Break Away Introduction
Break Away is a five-reel pokie from Microgaming with 243 ways to win. This game is based on ice hockey, and it has top-end graphics. It’s one of many free pokies available from Online Pokies 4U.
The Theme
Grab your pucks and let’s hit the ice. This game is a must-see for hockey fans. The game is all about hockey and nothing else. There are no playing-card symbols - just human and non-human hockey icons. But where this game really entertains is in the photo-realistic renderings. This alongside the rink-side chants from fans really gives you the feel of being at a live game.
Playing and Winning
Although this game looks more technical than some other pokies, the premise is just the same. Players need to choose their bet stake to start, but as this is a multi-win game the wins are dialled in automatically and you get all the payouts for the same price. This is a nice element for those who don’t like the feeling that they are missing paylines when they gamble within their budget.
Now you just need to hit spin to start making three, four and five of a kind across the symbols. The lower-paying symbols in this game are the skates, the mask, the ice hockey pitch and the pitch smoother. The higher-paying symbols include the Player 1 and Player 2, plus a goalie, a ref and the symbol of two players facing off.
Special Feature
Break Away features the system with 243 ways to win, making for huge possibilities to always get something within a few spins. It also has rolling reels. This means that whenever you land a win, the symbols in the win will break away - as the name suggests - and new symbols will fall into place, allowing for new possible winning combinations to be made with the same bet round.
The wilds in the game are just the word ‘Break Away’. This symbol substitutes for all the other symbols on the reels apart from the Flaming Puck, which is the scatter. The wilds in Break Away are stacked. Anytime a wild shows up, it brings all its friends along too. So if there is a combination to be made anywhere, you’re going to get it. These all break away and are replaced as soon as the combination is made.
But the scatter is the real highlight of this game. Look out for the Flaming Pucks to land in the free spins feature and get the 10x multiplier that goes with it. The pucks also have their own combination cash prize. If you’re playing at max-bet and land on five, you’ll grab an impressive 125,000-coin jackpot.
Overall
This game will appeal to hockey fans for sure, but its rolling reels will also appeal to players who couldn’t care less about hockey. The high production quality is something to admire on its own, and the wins seem nicely spread out, which will appeal to many.
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