Godbreaker

Godbreaker: Slot Overview

Trends run in and out of the slot industry just like any other, from the Megaways craze to the scatter pays obsession, and beyond. At the time of writing, 3 pot games were all the rage, and veteran software developer NetEnt had gotten in on the act with the release of Godbreaker. What a name. That's a title that demands attention. Then, once gamblers' eyes have been drawn in, the game follows through with a delightfully dark Aztec-type theme, plus a free spins round that mixes and matches up to three pot-linked features, and more.

There are some Central/South American-themed slots which have a sanitised cartoonish look, as if the forest doesn't contain any bugs or threats of any kind. Then there are those like Godbreaker, dark, brooding reminders that the jungle is not your friend, that it contains countless ways to cause a long, agonising death. Godbreaker's appearance is one of its highlights, as it paints the sort of scene where cultists are lying in wait behind every tree, ready and willing to rip your heart out to offer it up to their violent gods in a bizarre, bloody ceremony on top of a step pyramid coated in gore. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but NetEnt has gone the heavy route when designing Godbreaker, as it tells the story of half mortal, half goddess Queen Zyarah seeking revenge on the Gods of Death, Greed, Pestilence, and Lust.

Most of the time, Godbreaker's play area is a 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to win, but it has a feature which can expand the reels to 6 rows high, where 7,776 ways to win become available. NetEnt has designed a medium volatile math model to drive the action, which has an RTP of 96.16%, and a stake range of $/€0.20 to $/€200.

Godbreaker's low pay symbols are six gold/jewelled/stone items awarding 1.25x to 2.25x the bet for 5 OAK, while its high pays are blue, green, red, purple, and golden masks worth 2.5x to 5x the stake for 5-of-a-kind winning combinations.

Godbreaker: Slot Features

Godbreaker's features are wild multipliers, stacked symbols, free spins with 1-3 pot features, and Elevate feature buys.

Wild Multipliers & Stacked Symbols

Wild symbols can appear on reels 2, 3, and 4. They may randomly appear in the base game with multipliers of x2, x3, or x4. When more than one multiplier appears on the reels, their values are multiplied together before being applied to all bet way wins. Wilds substitute for all symbols except glowing symbols. Moreover, Golden mask symbols may also randomly appear in vertical stacks from 1 to 6 positions tall. The Glowing masks, however, can only appear stacked during free spins - more on that in the section below.

Free Spins

All symbols except wilds may randomly appear on the grid, glowing in red, green, or blue. In the base game, the glow from glowing symbols is collected by the pot of the same colour on top of the reels, and may randomly trigger 8, 12, or 16 free spins for 1, 2, or 3 pots activated, respectively. The three types of free spins features are:

• Red - Higher chance of landing gold masks and glowing masks.
• Green - Higher multiplier of x4-x10 can appear on the wilds.
• Blue - The grid expands to 6 rows high.

If a glowing symbol is collected during free spins and it activates the collector pot, +4 free spins are granted, and the corresponding feature is activated. Each glowing mask appearing in free spins increases the golden collect meter above the grid by +1. Each time a new mask symbol on the meter is reached, an extra free spin is awarded, and one type of high win symbol is upgraded from the next spin - 4, 8, 12, or 16 glowing masks replace all purple, red, green, and blue masks by golden masks. When the meter is full, glowing masks no longer appear.

Elevate Feature Buy

Four features may be bought from the Elevate menu. They are the Free Spins Hunt, costing 3x the bet to increase the chance of triggering free spins, the Collector Pot Boost at 30x guaranteeing 1-3 collector pots are activated, the Super Pot Activation at 50x guaranteeing 2-3 collector pots are activated, while the 300x Grand Pot Activation guarantees all 3 pots are activated.

Godbreaker: Slot Verdict

While a rose by another name would smell the same and all that, Godbreaker is a great title. It's a powerful name which captures the imagination and triggers wonder about whether the rest of the game is going to match the confidence. Unsurprisingly, the word 'Godbreaker' is sprinkled through pop culture from Warhammer 40K, World of Warcraft, to Marvel comics and beyond, and it now brings its back-breaking weight to a slot. Visually, NetEnt has ensured the game lives up to its name through an exotic, mysterious, and confrontational look. As for Aztec/Inca-style gaming, Godbreaker is the opposite of Gonzo's Quest, which goes to show NetEnt is equally capable of producing brooding menace as it is at turning out amiable charm.

Godbreaker's features might not swing as hard as its name, but there is good stuff for 3 pot enthusiasts to digest. Wild multipliers in a ways to win game is a potent effect, made even better by the fact that multiplier values multiply each other. Add in the way the most valuable symbol can be stacked, and there are chances for putting together sizable hits right there. Free spins have merit as well, though as ever in these games, they're better when all of their features are working simultaneously to really perform at full capacity. One feature, okay, two, eh, better, but three features are where Godbreaker really gets the chance to break stuff, as reflected by the sudden jump in bonus buy cost when buying all three active collector pots compared to just one or two.

Factor in some Eye of Horus-like symbol upgrading, and there is potential here for a heart-racing session. Of course, it may depend on how smitten you are with the whole 3-pot idea, but a lot of gamblers are clearly clicking on these games, given the current profusion of them. Godbreaker is a solid example of this form, too. It might not have the lasting impact of a Gonzo, but the attitude, the foreboding atmosphere, and the way the interlocking mechanics are able to boost each other make Godbreaker a strong mid-level example of this type of gaming.