How does the Archangels Salvation slot machine work?
Six reels that each have a whopping 12 symbols, that means a lot of paylines. Archangels Salvation has no less than 100 winning lines. This is a common practice on the Las Vegas Strip, where people spend all evening playing for a few cents a spin.
You pay 40 credits per spin. That will cost you at least C$0.40 for one spin. The maximum bet is played with a coin value of C$0.50 on level 10. That comes down to C$5 per credit, so C$200 per spin.
Symbols and Payouts
With 100 paylines and quite a few features, a single combination doesn't yield that much. Archangel Salvation is a battle between heaven and hell, between an angel and a devil. This is reflected in the symbols on this slot.
The angel and the devil both pay out 3.75 times your bet per spin when you spin a six-of-a-kind. All symbols are arranged in stacks on the reels, with the angel and the devil even as mega symbols 12 rows high. So you'll regularly have a winning combination on several of the 100 paylines.
The other symbols behind are also neatly divided into blue symbols for heaven and red symbols for hell.
Winning, however, is done with the features. So, let's quickly switch to the features of this Archangels Salvation slot.
Hot Spot Areas: Heaven & Hell feature
Archangels Salvation features two hot spot areas. We previously saw the Hot Spot feature on a NetEnt slot like Joker Pro. On Archangels Salvation, the feature has been expanded a bit. You play with two hot spot areas that are each two rows high. At the top you have two rows of ‘Heaven Hot Spot' and at the bottom of your screen two rows of ‘Hell Hot Spot'.
The idea is that you get a Wild Symbol of 2 by 2 neatly in one of the two hot spot areas. You will then unlock the Heaven Feature or the Hell Feature.
The Heaven Feature unlocks four stacks of Wild symbols. Lucrative? That depends on where exactly the Wild Stacks are popped on your screen by the heavenly angel. And of course what else is on the reels. The Hell feature creates a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 16 separate Wild symbols on your screen.
If your Wild symbols from the Hell feature or the Heaven feature
end up in the Hell Hot Spot or the Heaven Hot Spot, you get the feature again. With a bit of luck the features follow each other and you can score big profits.
How does the free spins bonus of Archangels Salvation work?
The Hell and Heaven Feature are not the only bonus features on Archangels Salvation slot machine. You can also unlock a free spins bonus game.
Depending on how many bonus symbols you spin, you'll unlock up to 25 free spins:
- 25 free spins if you spin 6 scatter symbols;
- 20 free spins if you spin 5 scatter symbols;
- 15 free spins if you spin 4 scatter symbols;
- 10 free spins if you spin 3 scatter symbols.
The scatter symbol is a kind of luxury cigar band with the letter ‘S' on it.
You play the free spins with extra large Hot Spot areas. Both the Hell Hot Spot and the Heaven Hot Spot are three rows high instead of two. So you get to play the Hell and the Heaven feature more often.
What is our final verdict on Archangels Salvation?
You have to love it, slots with Colossal Reels. When you cram a slot like this onto a small screen instead of a meter-high light panel in a land-based casino, it also quickly becomes messy and fiddly. That's exactly what Archangels Salvation has become.
In terms of graphics, it has not exactly become the prettiest of NetEnt slots. There is also little honor to be gained by a graphic designer from an assignment such as “Prop 6 reels of 12 rows high each in a screen. Oh, and clear three-quarters of the space for an angel and a devil.”
The idea behind this slot machine also seems to be only half fleshed out. A real battle between heaven and hell and between the angel and the devil it unfortunately never becomes.
The maximum win of 375 times your stake per spin is also horribly disappointing. The payout percentage of 96.08% is reasonable, but there are better online slots games to spend your bonus money on.
Archangels Salvation gets 2 out of 5 stars from us as a score.
