Released: 20 May 2020

★★★★★

Even the Score takes place inside a bank, which is being infiltrated by a crew of criminal masterminds. The reel adventure takes place on three (and four) rows and five reels that spin across 20 always active paylines that can turn up free spins and a set of reel modifiers.

Even The Score Slot Review

It looks like Playtech wanted to even the score with Microgaming and NetEnt in releasing a money/heist/crime themed slot. Or it could be that this idea is the product of our wild imagination. At any rate, Even The Score slot is one of the few releases on the themes we noted above, so let's just wait and find out if this is going to become a thing in 2020.

Even the Score Introduction

The game has multipliers and a set of reel modifiers that represent special skills that are possessed by each of the characters. The base game has the 3x5 reel-set, however, another reel is added in the free spins bonus, which increases the ways to win up to 1024 and pays on adjacent reels.

It's been made apparent that the game is ready to reach in for the vault and the riches inside. Bets start at a low of 20p and extend onwards.

Even The Score Design Features

Playtech have made an online slot that appears quite alright. The syle of the drawing and rendering is big, poignant symbols that are spread across two categories: high-paying portraits and inventory and low paying card symbols.

Even the Score slots has a set of personalities, four in total, whose mission is to add a counter to the meters above each reel in order to unleash a reel modifier. Winning outcomes are made known by electric light that casts a cool effect on the reels.

There is a musical score that keeps you company along this bank heist adventure, and it's a decent tune to play along with.

How to Play Even the Score Slot

The gameplay can begin with setting up the bet amount, and doing a recount of all the gizmos and gadgets that need to be packed for the big hit. The game has all of the buttons made out in a way that is different and shall we say, cooler, compared to other production studios.

The Spin button is on the right-hand side of the reels and appears to be a dial that unlocks a safe. Below that button is a smaller circle with a thunder bold symbol on it. This toggles on the fast spins option. Holding the Spin button launches the autoplay menu, which can come in as useful when playing online slots.

To set the bet amount on Even The Score slot, use the minus and plus buttons on the left-hand side of the reel-set. The smallest bet in this Playtech game is 10p per spin and the biggest bet doesn't stop at £100.00 per spin, but then, who needs such a ridiculously high-stakes game anyway?

Even The Score shows the current balance in the bottom left corner of the screen. Underneath the Total Win window we have the most current win amount. Last but not least, the number of active paylines changes between the base game and the free spins mode, and is shown in the bottom right corner.

How to Win Even The Score Slots

Winning at the game on your lucky rounds requires at least three symbols of the same kind. Optimum wins are made with five symbols and the payouts in the middle are made with four. The base game can trigger more than a single payout outcome on the 20 paylines.

On the other hand, the Free Spins bonus expands the reel-set along with the ways to win, which in this case are 1024. This makes for a slightly different reel adventure, so it's interesting to get a feel for the dynamic and how the two modes may reflect on the odds.

The picture symbols on Even the Score slot are those that reward the best prizes and in that respect we have a ring of keys, stacks of coins, padlocks, diamonds, bars of gold and platinum.

Even the Score Bonus Features

The excitement comes with the four criminal masterminds. One is a tech guy, the other guy is the insider cop, one of the gals is an expert gymnast, and the other one is very crafty with explosives.

Each time one of the symbols appears on a reel-set, the game adds a counter at the top of the reel. When the meters are filled the corresponding reel modifier is triggered.

The Gymnast adds one row to the reel-set. The cop adds multipliers. The explosives guy bombs the reels.

The free spins bonus triggers the rounds on a four-row layout which offers 1024 ways to win, as well as all of the reel modifiers.

Even The Score Free Play

The game is available as a free play demo slot, which enables the players to try it for free and get a feel for the maths of this reel adventure.

Even The Score Closing Thoughts

Playtech have made a game that is going to rival Microgaming’s The Vault or NetEnts Cash Noire slot. At any rate, this game is a story of its own, where the symbol payouts aren’t quite great, but the reel modifiers are there to save the day.