Godly Gains

Godly Gains: Slot Overview

For those trying to seriously shape up bodily, life revolves around exercise and strict dieting. Imagine, instead of having to put in hours of pumping iron and denying your taste buds all the best foods, you could snap your fingers to achieve a god tier physique. That'd be good, but according to Godly Gains from Hacksaw partner Bullshark Games, it seems even deities have to put in the effort to look godly. The god in this case is an online slot favourite, Zeus, and not only does he bring bulging pecs to the table, he's accompanied by wild symbol adding and global multiplier building effects, in this cascading, cluster pays slot.

It looks as though whoever was in charge of art for Paper Biker was also in charge of Godly Gains. Both slots have a cartoonish, sunny look; light-hearted, easy-going, all that. The two main characters don't look a million kilometres apart, either, despite one being a grown man delivering papers on a bicycle, while the other is the chief god of the Greek pantheon. Furthermore, instead of lightning bolts and retribution, Godly Gains is located in a warm, golden part of Mt Olympus, a room set aside for getting a pump on rather than a place for holding court with gods and goddesses.

Godly Gains is a cluster pays slot played on a 6x6 gaming area, forming wins when 5 or more matching pay symbols are connected anywhere on the grid. It has a cascading wins system, which causes winning symbols to disappear, creating gaps that are filled by symbols dropping downwards. If a new win appears after a drop, the cascade mechanic triggers again. It is possible to stake $/€0.10 to $/€50 per spin, in this highly volatile game where the max RTP is 96.26%.

Starting from the bottom of the paytable, Godly Gains has diamonds, clubs, spades, and hearts, then kettle bells, drink bottles, gloves, and grip strengtheners. Clusters made up of 5 matching symbols pay 0.1x to 0.5x, while 27+ OAK clusters are worth 20x to 100x the bet. Wilds help form winning combinations by replacing any regular paying symbol. Hitting 27+ wilds in a win pays 150x the bet.

Godly Gains: Slot Features

For features, Godly Gains has a Global Multiplier, God Mode symbols, Thunderstrike symbols, a Wild Symbol Counter, a Glorious Grind bonus, a Divine Drills bonus, and feature buys.

Features

• Global Multiplier - The Global Multiplier applies to all wins. It has a default value of x1, and it resets with each new spin in the base game.
• God Mode Symbol - When this symbol lands, it either adds clusters of wilds to the grid or it boosts the Global Multiplier. It is possible to add 1-20 wilds, and either add x1 to x100 to the multiplier or multiply it by x2 to x10. Additive values are applied first, followed by any multiplicative ones. In the base game, the God Mode symbol and the scatter cannot appear on the same spin. This symbol transforms into a regular wild.
• Thunderstrike Symbol - The Thunderstrike symbol is only available in free spins. When it hits, it either adds +1 to the Wild Symbol Counter or boosts the Global Multiplier - the same way the God Mode symbol can. Thunderstrike symbols act before God Mode symbols if both are in view, and they also transform into wilds.
• Wild Symbol Counter - The Wild Symbol Counter only appears during free spins. It tracks the total number of wild symbols added by each God Mode symbol, and is progressive till the round ends.

Glorious Grind

Hitting 3 scatters in the base game triggers this bonus with 10 free spins. The Global Multiplier is progressive till the end of the feature, and the God Mode symbol always adds wilds to the grid. The Wild Symbol Counter starts at 1, and landing a scatter awards +1 free spin. After awarding the free spins, scatters transform into a random pay symbol or a regular wild.

Divine Drills

Landing 4 scatters starts this feature with 10 free spins. The Wild Symbol Counter starts at 3 or 5. Other than that, the rules are the same as Glorious Grind.

Feature Buys

BonusHunt FeatureSpins, costing 2x the bet, make it 3 times more likely to trigger free spins, while Max Reps FeatureSpins cost 50x and guarantee at least 2 God Mode symbols land. Both bonuses can be bought. Glorious Grind for 100x or Divine Drills for 200x.

Godly Gains: Slot Verdict

Godly Gains shines a different light on the chief of the Greek gods. We're used to Zeus being scarily all-powerful in slots like Gates of Olympus or Zeus vs Hades, but in Godly Gains, players see another side of the deity. A softer, more relatable side, which some gamblers might prefer, if they've had their fill of more intense, serious representations. Having just come off a review of Hacksaw Gaming's Army of Ares, Godly Gains felt as light as a feather, though mathematically, it's still a seriously set-up machine that might make players work for monetary gains, much like pumping iron in order to add a centimetre or two of extra meat to a lagging body part.

Mechanically, Godly Gains' several moving parts are able to converge quite well. Essentially, what we've got are features that add wilds and increment a win multiplier. Mix them with the cascading wins system, and Godly Gains makes a positive contribution to the cluster pays sector. It didn't especially wow, but its 15,000x win cap goes to show that it can knock out substantial gains. While this figure is technically possible in all game modes, moving through the free spins rounds is likely to be the best place for this to occur. Both bonus rounds are similar, with the advantage of triggering Divine Drills being a higher starting value on the Wild Symbol Counter.

With slots like Age of Seth, Piggy Cluster Hunt, and Coop Clash already under its belt, Bullshark Games has proven on more than one occasion it can make a solid cluster pays slot. Godly Gains is one which might not revolutionise the way we view this popular mechanic, but is a playable cluster pays slot that presents a gentler, less intimidating version of the king of the Greek gods. As such, it may appeal to both casual gamblers and those laser-focused on chasing bigger wins in a cluster pays arena.