Blazing Clusters

Can you stand the heat? Blazing Clusters amps up the temperature as players navigate its large grid in search of cluster formations – but what exactly does the game have to draw players in?

The main strength of Blazing Clusters is its art style. This is no surprise with Red Tiger because the developer routinely releases interesting titles with polished graphics. From the purple background with flames reaching high towards the sky to the fire that simmers just behind the grid, it is clear that the game means business. The art itself leans to the ‘cartoon’ side of the spectrum, with bright, bold symbols and simple animations.

Speaking of symbols, Blazing Clusters has a lot of them. Players can enjoy all manner of fruit as they spin, including juicy cherries, oranges and watermelon, along with a few special symbols to make the game more interesting. The wild symbol is a literal ball of fire, and when it blazes its way across the board, the clusters it has the potential to leave behind are worth the wait. Glittering diamonds and fiery sevens join bells and horseshoes as some of the other eye-catching icons in the game.

All in all, we think that Blazing Clusters has a nice aesthetic. It is not the most innovative, but it matches the slot’s mechanics and theme well.

Red Tiger has ensured that Blazing Clusters is available to whomever wants to play it, whenever they feel the desire. This means that instead of tying the slot to desktop mode only, the developer optimised the game for mobile play, and it works flawlessly on tablets, desktops and smartphones.

Are you interested in learning more about Blazing Clusters’ gameplay and what it has to offer players? We detail the slot’s features and bonuses below.

Blazing Clusters is a high volatility game with an RTP of 95.72%, a respectable figure even if not the best we have ever seen. It is played on a 7×7 grid. While there is action, it is somehow a gentler cluster slot than many others we have seen. Connecting at least five identical symbols either horizontally or vertically forms a winning cluster.

Clusters can grow to enormous sizes with more than 30 symbols! This is good news for players given that the symbols are worth 15x to 50x if they are the game’s high-paying icons. Lower-paying symbols, on the other hand, are worth just 2x to 4x each.

The max win that players can expect from Blazing Clusters is 1,100x. Luckily, the game has a few bonus features to keep players entertained despite the relatively low payouts.

Chain reactions

Blazing Clusters features a chain reaction that removes all symbols involved in a winning cluster from the board, allowing existing or new symbols to tumble into the gaps. New clusters can sometimes form from this reaction, in which case the same chain reaction happens after the win is totalled. The feature will continue until there are no more winning clusters.

Wild rush

Sometimes, the best things in life are unexpected. Blazing Clusters’ wild rush feature follows that same philosophy. The feature triggers randomly and sends either super wilds or 1×1 wilds onto the board. These can land in any position and substitute for all paying symbols. Super wilds can form in either 2×2 or 3×3 sizes, and they only appear on the board during the wild rush bonus.

Free spins

Blazing Clusters has one more bonus feature to offer: free spins. This fan-favourite feature is triggered when three scatters land on the reels. The position is not important – as long as they are on the reels, they count. When the free spins round is triggered, players with more than three scatters will receive two more free spins for every additional scatter on the board.

The free spins round has more to offer than free spins alone. Players are also more likely to activate the wild rush bonus during this time. The blazing multiplier becomes active during free spins round, and its value is applied to any wins that players land. There are sometimes random multipliers during the bonus round, and the sum of them is added to the blazing multiplier up to a maximum of 20x.

Any additional scatter landed during the free spins round will grant players an additional one free spin.

Blazing Clusters verdict

Blazing Clusters is not a bad slot, but we do not think that it is a particularly incredible one. The graphics are nice, but the gameplay feels dated and predictable – and while some familiarity is good, this is a bit reminiscent of some of the developer’s previous work. The low max win does nothing to boost our enthusiasm about the title either.

If you enjoy fruit slots and the cluster pays mechanic, then Blazing Clusters might be an obvious choice. If you do not have this kind of loyalty to the theme or mechanic, however, we think that there is likely nothing that will prove a significant draw.

You could certainly do much worse than sitting down with Blazing Clusters, but you could also do better. The game was released on 9^th December 2021.