The visuals here are done cartoon style and work very well. There aren’t any lower value royal symbols, everything is associated with the ice hockey theme. On the reels you’ll see a Zomboni machine, skates, helmets and a rink as well as players and a ref. It all comes together very well.
You can expect plenty of action here too thanks to the Rolling Reels feature. Winning symbols are removed following a successful spin. New ones drop in and replace them, offering another chance to land a winning combination. The reel rolls keep on coming until there’s one where no winner is on display.
On any spin you could see 1 of the hockey player symbols turn into a wild. This Smashing Wild feature sees the wild remaining in play for all of the current set of reel rolls. These wilds can appear anywhere other than reel 1.
Landing 3 or more scatters on the same spin triggers the Free Spins feature. On offer here are 12 free spins. The Rolling Reels are in play during the feature. Each successive reel roll increases a multiplier with the Multiplier Trail feature. The more consecutive Rolling Reel wins, the bigger the multiplier.
It starts at 2x on the first roll then rises to 3x, 4x, 5x and 8x following rolls 2, 3, 4 and 5. Also boosting your winning chances in the feature round is the Growing Wilds feature. These super stacked symbols are in play on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 and increase in length by 1 symbols with each free spin.
We were pleasantly surprised by what we found in Break Away Deluxe. The cartoon-style design is well put together and there are plenty of extras on offer in addition to the Rolling Reels. The best chances of landing a biggie come via the Free Spins feature where the multipliers and growing wilds can really come into their own – it could land you wins of 3,181.81 times your stake on each of them.
This can be a slippery slot game as far as variance goes though. Expect spells when your bankroll will slide away all too easily. Get on a roll in the free spins and you could hit the back of the net. Ice hockey has never really appealed as a sport. That doesn’t matter with this slot game though. The design and features combine well to make Break Away Deluxe a very playable game. If it’s sports you’re after, the volatile Bicicleta from Yggdrasil Gaming cannot be topped in my opinion.