ABOUT
The thought of being sucked into an unidentifiable object in the middle of the night is horrifying, yet UFO Joe by Popiplay manages to turn it into a humorous and even inviting idea. Here you will be roleplaying as a green alien just trying to go over his daily tasks of managing the galaxy while collecting amazing rewards in the process!
Betting Options and Bonus Features
UFO Joe is a cluster pay slot, meaning clusters of 5+ adjacent symbols automatically result in a win. As a result, the game functions on a 7x7 grid, with high volatility and a 96.26% RTP. Players will be stoked to find out that the max winning potential here is 12,000x the bet - a number that you certainly don’t see every day.
The slot features letter symbols as well as different planets. There are so many features in UFO Joe, with 3 base features being Merger, Starlight, and Second Chance:
Merger: 4 matching adjacent symbols produce a 2x2 big symbol that doubles the payout of a winning combination.
Starlight: During every spin, randomly selected low-value symbols may begin to shine. If these shining symbols create a winning combination, they are replaced by a maximum of 2 Wild symbols.
Second Chance: Each spin that does not result in a win may trigger a feature that randomly turns several symbols into Wilds.
In addition, every win in the game will trigger the cascade mechanic, forcing new symbols to fall down the grid. The winning symbols help to deplete the progress bar from 100 all the way down to 0. When the meter is at 25, one of these features will be triggered:
BigBang: Three to six symbols can turn into Wilds, destroying 4 symbols around them from above, below, right, and left .
Blaster: Destroy all low-value symbols on the screen, leaving only high-value symbols behind.
Interstellar: Add a Wild symbol to the center of the grid, causing all diagonally adjacent symbols to transform into the same randomly chosen symbol type. If any Wilds appear along the diagonal, they remain in place and do not transform.
Eclipse: Randomly transforms a selected symbol and all matching symbols on the screen into a different symbol type, good for creating new winning combos.
If the progress bar reaches 0, the Take Over feature is triggered. This adds a 3x3 Wild to the reels, which splits into two 2x2 Wilds on the second refill and then into 9 individual Wild symbols on the third refill. Each time a wild connects, it disappears.
Roshtein’s Take
UFO Joe borrows concepts from slots such as Reactoonz, but it adds its own twists to take these concepts to new heights. The game definitely feels like a creative and complete product, possessing eye-catching visuals that also have personalities to them. There is no shortage of features to keep the gameplay interesting and dynamic, but the most rewarding of them all has to be the Take Over.
