Polterheist - Slot Review

"Polterheist" is a HalloweenSlot from the house NextGen, which should teach his players to fear. In my following review, I'll tell you whether this really works and what special features the game has to offer.

Design

In the recent past, the company has repeatedly demonstrated that NextGen attaches great importance to an appealing design and an innovative background story. “Polterheist” is also a real feast for the eyes. Because for a slot, this game convinces with impressive graphics, very successful animations and an atmospheric setting. The game is played at night in front of a shabby salon, which serves as a backdrop for 5 reels with 4 rows each. A whopping 100 win lines are distributed over these. The individual symbols glow magically in the dark night and a lot is happening on the playing field even if a profit is made. So that just watching is a lot of fun.

Gameplay

Before I go into more detail about the gameplay, I would like to briefly mention the creative background story that I mentioned at the beginning. "Polterheist" is all about the legendary Wild Haunt Gang, which is made up of 5 villainous ghosts. The leader Goldie Goldrush is followed by the fashion-conscious Pinkie Parsons, the world's best safe-cracker Eli Emerald, Oscar L'Orange, known for his weird jokes and his love of tacos, and good old Old Blue. All ghosts play an important role within the game, as they stand for the particularly high winnings.

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The aim of the game is to collect at least three matching symbols on a payline. Among the ghosts, the leader Goldie Goldrush is clearly the most valuable symbol as it can award up to 250 coins. Even more valuable is only the ghost ship with up to 500 paid coins. To increase the chances of hitting a big win, there's this Wild symbol, which comes along in “Polterheist” in the form of a Wanted profile. It is able to replace all other symbols except the Scatter-symbols, which can result in multiple winning combinations at the same time. However, the wild can only appear on reels 2, 3 and 4.

Other special features

Free Games

You can win free spins if the scatter symbol in the form of a safe can be seen several times on the field. If it sits down on the reels at least three times, you will receive 8 free spins, which are even played with a randomly selected multiplier (x2, x3 or x5). Within the free spins you can win another free game if the safe symbol appears again at least once. With three safes there are 8 free games on top.

Ghost break-in feature

Every now and then it can also happen that a random ghost appears during a spin. This then lets stacked symbols of itself appear on the playing field and also transforms all other ghost symbols into its own symbol. With a little luck, you can make impressive profits this way.

Small and big bets

If you want to try "Polterheist" with small stakes, this is possible from 50 cents per spin. Ideally, you can also bet up to 50 euros per spin to increase your chances of a big win. With enough luck, you can win 2.000 times your stake here – on one payout ratio of 96,19%.

And finally ...

Seldom has a slot been as beautiful to look at as “Polterheist” from NextGen. The number of maximum possible free spins could be a little higher. Apart from that, there is nothing to complain about about this entertaining and varied slot machine. Definitely try it out!

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