Certain artifacts and items have a special and spellbinding appeal, one that attracts attention and makes the world more magical and fascinating. Crystal balls mesmerize with their unusual fortune-telling properties and a mysterious aura that tickles one's imagination. Equally tempting and intriguing is the Crystal Ball Multi Symbols game from GAMOMAT, Powered by Bragg, a title that takes you on a date with destiny and makes sure you have a ball while at it.
General Overview
Crystal Ball Multi Symbols is a high-volatility game played on a 5x3 grid with 5 paylines. The modest number of paylines may seem underwhelming but fear not: the game has certain built-in mechanics and other perks that more than compensate for that. The Multi Symbols version builds upon the success of its predecessor which was a big hit in European markets and was included in the studio's Deluxe Series collection of its popular classics with fresh designs and enhanced artwork, sounds, and animations. This version has one very fine addition that makes it even more desirable than the previous one, but more about that later. Anyway, simplicity is key and this German studio knows how to make it work. For this reason, the game has five low-paying royals, three high-paying symbols represented by a magical unicorn, a magic pendant, and a magic potion. The wizard with the hypnotic gaze is the one top-paying symbol that pays an amazing 1000x current bet for a five-in-line, while the titular crystal ball is scatter and wild at the same time. And that's it!
Features and Mechanics
What makes the game unique and different from the classic version, however, lies in the mechanics of the game. The basic idea is a straightforward book mechanic in which three (or more) scatters start the free games phase with ten free games and the draw of the bonus symbol. In this phase, whenever two or more of the drawn bonus symbols land and additional wins can be awarded, it will expand across the entire reel and pay across all lines. A very welcome cherry on top is that full bonus reels don't need to be adjacent to form a win, and even that is not all. Free games can be retriggered to win ten more by landing three or more scatters, while the main center of attraction is that retriggering the free games starts another draw of a bonus symbol among the remaining non-bonus symbols. Even standard book mechanics can yield powerful payouts, but the addition of multiple bonus symbols (hence the name of the game) creates better opportunities to score gigantic wins, especially if you're lucky to draw the top-paying wizard as the bonus symbol.
As if this kind of truly formidable book mechanic wasn't enough, there are additional ways to boost your payouts when wins occur. Typical of this distinguished studio that includes them in all their releases, there are two optional and skippable mini-games: the card gamble and the risk ladder gamble. The first game is a simple double-or-nothing in which you can choose to guess the color of the next card drawn: if you guess wrong, you lose your win, but if you guess correctly, you double it. There's also a "light" option with which you can split your win and gamble only half of it. The other minigame takes you up and down a ladder with increasing and decreasing payouts. This means that a few lucky guesses in the card gamble or a lucky streak in the ladder gamble could turn a modest win into a really huge one. Bear in mind that these minigames are completely optional and autoplay automatically skips them, allowing this way the players to tailor the gameplay to their tastes and play however they prefer.
Artwork and Appearance
The game employs the enhanced visuals, animations, and sounds from the Deluxe version which by itself guarantees a contemporary level of aesthetic pleasure. The frame around the slot face shows a view through the trees onto a castle in the background and it changes color from a dark daily atmosphere to a more dramatic scene at dusk with warmer colors in free games. The musical score is unobtrusive and adds to the overall fantasy theme with its ethereal sounds, smooth string instrument harmonies and vocalizations. Sound effects feel organic and almost magical: the sound of the reels stopping are not mechanical clanks that would fit other games much better, instead they sound more like soft human steps and thus complement the theme very nicely.
Our Final Verdict
The literal meaning of "clairvoyance" is "seeing clearly", and it's crystal clear to see that this game has its obvious strengths and a unique kind of charm. While its high volatility may not be for everyone, a relatively high occurrence of free games inspires hope and has kept us constantly on our toes expecting a big hit. A free games retrigger with two bonus symbols never feels unobtainable, but even one bonus symbol can do wonders for your payouts, especially if you're lucky enough to land the wizard or one of the three high-paying symbols in the bonus symbol draw. On top of that, winless streaks don't feel dull as you're completely immersed in this fantasy world thanks to the game's delightful visuals and sounds, soaking up the magical atmosphere this game so aptly recreates. Some say that the future is not ours to see, but they probably have yet to play this title. In Crystal Ball Multi Symbols by GAMOMAT, Powered by Bragg, bold players can turn a prophet into profit, because, as we all know, fortune favors the brave.