Crystal Prince

Travel to a faraway winter wonderland to meet the Crystal Prince on the slot from Quickspin. The charming royal will swing his magic wand across six dynamic reels to set off a snowfall of symbols that will extend the game grid, unleash the Blizzard Mode to add random golden wilds and multiplies wilds as well as trigger the Wild Frost Free Spins that can lead to wins of up to 11,630 times your bet.

Update 18th November 2020: The game is now live as an exclusive at LeoVegas Casino and sister sites from the LeoVegas Group. It will go global on 24th November 2020.

Slot Details

Crystal Prince is a cascading video slot with six reels, 4 – 8 rows and 4,096 to 262,144 ways to win. Pays are awarded for three to six adjacent matching symbols from left to right only (more to that shortly). You can journey to the winder wonderland on desktop or mobile from 0.20 to 100 coins. The game has high volatility (4/5) with an RTP of 96.04%. Using the Bonus Buy feature will increase the value to 96.52%.

A icy winter scenery is opening up when you load the game with snowcapped rock formations flanking the dynamic reels. The grid will expand throughout the gameplay, highlighting winning combinations and ultimately unlocking the frozen eigth row that will unleash the Blizzard mode. An enchanted soundtrack gives it that distinct wintery, festive feeling.

The pay symbols start at the low end with ice crystals holding blue, green, yellow and red stars, awarding 0.25x to 0.30x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by four large gems in blue, green yellow and red colours as well as the Crystal Prince himself. Hit six across the reels to win 0.5x to 2x your stake. The standard Wild Frost Wild has golden frame marked with ‘W’ which can change to Wild Frost Multiplier Wilds during the gameplay. It will substitute for all regular pay symbols except scatters or multiplier wilds. A silvery ice crystal with a darker blue star acts as the scatter.

Crystal Prince Slot Features

Quickspin has some experience with grid expansion game such as Phoenix Sun or Wild Cauldron and chose a slightly altered format for their 2020 contribution to the festive season. Although, it comes across more like a winter game than the usual Christmas-related creations. Let’s take a closer look whether we can warm up to the ice-covered wonderland.

Core to the gameplay is the Snowball mechanic. Every spin sequence starts in the default 6×4 format with 4,096. Scoring a win will highlight the symbols in the combo and a row of symbols is added at the top. Land more matching symbols that extend the current win or a new combination and another row of symbols is added. The process continues until the grid reaches its maximum of eight rows or now new winning symbols appear on the added row. Wins are then evaluated and paid before the grid resets to the default.

Unlocking the final row will brake the Blizzard Seal, which will spawn one, two or three Wild Frost Multipliers Wilds and place them on random reel positions. At the same time, it triggers the Blizzard Mode. All winning symbols as well as wild, scatter and high-value symbols are held while the rest is removed. All locked symbols drop then towards the bottom and new symbols cascaded into the empty places. Extending the existing winning combo or creating a new one will retrigger Blizzard Mode until the grid is filled or no new winning symbols land. Pays are then evaluated before the grid resets to the default.

Any Wild Frost Multiplier Wilds will carry an x2 or an x3 multiplier, which will be applied only to those winning combinations where they are part of. More than one in a combo will be multiplied by each other.

Having three, four, five or six scatters in view by the time a spin sequence concludes will trigger 8, 10, 15 and 20 Wild Frost Free Spins respectively, which can be retriggered. During the feature, two bonus symbols will also award +3 free spins, no limits. At the start of every free spin, one to four standard and/or multiplier wilds are added to random reel positions. The Blizzard Mode can be activated on any free spin, adding more wilds to the grid.

The Bonus Buy button allows players to purchase a Wild Frost Free Spins bonus round at a fixed cost of 60x their bet. Although, it will be available only in jurisdictions where they are not yet restricted. The RTP is slightly higher at 96.52%. Once confirmed, the game will start a spin where three to six scatters will land. The following feature is played in an identical fashion as after an organic trigger.

Final Verdict

So, did we warm up to the ice-covered winter wonderland? To a good part, yes, except for the utterly low line pays which is due to the maximum 262,144 ways that can come into play. You will need an awful lot of matching symbols on expanded reels to actually score a big or mega win. But once it indeed happens, it can instantly turn into a winning blizzard.

Last Update: 18th November 2020

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