Code Red Slot Machine

Very few of us ever get called up to take on a gruelling mission, but when the President declares a Code Red and sends you out to save the world, what else can you do but listen to WorldMatch and their call?

If you’ve ever watched Monsters vs Aliens, the chiselled chins and moustaches of newsreaders are part and parcel of the hype when the planet needs saving. Luckily, instead of having to man a tank or carry a gun, you can simply blast those asteroids away from within the 5x3 grid.

Each of the 5-reels and 25 paylines will present a fine array of symbols, all of which can lead to creating various winning combos that will mean that the £2,500 jackpot can be all yours. Sling it in your bag after a job well done, or keep it to hand ready for your next round of missions.

All Engines Check

Before setting out, you and your team need to know the ropes, otherwise you’ll be doomed before you even begin. A bet of 0.01 is your ticket to beginning, although you can stake more on each payline, all the way up to 2.00, not a great amount, but considerable when used with all 25 paylines. If you bet 2.00 per line, you’ll start off with a bet of 50.

You can avoid all this though by just clicking the Max Bet button, that way you can get started quicker, meaning the world is saved a lot sooner. There is also an Auto play and Fast Play option which makes the action keep on coming, at a greater pace, a necessary option for experienced slot gamers. In among gameplay features, the Spin Stop is another weapon in your arsenal.

Now you’ve learnt all the basics, we can get started and launch our assault! You’ll meet plenty of unusual characters along the way that’ll help make blowing up this asteroid hurtling to earth all the easier.

Before Take Off

In-keeping with the WorldMatch brand, all the tiles are graphically attractive, and in this instance, all of them are individual and unique to the title - no two are the same.

The atmosphere of the struggle at hard is perfectly captured by the dark hues of space, and the dramatic soundtrack of an ominous tune that helps build the action up - the combination of the two make you feel like you’re actually on the ship with the team.

Although every symbol is important, some are more special than others - take the Earth icon, it is the lowest valued tile on the reels, with even five of them only equalling £75. There is then the newspaper and President in between which yield slightly larger monetary returns of £100 and £150. It’s the legendary and renowned team lead by the commander that delivers the biggest amount, a sweet £1,500.

Befitting of the term wild, the asteroid is the joker in our midst, and will remove all other icons apart from the special icons of the Bonus Game and Free Spins tiles. Also fitting is that the Free Spins icon titled as so, and will reward you ten extra spins regardless of how many make up your winning combo. Whether you find three or five, the results are always the same.

Should you uncover over three of the bonus level icons you’ll be taken to a high tech computer screen that opens up and the three members of the team are all waiting for you. Depending on who you pick changes the amount you win in bonus money.

Even though all that is more than enough to create a dynamic game, there’s then the Code Red button icon that will lead you to the jackpot should you line up five of them.

Victory is Ours!

The sense of achievement when you finish the game is quite satisfying, but the title keeps calling you back for more help, the task of saving the world never finished. This is one of those hard to beat titles, and is one that will appeal to virtually all types of gamers, with only those who prefer the most traditional of slot machines not pleased with the format and story.

What does let the game down, and sadly there is always something, is that the jackpot is rather small.