Absolutely Mammoth

Take a giant step back in time to when a whole different set of creatures roamed the Earth with Absolutely Mammoth, the online slot from Playtech. You'll be visiting prehistoric times, the Ice Age to be precise, and the world looks like a very different place. However, some things remain the same, such as the chance to win big cash prizes, and if you hit the top spot, you could be collecting as much as x10,000. 

With freezing temperatures and ice as far as the eye can see, you might wonder why anyone would want to return to the frozen world of yesteryear. However, it's a popular trip for many slot developers, and there is a range of ice-age themed games available to play. Ice Age is one of the most popular yet has a surprising lack of characters and themed symbols. If you're here for the mammoth rather than the cold temperatures, the woolly giant appears in other warmer slots. Blazing Mammoth from Pear Fiction and Mammoth Power from Konami are two titles where you won't need to thaw out after play! 

Back to Absolutely Mammoth and the chilly reels are set out in a 5x4 configuration. There are no traditional paylines to memorise, but there are 1024 ways to win. This just involves lining up matching symbols in adjacent reels from the left to the right, a far more preferable set-up for many players. The betting range is enormous, starting at 0.20 and rising all the way to 500.00, something that will be very appealing to the big-money players. With a high variance and top prize of x10,000, the mammoths are going to find themselves on the end of some proper prize hunting. 

The game takes place in the middle of an icy wasteland with nothing but snow as far as the eye can see. Although the landscape may be barren, the game is a thing of beauty, with purple, lilac and white tones creating a kaleidoscope of colour.  

On the reels, the low pays are made up of the playing card symbols, while the premium symbols include bears, a cavewoman, birds, sabre-toothed tiger and of course, the woolly mammoth. The latter is the most valuable symbol paying out x7.5 for landing five.  

If you see paw prints appear, there's no need to panic. You're not about to be attacked by a mediaeval creature. But it is something wild - a wild symbol, to be precise, and these can help you to make more matches and win. 

On any spin in the base game, the Mammoth Stampede can randomly trigger where the reels will be overtaken by a herd of the huge creatures running amok. As they stampede, they'll leave wilds in their wake, which means you could be the lucky recipient of anything from 1 to 16 new wilds.

The volcano is the scatter symbol, and if you land three or more, you'll unlock the bonus round, where you'll be given eight free spins. Any wilds that land on reels 2-4 during the free spins will have a multiplier of up to x5. More than one can combine to deliver genuinely mammoth payouts! Land two more scatters during the bonus, and you'll be handed a further five free spins; land three, and you'll get eight more free spins. There is no upper limit on how many times you can retrigger the bonus. 

Absolutely Mammoth from Playtech is a beautifully simple slot that doesn't overcomplicate the features. It has a striking resemblance to Buffalo Blitz, also by Playtech, but the lack of originality doesn't detract from the enjoyment. This is an excellent game for newbies who don't want anything too complicated or for players who enjoy the simpler slots that come with big prizes.