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You might think that Nolimit City is recreating the story from the iconic Blood Diamond movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Honsou. Basically, the plot is quite similar but this time Solomon Vandy will not have any help from Danny Archer. If you watched the flick, you will know what I am talking about, eh?
Let’s say that the action takes place in Sierra Leone. A harsh civil war is destroying the country and citizens have been taken prisoners to mine for diamonds and support the terrorist war. Once you enter the little town, you will see that everything is destroyed.
One of the prisoners has stolen a very big diamond. His plan is to escape the war camp and find his family. Unfortunately, the terrorists found out about this and they started chasing him. Of course, a rich man from Europe is leading the group. Like in every good action movie, a rich owner has a group of ruthless killers with him.
The first one will remind you of Clint Eastwood. The second one is a military man and he reminded me of Ice Cube. Finally, there is the local thug that looks very much like Samuel L. Jackson. Our hero is holding the diamond in his hand and he is running. The criminals are chasing after him with guns, whips, and handcuffs.
Bombs represent Scatters that trigger free spins, while the Wild is there to substitute for all regular symbols.
In every war zone, the rules are quite simple, even though they might seem complicated. It is important to follow the command and not to get killed. Nolimit City made sure to create a pokie machine that may appear complicated but is quite simple when it comes to playing.
Blood Diamond pokie is played on a 5×4 grid with 1,024 paylines. The 2025 release pays left to right, beginning from the leftmost reel. 3-of-a-kind is the minimum for landing payouts. You can bet as low as $0.20 and as high as $100 per spin. Blood Diamond is of high volatility and offers a 14,780x max win. Blood Diamond RTP is 96.14%.
Blood Diamond slot is packed with action and every spin may bring you excitement and decent wins. High-value symbols tend to land in stacks and can cover entire reels. Chained Reels are activated randomly, as well as the xNudge Desire feature.
Depending on the number of triggering Scatters, you can trigger 3 different free spins features. Oppression Spins, Domination Spins, and Enslavement Spins all come with different extras that you will benefit from.
This feature can randomly be activated on any base game spin. Between 2 and 5 reels will be linked and display the same symbols. The most I got was 3 identical reels. The Chained Reels feature in the base game helped me win around 5x.
The xNudge Wild will always nudge to be fully visible. It covers the entire reel. When it partially appears, it nudges to cover the entire reel, turning that reel into a Wild Reel. For each nudge, the Wild increases the multiplier by 1x. If you get more Wilds in the same winning combo, multipliers are added together.
The xNudge Desire feature also activates randomly on any base game spin. Between 1 and 5 xNudge Wilds will appear on the reels on the same spin. If the xNudge Wild is added to the Chained Reel, all Chained Reels will contain the xNudge Wild. I triggered the feature once in the base game and got 2 xNudge Wilds. My total win was close to 10x.
When you land 3 Scatters on the reels, you trigger the Oppression Spins feature. This will get you 5 free spins. The 3rd Scatter is the Big Bonus Scatter which brings random upgrades. You can get additional free spins, additional win multiplier, additional guaranteed Chained Reels, guaranteed xNudge Desire on every spin, guaranteed xNudge on each spin, or the maximum payout.
During the feature, at least 2 reels will always turn into Chained Reels on every free spin. All multipliers that you gather from xNudge Wilds or the Big Bonus Scatter will be persistent throughout the feature. You may land up to 3 Big Bonus Scatters during the feature. Each of them will deliver separate extras.
I triggered the feature twice. My best round included 9 free spins, a 2x win multiplier, and a 73x total win.
If you land 4 Scatters on the reels, you get 5 free spins, while the 2 Big Bonus Scatters deliver extras. You have the same extras as in the Oppression Spins feature. I triggered the feature only once. My total win multiplier was 5x, I played 8 spins and won 250x.
If you are lucky enough, you may land 5 Scatters at the same time. Out of those 5 Scatters, 3 will be the Big Bonus Scatters. Each of them will deliver extras as described in the Oppression Spins feature. It took me about 2 hours to trigger the feature. My only round delivered 8 spins, a 3x total multiplier, and a 353x total win.
There are several boosters that you can activate to improve your chances of winning. The xBet booster guarantees a Scatter on reels 1 or 2, for 3x the bet. It will cost you 7x the bet to activate the Chained Reels booster. This secures Chained Reels on every spin.
The xNudge booster costs 35x the bet and guarantees a xNudge Wild on every spin. The xNudge Desire Booster costs 500x the bet. Every spin will get you the xNudge Desire feature.
If you want to buy the Oppression Spins feature, it will cost you 85x the bet. The Domination Spins feature takes 200x the bet. The Enslavement Spins feature is the most expensive and it costs 500x the bet. You can gamble for 261x the bet and get 1 of the 3 Free Spins features.
I tried all of them and none of them is worth the money. In most cases, you will win less than you have invested. My general opinion is that the Buy Bonus options should be avoided.
So, the story of the Blood Diamond pokie will have a happy ending for some players, while it may turn into a horror story for others. I was lucky enough to pocket some decent wins. However, I lost most of the winnings when I tried the Buy Bonus options.
I love the visuals and the soundtrack. It really made me feel like I was running with Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou through the streets of a city in Africa.
Also, I was really excited when I triggered the Enslavement Spins feature. I reckon this happens rarely, so I was really proud of myself.
Truth be told, Blood Diamond pokie is not the best game Nolimit City has to offer. Nevertheless, action junkies will have fun. I rate Blood Diamond 8.0.
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