ABOUT THIS SLOT
Visitors is a new slot from Elk Studios, due to be released in early October. It has a strange theme, transporting players to a country village with cows, streams and little dwellings, then adding some mischievous aliens into the mix.
RTP, VARIANCE AND PAYOUTS
Although the visiting aliens have a deathly grey pallor and glowing eyes, the whole atmosphere is quite charming and the slot plays with an oddball but upbeat feel. This is partly due to the bright cartoon graphics, farm animals and sound effects and partly due to the quirky antics of the aliens and their bizarre cow abductions.
The game is played on a 5×5 grid and instead of the usual paylines, you have 3,125 ways to win. You need to land 3 matching symbols running from left to right to receive a payout. Visitors has a minimum bet of 20p, a standard RTP of 96.1% and a high volatility rating. This means players who like risky slots play with potentially high rewards should get a kick out of this cow-obsessed alien invasion.
SYMBOLS AND PAYTABLE
The regular symbols in Visitors are brightly coloured buildings and a blue fountain, which can award from 0.7x to 15x your bet. The best symbol is the large red mansion, while the lowest paying symbol here is the fountain. There are also some high card symbols to award the lower payouts. These run from 10 to Ace and are attractively designed with swirling bright colours.
In addition to the regular symbols and high cards, there are also a number of special symbols that can award the bonus features. You’ll find alien Respin symbols, flaming Wilds, Multiplier cows and a UFO which can expand to create more potential winning combinations.
The max payout in the game is 10,000x your bet, which could be reached if you’re lucky with your Free Spins in the Bonus Game and manage to land plenty of Multipliers.
GAMEPLAY AND FEATURES
3,125 ways to win
The first obvious feature is in the gameplay mechanics. Instead of paylines, you need to hit 3 matching symbols on adjacent reels running left to right to receive a payout. This gives 3,125 ways to win on every spin.
Alien Respins with Modifiers
Whenever you land an alien symbol on the first and fifth reels at the same time, you’ll trigger a Respin. You’ll also get a Modifier with the Respin, which depends on the alien’s eye colour.
You could receive an Abduction from the yellow-eyed alien, which awards a Multiplier up to 15x. The green-eyed alien awards Big O Beam, where one symbol is sticky and expands to 2×2 or 3×3 in size. The pink-eyed alien launches Alien Attack, which adds up to 5 Sticky Wilds to the reels.
Free Spins and Multipliers
If you land 3 UFO symbols, you’ll trigger the Free Spins round, which takes place on a new screen. You’ll find 25 tiles with silver and gold spaceships and you’ll get 5 Free Spins initially. Silver ships can add 1 Free Spin and a 2x Multiplier. More silver ships add more Multipliers up to a maximum of 4,096x. Landing the golden spaceships can double the Multipliers to give potentially massive rewards.
OUR VERDICT
Visitors is an attractive and peculiar slot, combining an alien invasion with cow abductions and a cute village farm theme. This quirky slot will appeal to players who like imaginative storylines, while the high volatility and 10,000x jackpot means this is also perfect for fans of high-risk games with big peaks and troughs in payouts. The graphics and gameplay are charming and the regular Respins and Modifiers always entertaining, but it’s the Free Spins Bonus Game you’ll want to trigger for the best payouts. This is probably not one for players who like standard games, but if you’re in the mood for a cute, oddball slot and like the idea of high volatility gameplay, Visitors could offer the perfect escapist adventure.