Dark Waters Power Combo

Until now, Power Combo slots have primarily been the territory of All For One Studios, with a few other developers giving it a shot. Now, it's time for Just For The Win to join the Power Combo trend with their own twist. Their entry into the arena is Dark Waters Power Combo, a pirate-themed online slot featuring features like a money symbol collect and various free spins combinations of Giant Reels, Multi Collect, and Golden Reel features.

The first striking aspect of Dark Waters Power Combo is its sweeping swashbuckling soundtrack, setting a salty, adventurous mood. The visuals are equally impressive, with a backdrop of a brave explorer facing a dark, skull-filled environment, with an anchored boat in the distance. It's well-executed, evoking a sense of adventure before even hitting the spin button.

Dark Waters Power Combo features a gaming grid in two forms. The regular setting comprises 6 reels and 4 rows, offering 4,096 ways to win. When the grid expands, it becomes a 6x6 area with 46,656 ways to win during the Giant Reels phase. This game is highly volatile, with a default RTP of 96% and a hit rate of 26.47%. Bets range from 20 cents to $/€50 per spin, and unlike All For One Studios' Power Combo games, Dark Waters Power Combo doesn't offer feature buys.

There are ten regular paying symbols, creating wins when landing from the leftmost side of the grid across adjacent reels. Low pays include 10 to A card ranks, while high pays include a bottle, knives, a hat, pistols, and an anchor. Wild scroll symbols substitute for all regular pay symbols.

The game's features include money symbol rewards and free spins with three possible modifiers.

Money Symbols:
Money symbols can appear anywhere on the reels during the base game or free spins. They come with multipliers ranging from 1x to 10x the bet or display Mini, Minor, Major, or Mega prizes worth 15x, 40x, 200x, or 5,000x the bet, respectively. Collect symbols appear only on the leftmost reel during the base game or free spins. However, during free spins with the Multi Collect feature active, Collect symbols may land on any reel. When a Collect symbol lands, all money symbols in view award their prizes or values.

Free Spins:
In both the base game and free spins, purple, red, or blue tokens linked to specific modifying features may appear and are collected by their respective treasure chest when they land. Each token that lands has a chance to trigger the free spins feature. If two different tokens land, two modifiers are active in free spins, and if three different tokens land, three modifiers are active.

The free spins round starts with 10 free spins, and landing a non-active token during this round may trigger its corresponding modifier, awarding +3 free spins. Only one non-active token can activate per spin. The three features are:

• Free spins with Giant Reels
• Free spins with Multi-Collect
• Free spins with Golden Reel

As far as pirate-themed slots go, Dark Waters Power Combo is a solid choice. It offers a lively, adventurous experience with its artwork and sea-faring tunes. While a change of scenery for the free spins round would have been nice, the intensified music and added elements increase the excitement. Activating multiple features during free spins adds to the tension, with the possibility of having all three modifiers active being particularly thrilling.

The bonus round, with more features active, is where Power Combo slots truly shine. While you can't buy free spins in Dark Waters Power Combo or mix and match your favorite features, the game's frequency of triggering free spins is promising, occurring approximately once every 60 spins. Although you can't predict which features will be included when they trigger, there's a chance of landing non-active tokens during the round to add more features to the mix, adding an element of luck to the gameplay.

While none of the Power Combo-related slots have been groundbreaking so far, Dark Waters Power Combo shows promise with its appealing visuals, engaging gameplay, potential 5,000x bet wins, and popular features like the money symbol collection system.

• Title: Dark Waters Power Combo
• Developer: Just For The Win
• Reels: 6
• Rows: 4
• Paylines: 4,096-46,656
• RTP: 96% | 94.08% | 92.19%
• Hit Freq: 26.47%
• Max Win: 5,000x
• Volatility: High
• Min/Max Bet: 0.20/50
• Release Date: February 27, 2024