Gems Gems Gems Pokies
Pokies filled with precious stones will be nothing new to anyone who has played at an online casino before, as some of the biggest games are the ones where all symbols are colourful jewels, butGems GemsGems, by WMS Gaming takes a common theme and turns it into a unique game.
Players will be used to seeing jewels across a set of reels, but with this game, they will land on 4 independently spinning sets, 1 main and 3 smaller, each with 5 reels and each consisting of 20 paylines. It makes it a slightly confusing game to start with, but a quick review of how it all works should clear that up, and in practice it’s easier than it would first appear to be.
A couple of bonus features such asfree spins and wild substitutions are included, but it’s the way that these move across from the main set of reels to the smaller ones that make this such an interesting game. 80 paylines are all active, so low limit players who want a free Gems GemsGems video pokie are going to be out of luck. The minimum stake is 0.40 and the most that can be wagered on a single spin is 80.00, which should be more than enough for all except the high roller gamblers.
Playing Gems GemsGems
With 4 sets of reels in view on this online casino pokie, there’s not much room for anything else on the screen, so we have a blue background, the game title near the top and a control panel below the main reel set. Symbols consist entirely of gems, which shouldn’t be much of a surprise to anyone, and come in different shapes and colours. Several gems are worth the same amounts, as the lowest values are all shared by 4 different ones, the middle ranking wins are created by 3 types and towards the top of the table, there’s white and green jewels, with a solitary yellow stone being the most valuable.
All wins from these icons are created when 3 or more of the same type stop across a payline, on any set, and the line will need to start from the left side and be on adjacent reels. As each lot of reels spins independently of the others, players should find that wins occur all the time, although they can be on the small side. Although all sets start spinning at once, the main reels will stop first, then the smaller reels will come to a rest from the top set downwards.
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Bonus Features
Sharing a value with the yellow gem is the game logo and this will also be able to act as a wild symbol, replacing any other to help complete winning combinations and being staked several high to help achieve this. When it stops on the main set of reels, it will be replicated in the same positions on the other 3 sets, that will of course, still be spinning, and while it’s not guaranteed that a prize-winning combination will be formed, there’s a good chance that at least 1 will.
It won’t substitute for the diamond however, which is a feature symbol and triggers a free spins game when landing in any 3 or more positions on any set of reels.This will also get transferred from the main set across to the others, so if just 1 or 2 diamonds appear, they can join others on the smaller reels and still trigger the feature. If anyone is lucky enough to trigger the free games on more than a single set of reels at the same time, there’s extra coins for them.
Before the spins begin, if just a single set of reels had the feature diamond on them, players get a 3x multiplier applied to any win during them, but if 2, 3 or 4 sets, (unlikely, but not impossible), triggered the round, any wins are multiplied by 6x, 9x or 12x. If 3 or more scatters appear again, then a further 10 spins will be added on to the end of any still left in the current round.
The Verdict
Spinning 4 sets of reels, totalling 60 symbol positions, can be a dizzying experience, especially considering the brightly coloured jewels that roll down the screen each time, but landing lots of winning lines should more than compensate for this.
It’s quite satisfying watching all of these jewels fall into place, and when the wilds and scatters move across to the other reels and create a new win, or trigger a bonus round, it’s even nicer. Like all WMS Gaming pokies, it’s fair, reliable and can be found at many online casinos, including mobile-optimised sites.