Split Symbols new to online slots games
By: Johnson, Barb, Thursday November 25th 2010
Today multiple payline games are the favorite of players who frequent the online slots. These give players multiple options to win and make the games even more exciting. The standard multi-payline video slots usually have five symbols per payline and they can go as high as seven slots; like those instroduced by Vegas Technology. Those 7 reel slots are Farming Futures and Lucky Sevens. Although they have multiple paylines, they aren’t so different from 5 reel slots. Paylines include at least three to seven symbols lined up together to win!
The latest trend that’s emerging is slot games that have a standard number of reels but with more paylines .The first game was the Marvel Movies series of super hero slot games and what it did is used split symbols. In the Blade game, there is one symbol on the 5th reel that can technically be split in 2 and count as two different symbols. That payline does need to be enabled in order to function, but payouts do count as a 4 payline normally but when the split symbol appears it actually counts as a 6 symbol win. The split symbol isn’t just a greater way for players to win; it also adds some different effects with the Blade game. When the split symbol is activated, players are treated to watching Blade draw his sword and cut the symbol in half. Then, two smaller reels are formed!
While this trend started with only a 6 symbol payline, this has since been increased. Wagerworks even came out with a 10 symbol payline game. Noah’s Ark is the game, and it operates a little bit different than the Marvel one. This game is neat because what it does is uses single animals and pairs of animals, true to theme to make up the extra symbols for the larger payline. The additional paylines need to be activated and when that happens, the pairs of animals count as two different symbols as opposed to one. Even scatter symbols in this game as two symbols when the additional paylines are activated. Although there are split symbols, the game still plays through like any ordinary online slots games so it’s not something that players will be unfamiliar with!
Online casinos are looking for new games to feature even if they’re just variations upon the old tried and true ones. Players will enjoy any changes simply because they’re new and exciting to them. Split paylines are only on a few slots so far, but they’ll surely be created by all software providers in time as this trend takes off and players will be looking for it!
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