Lava Loca

Players seeking the best online slots will want to look closely at Lava Loca, released by Booming Games.

Set in a volcanic Polynesian village, this island slot is long on natural beauty as well as bonus features, such as mystery multiplying wilds and free spins with expanding symbols, with excellent RTP as the jewel in its crown.

Theme

Volcanos, for all their destructive majesty, are often found in tremendously beautiful locations. That is the case in this title, where island jungles are offset by purple skies.

The five reels are framed by torchlight, with a volcano off to the right side of the game screen only just hinting at possible calamity.

Gaming symbols include wooden totems, each with prominent teeth. Lower-value symbols are provided by the playing card values ace through jack, which

A symbol bearing this game’s title acts as wild, substituting for other symbols to form winning combinations – some of these carry 2x and 4x win multipliers as well!

This title’s most important symbol, though…

… is the ashen Free Spins symbol. This acts as scatter, opening the way to the bonus feature while also offering this slot’s top payout of 200x for five-of-a-kind.

Betting Options and Functions

• 20 adjustable paylines, all paying from left to right
• Bet size is set simply from 0.20 – 200.00 times the betting currency
• Quick Spin is available for a faster gaming tempo
• Autoplay is available for up to 100 spins

The overall theoretical return to player ratio is well above-average at 96.33%.

Features

• Wild symbols appear on the middle reel only
• Some wilds (not all) offer double win multipliers
• Some wilds (not all) offer quadruple win multipliers
• Wilds do not appear during Free Spins

• Three scatter symbols on the reels award ten Free Spins and activate the Expanding Symbol feature
• Before Free Spins begin, players hit stop to randomly select which symbol will act as Expanding Symbol during the feature
• When three or more Expanding Symbols appear on at least three different reels, these symbols will expand vertically to cover their entire reels
• The feature cannot be re-triggered.

Our Take

Booming Games has been living up to its moniker in recent years, generating quite a bit of momentum along with a handsome catalogue of games. Lava Loca is just the latest slot to fall into this trend.

This has to be the only volcanic slot available where players spend more time awash in bonus features than amidst fiery lava. But with free spins, win multipliers, and expanding symbols, the design team has erupted with a real embarrassment of riches.