Bar-X Triple Pay Megaways

(Storm Gaming) Slot Review

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Bar-X Triple Play Megaways

Bar-X Triple Play Megaways: Slot Overview

Storm Gaming’s rapidly expanding line-up of Megaways powered slots gets a blast of retro design in Bar-X Triple Play Megaways. Based on the popular (amongst British players at least), Bar-X experience, Bar-X Triple Play Megaways offers gaming on a larger grid layout than usual for this style, as well as a handful of choice features to blow winning potential to quite remarkable heights. Like the theme though, the features on offer are standard Storm Gaming extras, offering little in the way of innovation.

Bar-X Triple Play Megaways has that corner pub cabinet on your device feel to it due to the physical slot vibes it gives off. This comes from looks that are old-fashioned yet run seamlessly and 8-Bit sound effects accompanying the reels as they spin, and so on. It looks like Stakelogic’s range of retro Megaways slots has a new challenger on the block – packed with additional Bar-X pulling power. There are no surprises, which will be great news for those who appreciate this style.

Built to perform on any device, the game offers bets from 20 p/c to $/€100 per spin. Numerically, the stats are positive. RTP gets off to a decent start with a figure of 96.03%, while the max win potential is massive at 76,000 times your stake. The action takes place on a game grid made up of 6 main reels and an extra 4 symbol horisontal reel active along the top. Main reels land between 2-7 symbols each, meaning the game produces up to 117,649 ways to win when maxed out.

As for symbols, we find all of the familiar faces in this sort of game. Leading off are 10-A card symbols, before getting to Bars, ‘Xs’, then blue, red, and white ‘7s’. Non-royal winning combinations are worth 2 to 40 times the bet for a full line of 6. There is a wild symbol as well, which replaces any regular paying icon to complete a winning line.

Bar-X Triple Play Megaways: Slot Features

Bar-X Triple Play Megaways
Bar-X Triple Play Megaways – Pick Me feature

If you’ve played previous Storm Gaming Megaways titles, then you will be familiar with the features on offer in Bar-X Triple Play Megaways. The studio has stuck to three favoured extras such as Super Pay, Pick Me, and free spins.

The gameplay is pretty much what you would expect from a highly volatile Megaways slot that uses the cascade mechanic. This system removes winning combinations to let other symbols drop down into the gaps. Repeat cascades and wins are possible as long as combinations continue to line up.

The Super Pay feature triggers at random during the base game or free spins. When active, this device removes all of the low-pay royal symbols from the reels. Premiums cascade down into any spaces made by the vacant royals for a win evaluation. This can lead to some tidy cascades where only premiums turn up.

Moving on, we come to the Pick Me bonus, triggered when 3 or more mini-slot scatter symbols are in view. Players pick one of the slot machines onscreen to win a bet multiplier. The more scatters trigger the feature, the more slot machines players can choose from.

Lastly, is free spins, triggered when at least 4 dollar sign scatter symbols land – 4 scatters win you 10 free spins, and any extra scatter awards +5 extra spins each. Free spins are pretty standard Megaways stuff, coming with a win multiplier that starts at x1 and rises by one following cascades without a set upper limit. Landing 3 or 4 scatters on the upper reel retriggers 5 or 10 additional free spins, respectively.

Bar-X Triple Play Megaways: Slot Verdict

Storm Gaming has stuck to their usual pattern of Megaways design, using features that commonly appear in their games. If it’s innovative extras you’re looking for, then you won’t find any of it in Bar-X Triple Play Megaways. Nor will you find anything out of the ordinary when it comes to the theme either. Granted, it is difficult to be cutting edge when choosing such a time-honoured style. Blazing a trail was clearly not the main focal point when the studio designed Bar-X Triple Play Megaways. Instead, they’re tapping into a readymade audience which is either lazy designing or graciously giving certain players what they want – depending on how your mood is when you judge it.

For those into the Bar-X thing, there’s nothing to suggest Bar-X Triple Play Megaways will be anything but entertaining. For one, despite being a Megaways powered slot, its low-tech bleeping and basic graphics produce a level of nostalgia. This is presumably one of the main reasons players, and when we say players, we assume British punters since the Bar-X thing is predominantly a UK trend, get excited about this sort of slot.

While there is nothing new with the gameplay, the features can certainly step up when they want to. Unlimited progressive multiplier free spins work as well here as anywhere else, and the secondary features produce the occasional thrill as well. As in previous Storm Gaming Megaways titles, the dream situation is scoring the Super Pay feature amid free spins with a healthy multiplier on board. In this way, consecutive cascades only drop premium symbols, which can be a whole lot of fun to witness. Potentially profitable as well, as Storm Gaming claim wins as impressive as 76,000x, the bet is possible. However, bear in mind the game has a win cap of $250,000 (2,500x at max stake) when selecting stakes to best maximise your returns.

Aside from the theme changes and some window dressing, you kind of feel like you are playing the same Storm Gaming Megaways slot each time due to the sharing of features and screen layout. Bar-X Triple Play Megaways can technically do some spectacular things, and the gaming is dependable enough, but it just doesn’t fire the imagination. In the end, if the Bar-X concept doesn’t sweep you off your feet, there’s no way Bar-X Triple Play Megaways will either.

Fair

Bar-X Triple Play Megaways offers predictable gaming, which should be ample for entertaining players into the Bar-X phenomenon.

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