Fire vs Ice Slot Review

The most elemental of contests must surely be that between fire and ice. Developers Pariplay call it ‘the eternal battle’ and in this battle for supremacy there can only be one winner. Hopefully it’s you, as you take on this challenging slot game! The symbols on the reels are either flaming red or chilly ice blue, so there is no confusion as to which side of the battle they are on. Those symbols are very beautifully designed: flame red dice, cherries, asteroid and rose representing fire, with ice-covered diamond, snowflake, bar and compass on the other side. Both sets of symbols appear on the reels together, and are joined by flaming K, J and icy A, Q symbols.

• Game Name: Fire Vs Ice
• Developer: Pariplay
• Genre: Elements
• Payline: 25
• Max Jackpot: 5000
• RTP: 93.87%
• Variance: Low

A very important symbol on the reels is that most traditional of slot game icons: the number 7. These appear in the guise of both fire and ice anywhere on the reels, and are wild symbols to be used with anything other than the two bonus symbols. The hot wild can expand by between 1 and 3 more wilds. The cold wild will add one extra wild, but these are sticky for the next spin. One thing that should catch your attention as soon as you start playing, are the fire and ice guns atop the reels. You start the game with the blasts of fire and ice meeting in the middle, but this changes as you start finding winning lines. A win featuring fiery elements strengthens the blast of fire, and vice versa. If you get a succession of wins by the same element, one gun will dominate and explode the other, triggering a bonus game. There are two bonus games, one for fire and one for ice, as you may have guessed! The icy bonus game is triggered either by the ice gun triumphing, or three or more ice bonus symbols appearing on the reels. You choose blocks in an ice pyramid, hoping to find a crown to retrigger. Choose wrong and the game finishes with whatever coin amounts you have won added to your score. Note that triggering with 4 or 5 bonus symbols gives 1 or 2 extra re-triggers. Fiery free spins are triggered by 3+ fire bonus symbols or the fire gun winning. 3 scatters gives 5 free spins, 4 gives 10 and 5 gets 15. You can retrigger an extra 5-10 if the fiery 7 appears on reel 5 during free spins. There is something satisfying about a simple game concept brought to life to such a high standard. On the negative side, a return to player of just 93.87% is extremely disappointing when compared to the return offered by most slots these days. Whether you can swallow that is down to personal preference, but it is certainly true that all other aspects of this game are top notch. This elemental battle has certainly captured the essence of fire versus ice in a way few similarly-themed games have managed.