Assassin Moon by Triple Edge Studios – Review, Free Play in Demo Mode

Luna, the blonde who is a deadly hitman, is on her way to Monte Carlo. The reels will feature dice, cards, cocktails, and expensive cars in front of the luxury casino building, while sound effects will make you feel like a spy. The main adventure takes place in the afternoon, but when you hit free spins, they are played in the evening, with the full moon during HyperHold.

The slot’s bonus features are built around HyperHold mechanics associated with 4 fixed jackpots and Free Spins with a special 3x3 block in the middle.

HyperHold

The moon symbols trigger the HyperHold feature once you have at least 6 in view. They are held in place, and you’ll start with 3 respins. During the bonus game, you can get either empty positions or other HyperHold symbols, which remain sticky and reset the respin counter to 3. Each of them displays a certain multiplier or one of the 3 jackpot values. When there are no more spins, the round is over, and you get paid for all of them. Upon filling all 15 positions, you’ll get the Mega jackpot.

• Mini: 50x
• Minor: 150x
• Major: 750x
• Mega: 5,000x

When you want to increase your chances of entering this bonus game, there is a Win Booster that increases your stake by 2.5x. Thus, a C$1 bet will turn into C$2.50, but when there are winning combinations in the base game, they will be calculated according to the initial C$1 stake.

Free Spins

By landing FS Scatters on 3 middle reels, you’ll get 10 free spins at your current stake. During the bonus game, the 3x3 Jumbo Block is formed in the middle. It consists of 9 identical symbols, each paying individually, and if there is a Scatter there, you get 10 extra spins. The HyperHold feature is also available during Free Spins, and you can get 9 special symbols at a time within the Block.

Wilds, Bonus Symbols and Payouts

The slot has 25 fixed paylines, 8 base game symbols, and 3 bonus ones, all appearing both in the main game and during Free Spins.

• FS Scatters: Casino chips with an FS sign appear on reels 2, 3, and 4, paying 1x the bet and triggering 10 Free Spins. They can also be a part of a Jumbo Block, launching a retrigger.
• Wilds: Luna is a blonde with a gun who serves as a Wild that substitutes for all regular symbols and pays up to 500x. When it can be a part of other combinations, it nudges, covering 2 cells or the entire reel.
• HyperHold: The moon is a bonus symbol that launches the HyperHold bonus game when you land 6 to 14 of them anywhere on the grid.
• Payout symbols: The 8 regular symbols are cards and luxury items, plus the highest-paying one-eyed bandit with a value of 2x to 25x.

The game’s list of bonuses and high variance explain the 12,500x maximum winning potential, and these are the other parameters that you have to consider:

• RTP: The standard RTP sits at 96.08%, but it comes up to 96.33% with an active Win Booster, decreasing the house edge, which is friendly to Canadian players.
• Bet size: The stake range is C$0.10 to C$20, and even with the 2.5x multiplier for Win Booster, the maximum bet is C$50, which may not suit all high rollers.
• Variance: High volatility makes the gameplay riskier, which is why you can have a long session with no results and unexpected big wins during bonus rounds.

If you like adventures about spies and glamorous killers, the slot’s theme will suit you. The gameplay is also action-packed, from retriggerable Free Spins to 4 jackpots that you can hit during HyperHold. The small bet range may not suit players with large bankrolls, but, on the other hand, the 12,500x maximum winning cap and high variance show the game’s high potential.