Infectious 5 Slot Review

Infectious 5 Slot RTP, Details and Wager Limits

The Infectious 5 slot is played using Nolimit City’s innovative and unusual xWays mechanic. When an xWays mystery symbol lands, it will reveal a single symbol which then expands to fill 2 or 3 positions.

You will begin with 5 reels and 1,024 ways to win. Depending on the xWays, this can get as high as 110,592. Winning combinations are created by landing matching symbols or wilds on adjacent reels, starting from reel 1.

Stakes range from 20p to £100 per spin. Click on the $ icon below the reels to choose from 25 available bet levels. In some countries, there’s a Turbo Spin mode and Autoplay function with the latter allowing up to 1,000 autospins.

The Infectious 5 RTP is 96.02% which is about average. The hit frequency rate is 31.34% so you’ll land a winner on just under one third of spins on average. This is one of the most volatile slots around. On a scale of 1 to 10, the volatility is the maximum 10 so be warned.

The high risks can deliver potentially enormous rewards with the maximum win here coming in at a whopping 55,555 x your total stake.

Theme – Audio and Design Features – join the members of this superhero gang

With a superhero theme, there’s a comic book style to the design in the Infectious 5 slot. Set in a futuristic toxic world, there’s a gritty look to the visuals here which are impressively done.

Nolimit City use Harvey Dent’s quote: “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain”. This is heard in the 2008 The Dark Knight film so you can see the connection in terms of theme with DC Comics.

The reels are made up of lower value A to 10 symbols and 5 members of the Infectious 5: Havoc, Mind Flayer, Torch, Misery and Toxicity. Mind Flayer tops the payouts here, awarding 0.5, 1, or 4 x your total stake if you land 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

There’s also a wild that substitutes for all the standard symbols when it makes up part of a winning combination. Rounding out the symbols are the radioactive drums which are bonus symbols. Land 3 or more of these to trigger a feature round. Here’s a list of all symbol payouts:

Infectious 5 xWays has been created using HTML5 technology and is fully optimised for play on mobiles, tablets, laptops and PCs. As with all Nolimit City slot games, the game plays well on smaller screens.

Infectious 5 Bonus Features

Nolimit City has packed plenty of extras into Infectious 5 (xWays). With a total of 5 bonus features, there are 3 different feature rounds which award free spins complete with wild and multiplier modifiers.

Infectious xWays feature

Like in the East Coast vs West Coast slot, Infectious 5 uses the xWays mechanic. When you land an xWays symbol and a wild simultaneously, you will activate the Infectious xWays feature.

When this happens, the newly revealed symbol will also expand any symbol of the same kind on the reel to the same size. This can lead to much more ways to win with up to 110,592 in total.  In order to get the maximum ways to win, you will need 8 symbols on 2 reels and 12 symbols on the 3 other reels:

Infectious Spins Bonus features

Land 3 or 4 Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels on the same spin and you’ll have the pick of the following 2 free spins modes:

Infectious Spins: Toxic Hazard feature: choose this round and you’ll receive 9 free spins (10 if you landed 4 bonus symbols on the triggering spin). Between 1 and 5 wilds will land on the middle 3 reels on each free spin. This means that the Infectious xWays is guaranteed to trigger each time you land an xWays symbol. The Infectious xWays will only be made up of the 5 higher value character symbols here too.

Infectious Spins: Lock n’ Load feature: in this round, you’ll receive 7 or 8 spins if you triggered the feature with 3 or 4 bonus symbols. Any wilds that land on the middle 3 reels turn sticky. They can also come with 2x and 3x multipliers attached. Wilds also add 1 free spin to your tally whenever they appear. Expansions from the Infectious xWays are guaranteed. xWays symbols turn into Infectious xWays. Once again, only the Infectious 5 symbols can be revealed in the Infectious xWays.

Infectious Spins: Mayhem Mode feature

Land 5 Bonus symbols on the same spin and you’ll trigger the Infectious Spins: Mayhem Mode feature. These are upgraded versions of the Lock n’ Load and Toxic Hazard features. You can also activate this round by collecting 5 Bonus symbols during 1 of the other Infectious Spins features.

Once triggered, you choose from:

• 12 Toxic Hazard: Mayhem Mode spins
• 10 Lock n’ Load: Mayhem Mode spins

In both options, all the Infectious 5 symbols merge to create a single Golden Infectious 5 symbol. If the infectious xWays becomes active, only the Golden Infectious 5 symbol is in play.

Nolimit Bonus feature

In some territories (not the UK), there’s an option to buy your way into the various bonus features. With 3 options available, here’s what they will each cost:

Toxic Hazard (9 spins)	Lock n’ Load (7 spins)	75 x stake>
Toxic Hazard (10 spins)	Lock n’ Load (8 spins)	140 x stake
Toxic Hazard: Mayhem Mode (12 spins)	Lock n’ Load: Mayhem Mode (10 spins)	555 x stake

Infectious 5 Review Summary – Infectious xWays gone crazy

If you’re looking for a game that delivers complex gameplay, you’ve come to the right place. The Infectious 5 xWays slot is about as far away from a classic fruit machine as you can get. The xWays and Infectious xWays take a bit of getting used to so this is a slot that I really recommend trying out in demo mode first (above) until you get accustomed to the unusual gameplay.

Infectious 5 takes the Infectious xWays feature to a whole different level. This is evident in the Infectious Spins: Lock n’ Load feature where the you play with sticky multiplier wilds. This allows for potential wins of 55,555 x your total stake per spin.

The Mayhem Mode features offer the best winning potential as all 5 superhero symbols turn into 1 golden Infectious 5 symbol. This means more of the same symbol on the reels for bigger possible payouts. However, winning the max payout will occur once every 28 million spins. This the epitome of a high risk, high reward game as with most Nolimit City slots.

Innovative and explosively volatile, Infectious 5 xWays is worth playing if you like superhero slots with a difference. In summary, it will infuriate you to the extent where you might consider becoming a villain. If the sticky multiplier wilds and Infectious xWays land though, you’ll be a hero.

You should also check out Fire in the Hole (from Nolimit City) which comes with 60,000 x stake max wins and uses the xBomb mechanic. If you like the superhero theme, Playtech’s Suicide Squad has a similar gritty feel and comes with 4 progressive jackpots.