Hyper Respins: Slot Overview

Drift through the solar winds with Yggdrasil Gaming partner ReelPlay in an online slot titled Hyper Respins. If you know the developer’s catalogue, you may be asking whether Hyper and Hypernova are connected in any way. It certainly seems so, as Hyper Respins is a space-themed slot that feels just as otherworldly as entries in the Hypernova range. The difference here is that it’s a cluster-paying grid game, supported by extra mechanics like Bombs, Megabombs, Hyperbombs, Zaps, Megazaps, and a hold’ n win respins bonus round.

So if you enjoy drifting in the cosmic emptiness and watching nebulas at work, you’re in the right place—Hyper Respins lives out there, where the more we discover, the more mysteries appear. As Douglas Adams wrote in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – ‘Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.’ Beyond the gas and stars, one of Hyper Respins’ standout elements is its dramatic, awe-leaning soundtrack, the kind of score that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Neil deGrasse Tyson space documentary. From an audio-visual standpoint, the music is arguably Hyper Respins’ biggest strength—unless you’re especially fond of simple, plain, older-looking games.

Your trip to the edge of human understanding (with a little imagination helping out) starts by choosing a wager of 20 p/c to $/€15 per spin, and it can be played on any device. Hyper Respins uses a 6×6 in size active grid, and wins land when at least 5 identical symbols connect in adjacent horizontal or vertical positions. Rated Medium-high volatile, Hyper Respins offers a maximum RTP of 96.1% or 97.4% when purchasing the bonus round, priced at 80 times the bet.

A possible rival to Hyper Respins is iSoftBet’s slot Euphoria, and as with Euphoria, plenty of the icons here lean into gemstones. The paying symbols in Hyper Respins are purple triangles, green triangles, purple squares, blue squares, green diamonds, pink pentagons, orange hexagons, and gold octagons. A 5-of-a-kind cluster returns 0.15 to 1 times the bet, while a 15+ sized cluster pays 10 to 250 times the bet. Wild symbols substitute for all regular pays, and if one or more wilds contribute to a win, the payout is multiplied by 4. One last detail: winning symbols are removed, and the empty spaces are filled as new symbols cascade down from above.

Hyper Respins: Slot Features

Who would’ve guessed ReelPlay was so keen on explosive effects? That’s certainly the vibe after a session on Hyper Respins, which includes Bomb, Megabomb, and Hyperbomb symbols, along with three Zap variants and a hold’ n win feature.

Bombs

These three bomb types can appear, and each one sets off a different result:

• Bomb – affects symbols in a 3×3 square, allowing new symbols to drop in.
• Megabomb – affects symbols in a 5×5 square, allowing new symbols to drop in.
• Hyperbomb – affects all symbols on the grid.

Zap Symbols

Next up are the Zap symbols, and there are three types to look out for:

• Zap (vertical) – affects all symbols on its reel.
• Zap (horizontal) – affects all symbols on its row.
• Megazap – affects all symbols on its reel and row.

Hyper Symbols

Bombs and Zap symbols are known as Hyper symbols, and they activate once any standard wins have been paid. When they clear regular pay symbols, each removed symbol awards 0.05 to 1 times the bet, while removed wilds are worth 2x the bet each. In addition, if Hyper symbols hit scatter symbols, the reward value shown on them is doubled.

Bonus Respins

Bonus Respins begin when 5 or more scatter symbols are visible, and they trigger after any regular symbol wins are paid or once Hyper Symbols have finished. Triggering scatter symbols are held, while all other spots continue to spin. If a new scatter lands, it is held too, and the respins count back to the original value of 3 is reset. Scatter prize values range from 1 to 100 times the bet, and these are paid when the feature ends. During the round, only scatters, blanks or Hyper symbols can land.

Hyper Respins: Slot Verdict

Hyper Respins is a little like someone who’s quit smoking but switched to vaping instead of stopping outright. ReelPlay may have removed the ‘nova’ from the name, but Hyper Respins still feels like a close relative of the studio’s Hypernova line of online slots – Hypernova Megaways, Hypernova 10K Ways and so on. Titles that didn’t exactly knock us sideways, regardless of how quickly they tried to rocket through the icy vacuum of space. With that in mind, there wasn’t a huge amount of anticipation for Hyper Respins either. Still, it turned out to be better than expected. Yes, it looks very old-school, even verging on bare-bones, but the grand cosmic-opera soundtrack helps keep it from feeling flat, and there are a couple of tricks in Hyper Respins’ toolkit that work nicely when they fire off on the grid.

One point that may catch the attention of cluster-pay fans is how Hyper symbols gather the values of the symbols they destroy, rather than simply clearing space for a cascade. It’s a small twist, but progress often comes in steps. It’s also a welcome touch that ReelPlay lets Hyper symbols appear in the bonus round too, helping the action keep moving. They’re effective enough that, according to the game information, Hyper Respins can reach a top win of 13,552 times the bet, placing it among the strongest performers in the Hyper/Hypernova family of slots.

Of course, it’s easier to beat expectations when those expectations start out low or even absent, but Hyper Respins still manages to clear the bar. In the right hands—perhaps players who enjoy older sci-fi, William Shatner-era Star Trek, for instance—Hyper Respins may appeal on the audio-visual side, and once the features start rolling, it plays reasonably well too. Let’s not overstate it: Hyper Respins doesn’t feel like it’s going to shake the gambling galaxy to its core, but compared to what came before, it has a few solid qualities.