on from the huge success of the Bikini Party slot and wanting to compete head to head with known story based slots developers like High 5 Games and Yggdrasil, Microgaming have ramped up the game theme content on the new Electric Diva slot game.
We don’t know if this is supposed to be a future earth scenario or simply an alternate reality setting, however the Spark City metropolis which the game is set on is intriguing. As is the idea of the Electric Diva herself, who has an alter ego which she transforms into, with her electric guitar morphing into a lazer blaster to defend Spark City from alien attack!
Now is it a big surprise that this slot game co-insided with the release of the Independance Day movie? We think not, and that gives this alien invasion game a lot to live up to!
Theme
The deserted streets of Spark City create a fantastic backdrop for both the 5x3 reel set and also for the secondary bonus rounds. Microgaming haven’t gone photo realistic here, despite the good 3D animation this is more Frank Miller style comic book or video game than real life setting. Probably a good idea when you consider quite how badly special effects can age! The audio is excellent too, with a range of sound effects that accompany the guitar playing heroine perfectly in tune.
The reel symbols, much like the ageing cast of the original Independence movie, really should have been left off the new game. Sadly aside from Electric Diva and her super hero form, the game wild and the scatter, they actually comprise all the other paying symbols on the slot, perhaps we should send Electric Diva after Microgamings design team!
The game logo forms the wild on the slot and the scatter is dual guitar blasters, fortunately the free spins game includes its own reel set and we do see some unique and well-designed alien images there.
Features
40 Fixed paylines on a 5x3 reel setup is nothing out of the ordinary, it is a tried, tested and proven format for good solid gameplay and a nice balance between exciting gameplay and ease of use. Once you have your bet set, simply hit the manual or auto-spin buttons to start defending against the alien horde and hopefully make your way to the free spins round.
The free spins game is initiated by three or more scatters, these don’t directly dictate the number of spins you will receive as before you even get to the free games reels you will need to play the secondary pick win bonus game, and trust us, you will want to!
Electric Diva will face off against the alien horde on a deserted street to determine both your number of free spins and crucially what level of multiplier will apply. Imagine an old west gunslinger at dawn facing off against an outlaw, only its midnight, in a mythical city, with a lightning powered guitar blaster rather than a six shooter, versus aliens. Yes we know, it was a stretch for us too, but it’s very entertaining!
Summary
Microgaming titles seem to get better and better with every new game release, which is great news for fans of this developer as the slots were already pretty spectacular to start with! Considering Microgaming already have some of the most sought after progressive jackpot slots in the industry and are available at all the best online casinos, we can only speculate what the future holds for them.
