Crystal Sun Slot Review
Crystal Sun is a video slot from Play’n GO with 5 reels and 10 paylines. Released in April 2019, you can play this slot at online casinos such as Guts, PlayOjo or Twin Casino.
Theme and basic information
Gems in space? Pretty planets? Sounds familiar? Playing only ten rounds of this game is enough to highlight the similarities this game has to NetEnt classic and most popular game Starburst. But it isn’t just a rip-off.
For instance, we get beautiful planets on the reels and the space in the background looks awesome as well. The background sound is electronic and ethereal, adding to the atmosphere. This is a zen space adventure, not one where aliens feature. It looks and sounds pretty good.
The high-value symbols are diamonds and lucky 7s, which we find a little distracting and not really suitable to the rest of the theme. The sun framed by a five-point star is the wild in the game.
The diamonds are worth 16x our stake for 5 of a kind, the lucky 7s are worth 8x our stake for such a win. The five different planets are worth between 2x and 4x our stake for 5 on a payline.
You can play this game from 0.10 to 100.00.
Expanding wilds and multipliers
Crystal Sun is a simple slot. There are no bonus games or free spins. But with every wild that lands on reels 2, 3 or 4, we get a re-spin. Wilds will expand on the reel they land on and stay sticky for the re-spin.
For each additional expanding wild, we also get another re-spin. That means, in total we could get 3 re-spins.
To make things more interesting, 2x or 3x multiplier can be added to the expanded wilds. In total, these multiplayers could combine to give you a 9x multiplier. As it is, this is a random feature and you’re never guaranteed to get a multiplier, which is a bit of a pity.
The saving grace is that this game pays from left to right and right to left, which can come in handy, especially since there are only 10 paylines.
Conclusion: Much like Starburst but perhaps better?
The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) of Crystal Sun is 96.6%, which is excellent value. But this is also a very volatile slot, like all games with a similar theme. The comparison to Starburst is inevitable and the question is, which game is better.
Well, Crystal Sun gives us multipliers that we can only dream of in Starburst. When it comes to volatility, the games are at the same level, but Crystal Sun has the better RTP. Starburst remains a classic and all-time favourite, however. And even though you can win up to 4,000 your stake in Crystal Sun, we don’t know whether it will get be as popular as Starburst.
We certainly recommend you try the game yourself and find out whether it can truly win you as much as it promises. But there’s a chance you’ll simply stick with Starburst instead.