Slot Review
Senior Content Editor Written by: James J. Hetrick Read Time: 4 min.
Remember Gulag is the game developed by recognized studio NoLimit City. Released on 19.04.2024 it became popular among gamblers for its thrilling engine and high-quality artwork. This review details all of its main characteristics that along with free demo mode available on our site give a good idea of experience you’ll be getting.
The game has 6 reels with reel 5 and 6 locked in the main game. The reel setup is 3-3-4-4-5-5 during main game and is switched to 5-5-4-4-3-3 in the bonus mode. All reels are unlocked during the Gulag Spins. Landing one Scatter unlocks reel 5, an additional Scatter unlocks reel 6.
xWays symbols may land on reel 1-2 in the main game.
xNudge Wild symbols may land on reel 3-4 in the main game.
xSplit Wild symbols may land on reel 5-6 in the main game.
PROPAGANDA BET
Chase the Gulag Spins by increasing the base bet with +20%. Sacrifice for a more brutal, but less awarding base game and increase probability to trigger Gulag Spins. Guaranteed Scatter symbol on the second reel. Guaranteed that reel 5 is unlocked during Propaganda Bet.
xWAYS
xWays symbol can land on reel 1-2 during the main game, and reel 5-6 during the Gulag Spins bonus mode. xWays symbol properties:
Will reveal a random regular symbol.
If more than one xWays symbol lands on the reels, then all xWays symbols will reveal the same symbol.
The size of the xWays symbol can range from 2-3 symbols.
When split by xSplit Wild, the xWays multiplier value will be doubled.
xNUDGE WILD
xNudge Wild symbols can land on reel 3-4 during the main game and the Gulag Spins bonus mode. A stacked Wild symbol that will always nudge to fully visible. Each nudge increases the Wild multiplier by 1. When a part of the xNudge Wild symbol lands on the reels, it will begin to nudge up or down until it is fully visible on the entire reel. Several Wild multipliers add to each other for a total Wild multiplier. When xSplit Wild splits an xNudge Wild, it will add one more Wild to that reel.
xSPLIT WILDS & WILDS
Regular Wild symbols can land on all reels. xSplit Wild symbol can land on reel 5-6 during the main game, and reel 1-2 during the Gulag Spins bonus mode. xSplit Wild symbols split all symbols to the left and right and double that symbol. If a symbol is split more than once, it will be displayed with a multiplier. When xSplit Wilds splits xWays symbols, the xWays symbol multiplier will be doubled for every split. xSplit Wild that splits Scatter symbols, will transform the Scatter to an expanding Wild that fills the entire reel with Wild symbols. Scatter symbols doesn’t split when Gulag Spins is activated. xSplit Wild symbols converts to two regular Wild after landing and can be split by another xSplit Wild.
SCATTER
Landing 3 or more Scatter symbols activates Gulag Spins. Landing 4 Scatter symbols activates “Gulag Spins: All Aboard” mode, landing 5 Scatter symbols activates “Gulag Spins: Double Vodka” mode where all symbol win multipliers are doubled. In main game, a Scatter symbol may be split by xSplit Wilds if the Gulag Spins isn’t activated. The Scatter symbol will then transform into expanding Wilds, that covers the entire reel. A Scatter symbol is always split in the Gulag Spins.
GULAG SPINS
Before the bonus mode starts, a setup spin will be triggered. This setup mode will decide the number of spins awarded and what win multiplier each of the four top paying character symbols will get. Before the Gulag Spins starts, one of the character symbols will be randomly chosen and active during the bonus mode. Landing 4 or more Scatter symbols, all characters will be active during the bonus mode. Landing 5 Scatter symbols will award double the win multiplier value during the setup spins and during the bonus mode.
During the bonus mode, the top reel may award an increase win multiplier value to the active characters.
In Gulag Spins: Randomly awarded +1x, +2x or double the current collected win multiplier value.
In Gulag Spins Double Vodka: Randomly awarded +2x, +4x or double the current collected win multiplier value.
The win multiplier value is updated for the current spin and remain for the rest of the bonus mode.
Collect additional Scatter symbols, which awards +1 extra spin each. Collect 3 Scatter symbols during Gulag Spins to upgrade the bonus mode to Gulag Spins: All Aboard, which activates the win multipliers on all character symbols.
OLIGARCH STATUS: ACHIEVED
The max payout of the game is 30000 times the base bet. When the total win exceeds this amount the game round will end and 30000 times the base bet is awarded.
