Battleships Returns as an Online Video Slot Game
Battleships, the enduring game franchise first invented as a paper and pencil naval strategy contest during WWI has recently re-appeared as an online video slot game from software developer WMS. It utilises an amazing game engine called Megaways™ and it has serious payout firepower!
The game Battleships has gone through many evolutions, from pencil and paper to plastic board game, through Playstation, Nintendo, Wii and Xbox versions. It even inspired a dubious Hollywood Movie. But Battleship Direct Hit! is the first time the brand has been used as the basis for a real money slot game. It is available to play at most online casinos, or if you don’t want to pay to play, on the Big Time Gaming or BTG slots free pages at The Slot Buzz.com.
The game developer WMS is a veteran of the industry so it’s no surprise that the design of the game is excellent. As a player you are looking out from the bridge of your battleship with the open ocean to the left and right, lots of esoteric dials and levers all around you and the reel set in the middle of the screen.
There are lots of different symbols to look out for on the reels, including high value colored medals and a battleship. The object of the game of course is to line up identical symbols on adjacent reels to create a winline.
The intriguing part is that Battleship Direct Hit! uses a game engine called Megaways™ which has become hugely popular in the last 12 months. During each spin the six reels expand to between two and seven symbols high to create more winlines. In fact, in this game there are as many as 117,649 ways to win after each spin.
And that’s not all. WMS have cleverly used the Battleships game format as a trigger for additional features in the game.
To win big you need to get into the free spins round where you are given multiple auto spins at no cost. But to enter this bonus feature you first need to sink the battleships floating across the ‘sight screen’ above the reels. Every time a missile symbol lands on the reels after a spin it fires upwards towards the ships. If it hits one, it sinks the ship and a number of free spins are awarded.
There are also battleships that denote bonus jackpots. There are four in total, from the Mini JP which is worth 20x your stake, to the Grand, which is worth 2,500x your stake.
Fans of online video slot games will also appreciate the Cascading Wins format of the game. Here, after any winning spin the symbols that make up the winning line are removed and replaced with new ones. If this creates more win lines then the process is repeated, continuing until no more wins are visible.
On top of all that add in plenty of wild symbols (which substitute for others to create paylines), as well as a Turret Feature in which your ship’s guns fire onto the reels to blow up low value symbols and replace them with higher-paying ones.
In short, what makes this slot so exciting is the feature-packed gameplay, as well as the blockbuster payouts! Indeed, although it’s only been live for a short time, already it has been a huge hit in popular casino, Casumo, where it scored in the top 3 for most frequent big wins for December 2018.
Battleships has been a popular game format for over a century now thanks to the simplicity of the game and the universal appeal of contests of war! So it’s no surprise that in 2019 casino game developers, known for assimilating any and every brand or theme into a slots format, have done just that with Battleship Direct Hit!.
In our opinion WMS have done a great job with this brand. The gameplay is engaging and fun and the potential wins are good too, so whether you’re new to slots or a beginner, it’s a great game to enjoy.