Reel Rush

Hey cobbers! What has loads of candy and up to 3125 ways to win? The Reel Rush slot, that’s what.

What’s not to like about this fruity little slot from NetEnt?

Granted, it’s light on the theme, but sometimes we just feel like a good ol’ fruity with plenty of bells and whistles on it.

Let’s get spinning to see if it lives up to this Wombat’s mighty expectations…

Look and Feel

Children of the 80s, rejoice! For as soon as you fire up this fun little game up you’ll think you’ve stepped back in time and right into the Mario Bros!

NetEnt have clearly taken their game inspiration from 80s video games – even down to the bleep sound effects and MarioWorld background. Plus, you’ll find a nod to Candy Crush here, too, with all those juicy fruit symbols on the reels.

Not as many as you’ll find on the Fruit Spin slot mind, but you get the picture.

Reel Rush Slot Game Play

This slot features five reels, five rows and comes with a possible 3125 ways to win up for grabs during the Free Spins. Compare that to other games like Playtech’s Age of the Gods slot with 20 paylines, and that’s a whole lot of Ways to Win.

You’ll see that only 13 symbols are visible on the reels. The remaining ones are marked with an ‘R’.

There’s a very unusual spin mechanic at work here in Reel Rush slot. To begin with the reels are set out so that only the centre symbol on reels 1 and 5, the middle 3 symbols on reels 2 and 4 and the whole of reel 3 are active.

Then, depending on the symbol, either two or three matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from reel 1 constitute a win. As you begin to win, the ‘R’ symbols are scratched away.

Sounds complicated, doesn’t it? Give it a spin and you’ll soon get the hang of it.

Look and Feel

Your brightly coloured symbols on the reels are all made up of fruity sweets that come in different hues of purple, green, yellow, orange and red. Your lower value icons in the game are represented by the smaller oval symbols while the higher value ones come in the same colours, but as oranges, strawberries, lemons, blackberries and limes.

The Wild symbol in Reel Rush slot is the golden star, that goes crazy on the reels giving off golden rays of light when it completes a winning line. It’s a good show alright!

This helpful little icon will appear on all reels (except reel 1) and will substitute for all other symbols plus opens up the rest of the reels for play, too. See below.

Re-spins

The base game has 45 active paylines, but each time you land a win you are given a re-spin, and some extra paylines open up.

Win five times in a row, Wombat fans, and you’ll open up all the reels and the free spins feature, which means the chance to win mega bucks! Bonza!

– Base Game: 45 ways to win.
– 1st Respin: 135 ways to win.
– 2nd Respin: 405 ways to win.
– 3rd Respin: 675 ways to win.
– 4th Respin: 1,125 ways to win.
– 5th Respin: 1875 ways to win.
– Free Spins (8): 3125 paylines active

Free Spins Bonus

Cast your eyes above the reels, and you’ll see that there is a row of five stars that will fill up one by one whenever you land a respin.

We call it the Fruity Star-o-meter!

Land a fifth winning re-spin and you’ll trigger off the Free Spins which means eight extra spins for you, with 3125 paylines active in the bonus.

As you can imagine, the potential notches up for mega wins ! Nice one, NetEnt.

Conclusion

OK, the Reel Rush slot isn’t jampacked with bonus rounds but the quirky re-spin mechanic more than makes up for it.

If you manage to pull off five wins in a row – you could be laughing all the way to the bank. Or nearest bush bar in our case.

It’s a ‘thumbs up’ from this Wombat!

Wombat Score: 4/5