Gem Fire Fortune

Gem Fire Fortune: Slot Overview

Whilst we live in a world of finite natural resources, one thing that, so far, has displayed a boundless, near unlimited quality is human imagination. Since our ancestors stood up on two legs and grew thumbs, humankind has excelled at coming up with new ideas, from fire to the wheel to heck, gambling. However, within the arena of online gambling, creativity can occasionally seem like it's in short supply, and developer Pragmatic Play's Gem Fire Fortune, at times, teeters into blandly unoriginal territory. However, mechanical shortcomings fade in importance when their potency is on display, and the game's winning potential certainly isn't inconsequential, either.

Gem Fire Fortune is a slot that really calls a spade a spade. A look over the screen reveals gems, fire, and while the word might be subjective, fortunes are a technical possibility as well. This is not a slot with a very strong personality, though, and the simplicity of the features goes hand in hand with fairly unexciting presentation. Even Pragmatic Play's info at the time of writing was a brief summarised one-liner - 'Uncover scorching treasures in Gem Fire Fortune.' The point is that it doesn't seem like the studio ploughed its heart and soul into making Gem Fire Fortune, though this doesn't mean the game is totally devoid of redeeming qualities.

Hosted on a 7x7 grid, Gem Fire Fortune is a cluster pays slot which creates a winning combination when 5 or more matching symbols are connected vertically or horizontally. A tumble mechanic triggers following a win in what is a highly volatile slot, with a maximum RTP of 96.5% when staking 20 c to $/€240 per base game spin.

Gem Fire Fortune's pay symbols are, you guessed it, gems of different shapes and colours. There are 7 of them, paying 0.2x to 1x for 5 OAK or 5x to 35x for a 13+ OAK combination. Gem Fire Fortune does not have wilds but it has a tumble mechanism which removes winning symbols from the reels and fills the gaps they create by dropping symbols. If a new win forms after a drop, then another tumble will occur.

Gem Fire Fortune: Slot Features

Gem Fire Fortune is a fuss-free slot that randomly multiplies winning combinations in the base game while guaranteeing to multiply them during its bonus round.

Random Multiplier

In the base game, every winning combination can have a random multiplier applied to it. Possible multipliers are x2, x5, x10, or x100.

Free Spins

Hitting at least 3 scatters in the main game triggers 10 free spins. During free spins, every winning combination is guaranteed to have a random multiplier applied to it. Possible multipliers in this phase of play are x5, x10, or x100. Hitting 3 or more scatters awards a further +5 free spins.

Feature Buy

Players may buy a regular free spins round for 100 times the bet or super free spins where winning combinations are randomly multiplied by x10 or x100 for 400 times the bet.

Gem Fire Fortune: Slot Verdict

Few are likely to accuse Gem Fire Fortune of being a complicated game. On the contrary, it's a very simple slot which gamblers could easily commit partial attention to and still easily track what's going on. The basic gist is to hit winning clusters, and when in the base game, cross your fingers a multiplier will decide to join the party and boost the final payout, whereas in free spins, a multiplier is guaranteed. Other than that, well, that's about it. Tumbles keep the reels rolling, but there are no other features or modifiers to be aware of.

As is often the case, this sort of simplicity is either one of Gem Fire Fortune's strongest suits or a major defect. On the positive side, the basic rule set makes for quick, non-mentally taxing gameplay. And let's not forget every single win during free spins is going to have a multiplier thrown at it, so that's something to look forward to. What a pity super free spins can only be bought and not triggered organically. This is a move Pragmatic Play has been willing to make in the past, to the detriment of gamblers who refuse to buy bonus rounds or simply are not able to do so. Dropping the x5 multiplier from super free spins provides a boost, and in practice, super free spins did seem to be quite liberal with the application of x100 multis, which would explain the significant difference in bonus buy costs. Results may vary, of course.

Winning potential is one of Gem Fire Fortune's positive aspects, too, as wins are capped at a sizable 15,000x the bet. It all means that while the game lacks depth and delivers little in the way of complexity or major innovation, when Gem Fire Fortune is firing the components at its disposal, it is no slouch.