The level of ambition of any studio, be that a Games Global partner or not, can often be gauged from the debut release. It sets that standard for what will follow in most cases, although there are always exceptions, of course. Blue Ring Studios first game, 6 Pure Pearls, does little to impress in that regard, and we can only hope they’ve decided to dip their toes in the water before jumping off the deep end. We’re hardly holding our breath, however, as this is about as mediocre as it gets.
The underwater visuals are not too shabby, but we have seen similar stuff hundreds of times before. The base game offers nothing extra except wilds that pay the same as the top-tier symbol, so everything revolves around the 2 bonus features. You get a standard Link&Win round with a 1,000x jackpot if you fill the grid, and the bonus round comes with a giant 3×3-sized reel in the middle. The overall2,500x potentialis hardly impressive either, but at least they’ve gotten their debut over with.
The premium symbols pay between 7.5 and 20 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and Wilds pay the same as the top-tier vase & treasure symbol. The Wild can appear anywhere to step in for any pay symbol, and this will help you complete and/or improve line wins. Other than that, 6 Pure Pearls Slot comes with 2 bonus features, so let’s dive in.
TheFree Spins Bonus Roundtriggers when you land3 scattersin view, and scatters can appear on reels 1, 3, and 5 only. You get5 free spinsfor starters, and you win+3 extra spinseach time you land3 scattersduring the bonus round. Reels 2, 3, and 4 merge into one single giant reel for the duration of the feature. Giant symbols count as 9 regular sized symbols in win calculations, while giant scatters count as only one scatter.
TheLink&Win featuretriggers when you land6+ pearl symbolsanywhere in view, and the triggering pearl symbols turn into sticky cash symbols on an otherwise cleared grid. Only blanks or new sticky cash pearls will appear in the feature, and each pearl you land resets the spin tally to 3 each time. You can landMini and Minor pearl prizesas well, and they pay30x and 100x your stake, respectively. Filling the grid with pearls awards the1,000x Major prize, and all pearls pay when you run out of respins or fill the grid.
Games Global has a lot of partner studios churning out games like this all the time, and 6 Pure Pearls is hardly the most exciting and daring debut release we’ve seen. We get that some studios want to test the waters and play it safe in the beginning, but this is hardly the best way to get noticed in our experience. Players crave novelty, and this is yet another shelf-filler game that does nothing to distinguish itself from the herd.
The visuals are decent, but 6 Pure Pearls could’ve been made by any given Games Global partner, and less than creative studios will probably be made obsolete by AI soon enough anyway. The Link&Win feature is standard stuff as well, and the same can be said about the giant symbol bonus round. You can winup to 2,500x your stakeat best, which fits the mediocrity bill, and this debut release will hardly be noticed before it sinks into oblivion.
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