Da Vinci Diamonds Slot Review & Free Play

Da Vinci Diamonds: Collect Cascading Diamonds For up to 300 Free Spins

IGT's Da Vinci Diamonds brings Renaissance artwork to a classic slot setup, with colorful gems, traditional symbols, and tumbling wins at the heart of the game. We get symbols paying up to 250x your bet as well as up to 300 re-triggerable free spins. I gave this old-school favorite a run to see whether its simple formula still shines.

The base game uses a 5x3 grid with 20 fixed paylines, while symbol pays go as high as 250x your bet. Winning combinations clear the symbols involved and allow new ones to tumble into their places, potentially creating additional wins from the same spin. In practice, though, the small grid and limited number of paylines made it difficult to get much going. 

I often needed four or five winning spins to put together even the lowest 0.50x returns, while an occasional cascade pushed my winnings as high as 5x returns.

The free spins were even more demanding to trigger, requiring three Bonus symbols to land on a payline rather than simply appearing anywhere. Once triggered, the feature starts with six free spins, while additional Bonus symbols can award more spins during the round.

Unfortunately, I didn't see any remarkable changes during the free spins. The tumbling mechanic continued as normal, but without any added multipliers or major enhancements, my bonus returns topped out at around just 20x to 30x my bet.

Da Vinci Diamonds is a decent enough old-school slot, and the cascading reels give the otherwise basic setup a little more life. The problem is that the small grid makes those cascades difficult to sustain, while the free spins don't add enough to make the bonus feel special. A few multipliers in the feature could have gone a long way toward making this Renaissance classic more interesting.