Net Gains Slot Review
Relax Gaming and CasinoGrounds have worked together again, and this time the result is a slot called Net Gains. In it, as in the previous works of the studios, you will meet anthropomorphic animals, as in the Venice Beach and Beast Mode. But this time, gamers are invited to join the noisy company on a fishing trip.
The game is filled with dynamics, funny animation and sound inserts. The action takes place on a 6x4 grid field in front of a giant fishing net. In the main game, players get 3 different Mystery symbols (2 of which act as modifiers). In the 3 bonus rounds, players are given a choice of prizes. And possibly win a sum of up to 15,000 times the stake (which is actually lower than in the 3 previous installments).
Special Features Net Gains
The "Special Bet" feature allows you to increase your chances of opening a bonus round by 82%, but in return you have to pay 20% more. Premium symbols allow you to win an amount of 2-25 times your bet for 6 pieces of the same species, and the Wild, which features a shark, lands on reels 2 through 6 and helps win by releasing winning signs on the field. They are replaced by cascading mechanics. It allows you to unlock an unlimited number of extra wins per round.
Detail more about the 3 Mystery symbols and their functions:
- Ordinary Mystery symbols unlock a randomly selected matching icon.
- Mystery symbols with an octopus change all variations of the selected symbol to the same Mystery symbols.
- Mystery symbols with a bomb destroy all unlike signs after the first win.
Mystery symbols stay in play as long as the sequence lasts. They are not affected by the cascading mechanics. If you collect 2 scatters during a cascade, the 3rd scatter will be the most important one and can be revealed by a mystery symbol.
You must collect 3 scatters in a single cascade sequence in order for the bonus round selection screen to appear. There are 3 options:
- Sticky Mystery FS,
- Stacked Wilds FS,
- coin collection FS.
The extra spins symbols give players 2 extra spins in all 3 rounds, and they can get into "hot mode" at the start of either option. This increases the chances of bigger winnings.
The Sticky Mystery bonus round includes 5 free spins, for which gamers can get all 3 types of Mystery symbols on reels 2 through 6. Each cascading win adds 1 to the counter on the left, and you get extra freespins for every 3 increases in that counter. In addition, one additional Mystery symbol is added at the end of the spin. By the way, the counter is not reset between spins.
The Stacked Wilds bonus round includes 7 free spins, for which the player gets 2 different jokers. They can only fall on reels 2 through 6. Multiplier Wild has multiplier values from x2 to x5, and Countdown Wild starts at x3. The counter is decreased by 1 for each win, and the Countdown symbols are dropped down between spins. They are removed if they hit a win with a value of 1 on the display.
The coin collecting bonus round includes 8 freespins, for which the gambler receives coin symbols with the following values:
- bronze coins pay from 1x to 40x;
- silver coins pay from 3x to 100x;
- gold coins pay from 10x to 2500x.
You need one of the Collector symbols on reel 6 to collect any coin prizes, and the steady Collector sign remains at the bottom of the grid for the duration of the feature. A roll of this symbol yields 5 additional spins, and the appearance of more than 4 coins triggers a feature that saves coin values as they are removed.
If a Collector is rolled in the same cascading sequence, the player is paid for the saved coin features. Each coin received adds 1 to the counter on the left, and for every 10 you receive 1 additional spin. This also increases the value range for each coin type by up to 5 times. The Coin Rain feature can be randomly triggered to give gamers 10 coins of one type.
Finally, players outside of the UK can purchase the bonus round option screen for 100 times the bet. It will provide a choice between the three features listed above and increase the slot's RTP to 97%.
Review Summary
One of the reasons this game is so popular is the excellent gameplay. There are no glitches here, and to skip the animation, all you have to do is double-click the special button. Compared to other slots, this one is a firework of action, fun animations and smooth gameplay. Net Gains, by far, is the best part of the Streamer Collaboration series. In it, you'll join an albeit crude but fun group of bodybuilders on their fishing adventure.
You won't get bored here, thanks to the variety of features and the possibility of buying them. And the special Mystery symbols add a new and innovative use for a well-known feature. All 3 bonus rounds are very interesting and increase your bet by 15,000 times. This is well below what was offered in the previous two installments. But that's the only drawback to be found with the slot. The RTP of 96.1% is also a bit lower than previous figures, but the average in modern slots is 96%, so it's hard to complain about it.
Plusses of the slot
- 3 Mystery symbols (2 with modifiers);
- Sticky Mystery Symbols FS round;
- Stacked Wilds (countdown and multiplier);
- Coin Collect FS with steady Collector;
- Win up to 15,000 times the bet made.
Minuses
- 100x bonus buy-in for non-UK players.