Winterberries

The background is set in what looks like a beautiful Northern landscape filled with white snow surrounding a lake with mountains as far as the eye can see. There are also frozen trees and northern lights flowing across the cold landscape behind the transparent reels. The reels themselves are surrounded by thick branches that are embedded with gorgeous flowers and green leafs. The betting platform is simplistic with a black colouring while all the betting options are made up of gold colours to stand out.

The game makes use of a nice, little effect whenever the Re-Spin feature is triggered. All symbols making up the winning combination freeze in place in blocks of ice. Then, when other matching symbols land on the reels anywhere adjacent to the frozen ones during the free spin, these also freeze in place. When no more matching symbols appear, the ice cubes pop and snowflakes fall onto the reels.

The sound effects mainly consist of a constant cold wind blowing while you play, so make sure to have a blanket close by as this game will leave you shivering.

Let’s gear up for the winter season with some basics skills. Winterberries unfolds with a 5-reel by 3-row layout. There are 25 fixed pay lines that go from left to right. The RTP rests at 96.7%.

As far as game controls go, besides the spin button, you’ll find the auto spin and the max bet buttons. The only adjustable bet setting is the coin value. It’s good to bear in mind that every spin is worth 25x the coin value you set as the amount is multiplied by the number of fixed bet lines.

Winterberries does not bring a rich variety of special features to the table. However, what’s on board fits the theme perfectly and is triggered often enough to get you in with the chance to bag some considerably big wins. Basically, there are two special features – Freeze & Re-Spin and the Column Multiplier. Let’s take a closer look at them to see how they work.

Winterberries enable players to select the best betting option according to their budget, and the coin denomination starts from $0.01 up to a maximum of $2.00 per pay line. With 25 pay lines, the game enables a wide variety of combinations that can be formed to reward high payouts. Your minimum bet per spin, then, starts at $0.25 up to a maximum of $125 per spin. Betting options can be increased or decreased after any spin by using the coin value indicators below the reels.

Combination wins can be formed by gathering five of the yellow berries that will award you with a maximum of 500 coins. Displaying five of the blueberries with green leafs on the reels will reward you with 150 coins, and triggering five large red berries on an active pay line will reward you with 75 coins. You can also receive 50 coins when you land five orange berries on the reels, and a further 50 coins when you display five smaller red berries on the reels. Lastly, you can claim a maximum of 25 coins for displaying five blackberries or five black and red berry symbols on the reels respectively.

As all wins indicated in the pay table are directly proportionate to your stake on each spin, raising your stake will give you the chance for bigger wins. However, keep your bankroll in mind before you turn up the volume and go for the high stakes.