Introduction to Ultra Ace
Ultra Ace is a casino slot from Playtech with a modern-looking Joker. In fact, she doesn’t look like a Joker at all except for her outfit. However, she has ditched the traditional hat and wears a pair of yellow headphones. This girl is standing next to the reels, where all symbols are represented by playing cards. The modest-looking game has a cascading feature, which will give you an increasing multiplier on every cascade up to x5. Let’s see what else this game has to offer.
If you want to face the Joker firsthand, you can try the free demo at the top of this review.
Theme, Gameplay, and Payouts
Ultra Ace is a video slot from Playtech with 5 reels, 4 rows, and 1,024 ways to win. The game’s RTP is 96.95%, and the max win is capped at 10,000x the bet. Ultra Ace has medium volatility with a wide bet range from the Min.bet of 0.1 to the Max.bet to 500.
The game is set on a green gaming table. The reels, in the middle of the screen, contain playing cards. Above them is a table with four multipliers: x1, x2, x3, and x5. To the left of the reels stands a young girl wearing a pink and yellow Joker outfit and yellow headphones. To the right of the reels are the buttons to buy the free spins and to spin the game. To make a win, you need to land 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting on the first reel to the left. The game is available on mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers.
The lower-paying symbols in Ultra Ace are spades, diamonds, clubs, and hearts. They pay between 0.3x and 0.5x the bet for wins of 5 symbols. The higher-paying symbols are J, Q, K, and A. They will award you between 1x and 2.5x the bet for a 5-of-a-kind win. The Wild Symbol substitutes all symbols except the Scatter Symbol.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Ultra Ace?
You can win up to 10,000x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Ultra Ace?
The features are Wild Symbol, Cascading Reels Feature, Cascade Multiplier Trail, Golden Symbols, Free Games Feature, Symbol Upgrade On-Reel Feature, Feature Buy, and Feature Bet Mode.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol can replace all other symbols to help create winning combinations, except for the Scatter symbol.
Cascading Reels Feature
After a spin, if one or more wins are awarded, the Cascading Reels Feature activates. All symbols involved in a winning combination, except Golden Symbols, are removed from the reels, leaving empty spaces. Symbols above these spaces then fall down to fill them, and the reels are checked again for new wins. This process continues until no more wins are found. Scatter wins are only evaluated once, after all cascades have finished.
Cascade Multiplier Trail
In the main game, the Cascade Multiplier Trail shows the multipliers x1, x2, x3, and x5. The first win of a spin is multiplied by x1, and each additional cascading win moves the multiplier one step higher. Once the highest multiplier is reached, all further cascading wins use that value. The multiplier resets after all cascades are complete.
Golden Symbols
Golden Symbols appear only on reels 2, 3, and 4. When a Golden Symbol is part of a winning combination, it turns into a Wild symbol for the next cascade.
Free Games Feature
Landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols awards 10, 12, or 14 Free Games. If the Free Games Feature is triggered using only Red Scatter symbols, the Cascade Multiplier Trail doubles to x2, x4, x6, and x10. If the trigger includes one Black Scatter, the trail increases to x3, x5, x7, and x11. With 2 Black Scatters, it increases to x4, x6, x8, and x12; with 3 or more Black Scatters, it increases to x5, x7, x9, and x13.
During the feature, landing 3, 4, 5, or more Red Scatter symbols retriggers 10, 12, or 14 additional Free Games.
Symbol Upgrade On-Reel Feature
The character next to the reels may randomly trigger special effects. She can add Golden Symbols to reels 2, 3, or 4, turn all symbols on the middle reel into Golden Symbols for one spin, or change a Red Scatter into a Black Scatter.
Feature Buy
You can buy a ticket for the Free Spins. Paying 65x, 76x, or 88x the bet will trigger the feature with 1, 2, or 3 Black Scatter Symbols.
Feature Bet Mode
Press the Feature Bet button to increase the chance of Black Scatter symbols landing. It will increase your bet by 1.3x, but it does not change the payout values.
Final Thoughts on Ultra Ace
Ultra Ace is one of those slots that does its job without really trying to impress anyone. The theme is perfectly fine, but also fairly forgettable. A joker with headphones sounds quirky, yet in practice, she mostly just stands there, watching the reels do their thing. The card symbols and green table background feel familiar to anyone who has ever entered a casino.
The game is straightforward and easy to understand. The cascading reels and rising multipliers add some movement, but it’s a shame that the multiplier doesn’t climb above x5. Cascades happen often enough, yet many of them result in small wins that don’t exactly get your heart racing.
Where Ultra Ace scores points is its RTP of 96.95%, which is genuinely strong and gives the slot some long-term appeal. It’s also higher than many other Playtech games, such as The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Medium volatility also means you can play for a while without constant frustration, and the max win of 10,000x is well-balanced.
Ultra Ace from Playtech is a decent, average-looking slot that relies more on solid maths than on excitement.
