Cygnus 2 Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

The stars are the ones that inspired Cygnus 2, same as with the first slot machine to use this title. We’re taken inside someone’s observatory, with glass as the ceiling, allowing for easy observation of the stars with help from a telescope. It’s a great room to have, and sitting in the middle of it is a setup with 6 reels that are gravity assisted and so Avalanches can have the symbols move around.

As for the actual symbols used, those include a series of gemstone-like icons, colored in blue, green, and red. They’re followed by representations of the scorpion, ram, and lion, while the Sun is the top paying symbol.

Developer

ELK Studios is an experienced developer, which offers a wide variety of excellent slot machines. I appreciate that the features and graphics are almost always above average for this sort of game, and the attention to detail is at a high level.

How To Play It

The betting range doesn’t really change in their games. There are always 100 coins used, but the total amount changes from a $0.20 minimum, to a $100 maximum.

You’re playing on 6×4 reels, even if the setup is a bit unusual. Some of the reels are a bit raised, and so not all columns are equal. Still, you have 4,096 ways to win on those reels, and you can create quite a few combinations.

Special Features

The Avalanche is the mechanic that follows after any round where you’ve formed combinations. The winning symbols explode, and this allows for others to drop down and occupy the empty spots. At the same time, the game area expands with one extra row of symbols. Via several avalanches, it’s possible to have up to 8 rows, and as many as 262,144 ways to win. The game area then resets to the original size, when there are no more Avalanches and the round ends.

Helping out as a substitute, the wild symbol is shown as the W logo, and it replaces only regular symbols.

Multiplier symbols are useful when they get to the leftmost reel, and this is possible through Avalanches, which leave empty positions for them to occupy. If it gets there, it boosts the multiplier of the round.

Another symbol that’s useful only when it gets to the 1^st reel, is the Bonus. If it gets there, you receive access to the Free Drops (free spins). There are 7 free drops initially, but you can get more if another bonus symbol gets to the 1^st reel. The multiplier value goes only up in this mode, it never resets between spins. On the other hand, the game area size resets after each free drop, it doesn’t stay at the max size.

Maximum Payouts

You are going to love the rewards which Cygnus 2 can deliver, at its best. Up to 50,000x the round’s stake could be paid by this game, and that’s not at all hard to believe since it has up to 262,144 ways to win, as well as multipliers to boost prizes.

Considering the potential, its medium to high volatility rating is actually impressive. On the other hand, there is a big downside as well with this slot, and that’s the 94% RTP, one of the lowest I’ve seen in an ELK Studios slot so far.

Summary

There are a lot of great things to note about Cygnus 2, ranging from its features to the risk/reward ratio and the top jackpot, but there is also going to be a RTP that’s way too low. If you’re willing to take that risk, go for it, it’s a good game.