Summer Vibes Accumul8

We're sure everyone will be longing for some white, sandy beaches this summer. For most people, it doesn't get much better than soaking up the sun with the sound of sweet right breakers, delicious ice cream and that nostalgic smell of sunscreen. It gets even better when you add winning fabulous cash prizes to the mix, and thanks to Summer Vibes Accumul8 you can now do just that. This is one of the newest online slots available to play here using the Anywhere Pays mechanic, making for unique iGaming, while a free spins feature can see wins accrue multipliers up to 250x your stake. Are you ready to catch a wave to gnarly jackpots?

We have to say that even though the theme of Summer Vibes Accumul8 is a little cheesy, it does strike a chord if summer holidays are your thing. Cruising around in flip-flops breathing in the salty air, all while catching a tan – tubular! Light and Wonder is the online casino games studio that created this release, and you might recognise the name as a studio going to online slot games using unique mechanics. With Cluedo Mighty Ways, it tried to rival the Megaways mechanic for how many paylines can be squeezed into six reels, while Summer Vibes Accumul8 uses the Anywhere Pays system, which instead of needing icons to line up on paylines just requires eight or more of the same symbols appearing anywhere on the reels on the same spin.

There are six reels in Summer Vibes Accumul8 with five reels, which you'll find a larger than usual grid but is needed to ensure enough of the same icons land on the same spin. Something that the game does well is give a flashy impression, but underneath that is a maximum win amount of only 2,400x your stake, which doesn't come close to the 20,000x and higher we're seeing from new online slots at our casino site. All players are different, and so Light and Wonder has made the window in which you can choose your stake quite wide. The smallest possible stake is 0.10, with options all the way up to the maximum of 100.

Looking at the symbols, we'd say that there isn't anything completely different to what you might be used to. The lower-paying icons are all ice creams, with the chocolate one returning the most for a winning combination. The more valuable symbols, that aren’t actually too much of a jump in value from the ice creams, are beach objects in flippers, swim shorts, a wide-brim hat and a bucket and spade.

There isn’t a wild symbol that can land, and this is probably because there aren’t any paylines due to the Anywhere Pays. However, there is a scatter being the sun, while there’s also a beachball that can fall during free spins.

When it comes to the bonus feature, things are done much the same as in most online slot machines. Landing 3, 4, 5 or more scatter symbols will trigger a free spins round. Landing 3 scatters awards ten free spins, 4 scatters awards 15 free spins, and 5 or more scatters 20 free spins. Landing 2 or more scatters during the feature will see a minimum of 3 extra spins added and a maximum of 15 spins.

Anywhere Pays means cascading reels, so a win basically means a respin is triggered. During the free spins a beachball with a multiplier value of between 2x and 250x can land on the reels. If it does it remains in place through any cascading sequences and is then applied to the overall win. More than one beachball means all possible multipliers are added together.

It’s a pity that no wild symbol was added in Summer Vibes Accumul8, because even though there aren’t paylines a wild would have meant wins land more easily. There are online casino games that present far more added value than the presence of an extra wild. However, the free spins feature does its job quite well, while the multipliers in the bonus will see wins reaching a potentially epic level. Plus, there’s the feeling of summer to make those cash prizes feel even better.