Stars of Orion Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Stars of Orion Review

ELK Studios is back with another cosmically inspired Gravity mechanic release, and Stars of Orion sticks out from previous installments mostly in a positive way. It’s perhaps most closely related to ELK’s gravity debut, Cygnus, which is also based around a star constellation. However, win ways have been replaced by a cluster pays engine, not unlike what you find in Cluster Slide.

Combine the above with a winning symbol collecting meter that awards both multiplier boosts and 5 different modifiers, and you’re getting into somewhat familiar grid slot territory. The Super Symbols are a new innovation however, connecting/upgrading cluster wins in surprisingly useful ways. This is especially true if you manage to trigger the Super version of the bonus round, and non-UK players can always purchase it directly from the X-iter feature buy menu.

Stars of Orion Slot - Reels Screen

Stars of Orion Slot Features

The ‘W’ wild symbols can land anywhere in view, and they step in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning clusters. The wilds are worth the same as the top-tier ‘7’ symbol, and the 4 premiums pay between 35 and 200 x your stake for 15+ in a cluster.

All winning symbols are removed from the grid via the Avalanche feature, and this is how the Gravity mechanic comes into play. You’ll then see new and/or existing symbols tumble into the gaps, and this can lead to new winning clusters.

The process thus repeats as long as you keep landing new winners.

All regular pay symbols can land as Super Symbols, and you’ll then notice a blue, glowing frame around the symbol. When a Super Symbol is part of a winning cluster, and it connects with another winning cluster at the same time, all winning symbols are transformed into the highest value symbol type that’s part of the situation.

All winning symbols are collected in the Magic Meter seen on the right-hand side, and this meter awards win multipliers progressively from x2 to x4, x8, x16, x32 and x64. In-between the multiplier tiers, there are gemstones that trigger random modifiers. You need to fill the meter 2 times in a single Avalanche sequence to get both a multiplier and a feature, and so it goes all the way to the top. The random modifiers are as follows:

• Symbol Swap - symbols are swapped for at least 1 guaranteed win.
• Orion’s Belt - awards a new drop with 3 wilds shaped as Orion’s belt.
• Orion’s Club - awards new drop with 6 wilds shaped as Orion’s club.
• Orion’s Shield - awards new drop with 8 wilds shaped as Orion’s shield.
• Orion - awards new drop with 13 wilds shaped as the complete Orion constellation.

The Bonus Round is triggered when you land 3 bonus scatters anywhere in view, and this awards 10 free drops.

The Magic Meter progress does not reset between free drops, and special Super Bonus Symbols can trigger a Super version of the feature if all 3 scatters appear with a red frame. The only difference is that Super Symbols appear more frequently in the Super Bonus Round.

The X-iter Feature Buy menu comes with 5 different options this time (not available for UK players), and these are as follows:

• Guaranteed Win - pay 5x your stake to get some kind of win.
• Super Symbols - pay 10x your stake to get extra Super Symbols.
• Symbol Swap - pay 50x your stake to get 3 guaranteed Symbol Swaps after a non-winning avalanche.
• Bonus Round - pay 100x your stake to trigger the bonus round.
• Super Bonus - pay 500x your stake to trigger the Super Bonus Round.

The 200 Spins Stars of Orion Slot Experience

You get to see the base game play out for around one and a half minutes, as this is when we purchase the top-tier Super Bonus Round. We managed to climb all the way to the x16 multiplier tier, and you can see for yourself whether or not we came out of the bonus buy with a profit by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The RTP has been in a steady decline since the first release in ELK’s Gravity mechanic range, Cygnus, and in Stars of Orion the 95 % theoretical returns borders on being a deal-breaker. This is sad really, as this is otherwise the best installment in the series so far. Dropping ways to win for the Cluster Pays engine seems like a wise choice for this kind of setup, and we do like the mysterious and cosmic vibe that hangs over this release.

winning symbols to increase the win multiplier and get modifiers in escrow is not uncommon for grid slots, and it’s quite fun when you get into lengthy chain-reaction runs. This doesn’t happen all that often, of course, but anything can happen when the meter never resets in the bonus round. Super Symbols can effectively upgrade your wins at times, and the solid 10,000x potential is twice what’s on offer in the previous installments.

Pros

• Avalanche Wins w/ Gravity mechanic
• Super Symbols win upgrade
• Charge meter to get modifiers and multipliers
• FS w/ non-resetting Magic Meter
• Super FS w/ extra Super Symbols
• Win up to 10,000x your stake

Cons

• RTP of 95 % might be a deal-breaker for some

If you love Stars of Orion Slot you should also try:

Cygnus - is the first Gravity mechanic installment from ELK, and it too is inspired by a star constellation. You get the avalanche wins feature also here, and consecutive wins increases the number of ways up to 262,144.

There is also a multiplier meter that goes to x64, and you can win up to 5,000x your stake in the sticky multiplier scatter bonus round.

IO - is the second release in ELK’s Gravity mechanic range, and it comes with up to 262,144 ways to win. Charged wilds can take part in 4 wins before they disappear, and the wild forge feature increases the progressive win multiplier. Both of these become sticky in the bonus round, where payouts up to 5,000x your stake can be landed.

Bompers - is the third installment in the Gravity mechanic saga from ELK Studios, and the pinball disco theme makes it stick out from the otherwise cosmic-inspired releases. Bompers turn wild when fully charged, and these are sticky in the bonus round. The volatility is high, and you can win up to 5,000x your stake.

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