Overview
If you’re familiar with Big Time Gaming’s approach of basing their games on well-known songs, then you might already have an inkling of what’s in store if you’re a fan of The Cult, the British rock band. Thus far, Big Time Gaming has incorporated music from renowned bands such as Electric Six (“Danger! High Voltage”), Europe (“The Final Countdown”), and Dio (“Holy Diver”) to elevate our gaming experience. Now, in an effort to broaden their range of these popular theme-based games, they will be adding “Lil’ Devil” to their repertoire.
Features of Lil Devil
Lil’ Devil is a slot game that is packed with various features, including a newly trademarked one that makes its first appearance in this game. First, let’s start with the Free Spins features. To trigger the bonus round, you need to land at least 3 scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. If you land two of them, The Cult’s song Lil’ Devil will play and award you a heart, which we’ll talk about later. Once you trigger the bonus round, you will have two options to choose from:
Be My Angel Free Spins – This feature starts with 7 free spins. One of the regular symbols is randomly chosen to act as a sticky wild. If it appears on reels 2 through 5, it will transform into a sticky wild and stay in place for the rest of the round. In case you manage to get a full reel of sticky wilds, you will receive an additional 3 spins. If it happens on reel 3 or 4, it will transform into an Angel Wild and award you a 4x multiplier. Which increases by 2 with each spin, up to a maximum of 12x. If you get two Angel Wilds, you could potentially be playing with multipliers of up to 144x.
Dynamite Lover Free Spins – This feature starts with 12 free spins, and all symbols part of a winning combination. Except scatters, are part of a reaction and are replaced by symbols dropping in from above. Dynamite Wilds may also appear on the two central reels. These increase by 1 on each cascade that they’re part of and multiply each other. You can also retrigger this feature by landing 3 or more scatters. Which will give you an extra 6 free spins. Each additional scatter symbol awards an extra 6 spins.
Going back to the base game, landing 2 scatter symbols will award you a heart. Once you have collected 40 hearts, as indicated by the meters on both sides of the reels. Heartstopper™ Enhanced Free Spins feature will activate. You can choose from the same two free spins features, but this time, they come with additional benefits:
Enhanced Be My Angel Free Spins – The top paying symbol (purple heart) is now also designated as a sticky wild.
Enhanced Dynamite Lover Free Spins – The multiplier of the Dynamite Wild starts at 5x instead of 1x in standard mode.
Conclusion
You may have already realized that Lil’ Devil, a slot machine, bears a strong resemblance to Danger! High Voltage. However, this is not a bad thing at all. In fact, we’re glad to see that Big Time Gaming has returned to simpler and more straightforward games. After a few releases that were a bit more complex and required more brainpower from players. Whether Lil’ Devil is an improvement over the other two games in the series is a matter of debate, but it’s certainly a step forward for the provider and a welcome addition that will offer players plenty of exciting and intense gameplay.
Furthermore, the Heartstopper™ feature is an excellent addition to the game, acting as a little side game that gives players something extra to look forward to every time the scatter tease disappoints them. In this sense, Lil’ Devil follows in the footsteps of Kingmaker, another slot machine where players don’t want to trigger the feature too soon. In summary, Lil’ Devil is another fantastic release from the Australians and a worthy follow-up to Danger! High Voltage and The Final Countdown. It’s incredibly volatile, but also packed with huge potential that is sure to keep players and their mothers on the edge of their seats.
