As a result, it features dramatic scenery and an epic feel to it – in the battle, thousands of lives were lost with the Northern War changing dramatically. With a clear army theme, symbols on the reels include white horses (cavalry), cannons (artillery) and soldiers (infantry). There’s also a Bonus Lion and Poltava wild symbol.
The game is played in 2 states – you start off in Normal mode. If you get a full combat arm, it will trigger a troop formation following by a respin. A full combat arm is formed by covering a reel with 4 identical combat arm symbols (e.g. 4 cavalry, 4 artillery or 4 infantry symbols – wilds do not form part of a 4 symbol combination).
You will then trigger the Marching Reels feature. A respin is granted whereby a reinforcement is added on row 2 and 3 cross all reels to the left of the combat arm. All troops advance stepwise to the right and generate additional respins as long as new identical combat arm symbols land on the reel to the right hand side. If a higher value combat arm symbol appears and covers a whole reel, the higher symbol replaces all lower troop formations. The feature ends when the frontline reaches reel 5.
Look out for the Bonus Lion symbol as 3 of them on the 3 middle reels turn them into sticky wilds and subsequently triggers the Flames of War Free Spins feature – you are awarded 3 free spins. Lion symbols remain sticky during the feature with every new Lion appearing increasing your free spins tally by 1.
If you manage to get 5 or 6 sticky wilds, prepare yourself for huge wins. Poltava Flames of War is a highly volatile slot game with wins of up to 1,800 times your stake available on each spin – the bigger wins will almost undoubtedly come in the feature where sticky wilds are present.
You won’t get many wins in this game but the size of them is worth the wait in my opinion. With an epic feel, Poltava Flames of War looks fantastic, has an inspiring soundtrack and the potential to pay very big. If you like high variance games, NextGen Gaming’s 300 Shields is recommended.