Germinator

As the name suggests, germs are in the centre of this game. Microgaming presents Germinator, an unusual slot game featuring various germs and pills that kill them. This game has germs in different shapes, sizes and colours which are slightly comical in looks. The pills look like the standard gag inducing medicines that we pop in every now and then.

About the Developer

Microgaming is world’s leading company in online casino slot games. They have produced the first online casino game and are the pioneers of this industry. With 850 games and 1200 variants, Microgaming has games of each and every genre suiting the likes of every type of gamer. They have an excellent reputation and recently gave away more than $100 million in progressive jackpots. The Dark Knight, Cash Splash series, Tomb Raider, Game of thrones etc. are some of their popular games. They are known for their huge jackpots, graphic designs, innovative play techniques and bonus and great theme or story based games.

About the Game

Germinator is a cute little fun game with some unusual rules. The player is the Germinator as in the terminator and blows up the germs using the pills. This is a 6 reel and 12 active line game. These 6 lines move horizontally unlike other games and the 12 pay lines are always active. Players can bet from 1 to 50 credit per line.

Symbols used in Germinator are the germs and the pills. There are 5 types of germs present, all of them coloured and shaped differently. Each germ comes with a special multiplier and collecting them activates different winning combinations. Background music is peppy and the sound effects tend to go comical on winning. Orange germ gives 0.2x multiplier, red germ comes with 0.6x, blue one with 1x, green germ is 2x and the highest paying germ is the yellow one with 10x multiplier.

Three or more germs in vertical or horizontal lines are counted for the winning combination. When a line is formed by the same germ, it disappears and the upper symbols take their place in the snow slide formation style. All the combinations are summed up for the payout.

To play the bonus game in Germinator one has to collect the pills. These pills appear next to the germ in the reels and not as a separate symbol. The table for the collected pills in on the top right hand corner which lits up when the collection is completed. Once the player collects three pills, these pills can destroy germs of the same colour. As this game works on the snow slide fall, other germs take place of the destroyed germs providing a chance to make more winning combinations.

Verdict

A fun game for sure. Germinator scores high on the design and the fun factor. The bonus game here is very minimal though because of the snow slide feature is very rewarding. Design and music is entertaining and fits the theme to the T. Recommended for ease of play, design, good rewards, freshness and entertainment.