Racing though a futuristic city, the cars and characters of Net Ent’s Drive Multiplayer Mayhem video pokie help to rev up winning lines across the 5 reels, while cruising through to bonus features such as wild multipliers and free spins with a unique side game where players race for extra rewards.
It’s got a fantastic design that looks a bit like a Japanese Manga-inspired sci-fi movie, or perhaps Grand Theft Auto with a twist, and while the title of the game suggests lots of car racing is in store, it’s mostly about the drivers in this strange world, as we see 4 of them, plus a single car making up the higher value wins. There are no defined reel edges, instead the symbols seem to float down against the city background which is very effective and adds a modern touch to this near-future game.
Available across desktop and mobile platforms, the reels can be spun for just 0.15, while the high limit has been set at 75.00, although most casinos offer free Drive Multiplayer Mayhem video pokies which gives customers a chance to try it out at no risk. There’s 15 paylines and to claim a prize in the base game, 3 or more of the same symbol type will need to stop across a line, on connected reels running from the left side.
Silver-effect playing card symbols from 10 through to A make up the lower end of the pay table, and unusually, they are all worth the same amount, returning 5x the line bet for 3 of a kind, while 4 pays 10x and full runs of 5 across a payline will equal a win of 30x. Three of the characters have names, with Twitch and Hamaki each being valued at 10, 45 or 60x the line bet when they appear on 3, 4 or 5 reels, while Bruiser pays 15, 60 or 90x. This is the same amount as the sports car that looks very much like a Nissan GTR, while the unnamed female character pays the top wins in normal gameplay, returning 25, 75 or 150x the line stake.
Multiplying wild symbols will appear, creating extra winning combinations and boosting the value of the payouts by up to 5x. Each looks like a rev-counter and will substitute for all except the scatter and Nitro symbols when they stop in the right places, either filling in gaps in a sequence of matching symbols, or stretching a win across further reels.
A wild landing on reel 1 on the left side has a 1x multiplier attached to it, so just the basic win value is paid out, but the wild on reel 2 has a 2x multiplier and so on, until any combinations that get completed by the wild on the right-side reel are subject to the maximum 5x multiplier. But it can get even better than that, as any time more than 1 wild completes the combination, the multipliers are multiplied, for example wilds on reels 2 and 4 will end up boosting the base value of the symbol win by 8x over.
There’s 10 free spins to enjoy when the scatter symbol of shadowy racers appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 in at least 3 places. As usual, Net Ent have switched to a higher gear for the bonus games, adding a Nitro meter to the side of the reels which gets filled up each time a Nitro symbol appears throughout the bonus round.
At the start of the free spins, players will race against Twitch, but once 3 Nitro symbols have started to fill the meter, they are awarded additional races, first against Hamaki, when 4 extra spins are added on and an Overlay Wild multiplies wins 2x, and then against Bruiser, who adds 2 more spins and raises the multiplier to 3x. Any time the Nitro symbol lands above a wild symbol, it becomes an extra wild, adding yet another chance for players to pick lots of coins in this high-powered bonus round, although it can’t be retriggered even if 3 or more scatters turn up in a single free spin.
This has become a very successful online casino pokie machine for Net Ent, partly because of the style and theme, but mainly because of the exciting bonus features, particularly the wild multipliers that can boost a win by 20x if they land on reels 4 and 5 at once, plus the thrilling bonus round where players race the stars of the game.
Even without these, it’s a recommended pokie where reliable wins can come from landing the standard symbols across paylines, and like all games from Net Ent, it’s got a good return to player percentage.