Aztec Powernudge

Aztec Powernudge Slot Review

Have you ever dreamed that one day you would find the untold treasures of the ancient Aztecs hidden somewhere in the jungles? If so, there is a perfect game for you with Win Multipliers up to x1,000, generous ‘Scatter Pays' paying mechanics, the high-achieving Powernudge feature, and so beloved by many that Free Spins feature with up to 35 starting FS. If all that seems tempting enough for you, let's dive deeper into the rules of this gamble.

Aztec Powernudge by Pragmatic Play Video Review

Aztec Powernudge General Characteristics

• Scatter Pays
• 6 reels and 5 rows 
• High Volatility 
• RTP: 97.57%, 96.46%, 95.56%, 94,49%
• Base Game Hit Frequency: 28.4% (1 in 3.52 spins)
• Free Spins Hit Frequency: 1 in 411.06 spins
• Odds for > x1,000 Hit Frequency: 1 in 275463 spins
• Max Win Hit Frequency: 1 in 5,497,659 spins
• Bet amount: 0.2 EUR - 240 EUR
• Maximum win multiplier: x5,000
• Maximum win value: 1,200,000 EUR
• 9 main symbols
• Additional symbols: Scatter, Multiplier Symbol

Aztec Powernudge Bonus Features

There are two high-achieving features introduced in this video slot. These are Scatter Pays and Powernudge mechanics, presented in the Base Game, as in the Bonus one. Also, there are Win Multipliers and Free Spins at your disposal. Now, let’s tell you all about those in order.

Scatter Pays

There are no pay lines since corresponding payments are awarded to the player for a certain number of identical paying symbols on the playfield. The minimum quantity of paying pictures, allowing to get a reward, is 8.

Powernudge Feature

It is a lucrative mechanic that works in such a way: in the case of prize-awarding all pics on every reel with winning symbols on nudge down one spot. That allows new pictures to hit on the play panel, giving the chance to get another cash prize. Also, there remains an opportunity to use for prizes getting those pics from the previous wins, which are present on the grid after the last nudge of reels. Nudging lasts while wins are still happening, allowing several prizes in a row within a single spin.

Multiplier Symbol

In the Base Game, these special symbols carry attached multipliers ranging from x2 to x100. When they appear on the playfield, their values are collected by a special meter, summarizing those if there is more than just one Multiplier Symbol hitting the panel during a single spin. After all wins are collected, the finally achieved Multiplier is applied to that sum.

Scatter

You need to collect at least 4 Scatters within the single spin to start the Bonus FS Game. Yet, the more Scatters, the better:

If you have gathered 4+ Scatters, these are collected using the corresponding meter, upon which Free Spins begin. 

If there are wins on the playfield, these special symbols are collected by the associated meter even if there are no Scatters on the playfield in the needed number yet since, due to the Powernudge feature, there is still a chance to get those missing ones, thanks to the nudges that continue. If that mission eventually fails, the meter will reset before the new spin starts.

Free Spins 

Free Spins gameplay is the same as in the Base Game with the only exception that Multiplier can randomly take additional values — x250, x500, and x1,000, on top of those, eligible during the regular mode. FS retriggering is possible thanks to the 3 newly collected Scatters within any Free Spin. In this case, you will be awarded with five extra FS. 

Also, there is another pleasant surprise for you — the minimum possible win within Free Spins is x15 by the stake. So, if you suddenly don't get that amount, new Free Spins will be automatically awarded one by one until you reach or surpass the claimed amount.

Buy Free Spins

There is also the opportunity to buy Free Spins activation provided. For the sum of x100 to the current stake, you will get guaranteed Bonus Game triggering thanks to 4 — 6 Scatters landing during the following spin, which will bring you 15 — 25 FS.

Our Experience Playing Aztec Powernudge

Also, we gave this game a shot to see whether it's really profitable to spin the 'Aztec Powernudge' gamble reels. Luckily, we have earned through 300 spins as much as €275.9 using just  €1 stake for each single round. The total game balance was initially €200. By the way, that was a slot with an RTP value of 96.46%.

The 1st hundred spins awarded us 29 regular prizes with the max win of€45.2. Such a big win became possible due to the x11 Multiplier use. Overall, there were six times Multiplier was applied, bringing us €81.85. Free Spins didn’t trigger even once. So, after the 100th spin, there was €209 on the balance.

During the 2nd hundred spins, we got the Bonus FS Game triggering, which gave us €38.85. The number of Base Game wins totaled 37. The biggest Base Game prize amounted to €54.9, whereas the biggest Multiplier was x12. Six Multiplier feature activations have earned us a total €135.45. After the 200th spin, we had a game balance of €331.1.

Within the last hundred spins, we have had 27 regular wins, with the biggest of €59.4. This time, the five activated Multipliers brought us an overall €123.9. The biggest Multiplier again was x12. Also, we triggered the second Bonus FS Game. That earned us an extra income of €86.1. So, we had, after the 300th spin, as much as €475.9. Hence, we became richer at €275.9. Excellent result!

Here are all the statistics for the whole 300-spin gaming session:

As you can see, there are surprisingly frequent wins in this slot. Moreover, thanks to the Powernudge feature, most are bigger than the chosen bet. Multipliers up to x100 in the Base Game and to x1,000 in the Bonus one allow you to reap large from time to time cash prizes.

Yet, there is a rule here, well hard to meet, of Free Spins triggering, according to which you need at least 4 Scatters landed per spin. But the fulfillment of this condition simplifies due to the Powernudge feature that allows you to collect Scatters gradually. Nonetheless, we got Free Spins just twice per 300 spins. On top of that, the Bonus FS Game is almost the same as the Base one in terms of bonus features available, except for bigger Multipliers. So, the Free Spins’ win may not be that impressive. Fortunately, there is a guaranteed cash prize (x15), due to which extra Free Spins will be awarded until your win reaches that claimed sum. Yet, as we’ve demonstrated, the Base Game is profitable enough not to worry about Free Spins triggering at all.

Aztec Powernudge Verdict

In conclusion, it’s almost the perfect video slot from almost any point. There is a thoroughly designed theme with all those shining crystals and authentic ancient Aztec temple inside the jungles in the background here, quite an efficient duo of Powernudge and Scatter Pays mechanics, making wins as big as possible, and Multipliers up to x100 in the Base and to x1,000 in the Bonus Game. That all combined is the ideal recipe for fun and sometimes well-profitable playing. 

As for drawbacks, the Bonus Game is almost the same as the Base one. Also, there is no outstanding maximum win (just x5,000), whereas FS triggering isn't that frequent. Yet, the biggest possible initial number of Free Spins is a solid 35 FS. Plus, there is possible FS retriggering. The last con of this gamble, which you should be aware of, is its RTP value, which varies from  97.57% to 95.56%. Although, even a 95.56% value is pretty acceptable since 95% is the average RTP for modern games.