Break Away Deluxe Slot Game in Demo » from Stormcraft Studios

It’s pretty common to see sports used as a source of inspiration for video slots, but one sport that is perhaps not covered as often as others is ice hockey.

So, if you’re a fan of ice hockey, Break Away Deluxe could very well be the game for you because it will take you out onto the ice and potentially see you win a prize or two.

In many ways, you could argue that Break Away Deluxe is quite simple in its approach to graphics, as there’s just a blue backdrop to support the reels. However, the blue does provoke feelings of it being slightly chilly, which is precisely how you’d feel if you were to take to the ice.

The game itself, as you will expect, doesn’t actually take place on the ice. Instead, the action unfolds on a 5×5 grid, with five reels, five rows and up to eighty-eight paylines. It’s quite an interesting number of ways to win to have access to, with the base amount of paylines registering at eighteen.

For many players, the main draw of this slot is that it’s ice hockey themed and a Microgaming title. However, there’s more to like than meets the eye, with much of it linking to Microgaming being the developers.

For example, their Rolling Reels system will be in action once again, and then there are other features such as Growing Wilds and free spins to enjoy too.

Game Features

The game’s features are probably what a lot of people will be waiting to hear about, and they begin with the wild icon, which is represented by the game logo. In the base game, the wild can appear on reels 3, 4 and 5. And in the free spins feature, which we will talk about shortly, it can make appearances on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.

The wild can act as a substitute for other regular icons, as well as appearing super stacked, which links into the Growing Wilds mechanic, where the stack can increase by one wild per spin.

As mentioned at the top of this review, the Rolling Reels system is also active in Break Away Deluxe. So, any icons involved in winning combos will be removed from the game and replaced by new ones, which leaves the door open for further wins to occur in the same round.

There’s a random feature in Break Away Deluxe called Smashing Wilds, where hockey players will make an appearance and turn reels wild. There’s a guaranteed win when this happens, and the wild reel(s) will stay in place for consecutive rolls.

The features finish with the free spins offering, where three or more ice puck scatters will deliver twelve free rounds to play through. Consecutive rolls will also lead to the Multiplier Trail system coming into play, which can prove very advantageous.