Love is in the Fair

Love is in the Fair: Slot Overview

If you subscribe to the idea that 'love is all you need' as sung by the Beatles, why not take a look at game provider Play'n GO's release, Love is in the Fair? In this game, we join a loved-up couple on a day out in a seaside environment, with rides, sweets, and soft toys as they take romantic snaps of their hot date. Whether you're into romance or think it's a side-tracking weakness, you will want to collect as many romantic snaps as possible in Love is in the Fair's free spins round, as doing so can lead to wild multipliers as high as x100.

Hopefully, you get a kick out of cheesy voiceovers, too, because they drop in from time to time from both protagonists when playing Love is in the Fair. 'This weather feels lovely…' stuff like that. If you haven't barfed up your breakfast, let's continue to wander through Love is in the Fair's sights and sounds, which include a burger joint, glimpses of the seaside, and a couple of classic cars. The feel is an American boardwalk/pier in the 50s or 60s, a bit like the movie Grease, reinforced by two main characters who could stand in for bad boy Danny Zuko and transfer student Sandy Olsson.

Beneath the lovey-dovey outer skin, the rest of Love is in the Fair appears to have been brought directly over from Play'n GO's slot 15 Crystal Roses. The math model stats are the same, such as a default 96.2% RTP and the 9/10 rated high volatility. Players may select stakes of 10 c to $/€100 per spin, and the gaming itself is held on a 5-reel, 20-payline reelset.

Winning combinations are awarded for matching symbols landing left to right from the leftmost reel. The pay symbols are 5 sweets with 10-A card ranks printed on them as low pays, then a ring, a teddy bear, the guy, and the lady characters as the highs. Hitting a line of 5 matching low pays awards 2 to 4 times the bet, whereas hitting a line of 5 matching high pays is worth 7.5 to 25 times the bet.

Love is in the Fair: Slot Features

The features we've got around here are Romantic Pic scatters, Love Cam wilds, and free spins with upgradable multipliers.

Romantic Pic Scatters

Romantic Pic scatters may land on any reel. In addition, on any spin, the stacked scatter feature may randomly activate where all scatters are fully stacked on the reels. Hitting at least 3 scatters triggers free spins.

Love Cam Wilds

Wilds substitute for any regular pay symbol and can appear as a multiplier wild. The values of the multiplier wild are x2, x3, x5, x10, or x100. When a win is formed using a multiplier wild, its multiplier value is applied to the win. Only 1 wild multiplier per winning payline will multiply the win.

Free Spins

During free spins, one aim is collecting Romantic Pics scatters to increase the multiplier wild value for the remainder of the feature. During the free spins round, the multiplier wild is permanently active. The value of the multiplier depends on how many Romantic Pics scatters have been collected, and this includes the scatters which initially triggered the feature:

• 3+ Romantic Pic Scatters – 3 initial free spins with an x2 multiplier wild.
• 6+ Romantic Pic Scatters – 6 initial free spins with an x3 multiplier wild.
• 9+ Romantic Pic Scatters – 9 initial free spins with an x5 multiplier wild.
• 12+ Romantic Pic Scatters – 12 initial free spins with an x10 multiplier wild.
• 15 Romantic Pic Scatters – 15 Timeless free spins with an x100 multiplier wild.

Every 3 scatters collected during the free spins round awards +3 free spins while increasing the value of the multiplier wild. After 15 Romantic Pics scatters have been collected, they are removed from the reels, so no additional free spins can be won from that point onwards.

Love is in the Fair: Slot Verdict

Whatever your thoughts on Love is in the Fair are, it is kind of cute that someone at Play'n GO felt the desire to roll out 15 Crystal Roses, tear the skin off, replace it with a more modern look, and have another bash with the math. Like getting back in the dating game after having your heart broken, maybe. Another bash with the features, too, since they're exactly the same as those found in the previous slot. This sort of gameplay not only makes Love is in the Fair a clone but also thrusts it amongst a set of slots offering similar-ish multiplier effects, such as The Green Knight, The Sword and The Grail, and Diamonds of the Realm.

Therefore, as in the past, Love is in the Fair is all about scattering up to build the biggest wild multiplier values possible in free spins (or get lucky in the base game). This might not be the easiest of tasks, and after the first two free spins rounds returned 1.4x and 2x the bet, optimism was not running white hot. Love is in the Fair is capable of producing wins as high as 10,000x the bet, fair enough. But achieving that total felt, at times, like someone reaching the conclusion true love is actually a cruel fantasy after being brutally dumped by the partner of their dreams who is now hooking up with their roommate and has been doing so for the last six months while laughing about it with all their friends.

Okay, maybe not that extreme, and Love is in the Fair is a highly volatile slot with big multiplier values it can drop out of the blue after all, so you never know. It is a tad on the cheesy side, though, so its goofy in-love theme is likely to be one of the biggest motivators for swiping left or right.