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| Provider | Blueprint |
| Reels | 6 |
| Rows | 7 |
| Paylines | 117,649 |
| Bonus Rounds | 1 |
| Bet Range | 0.10 - 10 |
| Volatility | High |
| Max Win | 50,000x |
| Bonus Buy | Yes |
| RTP | 95.00% |
| Our Rating | 7.8 |
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Game Overview
Of all the god-awful professions that exist in this world, mining must sit somewhere near the top of the list – most of the mines where these so-called ‘precious stones’ are dug up are located in African countries with non-existent health and safety laws and daily wages that probably wouldn’t buy you a loaf of bread in the developed world. It’s undoubtedly a sorry state of affairs, but as much as I’d love to wax lyrical on politics, this isn’t the time or place. So let’s get back on topic – Blueprint Gaming’s title Diamond Mine 2 Megaways, features “up to 117,649 payways” and a 95% RTP. Nothing particularly outstanding there, of course, but the 50,000x jackpot is quite a different matter!
Your quest to claim that enormous jackpot begins with the games tracker reel, located directly above columns two through five. This is the only place where the wild symbols can land, whilst the mystery symbols can appear on all six main reels in addition to the tracker. Hitting three or more scatter symbols will offer you a choice of two bonus modes – the regular free spins come with an unlimited multiplier, whilst the golden variety offer unlimited spins – until you hit the golden guarantee, that is! Fortunately, it’s possible to increase the value of your golden guarantee by collecting money bags whilst the feature is active, making it quite a challenge to decide which feature is better. If you’re fortunate enough to take advantage of the bonus buy facility, you can test them both out to your heart’s delight… or until your bankroll expires, whichever occurs first!
The Diamond Mine series of online slots has been a big hit for Blueprint Gaming, and I have little doubt that this one will be any different – and on that note, why not grab your pickaxe and shovel and head on down to our free demo slot of Diamond Mine 2 Megaways, available to play below!
Diamond Mine 2 Megaways Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols
I’m certain that I have written up at least a handful of the Diamond Mine slot machines from Blueprint Gaming, so I was slightly confused when I browsed our review library, only to find that the top three were reviewed by another writer. The games in question are Diamond Mine Megaways, Diamond Mine Extra Gold Megaways, and Diamond Mine All Action Megaways, all of which look uncannily similar to this latest release. It seems that Blueprint has re-used as many assets as possible when creating all of these machines – I guess familiarity was a feature rather than a bug on this occasion! What’s more striking is that all of them are Megaways slots with similar feature sets and very little to differentiate them in terms of their paytables. That’s not necessarily a bad thing though – these are excellent slots, but it does feel a little bit lazy on the developers’ part. Time for a revamp, perhaps?
Speaking of the paytable, the huge white diamond is the highest-paying regular symbol, offering a maximum payout of 50x the total bet for a full payway of six of a kind. That’s very much an outlier though – there are just three more medium pays represented by the miner himself, a lantern, and his tools, with returns pegged at 5x, 2.5x, and 2x, respectively. That’s just one high-paying symbol, three medium-pays, and I’m sorry to tell you – no less than six low-paying royals! Six aces, kings, or queens will get you 1.5x your bet back in winnings, whilst the jacks, tens, and nines are a little less valuable at 1x each. It’s clear that this isn’t the type of slot where a single-line hit is going to make your day.
Blueprint has been reducing the maximum betting limits on their games for a while now, which many suspect could be a pre-emptive move to save them from updating their vast library of products when stricter regulations on bet sizes inevitably come into force in the next year or two. Anyhow, as for now, in the demo, at least, Diamond Mine 2 Megaways has minimum/maximum limits of €0.10 and €10, respectively.
Base Game & Modifiers
So just what can you expect from this machine to differentiate it from all of the other Megaways games that developers publish on an almost daily basis nowadays? That’s a good question, to be honest – the six-reel layout is ubiquitous in the Megaways genre, as is the horizontal ‘tracker’ reel positioned along the top of the screen. So I think it’s pretty much fair to say that you’ll need to hit the free spins before you really notice anything at all.
Mystery Symbol
The TNT barrel is a mystery symbol – at the end of each round, all visible barrels will transform to reveal the same randomly selected symbol from the paytable.
Diamond Mine 2 Megaways Slot Bonus Features
On the plus side, there is one nice aspect to how the bonus round is triggered – three or more scatters will trigger the bonus, offering you the choice of the Regular Free Spins or Golden Guarantee Free Spins.
Free Spins
Before every round of free spins, you’ll be offered the chance to use a pie gamble wheel to boost the number of free spins on your starting counter. Alternatively, if you prefer the Golden Guarantee Spins, the gamble wheel permits you to guarantee the minimum result of the feature.
I’m not too keen on the Golden Guarantee spins – the idea may work if you place truly massive bets, but the first spin that takes you over the guarantee amount will immediately end the feature. As you can see below, these aren’t exactly impressive guarantees either!
- 3 Scatter Symbols awards 8 Free Spins or x5 Golden Guarantee Spins
- 4 Scatter Symbols awards 12 Free Spins or x7 Golden Guarantee Spins
- 5 Scatter Symbols awards 16 Free Spins or x9 Golden Guarantee Spins
- 6 Scatter Symbols awards 20 Free Spins or x12 Golden Guarantee Spins
- 7 Scatter Symbols awards 24 Free Spins or x15 Golden Guarantee Spins
Bonus Buy
The Gold Bet button to the left of the main reel set will open a new menu with the option to purchase a set of free spins at 100x the normal cost per spin. The number of triggering scatters is determined randomly.
Pros
- It’s Diamond Mine –a hugely popular franchise!
- The huge maximum win of 50,000x the bet.
Cons
- Nothing particularly groundbreaking has been added to the franchise.
Final Thoughts
Blueprint are masters of producing well-presented online slots, but this one is definitely more ‘filler’ than ‘thriller’… it may well thrill you for one night only, but when the midnight hour is close at hand, you’ll probably find this game languishing inside a corpse’s shell.
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