4K Ultra Gold Slot Review
Do you like modern video slots with sharp graphics, eye-catching pictures, enchanting animations, a masterpiece rhythmic soundtrack, and regular wins up to x12,000 by the bet? If yes, here is a perfect one with 4 Jackpots up to x10,000, frequently awarding prizes, Cash-Collecting mechanics in the Base and Bonus Game, and two Bonus Games, including Free Spins. Are you intrigued already? Then, don't stop reading our review of this fascinating '4K Ultra Gold' gamble.
4K Ultra Gold General Characteristics
- 4,096 pay lines
- 6 reels and 4 rows
- High Volatility
- RTP: 94%, 90.5%
- Hit Frequency: 0.22%, 0.21%
- Bet amount: 0.2 EUR - 80 EUR
- Maximum win multiplier: x12,000
- Maximum win value: 960,000 EUR
- 10 main symbols
- Additional symbols: Wild, Gold Symbol, Collect Scatter, Bonus Scatter, Fortune Symbol, Fortune Prize
4K Ultra Gold Bonus Features
There are several special symbols, as many as two kinds of Bonus Games, and popular Cash-Collecting mechanics in this gamble. That all and more — in our detailed review further.
Win All Ways
First, be aware that to get a regular win, it needs to collect a combination of at least 2-3 identical paying symbols, each of those on the adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost one. Since they don’t have to touch to bring a win, the 4x6 size playfield grants up to 4,096 win lines.
Wild
This symbol (the Diamond) replaces any paying pictures, including Gold ones, apart from the Scatter. The last you should know about is that the Wild doesn’t bring a payout by itself and lands anywhere except for the 1st reel.
Gold Symbols
Gold Symbols of six different types bring payouts using both methods — by lining up winning sequences of at least 3 Gold Symbols and awarding the player with Instant Cash Prizes they are carrying, using the Collect Scatter. When Gold Symbols form a winning combination, their money values are summarized and credited to the balance as a reward without needing Collect Scatter landing. Payouts due to both ways also can be awarded simultaneously. Gold Symbols land anywhere, bringing bigger prizes on those reels positioned more rightward:
When Gold Symbols hit the play grid, their attached cash prizes increase by a random value from x0.05 to x0.25 to the stake, yet if the Gold Symbol, from the very beginning, got the highest possible instant prize announced in the table above, extra cash value doesn't add to the prize amount of the recently landed Gold Symbol.
Collect Scatter
This special symbol (the Magnet) collects win prizes from all the Gold Symbols you can see on the screen. Since it can hit any reel, the maximum number of Collect Scatter symbols that can appear at once is 6. As a result, if several Collect Scatters appear on the grid at once, each gathers cash prizes separately. That allows collecting all attached instant prizes multiple times per single round.
Bonus Scatter
To trigger the Bonus Game, you will need at least 3 Bonus Scatters to fall into view on the screen. Yet, their maximum possible number is also up to 6 total.
Bonus Choice
As you might remember, here are as many as two available Bonus Games and any of those you can pick for playing when a needed number of Scatters appears on the reels:
Therefore, just after the Scatters land, the pop-up window offers to choose Free Spins or Collect Spins. After your choice is made, the corresponding Bonus Game starts.
Collect Spins
This type of Bonus Game doesn’t allow Collect Spins retriggering. Only Gold Symbols, Collect Scatters, and Fortune Symbols appear on the screen in this mode. Also, there can be empty positions on the reels without any symbols. At least one Collect Scatter is guaranteed to land within each spin, yet there may be multiple, also. Besides instant prizes, Gold Symbols can bring wins due to pay lines forming.
Free Spins
This time, extra Free Spins are allowed:
The key difference compared to the Base Game is the multipliers from x2 to x5 attached to each Wild that lands during the Free Spins. A corresponding multiplier applies to the instant prizes of those Gold Symbols that are on the same reel with Wild, as well to the ordinary paying symbols, which also have to be located on the same reel with the Wild to get a respective increasing of their number, which will be counted as a part of a winning combination if that formed. Another distinction is the absence of Collect Scatters, which don’t appear within Free Spins.
Fortune Prizes
There are 4 Fortune Prizes:
- Big — starts with x50; the maximum win is x300
- Super — starts with x100; the maximum win is x750
- Ultra — starts with x500; the maximum win is x2,500
- Mega — starts with x4,000; the maximum win is x10,000
Fortune Symbols
During the Base and Bonus Game, 4 corresponding Fortune symbols land within 3 — 6 reels, boosting Fortune Prizes on amounts varying from x0.25 to x10. If a Fortune symbol partakes in a winning combination of Gold Symbols, its prize adds to that overall sum, which includes cash amounts from the Gold Symbols, increasing your win.
Fortune Prize
There can be only one Fortune prize awarded per single spin. Also, only a single Collect Scatter can land on the same spin as the Fortune Prize. When the Fortune Prize is handed, the corresponding value on the left sidebar resets to the starting amount. The last thing you should be aware of is there will not be a situation where a Fortune Prize can be won using both ways — thanks to the Collector Scatter and as a part of a pay line.
Buy Feature
There are as many as 4 choices for those looking for Bonus Game buying:
- 3-6 Scatters — cost x50 to the stake
- 4-6 Scatters — cost x75 to the stake
- 5-6 Scatters — cost x125 to the stake
- 6 Scatters — cost x250 to the stake
This option is eligible only during the Base game.
Our Experience Playing 4K Ultra Gold
To get adequate experience of what is going on when you play this gamble, we made a 300-spin gaming session, using €1 stake per spin, whereas the initial balance was €200. It was a successful video slot test drive, bringing us an extra €86.6. Now, allow us to describe how exactly that happened in more detail.
During the 1st hundred spins, we got the first-time Bonus Choice feature triggered, choosing Collect Spins. Those brought us as much as €45.95. Collect Scatters didn’t appear frequently, twice to be precise, and have earned only €14.2 total. Also, we gathered 20 regular cash prizes, varying from €0.2 to €6. More than half of those appeared lower than €1. Eventually, there was €189 on the game balance.
Within the 2nd part of our experiment, consisting of the following hundred spins, we didn’t trigger the Bonus Game, yet reaped as many as two relatively big Base Game prizes of €19 and €18. This time, their overall number increased to 24, with only eight that turned less than the chosen stake. The Collect Scatter gave not much — only €6.8. As a result, after the 200th spin, the balance was €207.5.
The last, 3rd, hundred spins allowed us to indulge in the second Bonus Game, Free Spins. These appeared profitable, among the others, due to the retriggering option since we got 13 extra FS. Free Spins brought us a total of €104.2. Also, there were two big regular wins of €28.4 and €16. The Collect Scatter brought the lowest all game long — only €1.8. The overall number of Base Game wins was 22. So, the final game balance totaled €286.6. Hence, we’ve earned €86.6.
Here are all the available statistics:
In conclusion, the biggest pro of the Base Game is Gold Symbols, which not only bring their cash prizes due to Collect Scatters but also due to pay lines, formed by identical pictures on the adjacent reels without the necessary rule of touching one pic by another. That simplifies making winning combinations, allowing you to reap big wins due to frequently landing Gold Symbols and compensating rare appearance of Collect Scatters, which in our experiment fell on average just a single time every 50 spins.
Concerning Bonus Games, 2 Bonus Rounds through the 300-spin gaming session isn't an impressive result, yet even those two turned enough to get a solid sum above the initial deposit. Also, as expected, we didn’t get any Jackpot since it’s clear that you will need more spins than only 300 to grab at least one of those. Moreover, they haven't even hugely increased. For instance, the two most actively growing ones, Mega and Big Jackpots, eventually increased their amount by just €2 each.
4K Ultra Gold Verdict
So, in our opinion, this slot delivers an engaging playing experience, proposing an almost perfect visual performance and quite a suitable rhythmic sound accompaniment. Yet, luckily, that's not all it can boast about. Also, there are 4 Fortune Prize jackpots up to x10,000 by the stake and as many as two bonus games, including Collect Spins and Free Spins, in this gamble. We recommend trying Free Spins due to the possibility of retriggering and Wild Multipliers, whereas Collect Spins have nothing incredible. And, on top of that are Gold Symbols, handing their prizes not only when Collect Scatter appears but also due to pay lines, which form well frequently.
Yet, it's unlikely to succeed in making a profit without Bonus Games triggering. We got just two times to start those, which, strictly speaking, is not that many, given the 300 spins allocated for our gaming session. So, the Bonus Game hit frequency can seem rare, or we were just unlucky. Nevertheless, even just 2 Bonus Games allowed us to earn almost a hundred euros over the initial deposit. Not bad! Another thing you should be attending to is an RTP value, which ranges from 94% to 90.5%. Moreover, even the highest RTP value is lower than the average one, which is 95%.
