Contact

Contact features an expansive 5x7 grid layout that employs cluster mechanics, requiring players to connect a cluster of at least 5 matching symbols for wins. Unlike other cluster-based slots, winning combinations here do not vanish. Instead, they fix themselves in place as non-winning symbols disappear to make room for new ones cascading into the grid. Furthermore, Contact offers win multipliers up to 30x with two Bonus Rounds featuring reel modifiers, playable on any device with betting options ranging from 0.20 to 100 Euros per spin.

The visual design of Contact aligns with typical Aztec-themed slots expectations, albeit with an impressive vertical reel setup. The soundtrack is gripping, embodying a grand indigenous music composition. Positioned within a temple, featuring burning skulls on both sides, the 5x7 grid displays Aztec-themed symbols such as turtles, snakes, birds, monkeys, and jaguars carved in stone. More valuable are the four Aztec masks, with the purple mask standing out, promising to return 7.5 times your bet if you land five on a payline.

The base game lacks extensive features but boasts multipliers to enhance winnings. You can earn a win multiplier of x2, x3, or x4 by filling the 2nd, 4th, or 6th row completely with winning symbols respectively.

Contact (Play\"n GO): Features

Instead of a conventional scatter symbol, Contact activates a Bonus Round when winning symbols reach the top of the grid. Beginning with three spins, this round uses streak spins, where winning clusters stay on the grid, expanding as more matching symbols land. During this round, filling rows 2, 3, 5, or 6 with winning symbols enhances payouts with multipliers of x2, x3, x4, or x5. If rows 1, 4, or 7 are filled instead, one of three modifiers is awarded:

Block Destroyer: One multiplier block on the grid’s left is removed, causing remaining blocks to drop, potentially allowing new multipliers to appear.

• Symbol Upgrade: One winning cluster is enhanced to a higher-value symbol.
• Extra Free Spins: An additional free spin is granted.
• Achieving a full grid of winning symbols during the base game triggers the more rewarding Super Bonus Round. Initiated with six free spins, this round not only awards a cumulative win multiplier and a modifier for filling any row with several winning clusters but also offers more potent modifiers:

Block Destroyer: Three multiplier blocks on the left disappear, enabling others to cascade and offer the chance for even more multipliers.

• Symbol Upgrade: All winning clusters are upgraded to higher symbols.
• Extra Free Spins: Three extra spins are provided.
• With assistance from the Block Destroyer modifier, players can increase their winnings up to 30 times. The potential maximum payout during the bonus round is an impressive 1517.5 times your initial bet.

Having believed, rather naively, that the prestigious London iGaming conference showcases game developers' best upcoming products, we mistakenly anticipated Contact to revolutionize the grid slot format into something expansive and explorative while maintaining the tension. This assumption, sadly, fell short.

Contact (Play\"n GO): Verdict

Sadly, Contact lost its appeal somewhere in the dense Central American jungles, delivering low potential, monotonous main gameplay, and average features, giving fewer reasons to revisit. Play’n GO has developed remarkable grid slots before, but this isn't among their standout achievements.

Contact's ambitious goals resulted in an underwhelming outcome, akin to dressing up a lackluster product.