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There is a new pick-your-bonus slot machine coming out today from Bragg Gaming known as 5 Amazon Jewels.
5 Amazon Jewels has a fun rainforest theme and straightforward, easy-to-understand gameplay. Its standout feature is the ability to customize your risk when you win Free Spins, choosing between a higher number of spins or bigger multipliers. Aside from that, the only bonus feature are the Wilds, which can randomly trigger a symbol-matching jackpot round. Don’t be fooled by the perceived perisistence feature—the odds of triggering the jackpot are the same each time you spin a Wild, regardless of how big the pot of gems gets.
On that note, what is with these visual effects that make it seem like your odds are increasing each time you get a Wild symbol? 5 Amazon Jewels follows this trend too with its pot of gems that grows as you play. Why game developers do this deserves a closer look.
Details of the experience when playing 5 Amazon Jewels
5 Amazon Jewels has five reels, three rows and 243 paylines. The game also has the added benefit of being able to buy free spins whenever you want for 10x your original bet. In addition to those basics, the game has a tried-and-true setting in the Amazon Rainforest within a temple. This is the good concoction for a popular slot machine option.
Every part of the gaming experience with 5 Amazon Jewels was intended to make you feel like you are stumbling upon gems in an ancient temple near the Amazon. Between the gems that stack up in the bucket off to the left to the prowling panthers, tigers and other animals of the rainforest, it is an immersive experience.
There are the typical winning symbols including random numbers, letters and — in the case of 5 Amazon Jewels – animals commonly found in the Amazon rainforest. That includes panthers, leopards, toucans, monkeys and more. But the two symbols that are most important are the gems and the mask.
First, the gems are the Wild symbols which connect not only paylines, but also Free Game symbols, which are what the mask represents. That Free Games feature is the selling point of 5 Amazon Jewels, and it will lead to your biggest wins.
Free Games and both ways to trigger them
The big benefit of playing 5 Amazon Jewels is its Free Game feature which can be triggered by buying in or naturally through the Free Game symbol, which is a mask.
There are five options when you trigger the free games option naturally. Doing so also lets you choose which free game path you want. The options available for the player are:
- 25 free games; x2, x3 or x5
- 20 free games; x3, x5 or x8
- 15 free games; x5, x8 or x10
- 10 free games; x8, x10 or x15
- Mystery choice; random number of free games with mystery set of multipliers
If you trigger the free games through buying in by spending 10x your bet, you will not have the ability to choose your Free Games path, and the Mystery Choice is always triggered.
Lastly, it is important to know Free Games can be stacked. When I was playing, my total of Free Games grew as high as 100 after initially triggering 25 Free Games with x2, x3 and x5 odds. Despite starting with the minimum of €0.20 in the demo, I ended up with a win of €52.40 after those 100 spins.
Beware perceived persistence gimmicks
While we are on the topic, what is with these visual effects on online slot machine games that make it appear as if you are creating better odds? Is that really what is happening?
The simple answer is no and 5 Amazon Jewels is the perfect slot machine to use as an example.
In 5 Amazon Jewels, there is a beautiful and ornate cauldron off to the left side of the screen that slowly accumulates with jewels and gems as the player has Wild symbols pop up. At first glance, the growing pile of gems might seem like it is leading you closer to a big win, but that is not true. It is simply an enticing virtual effect to keep the player engaged and hopeful for a big win.
Even though I am using 5 Amazon Jewels as an example, many other slot machines follow a similar script to keep their players on the edge of their seat believing the next big win is even closer.
It is extremely important to make it clear to anyone reading this that these are just visual effects and have no bearing on odds, wins or anything else.
