Brute Force: Alien Onslaught – Nolimit City Recruits One xMechanic to Deliver Top-10 Firepower

After easing off the gas with Flight Mode, Nolimit City is back on brand with Brute Force: Alien Onslaught — a high-volatility, Wild-stacked release that ditches the usual xMechanic soup in favour of a single, supercharged system. It’s not their most volatile slot. It’s not their highest-paying. But with an 80,000x max payout and a volatility rating of 31.61σ, this one still lands squarely inside NLC’s all-time top 10 on both fronts.

That makes Brute Force a bit of an outlier — not because it pushes boundaries, but because it plays things tighter than expected while still aiming high. By the way, the game's out across NLC casinos from today, July 8th!

A One-Mechanic Slot with Four Wild Variants

At the heart of Brute Force lies xNudge, and only xNudge. But it’s layered across four character-based Wilds, each building its own kind of chaos:

• Joshua xNudge Wild: +1 per nudge, max 7x
• Jason xNudge Wild: +2 per nudge, max 15x
• Jade xNudge Wild: +5 per nudge, max 40x
• Xylox xNudge Wild: +1 per nudge, plus absorption of all other xNudge Wild multipliers if they’re on screen.

That last one — Xylox — becomes the real centerpiece, especially during bonus rounds where it often turns sticky. And when it does, it starts siphoning up value from the others with every spin.

There’s no xSplit, no xWays, and no bonus toggle. Just a single mechanic, scaled smartly across four personalities and visualised with a running xNudge Meter.

Five Bonus Modes

Much like Flight Mode, the bonus system here is colour-driven. The combination of red and blue Scatters dictates which mode you land in and which Wilds get to shine:

• REDemption Spins: 3 Scatters with 2+ red — Xylox goes sticky, Joshua is removed
• Super REDemption Spins: 4 Scatters with 3+ red — Joshua and Jason both removed
• BLU Genesis Spins: 3 Scatters with 2+ blue — any Wilds can become sticky; Xylox always is
• Super BLU Genesis Spins: 4 Scatters with 3+ blue — sticky Joshua guaranteed on first spin
• Stellar Punishment Spins: 2 red + 2 blue — sticky Jade lands first spin and stays locked.

There’s just enough variation between the modes to keep the grind engaging, and players who enjoy pattern-spotting will find the consistency refreshing. Unlike older NLC games where chaos was part of the appeal, this one rewards knowledge — especially when you’re triggering features via bonus buys.

xBoost Buy Options

The buy menu is where Brute Force lets players dial the chaos back in. There are seven xBoost options in total, ranging from small nudges to wild setups:

• 4.6x bet: Guarantees a scatter on reel 2
• 32x bet: Guarantees 2 scatters on reels 2 and 3
• 40x to 8,000x bet: Guarantees 1 to 5 xNudge Wilds, with the highest tier offering a near-maximal setup — at a price few will dare touch

The upper tiers won’t be used by most players, but they highlight the game’s willingness to cater to extreme bankroll strategies — fitting, given the 1 in 102 million odds of hitting the max win organically.

How It Stacks Up in NLC’s Portfolio

Brute Force may not lead the pack, but it clearly belongs near the front:

• Max Payout: 80,000x — 7th overall, behind Tombstone Slaughter and San Quentin 2
• Volatility: 31.61σ — 10th highest, just above Fire in the Hole 3
• Max Bet: Not notable; many recent titles go higher (€280–€400 range), eg Brick Snake 2000
• RTP: Not among the highest; classic titles like Sushi Mania and Oktoberfest still dominate that list.

So while it won’t appeal to players chasing highest RTP or mega bet limits, it will absolutely draw in those looking for a mechanically lean, volatility-rich experience.

Final Thoughts

Brute Force: Alien Onslaught won’t replace San Quentin 2 at the top, and it’s not as wild-eyed as Mental 2 or Possessed. But in slimming the feature set down to just the 2020-released xNudge mechanic — and building the entire game around how four different Wilds scale and stick — Nolimit City has built one of its most strategically coherent releases in recent memory.

This isn’t NLC going all out. It’s them showing restraint. And that restraint results in one of their most approachable, yet still lethal, titles of the year.