There tends to be either a serious or comical take on things when it comes to aliens – and NetEnt has opted for something light-hearted with the Space Wars slot. This intergalactic offering runs over 40 paylines and five futuristic reels. The hyper-fast action delivers innovative extraterrestrial bonus features that make it a must-play for science fiction slot fans. Given that the aliens looked a pretty harmless bunch, we played a session to bring home a complete slot review guide.

Upon loading, the Space Wars slot greets you with opening credits that look like an animated alien movie. Thankfully, the quality graphics carry over to the slot screen – a planet in a faraway galaxy. The reels themselves are packed with five extraterrestrial species, who do battle across the screens over some magical crystal (as you do!). Along the way, their maneuvers pay out for eleven base game symbol combinations, providing a stack of prize potential. The gameplay in the Space Wars slot machine is fast, which is a well-known feature of many games from NetEnt. This suits the theme of the game down to the ground, with sounds and animations really delivering on the sensory front.

When it comes to bonus features, classic wilds enhance winning chances, while the unique cloning pod re-spin feature adds a unique angle to the game for some serious win potential. The game has a 96.8% return-to-gamer level for fair replays.

The Space Wars video slot can be played with all paylines from 0.40 to 200.00 a spin, making it a game for both leisure gamers and hardcore slot gamblers. Wins are paid for three to five symbols on a line, with a wide range of rewards. The red alien is the game's highest paying symbol, worth a jackpot 1000x your bet for five icons across a payline. The machine's other symbols pay from x2 to x400. And, with eleven paying symbols, there's plenty of payout action in a typical session. When played on auto-spin, the Space Wars online slot is probably one of the fastest about thanks to a rapid reel cycle.

Cloning pod re-spin feature

What, no free spins? We know what you're thinking, but NetEnt hasn't let you down – they've just come up with something different. The Space Wars online slot features a cloning pod re-spin bonus: the pod being the glass container on the right of the gaming screen. When the feature triggers, winning symbols are placed in the pod for cloning, before they're transferred back to the reels and re-spun. Thanks to the cloned icons, you have a significantly enhanced chance of matching winning combinations. The re-spins are really 'free spins' too, since you don't have to re-bet to spin. The game's maximum x1000 jackpot is pretty sweet whatever your bet size, and the cloning pod feature gives you the best chance off winning it. The bonus triggers relatively frequently, so playing regularly should see you hit some nice payouts.

The Space Wars online slot is another beautifully designed game from NetEnt that offers cutting-edge casino action, plus innovative bonus features to keep things fresh.