Designed by Top Game, Lost Gems of Brussels is indeed themed around a heist which focuses on gems and diamonds of different types, and that’s what the game is all about with its symbols. Brussels is the capital of Belgium, and the city where a huge diamond heist has taken place a few years back, in 2013. It has a somewhat dark design, but it’s appealing nonetheless and combined with the features it provides it should be an interesting choice.
It has an average layout, with 5 reels and 20 lines on it, but which will see wild and scatter symbols appear, and bringing along multipliers and free spins. The most you can win is 9,000 coins/$45,000.
Features of Lost Gems of Brussels
The two important symbols of the game are the wild and the scatter. With their help, you get free spins, multipliers and additional prizes.
The 2x Wild does exactly what the name says, acting as a wild symbol which substitutes for others, and at the same time applying a 2x multiplier to the prizes that are won inside. That means getting twice as much money when the wild is involved, than when the symbols form combinations only with matching icons. It’s not going to substitute for the scatter though, which is something that isn’t possible in most slots either. With 2 to 5 wilds on the same line, you can get prizes directly from it, including the top jackpot.
The scatter symbol does two different things, and the requirement is mostly the same. You need 2+ scatter symbols to get prizes and 3+ to get free spins. The prizes vary between 2x and 400x the round’s bet, offered for 2 to 5 scatter symbols.
Free Games Feature
As for the free spins, you can win 15 spins whenever you have 3+ scatters on the reels. You don’t get any multipliers from them, but they don’t cost you anything, and there are cash prizes awarded as well for the same 3+ symbols.
Betting options and jackpots
Since you have 20 lines in the game, it’s normal for it to ask for at least 20 coins in order to activate them all. It doesn’t go higher than that, so you use the coin’s denomination to change the line wager value. This one goes from $0.01 to $5, allowing for total bets of $100 to be placed.
The wild symbol gives away the biggest prize, with its 9,000 coins turning into up to $45,000. However, the scatter symbol isn’t too far behind, being capable of giving up to 400x the round’s bet as a prize, which would mean up to $40,000.
Design and symbols
The focus is less on the heist or the way the gems were lost, and more on the beautiful stones. A blueprint is part of the background image, with hand drawn diamonds and an airplane, suggesting that the action is indeed based on the heist from Brussels airport. The all black reels have two types of symbols, playing cards and gems. The playing cards are ugly and they use stock photos, but the gems look a lot better.
Symbols: 2x Wild (wild, 9,000 coins), Pearl (scatter, 400x the wager), Diamond (750 coins), Blue Gem (750 coins), Purple Gem (400 coins), Ruby (250 coins), Emerald (250 coins), Ace (125 coins), King (100 coins), Queen (100 coins), Jack (100 coins), 10 (100 coins) and 9 (100 coins).
Is It Worth Playing?
I’m especially a fan of the features and the top payouts of the slot, with the scatter giving you a second chance at a big prize. The graphics are average, but they will do just fine if everything else looks OK to you.
Lost Gems of Brussels can be found at any Top Game casino, where you get a chance to play it for real money or in free mode.
