Da Vinci Diamonds Slot Machine
Da Vinci Diamonds is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot, and by IGT. The game has 20 pay-lines, and while the number of active lines can't be adjusted, the betting level can be selected within the range of $1.00 to $50. Unlike most video slots, this game does not have spinning reels, and instead, symbols fall from above.
With a beautifully crafted renaissance theme, Da Vinci Diamonds slots' graphics illustrate some of the artist's most important paintings. It also includes classical music snippets that are very much of the time, when this famous artist was strutting his stuff.
When Da Vinci Diamonds first launched, its gameplay was innovative and unique - unlike any other game in the Vegas casino. This was the game that launched' tumbling reels' to the Vegas audience. With this type of play, rather than having classic spinning reels, the symbols drop down from the top of the screen, and winning lines explode, re-triggering another spin. As far as Vegas games go, Da Vinci Diamonds is a true legend on the casino floor.
Once you have got used to the tumbling reels and exploding symbols, the other aspects of this 2012 release from IGT are very familiar to the slot player. It pays from left to right, beginning from the leftmost reel, and with three of a kind being the minimum for landing a win.
The Free Spins feature is the central attraction of the game, offering up to 300 spins.
Game background - Who was Da Vinci?
As one of the greatest geniuses that the world has ever seen, Leonardo da Vinci seemed to excel at literally everything he did. He was a talented musician, engineer, painter, architect, mathematician, and inventor.
In short, Leonardo Da Vinci is the one person you might not want your parents to know since you will always come out as an underachiever in comparison.
Thanks to IGT, Mona Lisa is no longer the only Da Vinci painting we know and love. We are now familiar with a few more portraits by him: Lady with an Ermine, La Belle Ferroniere, Madonna with the Yarwinder, Portrait of a Musician, and Virgin of the Rocks.
Now that the lecture is complete, we can focus on the gameplay.
Gameplay
The reels are tumbling, which means that the icons forming the winning combinations disappear from their landing positions, and symbols fall into the empty spaces, thus increasing the winning potential. The extended gameplay can return approximately 94.9% of the betting unit.
A faster play can be achieved by selecting the Auto Play option with up to 50 auto-spins available, and if you would like to optimize the graphics quality, the level of sharpness can be set at low, medium, high and best.
Da Vinci Diamonds Slots Real Money
The real money Da Vinci Diamonds slots in land-based casinos is just the same as our free version. Da Vinci Diamonds slots is available for real money play, at several online casinos.
That said, the producer of the game, IGT, only allow real money play in certain locations around the world.. So, if you live in the US, you will not be able to play for real (with the single excpetion of NJ). Likewise, Canadians will be disappointed, along with Australians. People in the UK are the lucky ones, as plenty of online casinos offer Da Vinci Diamonds for cash play, as are many player in Eurozone countries.
If no online casinos are offering Da Vinci Diamonds slots for real money in your region, alternative games that are very similar (i.e. with tumbling reels and exploding gems) are usually available.
Bonus rounds and special features
3 Bonus icons positioned on reels 1 – 3 will trigger 6 Free Spins, with more spins potentially awarded if the same combination lands during the bonus games. For the free spins to be re-triggered, the bonus symbol combination must land anywhere on the connecting reels, awarding 2 -15 more spins.
The feature is played on a different set of reels (also tumbling) and continues until the accumulated spins expire or if the number of Free Spins reaches 300. Should that happen, the play returns to the base game reels, and the winnings get settled according to the payout table.
Strong and weak points of Da Vinci Diamonds
In being so innovative, the tumbling reels reflect one of the most brilliant innovators of all time quite nicely. Perhaps the game deserved something better than just Free Spins, but it is still a great game to play
Expectations are often set high by the theme - needless to say that this is not the first time that IGT has impressed the Vegas casinos. This game is one of the most popular in the casinos and certainly online to have ever been made.
