Stars Of Orion (Elk Studios) Slot Demo & Review

Many believe that the pyramids of Egypt on the Giza plateau were aligned with Orion’s Belt and that otherworldly influences and beings part of space were responsible for the building of those ancient monuments. Whether that’s true or not, we can only speculate, but it does make for a great slot theme, and hats off to Elk for the exquisite design and graphics of the game. If Stats of Orion has got you in the mood for another space-themed online slot, why not stick with Elk and try out their Cygnus 3 and Cygnus 4 slots? Both of which are excellent releases in their own right.

Heading over to the pays section next, and at the top of the paytable, the Red 7 has the highest return with a payout of 200x for winning clusters of 15 or more. Next comes the Elk worth 45x, the Wolf at 40x, with the final premium symbol, the Bird, paying 35x. Moving down to the low pays, we have the Red Sphere valued at 4x, the Blue at 3.5x, with the Green and Purple Spheres awarding 3x and 2.5x, respectively. The Golden W symbol represents the wild in the game, with this substituting for all other in-game symbols.

Having played the demo slot of Stars of Orion, you may want to try some real money play. If this is the case, you get into the action for as little as €0.20 a spin, with the maximum bet size reaching €100.

The gameplay on the Stars of Orion slot is set on a 6×8 grid, with each spin producing 48 symbols within that grid that can potentially produce wins. You’ll need a minimum of 5 matching symbols touching each other for a cluster to be formed and a win to be paid. As you have probably already worked out, though, there is much more to this game than just basic cluster wins.

Avalanche & Gravity Slide

Once a win of 5 or more symbols has been created, the game will remove those winning symbols and all other symbols of that colour or image from within the grid. The gravity slide mechanic then kicks into action, with the spaces left behind causing the spheres to fall left and right before they finally find a position where they can rest. If this causes a new winning cluster, then this process will continue. If it doesn’t, the avalanche feature will activate and drop new symbols down from above to make your quota within the grid back up to 48. Once you fail to make a new winning connection, the sequence will end, and a new spin must be initiated.

Super Symbols

Identified by a ring of blue electricity around it, any symbol in the grid can be a super symbol. If these symbols are part of a winning cluster, any additional winning clusters adjacent to it will morph into it and create one giant cluster, transforming into the highest-paying symbol out of the two.

Magic Meter

Situated to the right-hand side of the grid, you will find the Magic Meter, filled via the symbols you collect in winning combinations. There are levels of multiplier values that can be activated in one sequence of spins in this meter, which are x2, x4, x8, x16, x32, and x64. You might think that this is a tall order to reach the top, but in between each multiplier are special coloured stones which will randomly swap around on each spin. Activating these will award special features from Orion, which are as follows.

• Green Gem | Orion’s Belt: A free drop is rewarded with wilds in the position of Orion’s Belt.
• Blue Gem | Orion’s Club: Awards a free drop with 6 wilds in the position of Orion’s Club.
• Red Gem | Orions Shield: Will award a free drop and 8 wilds in the position of Orion’s Shield.
• Gold Gem | Orion: A free drop with 13 wilds in the shape of Orion is awarded.
• Purple Gem | Symbol Swap: Any 2 adjacent symbols will swap place if it creates or improves a cluster.

There are two variations of the free spins bonus that can triggered on Stars of Orion: the Standard Bonus, activated when 3 gold bonus symbols land in view, and the Super Bonus, triggered when 3 red bonus symbols hit simultaneously.

Standard Free Drops

The standard bonus awards 10 free drops, and during the bonus round, the Magic Meter will not reset at the end of each spin.

Super Free Drops

This will again award 10 free drops, and the Magic Meter will not reset between spins. The Super Symbols will also appear more frequently during this feature, which will increase your chances of progressing further up the meter.

X-iter Bonus Buy

If the X-iter option is active in your region, you may choose from the following enhanced betting options.

• Win On Every Round – Costs 5x the bet.
• Drops Crowded With Super Symbols – Costs 10x the bet.
• Symbol Swap – Costs 50x the bet.
• Standard Bonus – Costs 100x the bet.
• Super Bonus – Costs 500x the bet.