Secrets of Christmas Slot Review

It won’t be every player’s cup of tea, but this Christmas themed video slot is certainly going to provide you with surprises and is the Christmas gift of the year from Net Entertainment. We’ve seen Christmas themed slots aplenty over the years.

Some of them are far too child-friendly, and others feature your customary imagery, but poorly drawn with shockingly bad graphics.

Secrets of Christmas manages to get all of the ingredients right, leaving many to believe that the Secrets of Christmas slot could very well be the definitive Christmas themed game, not just of this Christmas, but of all slots with this theme.

Is it really that good? Yes, and we’ll tell you why. Secrets of Christmas is traditional and yet modern at the same time.

Developers

Net Entertainment has decided to incorporate a traditional Christmas theme into this slot. There’s no cell phones or computer games here. This is a Christmas from a simpler time – perhaps the 70s or 80s at the latest.

The slot also contains very modern aspects to it, including some of NetEnt’s more popular features which they have incorporated into their newest video slots of late.

The mobile-friendly slot machine contains the same musical additions as the rock ‘n’ roll themed slots they have developed recently, with players able to enjoy a full selection of Christmas themed ditties as they play.

How to play

Players will find that the Secrets of Christmas slot machine offers NetEnt’s usual setup of 5 reels and 25 paylines. Players won’t be able to adjust those lines, but that’s quite okay. You will want all 25 lines present on the reels.

Players can stretch their wagers upwards from a floor bet of $0.25 per spin, so there is room to wiggle if you favour slapping down larger bets on this slot.

Features

Wild symbols: NetEnt’s Secrets of Christmas video slot naturally contain wilds. There is only man for the job – Father Christmas. He appears as the wilds in this game, and he can substitute for all other icons in the slot, with the exception of scatters.

Scatter symbols: Those aforementioned scatters take on the shape of a sack of Christmas toys. These scatter icons can show up on all of the reels of the slot, but you will only need to land them on 3 reels in order to bag scattered cash prizes, as well as trigger the bonus round in this slot.

Bonus round: Secrets of Christmas’ bonus round actually consists of two parts. The first part is a click and win bonus. Depending on the number of scatters you located, you will be able to pick between 3 and 5 toys.

The toys equate to goodies which you can use in the second part of the bonus. Such perks include wild reels, multipliers, extra wilds, and extra free games. Again, the more scatters you get, the better your bonus is going to be.

Free spins: Once you have stocked up on special features in the click and win bonus, you will start the free spins feature. Players will start with 10 free games, plus whatever they managed to scrounge in the first part of the bonus.

Remember, if you want multipliers and other added features, you need to land them in part one of the bonus. Without them, part two is just a simple free spins feature.

Maximum pay-outs

There is a maximum cash prize that is worth as much as 1,425x your total stake in this game. That is a pretty generous cash prize for any Net Entertainment developed slot, and it is certainly one which could change your financial situation at Christmas.

Players should expect to be able to land decent wins with other symbols, too, as there are plenty of respective cash prizes up for grabs in this non-progressive video slot machine game.

Summary

Scandinavian casino software providers Net Entertainment have done an absolutely top notch job of working the traditional aspects of Christmas into a modern-style video slot.

The graphics are wonderful, the audio is very Christmassy, and the gameplay is everything we have come to expect, know, and love about NetEnt. There is every reason to believe that this is going to be the number one Christmas slot this year.

There is no definitive release date just yet, but one would imagine that Net Entertainment are going to want to get this one out early, before other competitors decide to jump on the Christmas bandwagon.