NetEnt’s “Aftermath”: a 25,000x survival story of office workers fighting a rebel AI
A rundown of NetEnt’s new slot Aftermath. The key points are a multiplier that rises by +1 with every avalanche (up to 300x or more), the Bomb, Purge, Upgrade, and Change features, and the Super Bonus. RTP 96.05%, max win 25,000x.
Key takeaways
- NetEnt released the post-apocalyptic themed Aftermath on September 3.
- Every win triggers an avalanche and the round multiplier rises by +1. The cap is 300x or more.
- Four features, Bomb, Purge, Upgrade, and Change, transform the board.
- The Super Bonus opened by a Super Scatter guarantees a +3 to +10 multiplier wild on every spin.
The AI rebelled. It took an interest in nuclear weapons instead of organizing spreadsheets. The survivors are the people from the office. Armed with traffic signs as shields and golf clubs and scrap-metal blades as weapons, they set out to take back the ruined world. That is the setup of “Aftermath,” released by NetEnt on September 3.
The setup sounds like a joke, but the game is seriously big. The board starts as an electrified 6×4 and widens each time a wall breaks. The max win is 25,000x your bet.
In the release image, three survivors sit holding scrap weapons. NetEnt called them “the paper pushers who rebelled.” The backdrop is a burning city and rusty barbed wire, and a generator that raises the multiplier stands on the right side of the board. It is the very device NetEnt described as “the only machine we trust is the multiplier generator.”
The multiplier rises by 1 with every win
Every win triggers an avalanche. Winning symbols disappear and new symbols drop into the empty spots. Each time an avalanche occurs, the round multiplier rises by +1. The cap NetEnt has stated is 300x or more.
In the base game, the multiplier goes back to the start whenever a new spin begins. Bonus spins are different. The multiplier keeps growing across spins. That is why Aftermath’s big wins come from the bonus.
NetEnt has used the name avalanche since the days of Gonzo’s Quest. If the multiplier in Gonzo’s Quest ranged from 1x to 5x, Aftermath leaves the cap open at 300x or more and lets it stack one step at a time. It shows how much a feature of the same name has grown over the past decade or so.
Four features that transform the ruins
Four special features that change the board drop onto the reels.
| Features | What it does |
|---|---|
| Bomb | Blasts surrounding symbols and doubles the multiplier. Touching the outer wall expands the board |
| Purge | Clears all low and medium paying symbols and the walls to open the board to 6 reels and 8 rows |
| Upgrade | Changes itself and low paying symbols into the highest paying symbol |
| Change | Changes the 8 surrounding spots into the same paying symbol |
The most dramatic is Purge. The walls vanish all at once, the board grows to 6 reels and 8 rows, and a new avalanche begins. Bombs carry more weight because they double the multiplier. The higher the multiplier built up through avalanches, the more a single bomb is worth.
For example, if the multiplier has risen to 20 through avalanches and a bomb goes off, the multiplier becomes 40, and +1 is added again with every avalanche after that. Upgrade and Change swap symbols instead of the multiplier to boost win size. The four features are split by what they touch: the board, the multiplier, or the symbols.
In the bonus, both the board and the multiplier carry over
3, 4, or 5 scatters open bonus spins of 8, 10, or 12. Inside the bonus, the widened board and the multiplier carry over to the next spin as they are. On top of that, special multiplier wilds that add +2 to the multiplier drop in.
When a Super Scatter joins in, you get Super Bonus spins. Every spin is guaranteed one special multiplier wild, with a multiplier value set between +3 and +10. The board keeps growing and the multiplier keeps stacking, and a wild on every spin is added on top. This Super Bonus is the closest route to 25,000x.
The five Elevates
NetEnt’s bonus buy feature, Elevate, comes in five options. This time NetEnt revealed only the effect of each option, not the prices.
| Options | Effect |
|---|---|
| Scatter Hunt | 7x or higher odds of entering the Bonus and Super Bonus |
| Feature Hunt | At least 1 special feature guaranteed to trigger |
| Power Boost | Start the spin with a multiplier between 5x and 10x |
| Bonus Spins | Guaranteed 3 or more scatters, bonus starts |
| Aftermath spin | 3 or more scatters including a Super Scatter start the Super Bonus |
Power Boost stands out. In a game where the multiplier normally builds up from the start, you begin the spin holding a multiplier between 5x and 10x. It is an option that makes up in advance for the loss of the multiplier resetting on a base game spin.
In short
Aftermath layers avalanche multipliers, board expansion, and four features into a single game. The base game flows lightly because the multiplier resets every time, and the real action is in the bonus, where the board and multiplier carry over. On our game page, the RTP is 96.05%, volatility is high, hit frequency is 22%, and the bet range is 0.2 to 20. You can see NetEnt’s other new releases at NetEnt free slots.
Source: NetEnt official news