In the world of online and mobile slots, everybody loves a sequel, and when that sequel is coming at you from the smart mins over at NetEnt, it’s easy to get a little overly excited about what’s coming. That’s why we’re so thrilled to present to your our review of Twin Spin Deluxe; NetEnt’s sequel to its much loved futuristic slot Twin Spin. The team has added a reel and some surprising new mechanics, but on the face of it, the games look pretty similar – so what’s going on?
Game Basics
If you’re familiar with the original Twin Spin game, then the similarities in aesthetic and musical style will strike you right away. The classic slot symbols of 7s, bells and green diamonds have retunred, but so too have the neon lights and futuristic backdrop, giving the whole game this kind of retro-futurism feel which is done spectacular justice by the killer graphics which characterise this game as an unmistakable NetEnt slot.
The updated Twin Spin Deluxe is a 6 reel slot which, instead of featuring the traditional paylines you might expect, allows players to claim wins via the Cluster Pays function. Cluster Pays works by rewarding you when you have 9 matching symbols in a cluster, rather than matching symbols across in a payline.
Bonus Features
Of course it goes without saying that you’re not going to get far in a discussion of a Twin Spin without having to address the elephant in the room in the form of the twinned reels which give the game its name. See, though this is a 6 reel game, between two and six of the reels on the screen are always guaranteed to spin in unison and give the same results in terms of the symbols they return.
At the start of each new spin, the twin reels will be chosen at random, and highlighted as they spin. The fact that they match means that the chances of winning combinations is increased. Bearing in mind that this is a Cluster Pays slot, having those matching reels can be a real boon to ensuring you have plenty of opportunities to cash in.
How Does it Perform?
In talking about performance, it’s super tempting here to compare this game to the original, and there are certainly arguments that each is better than the other. For instance, in both games you can wager anything between 10p and £100, however, with the Deluxe version you can only get a maximum payout of 1,000x your initial stake, while the original offer 1080x your initial stake as a maximum payout.
While this might seem annoying, your chances of landing a cluster of symbols is increased by the addition of an extra reel in the Deluxe version, and the chance for all 6 of those reels to feature the same exact symbols. For a medium variance slot, it’s pretty thrilling, and its fresh and modern approach to graphics and gameplay means that it looks spectacular on any size or shaped screen you play on.
Features to Look Out For
The somewhat surprising thing about Twin Spin is that, for all it has a couple of pretty unique features in the Cluster Pays feature and the Twin Reels feature, it’s actually still a pretty simple slot when it comes down to it. Don’t go looking for over complicating effects of free spins or bonus rounds; Twin Spin is easy to get your head around, and pretty much totally comprehendible at face value.
And Finally…
We’ve sort of got to the point where we know that it’s pretty much a given that any NetEnt slot release is going to be pretty spectacular without us really even having to check it out. The real question here, then, is whether we needed another Twin Spin game, and indeed, if the one we got was worth it. I would argue that, in a way we didn’t, but the end result was so spectacular and enjoyable, that it’s worth rather losing sight of the first part of the question.
