Brute Force

Brute Force: Slot Overview

'Brute force': 'relying on or achieved through the application of force, effort, or power in usually large amounts instead of more efficient, carefully planned, or precisely directed methods (Mirriam-Webster).' Brute Force is also the name of a slot designed by Nolimit City, and given the studio's track record of firing off brutal games, it might be a spine-chilling prospect. Putting brutal math aside, Brute Force is also about as subtle as an anvil smash to the face in terms of features, too, which are relatively limited in number for a Nolimit City slot. But quantity doesn't automatically equate to quality, so let's see just how sadistic Brute Force's xNudge Wilds, multipliers, and free spin one-two combo can be.

One thing Brute Force is able to do is transport players back to an earlier era of video gaming. We're talking about a time when to play the best-looking and sounding games often meant patronising a video game arcade where rows of physical boxes taunted kids with the chance to step into a different world by inserting a coin or two. Brute Force is one of those 8-bit styles of slot, joining the ranks of Hellcatraz, Flame Busters, and Space Donkey while also triggering thoughts of Fist of Destruction and Zeus vs Hades: Gods of War. Really great for gamblers into this sort of thing, what with the chunky graphics, chunky characters, and bitchin' tunes. Takes you back to when being a certain kind of hero meant having massive weaponry, enormous muscles, a knowledge of martial arts, a cool name, and wearing a headband didn't hurt either.

The brute stuff occurs on a 5x5 gaming grid with 21 ways to win. There are Nolimit Boosters and bonus buys, but participants will need to choose a base stake of 20 c to $/€100. Rated highly volatile (10 out of 10), Brute Force will theoretically return 96.08% to players at its highest setting, though lower RTP models have been created.

Blocky, pixelated 10-A card ranks are Brute Force's low pay symbols, and its highs are 5 character premiums. Lines of 5 card symbols pay 2 times the bet, all types, while lines of 5 picture symbols pay 5 to 20 times the bet.

Brute Force: Slot Features

Compared to a lot of Nolimit City slots, Brute Force doesn't go ludicrously overboard with an enormous amount of complex features. What it has are xNudge Wilds, Brute Spins, Super Brute Spins, Nolimit Boosters, and Nolimit Bonus buys.

xNudge Wilds

Brute Force has 3 types of xNudge Wilds that appear as a 1x4 stacked symbol and always nudge to be fully stacked on the reel. A multiplier value is displayed at the bottom of each xNudge Wild, which increases within certain limits when it is fully visible and has stopped nudging. Each xNudge Wild provides different nudge multiplier values:

• Joshua xNudge Wild - each nudge increases the win multiplier by +1. The maximum the multiplier value can be is x8.
• Jason xNudge Wild - each nudge increases the win multiplier by +2. The maximum the multiplier value can be is x21.
• Hyper xNudge Wild - each nudge increases the win multiplier by +5. The maximum the multiplier value can be is x51.

Each symbol's multiplier is added to a total xNudge Meter, which is applied to any winning symbols.

Brute Spins

A total of 10 free spins are awarded when landing 3 scatter symbols. Free spins appear to function the same as the base game does. No extra rules are mentioned at the paytable.

Super Brute Spins

Landing 4 scatter symbols triggers 10 Super Brute Spins. As well as the regular rules, xNudge Wilds may become sticky and remain in place throughout the feature.

Nolimit Booster & Nolimit Bonus Buy

By using the Nolimit Booster, players can activate these options: xBet - 4.7x the bet guarantees a scatter on reel 2, making it 10 times more likely to trigger free spins, Guaranteed xNudge xBet - 60x the bet, 2 Guaranteed xNudge xBet - 333x the bet, or 4 Guaranteed xNudge xBet - 4,000x the bet. Lastly, players can buy Brute Spins for 100x the bet, Super Brute Spins for 800x, or 50%/50% for 450x.

Brute Force: Slot Verdict

Brute Force really does, at the end of the day, live up to its name. Lacking the intricate finesse of Nolimit City's feature bloated slots, it relies at heart on a combination of one or two tricks to bash its way to big wins. Or just bash players in the metaphorical chops. These are put simply, hitting xNudge Wilds to substitute symbols and throw multiplier values at the global multiplier. And that's essentially about it. Hanging off this are several gambling options, boosters and bonus buys, but even then, Brute Force is about as uncomplicated as they get from the Nolimit City team.

In the spirit of looking back at the pixilated past, playing Brute Force brought back memories of reviewing Barbarian Fury. Remember that one? Way back when. Barbarian Fury was one of the early signpost slots that helped shuttle Nolimit City down the path it has ended up on - becoming one of the most respected and feared names in the business. Barbarian Fury spawned back when San Quentin xWays, East Coast vs West Coast and Tombstone RIP were but a twinkle in the developer's eye. Funny to think how far NLC has come since then, and maybe the studio was feeling nostalgic because Brute Force did, in some ways, feel like a circling back to an earlier time in more ways than one. Despite not having a shockingly extensive, borderline Mensa test set of rules, Brute Force is big in other ways. xNudge big, volatility big, and winning potential of 40,000x big.

In short, Brute Force strips away the fluff to deliver no-nonsense, (relatively) bare-bones, hit 'em or get hit gaming. Instead of being a 15-course prix fixe, it's a hamburger slingshotted right into your piehole, but one of those skyscrapers of a burger that's a mission to actually get your mouth around and makes you feel like you're about to give birth to an omnibus once you're done eating.