The Simple Yet Stunning DaVinci Diamonds Slot Reviewed

At First Glance

How many times have we clicked into a slots game, enjoyed it and then thought to ourselves, ‘Why do slots have to be so cluttered, and just too over the top all the time?’. We prayed hard and fast, day and night, then IGT answered us with Da Vinci Diamonds. Yup, we’re dead serious, Da Vinci……Diamonds – another game that attracts attention by being over the top.

Now before you shoot us down for being so sarcastic, it’s the complete opposite, Da Vinci Diamonds is actually one of those rare slot games that soothes our eyes with just the right amount of glitter.

Game Basics

As usual, we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, at the core of Da Vinci Diamonds is a 5 reel, 20 win line with a minimum bet per spin of £0.20 up to a maximum of £500. Due to that fact that this game has only 3 rows, combined with 20 win lines, payout frequency is sickeningly high with a relatively low payout amount. As a result, we think that this is a low risk game that everyone can enjoy.

Bonus Features

One thing to note is that the Wild symbol can substitute for all symbols expect for bonus symbols. The bonus symbols in this game is essentially a extra spin award symbol, with extra spins being awarded when you land at least three Bonus symbols on an active win line. This will award you with 6 extra spins and above.

Another mechanic of this feature is that when you trigger Extra Spin Bonus, subsequent Bonus symbol hits will reward you will more extra spins, which can accumulate up to a theoretical maximum of 300 extra spins in total! We did just say that, 300 extra spins! Confused? Check out the table below for a comprehensive list of bonus symbols versus Bonus Extra Spins:

Now, finally we’ve moved onto the main course, the Jackpot. Upon scoring 5x Da Vinci Diamond symbols, you will be awarded an eye-popping 5000X win multiplier for your winning wager. That said, it is worth noting that getting a Jackpot, as usual, is insanely difficult. Anyways, we’d all like a little dream right?

The third and the most fun feature in this game is the Tumbling Reel feature, whereby winning symbols will disappear and symbols will tumble from the top to replace them. What are the implications of this feature? This will mean that as you win, you will get a chance to win again from the tumbling symbols. The Tumbling Reel feature combos well with the cumulative Extra Spin Bonus as you end up spending less to get more wins than other base slot games.

How does the game perform?

This game has solid graphics and a simple interface with large buttons, we’ve got a thing for simplicity here so this is a definitive win in our books. The general theme follows the title of the game well, Renaissance and gemstones, accompanied with the right background music and nice sound effects. The animation is faultless and with the above qualities, the game loads fast and plays incredibly well without bugs and lag spikes. This is often taken for granted because as someone with experience programming, optimisation is not simple at all. One thing to note is this game’s compatibility across platforms, be it PC, Android mobile or iOS mobile.

The feature that you should look out for

At first glance, we thought that the Tumbling Feature was the feature that was the best element in this game. Every time you win, you basically get a extra spin as the reels tumble and symbols are replaced on your reels. But then again, is it better than the bonus symbols that keeps filling your pocket up with tonnes of cash?

Additional Bonus symbol within win lines will award you with even more extra spins. At one point, we received 9 extra spins on top of the 4 that we were already playing. How generous is that? Adding to the effect of this feature is the Tumbling Reel feature which gives every win a chance for more wins, as such, every win will pave way to potential Bonus symbol win lines, so there will be more extra spins awarded.

And finally…

Some might argue that a basic slot game is perhaps too monotonic for the modern player, we’d beg to differ. In the age of information overload, a simple game with rock solid features and mechanics that synergise well with each other is so hard to come by that Da Vinci Diamonds will stand out tall and proud. If you are not so convinced, give it a few spins! And maybe, you’ll see the same (Da Vinci) diamond in the rough that we saw during our review.