Remember Gulag review
Theme and Storyline
Remember Gulag is themed around a bleak Soviet
labour camp.
Players will be jostled into the grim 💳 world of a gulag camp complete where
barbed wire and stoic guards are around every corner.
Remember Gulag’s theme isn’t for
💳 everyone due to its dark nature. For history buffs looking to explore a hopeless Soviet
world, this slot may be 💳 intriguing.
Graphics, Sounds and Animations
The ominous
soundtrack features plenty of drums and mournful notes, adding to the forlorn
atmopshere. A voiceover 💳 in Russian at Remember Gulag’s opening will make players feel
like prisoners being marched into the camp for the first 💳 time. The reels spin with a
mechanical click that brings to mind a gun cocking, reinforcing the military
context.
The animation 💳 has a restrained palette of black and white except for
occasional accents of color. Red is the most notable hue 💳 used which feels right in line
with the Soviet theme.
Players will find symbols with Cyrillic characters as well as a
💳 harsh-looking man who appears to be Stalin. An army officer and a mysterious spy also
appear, and it’s fun to 💳 imagine how their stories intersect.
The reels themselves are
framed in sharp barbed wire ensuring that no escape from this ominous 💳 world.
Overall,
the animation and soundtrack produce a dramatic historical world of a Soviet prison
camp.
Gameplay
Remember Gulag is a 3-3-4-4-5-5 base 💳 game structure and this transforms
to a 5-5-4-4-3-3 structure during the slot’s bonus mode. When players enter the Gulag
Spins 💳 feature, all reels are unlocked (see further details on this feature below).
Wins
are awarded for landing symbols in adjacent reels, 💳 starting from the leftmost reel and
going towards the right.
Players have the option to increase their bet by 20% for 💳 an
increased chance for triggering the bonus, though this also makes the base game less
rewarding.
Gameplay video
Wilds, Bonuses and Free 💳 Spins
The Wild symbol substitutes for
all symbols except the Scatter symbol.
If players land one Scatter symbol, reel 5 is
unlocked 💳 and landing an additional Scatter prompts reel 6 to unlock.
The xWays symbol
unveils a randomly selected symbol when it lands 💳 and if more than one lands, they will
all show matching symbols. The xWays symbol can also vary in size 💳 and be divided by the
xSplit Wild, doubling its multiplier value.
When the xNudge Wild symbol lands it will
nudge up 💳 or down as needed to become fully visible. Each nudge increases the symbol’s
multiplier with each nudge. If the xSplit 💳 Wild divides the xNudge Wild, another Wild
will be added to the reels.
When players land at least 3 Scatter symbols, 💳 the Gulag
Spins feature begins. If players land 4 Scatters an enhanced version of the Gulag Spins
feature begins, and 💳 if they land 5 Scatters an ultimate version of the feature
begins.
The maximum win for Remember Gulag is x30,000 players’ 💳 total bet.
Bet Sizes,
RTP and Variance
The return to player of this game is 96.08%, just about exactly our
yardstick for 💳 average of roughly 96%.
The range of bets on the site we tested ran from
a minimum bet per spin ofR$/£/€0.20 💳 up to a maximum ofR$/£/€100 per spin.
The
volatility of Remember Gulag is high, which makes it a good match for 💳 our preferred
slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible
volatility.
Conclusion
We recommend this average RTP, high volatility Soviet
💳 gulag-themed slot, provided that players are comfortable with the subject matter.
With
its high volatility and respectable RTP, Remember Gulag is 💳 a reasonably good choice for
mathematically-minded players.
The prison camp theme will not suit all players, but for
those who find 💳 it acceptable, the many bonus features add further interest to Remember
Gulag.
At the moment Remember Gulag is on the lower 💳 end of popularity which might
suggest not everyone is taken with the gloomy theme.
