Divine Drop: Slot Overview

Interesting when you think how popular Ancient Greek Gods are in the gambling industry and how productive the studio Hacksaw Gaming is, that the two haven't really met before, not in the typical online slot manner at least. The closest, perhaps, till now, was the high brow EchoSpins repeat slot Itero with its unusual busts in a darkened museum look and ponderous piano plinking. Roaring in from the other end of the audiovisual spectrum comes a bright Greek God slot from the team. Where Itero was the more dour of the two, Divine Drop is a colourful celebration of Greek deities with features some are linked to while looking good when they pop on the reels.

Despite the huge number of Ancient Greek slots, Hacksaw Gaming has managed to give Divine Drop a visual identity of its own. The base game takes place in a Mt Olympus-type area showing columns and the like, while the bonus rounds are held in a domain dominated by the God of the Underworld, Hades - and the adorable-looking Cerberus. Adorable isn't a word often used in conjunction with a three-headed dog, but in this instance, Hacksaw Gaming has used pugs to cuten Cerberus up. Zeus is an absolute beefcake, holding a lightning bolt in hand, while Aphrodite rocks a very revealing outfit, beautifying the right-hand side of the screen.

Divine Drop is a medium volatile slot, rated 3 out of 5 by the studio, with four RTP configurations available, maxing at 96.25%. It is played on a 5-reel, 4-row game grid where 14 paylines are used to evaluate winning combinations. Players can pick skates as low as 10 cents or as high as $/€100 per spin, and 4 choices are available from the feature buy menu.

Greek-style 10 to A card ranks make up Divine Drop's low pay symbols, awarding 1 times the bet for landing a 5 OAK winning combination. Then, there is Cerberus, a golden-helmed character, Aphrodite, Hades, and Zeus as the highs, worth 3 to 10 times the bet for a 5 OAK hit.

Divine Drop: Slot Features

Divine Drop's bag of tricks includes Wild Multipliers with Vitality (lives), two special symbols, a Tricks of Hades bonus game, a Triple Tricks of Hades bonus game, and bonus buys.

Wild Multipliers

The Wild Multiplier symbol substitutes for all other symbols on the paytable and multiplies any winning combination it is part of. Wild Multipliers land with a value of x2 to x200. When more than one Wild Multiplier is used in a win, the multiplier values are added together before being applied. Wild Multipliers may land with up to 3 Vitality represented by red hearts. While a Wild Multiplier has Vitality, it stays sticky on the grid and awards respins. For each respin, 1 Vitality is removed from each visible Wild Multiplier. When Vitality reaches 0, the Wild is removed on the next spin or respin.

Aphrodite's Love

When the Heart symbol lands, it triggers Aphrodite's Love and restores 1 to 3 Vitality to all Wild Multipliers on the reels.

Zeus's Thunder

When the X symbol lands, it activates Zeus's Thunder and calls down a bolt of lighting, doubling the multiplier values of all Wild Multipliers on the reels.

FS Collect

Landing 3 or 4 FS scatter symbols at the same time in the base game triggers one of the bonus games. In addition, players can trigger one of the bonuses by collecting FS scatters during respins. If 1 or 2 FS symbols land, they are collected by the Bonus Meter if there is at least 1 Wild Multiplier with 1 or more Vitality. When the Bonus Meter reaches 3 or 4 collected FS symbols, the corresponding bonus game is triggered at the end of the round or any respins. FS scatters do not appear in the bonus games.

Tricks of Hades

Land or collect 3 FS symbols to activate 8 Tricks of Hades free spins. During this feature, there is an increased chance of landing Wild Multipliers and special symbols.

Triple Tricks of Hades

Landing or collecting 4 FS scatter symbols awards 8 Triple Tricks of Hades free spins. During this feature, there is an increased chance of landing Wild Multipliers and special symbols; plus, the minimum value of the Wild Multipliers is x3.

Feature Buy

Divine Drop provides these feature buys:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins - 3x the bet, each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger the bonus.
• Wild Divinity FeatureSpins - 50x the bet, each spin guarantees at least 5 Wild Multiplier symbols land with a total of at least 1 Vitality.
• Tricks of Hades - 100x the bet.
• Triple Tricks of Hades - 250x the bet.

Divine Drop: Slot Verdict

Divine Drop goes to show why Hacksaw Gaming is one of the industry's masters of the multiplier. The studio is intimately linked to full reel/expanding reel multipliers, having used them in numerous past slots, the most recent to Divine Drop being Orb of Destiny, though Hacksaw has plenty of others if you're interested. It was refreshing to see Divine Drop take a break from the full reel/expanding wild multiplier mechanic, but the upside is that the features Hacksaw Gaming has armed this slot with are no less effective or exciting to experience.

Another thing in Divine Drop's favour is the way Hacksaw Gaming has presented everything. Greek Gods are one of slots' most populous mainstays, returning again and again to the reels on a regular basis. Points to Hacksaw Gaming, then, for making them come across rather freshly in Divine Drop through snappy cartoon graphics which exude personality. Making a cute pug version of Cerberus, for example, was an excellent idea and evidence of a studio willing to be continually creatively offbeat. The features aren't exactly super offbeat creative, but what's here is absolutely solid stuff that plays well individually and even better when working together.

In all phases of play, Divine Drop's extras can pull together wins of up to 10,000x the bet, showing that at any moment, Divine Drop can swing something big. In lesser hands, Divine Drops' use of Greek Gods and wild multipliers might have ended up a fairly average blend, but thanks to the talented bunch at Hacksaw Gaming, the game exceeded expectations and turned out to be a rather potent slot with a vibrant identity.