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Lava Gold review

Theme and Storyline

This slot is themed around a prehistoric world of volcanoes and dinosaurs.

Set in a steamy Jurassic jungle, this game is filled with eye-catching dinosaurs and exotic foliage. In the background, a smoky volcano makes it clear that there’s a clock on this adventure.

Players will enjoy the realistic portrayals of dinosaurs and the immersive setting.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The drumbeats of the soundtrack add a sense of tension to this game that goes well with an imminent volcanic eruption. The reels spin with the rattle of rumbling rocks, driving home the rugged theme.

The backdrop is a breathtaking scene filled with lush prehistoric plants, a tempting crystal clear lake, and, of course, an ominously smoking volcano. Overhead, a pterodactyl occasionally flies, ensuring that players don’t forget that they’ve entered a truly ancient world.

The symbols are animated with gorgeous detail that will bring to mind a science documentary rather than a cartoon. Dinosaur feet, Jurassic flowers, and a ferocious Tyrannosaurus are all lurking on the reels. These work well with the background to create a strong sense of the exotic world.

Overall, the graphics and soundtrack work effectively to make this game attention-grabbing and entertaining.

Gameplay

Lava Gold is a five reel, five row slot.

Wins are awarded for clusters of 5 or more matching symbols.

Through a cascade-style feature, winning clusters vanish, so that any symbols that touched that cluster may expand into their positions. This creates the chance for more winning clusters.

This feature continues until players have no more winning clusters or the reels are filled with all matching symbols.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols.

The Free Spins feature is triggered when players achieve a winning cluster of every symbol except the Wild symbol. These clusters are tracked from lowest to highest in a meter beside the reels.

Once players have filled this meter, they are awarded 10 free spins. While in the feature, the central reel will be made up of matching symbols. This provides players with a guaranteed win.

While in the Free Spins feature, symbols do not expand to fill empty positions. However, during the feature, multipliers increase by 1, beginning with x1 and going up to x10.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 96.02%, almost spot on our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.25 up to a maximum of $/£/€3.75 per spin.

The volatility of this game is low, which makes it a bad match for our preferred slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

We do not recommend this dinosaur and volcano themed slot. The low volatility and average RTP make this game’s stats too suboptimal to overcome, at least for players following our slots strategies.

Players interested in engaging animation and a prehistoric world may enjoy stopping by this one, but they’ll do well to move on to better games.

The bonus options for this game are clearly laid out and add an interesting element, but this is not enough to make up for the low volatility.