Fusion Power Slots
Fusion Power is a five-reel, three-line video slot from Novomatic that fuses all the fun of a traditional fruit machine with the artwork of an 80s metal album. Depending on your perspective, this is either the raddest thing ever or slightly naff.
They say never judge a book by its cover however, and there’s more to Fusion Power than garish graphics and rad lightning strikes.
Feel the Metal
The aesthetics seem as good a place as any to start though; it may be the features that maintain your interest and furnish you with a small fortune, but initially it’s the graphics that will reel you in or send you scurrying to the next video slot.
Fans of Megadeth, Iron Maiden or Metallica will be very familiar with the stylistic flourishes deployed here; the game’s logo is rendered in a reflective electric blue while purple lightning pulses across a neon red sky. The era of big hair, big solos and big album covers is so far gone now (we’re talking 30 years) that it’s acceptable to long for it again.
The soundtrack to Fusion Power isn’t particularly exciting, admittedly, but there’s nothing stopping you from slipping into your tightest PVC trousers, dousing yourself in hairspray and muting the game’s soundtrack so that you can headbangt to Ride the Lightning or Rust in Peace. Are you ready to rock?
Max Power, Max Riches
Fusion Power refers to mankind’s long-running attempt to yield clean power from nuclear fusion. We’ve been promised it for years but appear to be no closer to securing a breakthrough. While nuclear physicists agonise over the finer points of perfecting nuclear fusion, it’s down to you to busy yourself with Fusion Power and set about securing a bumper payday.
Give the reels a spin and you’ll be greeted by a distinctly un-rocking soundtrack; this is classic fruit machine fodder, but perhaps that shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, while the backdrop and logo for the game comprise lightning and other epic elements, the game symbols themselves are far simpler; Octavia Gaming have elected to stick with what they – and you – know best. We’re talking fruit and bells, the standard symbols that have graced video slots and pub bandits since the dawn of technology.
Specifically, we have lemons, oranges, grapes, plums, cherries, melons, stars, bells and red 7s. Hit the start, the information bar displays a rallying call of ‘Good luck!’ and you’re off.
Cruisin’ for a Fusion
Before you get lured in by all those gleaming bells and alluring red 7s, you’ll want to set your bet. The line bet can range from 0.1 to 2.0. There’s an autoplay feature, as you’d expect, which can be interrupted at any time when you’re ready to resume manual control.
If you’re expecting Fusion Power to be a deep and complex game - as complex as nuclear fusion itself – you’re in for a disappointment. If you’re expecting a simple ‘Roll ‘em and hope for the best’ fruit machine, you’ll find everything you could wish for in a video slot right here.
To secure a cluster win of any kind will require more than simply 3 on a line. In fact the minimum acceptable cluster comprises 3 x 3. Fusion Power’s hierarchy of symbols operates as follows: for cherries, plums, lemons and oranges, 3 x 3 pays out 10, 4 x 3 pays 40 and 5 x 3 pays 100.
For grapes and melons, it’s the same; likewise with bells and stars and with clusters of red 7s. The line wins operate similarly; cherries, plums, lemons and oranges pay 10, 40 and 100 respectively for 3, 4 or 5 in a line. For grapes and melons, that rises to 20, 80 and 200 respectively.
For bells and stars, it’s 40, 160 and 400 and for red 7s it’s 60, 300 and 1,000. In all, the game’s 10 paylines provide ample opportunity for scoring cluster and line wins of all kinds.
Grab Your Five-A-Day
In Fusion Power, fruit’s never looked more appetising. Scoop your five-a-day in this simple video slot to enjoy the sort of thrills that you just can’t get from oranges and lemons in real life. This game will appeal to players who just want to spin the reels and get off on the hypnotic effect of watching for winning symbols to drop into view.
Who needs fancy bonus features and win spins when there’s enough lucre to be made and enjoyment to be derived from playing a classically style fruit machine?
Sure, it’s repetitive and the sound effects will soon grate, but for a no-thrills video slot, Fusion Power does everything you could reasonably ask of it. If you’re the sort of adrenaline junkie who likes to play multiple tables simultaneously, Fusion Power is an ideal candidate. Just keep rolling those reels and the wins will gradually start to stack up. It ain’t nuclear fusion – it’s far simpler than that.
