Easter Island

About Easter Island slot

Easter Island is the name of the mysterious Easter Island. On This Island in the Pacific Ocean that has Chile as its closest neighbor, there are over 1,000 stone statues ( moai ) which are both large in size and unique in character. The oldest of the statues were erected over 1000 years ago and the idea of them was that they would have a watchful eye over both the settlements and the surrounding sea.

Two of Easter Island's statues play the main roles in Easter Island. They have two functions. Firstly, they are decorative where they stand and swing next to the reels in time to the game's cheery and dancing calypso music. Secondly, they have the task of activating the game's specials with respins and expanding reels. Game developer Yggdrasil is a master at combining special graphic elements with special features and nowhere is this clearer than in Easter Island.

Yggdrasil is also a master at creating beautiful and vibrant slots. Easter Island is a perfect example of this. The moai statues are accompanied by birds and butterflies, and on the lawn on which the wheels are placed, beautiful flowers slowly sway in the wind. It's almost worth trying out on Easter Island just to see just how deliciously a slot can be designed! Take our demo game for a few spins to get a picture of what the game developer has cooked up.

Stakes and winnings

Easter Island has five reels and over these run three rows of icons. In the basic game, the number of lines is 27 pieces and they are fixed. The parameter you can screw on is the coin value. You play with coin values of between 4 cents and 80$, giving total bets of between 1-2000$. This means that you get a small ”discount” on the BET in relation to the number of lines. Maxbet and autosnurr are available as options.

It is important to know that only in the base game you have exactly 27 paylines to hit. In the respins feature, you can get the chance to play with 65 or 103 lines.

Overall, Easter Island is a slot with a low variance/risk. We do not have the exact figures on hit percentage, but it is probably well above 20%. The gains can come from both the smaller and the larger battle. The maximum win per line is 500 coins, which translates to a win of between$20 – $ 40,000. The maximum win on a single spin is 51,500 coins. Easter Island RTP is 96.10%. You can read more about theoretical payback in our course for slots.

Symbols

Easter Island has a rich and ancient culture. As with all other islands in the Pacific, the culture focuses on animals of various kinds. The ancient Polynesians who populated Easter Island revered animals for their characteristics and not infrequently erected statues of certain selected beasts. The five high-win symbols in the game consist of a bird, somewhat similar to a Fox, a lizard, a frog and a fish. The Eagle is undoubtedly the symbol to look out for the most. It pays five times as much as the next animal on the list. The catalog of winning symbols is complemented by ”Suite symbols”. In addition, there is a special symbol, namely a joker.

Game features

Easter Island has no round of Free Spins, nor any bonus game. Contrary to the game developer's usual grip, all the focus is on a respins feature.

Symbol Swap

Every small win you win with at least three in a row gives you access to the game Symbol Swap Respins . It doesn't matter if you only win a single$ona!

The first thing that happens is that the moai statue on the left collects all the icons of the same value (high win and low win symbols, respectively). The next thing that happens is that the moai statue on the right erases all other icons of the same value. The result is that all high - win and low-win symbols are replaced by the Selected icon.

Example: you record a win with the lizard symbol. For the positions on the reels that are to be covered by high-win symbols, only the lizard appears.

Expanding wilds and expanding reels

Once the moai statues have done their job, there are two specials to take advantage of. If you look above the reels, you will see that there are icons above the reels 3-5. The icon above reel 3 indicates that you will win a respin with a winning hit of three in a row. If you get four in a row, you get the added benefit of playing with reels that are five rows high (65 paylines). With five in a row, you play on seven rows of high reels and with 103 paylines. In your respins you also get the advantage that all wilds expand over the entire reels.

Summary

Easter Island is in our eyes a treat with a great graphics and a cool set of special features. However, the game has a slightly less depth than many other games from the developer can boast of. There is a bit of ”all or nothing” about the features of Easter Island. If you like slots that can provide real excitement in just about every spin, this slot is great for you. If you instead want the chance to activate on paper more lucrative free spins modes and other bonus rounds, the game is less optimal.

We must also mention that it is difficult to be impressed by the payback. 96.10% is a very mediocre figure for a modern video slot. It is also wise to recall the low variance. You often win when you spin on Easter Island. This also means that you cannot expect the average profit to be particularly large. A winning hit that looks impressive on the reels doesn't have to give much more than the bet back.