Review of Battlestar Galactica by Microgaming
Microgaming recently released its new blockbuster video slot Battlestar Galactica. Battlestar Galactica is based on the popular series that ran on network television for more than 7 years. This series was based on the movie that was released on the early 80’s. Millions of people love it for its sci-fi adventure and action it brings to live.
The game includes 5 reels and includes 243 paylines. This is part of Microgamings growing list of 243 line series of slots that include the Untamed series, Thunderstruck II, Immortal Romance and the recently release The Finer Reels in Live. It includes spectacular graphics with stunning sounds and movie scripts from the show along with added animated features that see’s spaceships flying in the background, game backgrounds changing color and more. You will find many of the more famous characters from Battlestar Galactica on the reels including Apollo, Colonel Tigh, Gaius Baltar and others. This is followed with a few bonus symbols and the standard K, Q, J, A, 10 and 9 to complete the symbols found in this video slot.
This game comes with some awesome slot features that will change at random. This is called the Run or Fight feature. In the Run features you have the ability to complete winning combinations both left to right and right to left. It even includes an added feature in the run mode that can turn all letter or number symbols into one of the other symbols including character symbols and will award wins based on how many symbols changed. The fight mode will let you win up to 5 free spins and randomly will change some symbols to multipliers. During the free spins the fighter will join the screen and can ward you with additional free spins with a 3x multiplier.
You will find stacked wilds in both the base game and free spins. There is also an Ion feature that is found and triggered at random. This can change up to 5 reels wild and award some massive wins. This feature is standard with most of the 243 line slots that Microgaming has released and is a real thrill when it triggered as the potential has you on the edge of your seat with anticipation! It can fill your pockets with up to 1.4 million gold coins – not bad if you ask us!
As with all slot games from Microgaming you have a wide range of betting options. The smallest wager in Battlestar Galactica is 0.30 and the maximum of $15. You can choose to wager 0.01, 0.02 or 0.05 cents per line and up to 10 coins per line. The nice side to this is it allows players of all levels to play it whether a low roller or a higher roller. Mid-range players also have a good limit they can wager and allow some great winning opportunities.
Microgaming really did a great job with the creation and design of this game. They have managed to take the excitement of the show and package it into a video slot of equal value. The visuals can’t be beat and when you include the multiple features you really have a slot that is near prefect. Be sure to play this slot and get your intergalactic game on!