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Known for their superb visuals, unique mechanics, and monstrous volatility, the speculation surrounding Push Gaming’s new slots is haunting fans eager to see what’s in store for them. However, the wait can be long. While competitors release games on a monthly basis, it took Push Gaming May to release their first game of the year, The Shadow Order. The long delivery times are partly due to the studio’s relatively small size as well as its “quality over quantity” approach, although our sources say it was the exclusive agreement with Kindred Group that contributed to the longer wait times for non-Unibet customers.
In Push Gaming’s latest release, you’ll have to swim with sharks, which is a fitting metaphor for its violent nature. The game itself is actually quite familiar, but the volatility here is upped to around 11 and the potential is higher than any other Push Gaming slot to date. Featuring 5 reels, 4 rows and 20 paylines, Razor Shark takes advantage of Mystery Stacks which can reveal either matching symbols or Golden Shark symbols which in turn can award coins with a bet multiplier or scatter symbols. The highlight is the Free Games feature, where a combination of mystery stacks and a win multiplier can lead to wins up to 50,000 times your stake. Using your desktop computer or mobile device as a virtual submarine, you can dive into these sea depths with 10 cents up to 100 euros per spin.
As always when it comes to Push Gaming, the product quality is phenomenal. One of the first things you’ll notice is the incredibly catchy tune, a heady instrumental that not only adds tension and excitement to the gameplay, but also makes you nod your head to the beat. The cartoon style Razor Shark slot is set in the ocean, where you will see corals and colorful fish in the background, as well as a couple of Nemo and Dory-like characters on the reels. Symbols include less valuable snorkel tanks, swim fins, snorkel masks, and underwater cameras. More valuable are the four sharks, which are blue, green, purple and orange. The latter is the most lucrative, giving you a 25x win for 5 pieces on a full payline. The Great White Shark is the wild symbol and substitutes for all symbols except for the scatter. It is also the most valuable of all symbols, giving you a 50x win for 5 such symbols.
Центральное место в игре занимает функция Mystery Stacks. Во время любого спина символы морских водорослей, сложенные в стопки по четыре штуки, могут выпасть в любом месте барабанов. Когда это происходит, в игру вступает функция Nudge & Reveal. Подобно функции Nudging Wilds в Tiki Tumble, символы Mystery Stack будут перемещаться на одну позицию вниз на каждом последующем вращении (которое является бесплатным), а также открываться, чтобы показать либо совпадающие символы, либо золотые символы акул.
If a Mystery Stacks symbol lands with golden shark symbols, the Razor Reveal feature will be activated. Once triggered, each position with the golden shark symbol unlocks either coins with a bet multiplier that ranges from 1x to 2500x, or scatter symbols. Play Joy Casino
Finally, there is the Free Games feature, which is triggered when 3 or more scatter symbols land on the reels in the base game or during the Razor Reveal feature (each additional scatter symbol awards one extra spin). After that, stacks of puzzles appear on the second and fourth reels, which will move down one position during each spin until they fall out of sight, in which case the feature ends. Additional mystery stacks may also appear to extend the function. In addition, there is a win multiplier that will increase by 1x each time the Mystery Stacks are moved. This is a powerful combo that can lead to huge wins of up to 50,000x your stake – at least that’s what Push Gaming thinks. To everyone’s surprise, in October 2020, the maximum win was significantly exceeded when a Swedish player won 85,000 times the stake while playing at Unibet.
Razor Shark is a slot where Push Gaming raises the bar in an obvious attempt to outdo themselves in every possible way, albeit mostly through increased volatility and potential. Beware, this game is extremely volatile and may not be to everyone’s taste. The unthinking players who are seduced by the good looks of the Razor Shark may well be in for a shock – either a potentially life-changing win or, much more likely, an absolutely disastrous session.
As mentioned earlier in the review, there are some fundamental similarities to Tiki Tumble that, in a way, make Razor Shark feel more like a sequel than an entirely unique offering. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but having been spoiled by one original release after another, it’s no doubt a bit of a surprise.
