Players looking for major innovation will be happy to know, dropping a payline is the least of the changes found in Starburst XXXtreme. The cosmic inspired action takes place over a 5-reel, 3-row game grid with 9 rather than 10 fixed paylines. When it comes to visuals, you can spot the Starburst heritage a mile away as the remake looks very much the same. In a drive to keep the brand relevant perhaps, or to thrill fans who have moved on to bigger slots, NetEnt has gone back to the classic in their 2021 release Starburst XXXtreme, kept a few things to retain a link while tearing out the innards and dropping in a vastly different set of maths. It is getting on in years, however, and comes across a little dated, not least due to a general shift towards more volatile, more rewarding games.
Released in 2013, Starburst remains an immensely popular go-to game for many. Iconic is one of those words which gets thrown around a lot, but if ever an online slot was deserving of the term, it is NetEnt's classic Starburst.