All That Glitters 2 is a slot machine which was created by WMS and which is themed around gemstones of all kinds, things that glitter basically. The game is simpler than I would’ve liked, featuring a design which doesn’t give you much, with gemstones of different colors hanging in mid air on the reels and with surrounding graphics being entirely blue.
The design might be a simple one, but the layout complicates things a little, using a less common number of paylines (27) on the 5 reels. The game uses both standard and new features, including wilds in there, cascading reels, a bonus game and multipliers. The big prize is at $2,500.
Features of All That Glitters 2
The slot’s features are based on wilds, on cascades of gems, on the Win Again Meter and the bonus game.
To start with, we should take a look at the wild, the symbol which has the power to substitute for the other symbols of the game, with the one exception being the scatter icon which triggers the bonus game. You don’t get cash rewards from the wild symbol.
The cascading reels feature is one that is not unusual, being used in a number of other slots. It basically gives you another set of gems to replace the ones that go off the screen when they form a combo. There is a chance that a new combo will form when this happens.
Win It Again is a meter which is shown in the top part of the screen. You are shown your latest five wins, and if you get 3+ cascading wins then you are offered the total of the last five wins as a bonus prize.
Gem Cutter Feature
To start this bonus game, the game needs to first give you three or more magnifier symbols. These scattered icons can appear anywhere on the five reels of the slot, as long as you have at least three of them. If you get four to trigger the feature, you also receive an extra 5x the bet as a prize. With five magnifiers being the trigger for the bonus game, the extra prize is at 50x the bet.
Once the bonus game begins, you are asked to choose from the 20 uncut stones which are placed in a grid in front of you. The magnifier is placed on top of the stone, and then it is chiseled into a gem. Next, it will be inserted into a jewelry piece that is waiting at the bottom off the screen.
Prizes are at 200x the line bet for yellow gems, 500x for blue ones, 750x for the green gems and 1,000x for the diamonds. 2x multipliers and the chance to win all the available prizes are among the options which can be revealed when you make your picks.
Betting options and jackpots
The bets use 40 coins at all times. 27 coins are selected for the 27 lines, with an additional 13 coins being for the feature bet. The value of a coin starts at $0.01, and it can reach a maximum of $5, which would bring the wager to a top value of $200.
Get the Game Logo in all the positions of the same payline, and you can get 500 coins out of it, or up to $2,500. The bonus game does even better, promising up to 1,000 coins for the best choices you make.
Design and symbols
The thing I enjoyed least about the design of this game is the fact that it’s relatively simple. There isn’t enough variety in the symbols and the surrounding graphics, the former consisting of different gemstones and a couple of symbols with special roles. The background image is a simple blue and purple area, on top of which you see the gems from the reels.
Symbols: WILD Logo (wild), Magnifier (scatter), Game Logo (500 coins), Diamond (300 coins), Green Gem (150 coins), Blue Gem (150 coins), Red Gem (120 coins), Yellow Gem (120 coins) and Purple Gem (120 coins).
Is It Worth Playing?
I’m not a fan of the simple graphics or the lack of variety in the symbol choice, but the features might make the game be worth it for a lot of players.
You will find All That Glitters 2 at any online casino which chooses to use software from WMS, playable either for free or for real money.
