Sumatran Storm Slot Machine. I have played many IGT slots where they have taken a great idea and re-skinned it into a new theme. Sometimes an extra feature or two is added, or maybe just a slightly different way of doing things. With Sumatran storm, you get more than a re-skin.
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I have played many IGT slots where they have taken a great idea and re-skinned it into a new theme. Sometimes an extra feature or two is added, or maybe just a slightly different way of doing things. With Sumatran storm, you get more than a re-skin. This is a clone of IGT’s Siberian Storm slot, line by line, symbol by symbol and feature by feature. Of course, it could be the other way around, and Siberian Storm could be the clone of this game instead.
Sumatra is a jungle-filled island which is part of Indonesia, and so the contrast with Siberia could not be bigger. This slot uses the ITG MultiWay Xtra technology, giving you 720 win lines (any combination from either the left or the right) across 5 reels in a diamond formation. The centre reel has 5 rows, the next row either side has 4 rows – and the reels at either end have 3 rows. The background music is equally dramatic in this game as its Siberian clone. You can also enjoy the lifelike roars when the ‘eye’ symbols land. One difference is that the strange jewel symbols are gone, replaced with the more familiar playing card symbols.
You can trigger (and retrigger) a free spins round, which together with the stacked wilds, make up the interesting features of this game.
The biggest paying symbol is the Sumatran Storm logo, which is worth 1000 coins for 5, and 150 for 4. The tiger is next, worth 400 for 5, and the chalice after that at 300. The horn (150) is followed by the playing cards to make up the smaller wins. These win amounts are bigger than they appear. What you will find with the 720 ways to win is that you get wins and multiple wins more frequently than with regular ‘win-line’ games. This keeps your bankroll turning over nicely while you wait for the feature to kick in.
There are 3 more non-regular symbols on this slot. The Scatter pays 50 times your bet amount for 5, 10 times for 4 and 2 times for 3. The wild symbol is stacked (you get multiple instances on reels 2, 3 and 4) and substitutes for anything except for the scatter and bonus symbols. The bonus symbol is the tiger’s eye. When it lands you hear the roar. 5 are enough to trigger the free spins bonus round.
Apart from the different background and shading, there is nothing especially different with the free spins in terms of multipliers or symbol behaviours. Once you are done, you go back to the main reels and hopefully you will be seeing the ‘big win’ award at that point.
Overall this slot is excellent. The graphics, music and original aspects of the game-play combine to make an impressive game. It is different enough from other slots (the diamond setup and MultiWay Xtra wins especially) to feel like a refreshing change from the regular games. I’m going to recommend this one, though it is very hard to say whether you should try the Sumatran Storm or the Siberian Storm first.
While this game is widely played, it is not currently available to slot fans in the United States. There are several casinos for real money that feature the game, though unfortunately these are not available to players in Canada, the USA, Australia and several other territories where IGT restrict their real money games.