Winter Berries Pokies
Winter Berries is another juicy poker machine from Yggdrasil Gaming, which unlike many in their range, which usually feature a number of bonus rounds and side games, has a kind of traditional look and feel to it. That's not to say it's completely devoid of extras, as there are a couple of bonuses to enjoy, like sticky wins and multiplier spins that can make it a satisfying pokie to play either on a PC, Mac, or via the iSense mobile application.
A Winter Wonderland Awaits
Take a quick look at Winter Berries and you will immediately be struck by the pleasing design, which is a standard feature of games from the Yggdrasil developer. An Arctic landscape greets players, with the Northern Lights brightening up the scene, and the symbols appearing to float above it all. The layout is a fairly conventional 5 reel type of slot machine and 25 pay lines, with a bet range per spin from a low of just 0.25, all the way up to 50.00 a go, so pretty much any budget can be accommodated. It’s not one of those games where players can just place a bet on a single line and see if they get lucky, as all lines are automatically activated.
Winter Berries
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Tasty Berries For Tasty Wins
The berries come in all sorts of colours, with beautifully presented bright reds, yellows and purples combining for a striking appearance. The frozen theme brings a sparkle to the game, with any symbols that make up a winning combination freezing over to trigger the main feature of this game.
Wins occur when at least three identical symbols land on a payline starting from the left hand column, and the bigger payouts come from getting four or five of the same symbol across the screen. Each berry has a different value associated with it, from the blackberries that pay 3, 10 or 25 coins when 3, 4 or 5 line up respectively, to the orange berry that has a value of 15, 40 or even 500 coins.
However the real appeal of Winter Berries lies not with its colourful reels, but with the luscious extra features that can accompany winning spins. Every time symbols line up in winning positions, the ones that created the win will become encased in a block of ice and freeze in position. All the other positions will then spin again for free, and if any more of the same symbol land, it too will become frozen in place.
All remaining spots will continue to spin until no more of the winning symbol appear, after which any payouts are calculated. But that’s not all folks, as with each successive spin, a multiplier is in play. If a single whole reel gets filled with the winning symbol before the free spins come to an end, the final wins are paid out at the basic level, but if 2, 3, 4 or even all 5 reels get fully taken up with the symbol, then the payout is multiplied by the number of reel columns filled. It’s a pretty clever idea, and like many of the best ones, it is also quite simple, although the re-spins do tend to happen fairly quickly, and unless you are keeping a close eye on things, it can be hard to keep up with progress.
But never mind, the feature gets triggered quite often, and maybe it’s best to just let it play out and see what happens.
Enjoy The Berries, Or Freeze Them Out?
That’s it for extras in the Winter Berries pokie, as there’s no Wild or Scatter symbol. I found it best to think of it as a fruit machine with nicer looking symbols, and that’s no bad thing as the traditional style of game has an enduring popularity for many people.
Like all the games from Yggdrasil, this one certainly has a great visual appeal, and nice animations to go with the action, so it’s definitely one to try out.