Fans of free online pokies who also like a bit of a brain puzzler will love Mystery Rush, designed by Gaming 1. While most games are passive, leaving the player with not much more to do than decide things like stakes and payline numbers before pressing play, Mystery Rush is active. This game requires players to connect in a focused, intense way, boosting personal confidence in relation to problem solving and logic abilities.
Don’t Fear the ‘Intense’ Board
At first glance the game board for Mystery Rush can seem a little overwhelming, with words, phrases, images and drawings taking up every spare centimetre. When you look at it more closely, however, the logic of the design becomes clear. Basically it has been created this way to allow players to see all they need on the one page, making it super easy to choose dice pattern, monitor points and change the stake.
Just take a few minutes to check it all through carefully before using any of your 250 credits.
How the Game Works
All of the icons in this game are dice, 4 with a Chinese writing character on them and six with various numbers of dots; each dice bears a points value. Pressing the start button generates a random set of three dice (and an overall points score) and the player must choose where to place this set on the reels/grid. A set can be used several times in a row if you wish, or a new set generated via the start button.
The grid will help you out by flashing to indicate the place a particular set should be added to win some credits. Ultimately players should aim to place the dice columns into a pattern that creates horizontal or diagonal lines with identical symbols. In reality few sets of three dice are matching, which is where brain power kicks in - and the best possible, or highest scoring combinations made.
Payouts, Freebies and Extras
Although the main focus of Mystery Rush is on the thrill of working out the puzzle, there are still some nice rewards. There are two bonus games. ‘The wheel’ can be played when you get 3 bonus symbols (the red Chinese character dice) in a row on the grid. This triggers the wheel to autospin, and your prize is awarded straightaway. There are hundreds of credits to be won, as well as the chance to play the ‘Mystery Box’.
The ‘Box Game’ kicks in as an option when a player reaches 500 points (for 2 boxes you need 700, and to open 3 takes1000). Choose a box and take a chance on the prize. It could be credit or the chance to spin the ‘Rush Wheel’ and win ‘mysteries’. Unlike the first wheel, the rush wheel has only small numbers and this spins to indicate the number of mysteries won, anything up to 5.
Mystery Rush may not be your average free pokie but that is what makes it so special. Be sure to bookmark the game so you can try again later!
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