Archangels Salvation Slot

Graphics

Playing Archangels: Salvation as an online slot allows this adventure’s protagonists to accompany us throughout our gameplay in all their heavenly and hellish glory.

The graphical style draws from modern popular console games like Skyrim, and while the tone is overtly stylised it doesn’t stop these two arch enemies looking as fierce as anything.

They burst into life when we score winning combos across the game’s myriad paylines, taking swipes at each other from across the screen as though they are orchestrating battles on earth via these six reels. Each stack of Angel and Demon appears spinning with blue energy and red fire, respectively, revealing the Angel and Demon beneath when they finally come to a stop.

The top two rows crackle with blue energy, while the bottom two are ensconced in fire. These are the Archangels: Salvation Hot Spots, which come into play when we land Wilds in them. Now our Angel and Demon send bolts of energy or flashes of fire onto the board as this battle elevates - or descends - to the next level.

Gameplay

An epic online slot like this needs an epic soundtrack, and NetEnt has pulled no punches in creating a fierce, thunderous sound score complete with strings and orchestral arias. 2x2 Wild symbols can appear anywhere across the reels to complete winning combos, but it is when they land in the game’s Hot Spots at the header and footer of the reels that they really wade in on this battle between good and evil.

Our Angel and Demon send bolts of lightning or fire onto the reels to add additional Wilds. They might land in opposing Hot Spots, at which point they retrigger the Hot Spot Wilds and send more Wilds flashing onto the reels to complete further winning combos.

These Hot Spots are two rows high during the base game, but when we land between three-six Scatters to trigger the Free Spins bonus feature delivering 10-25 free spins these Hot Spots increase to three rows high at either end.

Verdict

The word “breathtaking” can be overused when it comes to reviews of online slots games, but never has it been more deserving than in NetEnt’s Archangels: Salvation.

Using NetEnt’s award winning Touch™ mobile platform to play on mobile, we are immersed in the 12 rows and 100 paylines. But playing on desktop we can enjoy our heroes (if that is the right word) commencing battle and doing their utmost to wrestle control of the earthly universe as we spin the reels.

The upshot, of course, is that it’s only a game, and not a window into the true nature of the universe. Oh, and we can score hefty jackpots, too.