Legends Battle Of Earth

Legends Battle For Earth: Slot Overview

Here's a little thought experiment: if you were a superhero, what superpowers would you want to have? Flight would be cool. Mega strength and invulnerability are desirable traits, but how about something more originally exotic? Whatever your preference, gamblers have the chance to pretend they're superheroes for the day, defending the world from diabolical villains in the online slot Legends Battle For Earth. Designed by Octoplay and pals Combat Royale, here's a slot where goodies and baddies face off to fight each other, awarding cash prizes as battle unfolds.

Are the makers of Legends Battle For Earth big comic book fans? Going by the looks of this game, you'd suspect they are, as Legends Battle For Earth has an excellent comic-book appearance to it, as if the characters and setting have leapt right off the page into the realms of online gambling. Then again, the team has a knack for bringing subject matter to life, no matter the topic, as seen in the apocalyptic playground of Dystopia Rebel Road and the anime/manga delight Eternal Clash - both Showdown Spins slots like Legends Battle For Earth if you haven't caught them yet.

In the base game, Legends Battle For Earth rages out on a 6x4-reel gaming grid with 20 paylines for hitting combos across. As for the math model, Showdown Spins slots come in all shapes and sizes, of which Legends Battle For Earth is of the medium volatility variety. Its RTP is 95.7% when wagering 10 c to $/€150 per spin or 95.79% when using the Double Chance. Activating Double Chance increases the stake by 40%, doubling the chance of triggering the free spins round.

Ten to Ace playing card ranks are Legends Battle For Earth's least exciting symbols. They pay 3 to 10 times the bet for a 6 OAK winning combination. Next up are 5 hero character symbols, paying 12 to 50 times the bet for a 6-matching symbol winning line. Wilds pay 100x for a 5 wild win line and also substitute any pay symbols to help create wins.

Legends Battle For Earth: Slot Features

These combat slots often drop a teaser feature in the base game before climaxing during the battling it out Showdown Spins bonus. In Legends Battle For Earth, the base game feature is its modifier bestowing Wild Toolbox.

Wild Toolbox

The Wild Toolbox symbol substitutes for all other symbols except the scatter. Up to 2 Wild Toolboxes may land on the grid at the same time - one on the first three reels, one on the other three reels. Each Wild Toolbox triggers 3 to 8 modifiers on the reels, up to 5 modifiers of the same type. The modifiers are:

• Wild Symbol - turns a random symbol into wild, substituting for any pay symbol.
• Multiple Modifier - awards a random symbol a multiplier of x2, x3, or x5. If more than one multiplier lands on the same position, the values are added.

Showdown Spins

Landing at least 3 scatter symbols in the base game triggers Showdown Spins. Depending on the number of trigger scatters, the round starts with different settings:

• 3 Scatters - 1000 Player and Enemy Health Points.
• 4 Scatters - 1250 Player and Enemy Health Points, one Ally 1 to 3, plus one Enemy 1 to 3 guaranteed on the first spin.
• 5 Scatters - 1500 Player and Enemy Health Points, two Allies 1 to 3, plus two Enemies 1 to 3 guaranteed on the first spin.
• 6 Scatters - 2000 Player and Enemy Health Points, the Ally Mini-Boss, plus the Enemy Mini-Boss guaranteed on the first spin.

The bonus plays out on a 6-reel, 1-row grid, where the only symbols landing are allies, enemies, Boost Toolboxes, and empty spaces. When allies and enemies are in view, they battle each other. Characters lose Attack Power equal to the Attack Power of their opponent. When the Attack Power reaches 0, they are destroyed and are removed from the reels. Allies and Enemies possess Cash Prizes. When enemies are destroyed, their Cash Prize is collected, up to a maximum of 3,000x. When allies are destroyed, their Cash Prize is added to the Prize Pool, up to a maximum of 3,000x. The Prize Pool is awarded if the round ends in a win.

If all enemy characters are destroyed and there are allies in view, they attack the Enemy Health Points, deducting their Attack Power from it. Allied characters that survive a spin get +10 Attack Power at the end of each spin. The opposite occurs, too, meaning enemy characters attack Players Health Points if there are no allies in view to battle. The feature ends when Enemy Health Points reach 0, meaning the players win. Or, they are defeated if Players Health Points reach 0.

Characters

In Showdown Spins, characters land on the reels with these attributes:

Allied Characters
Ally 1: 20 Attack Power, 3x the stake Cash Prize. Ally 2: 50 Attack Power, 10x the stake Cash Prize. Ally 3: 150 Attack Power, 30x the stake Cash Prize. Ally 4: 300 Attack Power, 150x the stake Cash Prize. Ally 5: 600 Attack Power, 500x, 1,000x, 1,500x, or 2,000x the stake Cash Prize.

Enemy Characters
Enemy 1: 50 Attack Power, 2x - 200x the stake Cash Prize. Enemy 2: 100 Attack Power, 5x - 200x the stake Cash Prize. Enemy 3: 200 Attack Power, 20x - 300x the stake Cash Prize. Enemy 4: 400 Attack Power, 100x - 300x the stake Cash Prize. Enemy 5: 800 Attack Power, 500x, 1,000x, 1,500x, or 2,000x the stake Cash Prize.

Booster Toolbox

Booster Toolbox symbols may land on the reels during Showdown Spins. When they land on the allied part, they award +25 Attack Power for each level of the Booster Toolbox to all allies. When they land on the enemy part, they award +10 to the Cash Prize of each level of the Booster Toolbox to all enemies. If the Booster Toolbox is present when there is a character in their part of the grid, they are activated and their level increases by +1 on each activation up to 10.

Feature Buy

Players may use the bonus buy to jump straight into the Showdown Spins feature for 100x the bet. The RTP for doing so is 95.85%.

Legends Battle For Earth: Slot Verdict

In some ways, Octoplay tiptoed on the wild side with this one and mostly pulled it off. The challenge was making a game with generic, nobody superheroes that players can connect with and putting them in a slot delivering gaming mechanics the studio has used before more than once. The good news is the developer has stepped up, ensuring Legends Battle For Earth is another exciting Showdown Spins slot, where allies and enemies meet, punch each other, as players settle in to enjoy the conflict.

On the theme front, Octoplay has done a great job of crossing superheroes and villains over from the comic book page to the online gambling screen. Some characters have a vague familiarity to them. Perhaps that helped. For example, the purple hero has a Deadpool touch, while the blue villain rang a faint Captain America bell; maybe he was in his Hydra phase. They helped form an emotional connection, as did the high standard of the artwork in general, plus all the animations. Despite this, the base game might be a bit of a plodder. Twenty paylines are a little overwhelmed by a 6x4 gaming grid, though the Wild Toolbox can spray it with wilds. Naturally, in these combat slots, the focus is on getting to the Showdown Spins phase, so the base game is a bit of a formality.

Changes to the free spins round have altered the dynamic. One way is that enemies collect prize values when they defeat allies, and this collected pool of dough is only awarded if players win the round by reducing Enemy Health Points to zero. So you've got potential situations of wanting to pummel the enemy, but not too much too soon, in order to draw the whole session out so the enemy prize pool grows as well. For example, it's possible to get one of the big ally hitters, with no one to hit, smashing the Enemy Health Bar to pieces with an unappealing value in the Prize Pool. On the other hand, you might be lucky enough to bear witness to an epic back-and-forth battle. The slot's top prize tops out at 6,000x, sitting Legends Battle For Earth between Eternal Clash and Dystopia Rebel Road in terms of winning potential. When the dust cleared, Legends Battle For Earth's exciting presentation and intriguing rule changes should encourage fans of Showdown Spins rounds to break out the spandex.