The reels are packed with excitement in Tahiti Gold slot, a title hot off the ELK Studios conveyer belt of fantastic online slots games. The title forms part of the Gold Series of games currently being released by ELK Studios, and could be the most interactive to date. You’ll find plenty of bonus features plus a selection of wild symbol formations to boost the level of winnings you can come away with. Is the interactivity just what you’ve been looking for, or have ELK Studios tried to pack too much into one title?
The theme of the game is modelled around the small island of Tahiti, a tropical paradise in the South Pacific. The developers have chosen to add a tribal aspect to the theme, instead of focusing on the tropical splendour. However, they’ve added a very intriguing aspect in what they’ve called avalanche reels. The reels don’t spin but rather see symbols tumbling into the empty spaces. Should a win occur the winning symbols will be removed, the remaining symbols fall to fill in the gaps, and new symbols avalanche into the reels to fill all the empty spaces.
Players will find the mobile version of the game up there with the best they’ve played, especially as the graphics are top notch and hardly any lag seems to occur. Whether playing on mobile, tablet or desktop you’ll have the chance to land a jackpot of £500,000.00. Ever dreamt of visiting Tahiti? With that amount you’ll be able to drop everything and retire there quite comfortably. Another thing that stands out about Tahiti Gold online slot is the amount of possible ways to win – 4096! There’s a feature that sees the rows increase, in which case the ways to win can shoot up to a mind blowing 262,144.
As mentioned earlier the iGaming studio has incorporated more of a tribal theme, and you’ll notice it most through the symbols. You’ll also notice that there are quite a number of different symbols that can fall – 12 regular symbols in total. You’d usually find lower paying symbols depicted as playing card numbers and royals, but in Tahiti Gold they are a group of different colour carved out images. There’s also what could be considered medium value symbols consisting of a turtle, a gecko, a hammerhead shark and a frog. The higher paying symbols are 3 tribal masks and a tribal looking man, who happens to be the highest value symbol.
There are quite a few bonus symbols to look out for. There’s a Wild, a Bonus Symbol, the Wild Forge symbol and the Eye of Tiki symbol.
The avalanche feature is where up to 262,144 ways to win can occur. Every time a win happens off an avalanche an extra row will be added. Reoccurring wins will see rows rise to a maximum of 8.
The Wild Forge symbol will land at any given time and when it positions itself it pours lava to symbols below to turn them wild. This symbol only falls on reels 3, 4, 5 and 6. There is then also the Eye of Tiki feature. Should 2 of these symbols fall on the same avalanche then all symbols between them will be removed and replaced with new symbols, effectively giving you a respin.
The Bonus Symbol is one that can reward all players handsomely. Landing 3 will award you 10 free drops, 4 awards 15 free drops, 5 awards 20 free drops and 6 Bonus Symbols award 25 free drops. Free drops can also be re-triggered for even more prize wins. One of the best parts about the free drops is that the wilds are sticky during free drops. Wilds that land will drop to the bottom of the reels and remain there for the duration of the drops.
Playing Tahiti Gold was really fun, and a game that we could have played for a lot longer as part of the review. ELK Studios have added plenty of win boosting features that not only give you extra cash injections but also loads of entertainment value. Free drops, wild formations, Eye of Tiki, Avalanche drops! It just never seems to end. Then there’s the £500,000.00 jackpot that can be won, all on a well optimised title with enough interactivity to keep the fun going indefinitely.