Lost Island Pokie
The theme of the Lost Island video pokie is pretty much summed up in the title, as it’s set among the ruins of an ancient island civilisation who have left various mysterious artefacts that make up the higher value symbols. Played over 5 reels and with 20 paylines, it’s been developed by Net Ent and has their signature style, high quality graphics and richer bonus features that so many of their games come with.
Among these special extras we have wild symbols that trigger multiplier payouts and free spins where extra wilds can lead to even more winning combinations. It can be enjoyed with no download needed and there’s free Lost Island video pokies available, while anyone playing for real cash can stake just 0.20 per spin, meaning that all lines are always in play. This can be raised to a high limit of 100.00 and winlines are made when players see 3 or more of the same symbol across a line running from the left side to the right on adjacent reels, although the wilds and scatter symbols are there to help get a few extra payouts.
Playing Lost Island
There’s a strange purple glow to the game, making this particular island look like somewhere from a certain sci-fi movie, (OK, it’s Avatar), but whether we are on Earth or not, it looks fantastic and is well up there with the best Net Ent online pokie games. Flowers and ruined temples are glimpsed behind the reels and the payline indicators that run down each side are made up of little points of light which help to illuminate the reels.
Running through the paytable, the standard playing card symbols are all here, with the 10 being worth 5x the line bet when it stops on 3 reels, while 4 of them will pay out 20x and seeing it fill a payline will result in a 50x prize. The J, Q and K are worth progressively more when they fill a line and the A is valued at 5, 20 or 100x.
Bigger wins and more visual interest come from the strange objects left lying around the island, such as a grey triangular thing with gold highlights that pays out 20, 60 or 250x the line stake. Then we see a glowing necklace, some tribal drums and a swirly gold item that could be just about anything, but looks nice whatever it is. The top prizes are paid out when a red circular object with a gold mask in the middle lands across a line, with players getting wins of 20, 150 or 500x returned to them.
Lost Island
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Bonus Features
One of these strange glowing flowers is able to act as all others, apart from the scatter symbol and therefore complete winlines when there’s a gap in the run of matching symbols and it’s in the right place to fill it, while it can also stretch wins across extra reels for a higher prize.
If just a single wild appears at once, any wins that it helps to create are paid out at the standard rate, but if 2 wilds landed and became part of a winning line the payout is doubled, while 3 wilds will triple the prize and so on. There’s a little table above the reels that shows what multiplier has been awarded each time this happens and while it’s not guaranteed that multiple wilds will appear, this is a nice way of getting a few extra coins in the bank when they do.
A golden turtle acts as a scatter symbol which will pay out 10x the total wagered on a spin when it stops in any 3 places at once, while 4 of them are worth 20x and if 5 scatters appear, the win is 50x the bet. Additionally, punters are awarded 10 free spins and to help them land some valuable wins, the wild symbol will fill the middle reel throughout these games.
The Verdict
Although the theme may be a little unusual, the overall design of Lost Island is quite intriguing and lots of people will want to investigate the mysterious objects and strange landscape of the place. Once there, they will find a reliable game that has some good payouts in the normal run of play, while as is usual with Net Ent games, the potential for landing some big wins is enhanced in the bonus rounds.
It’s an attractive game that has some decent winning potential and while it’s not mobile-optimised, it’s sure to be a big hit at the desktop versions of Net Ent-powered online casino sites.