Very simple game. I don't mind it being such a one trick pony, as it feels pretty satisfying to me. I thought watching those little vikings move from right to left, and occasionally left to right, would get old fast, but it didn't.Nicely animated; the artwork and animation exudes a certain, fun character. Those vikings may look serious, but there is a a bit of a slapstick approach here that eases the tension.A pretty good build-up slot if the mechanic clicks with you and you can go with the slow burn.
The game is so fixated on the rascal symbols, and it's not compelling. Yeah, it can be pretty exciting when it pops off, but that's true for many slots and their mechanics.The rascal symbols slow the game down a lot simply due to how long it takes to go through it, even on [super]turbo. And the large majority of the time these rascal respins are gonna be duds, just making everything feel slow. Make these things rarer and more likely to pay out, then your game wouldn't be painful to play, I certainly don't feel like playing it any more.The artwork is pretty cool, but overall presentation is not that great, and certainly not nearly good enough to make up for the mediocre gameplay.Only play this game if you're exclusively bonus buying/doing extra bets, and even then I don't think it's a very good game. It's a borderline miserable experience on base spins.I don't like it when providers neglect the base spins experience and I feel they did that here.
Enjoyed this game. The wild scarabs and the Firestorm/Sandstorm triggers and their effects make for a simple, fun game loop. 4FS seems pretty common in this game, especially with the ante bet.I like that the 4FS bonus doesn't have respins, makes for a slightly different feel, adds variety to the game. There doesn't seem to be a 'hidden' bonus that most Hacksaw games have.Yeah, the artwork isn't the best. The animations on the symbols are kind of lame.If the mechanics clicks with you, you can likely get a lot of play hours out of Sand and Ashes.7.5
Pretty fun slot. Candy Corner lives up to it's name, as the corners are where the sweet magic happens.The golden spins are kind of like a super bonus, they guarantee each spin will have at least one of the modifiers (selected at random before the start of the free spins) appear in a corner, and you can get them from standard spins, so that is nice. I spun into one with the instant prize reward, which gave a fun and rewarding bonus round, though the multiplier one seems to have the most potential.Base game is a little underwhelming, I didn't find myself really wowed or enjoying it too much. The bonus is where you want to be, and sadly it takes a while to get in. Thankfully, the bonus rounds take a while to play out, so you won't be doing a 1000 spins, just to get into a bonus round that ends in 30 seconds like a lot of high volatility slots do.This slot beckons you to hunt the golden free spins, and I'm ok with that. I have the right kind of sweet tooth for it.
In Dark Waters 3 Power Combo: The Cursed Voyage, you have a more interesting version of the overdone/abused 3 pots (chests here) gameplay that features progression. The progression mechanics makes you want to keep playing, first with unlocking all the ghostly pirate skellies and their powers, and then gathering gems for each chest in the hopes that you trigger multiple of them at their maximum potential (although I fear the potential of the gems is an illusion, this is a virtual slot machine after all).Once you get all the unlocks the games features a lot of random triggers which are a kind of single-spin version of the bonus game of their corresponding chest. They barely manage to avoid feeling too repetitive, IMO.Each chest bonus confers a fairly distinct boost that mesh well together, as you would want from this style of game. I have yet to trigger all 3 chests at once, and it's a really good hook that this pirate-themed game has to keep you wanting.Dark Waters 3 Power Combo: The Cursed Voyage has some epic pirate-y music to go along with the above gameplay goodness.Dark Waters 3 Power Combo: The Cursed Voyage did not feel very volatile: more middle-of-the-road than high volatility.Dark Waters 3 Power Combo: The Cursed Voyage is worth taking for a spin.
5 Sweet Lions Bonanza.Multiplier wilds and tumbles: a simple recipe for satisfying gameplay, is competently executed here in Jelly Express. While the slot's mechanics feel very familiar, as in it lacks any significant innovation, they are more than satisfying enough and paired with the enjoyable candy coated visuals + fun soundtrack (it's already baked in my brain), the game managed to keep me playing for many (and I mean MANY) thousands of spins.The ante bet, while expensive relative to the game's humble 5,000x max win, does give you guaranteed multiplier on wild hits, so it's more interesting than just a bonus chance boost.The highlight of this game for me was when you are in free spins and the super free spins is rewarded (randomly triggered by gold coins), this can turn around a bad bonus round quite easily. It happens rarely, but it certainly got me excited every time.I found it tough to get big x-wins with standard spins, the 1 in 16,129,065 max win probability also reflects the low probability of big wins in general (I never got 300x+). If you are seeking those, Pragmatic really wants you to pay for the super, regardless, it kept me engaged and I will likely play it more. 7.5/10
This is a pretty good horror themed slot, however I wish they took the horror a step further with additional eeriness (esp. on the win screens); not enough heebie jeebies.Great music in both the base (obvious Silent Hill influence, esp. when the music picks up) and bonus games. The Junji Ito aesthetic is nice, I haven't seen it in a slot before.I got goosebumps when I got lucky and had successive big cascading hits, each capped by a sudden hit number and stunning, bang (I may be missing the vocabulary to describe the kind of noise lol)The hidden epic bonus is uninteresting, perhaps highlighting how the game could benefit from an additional mechanic or different play mode entirely, at least for the epic bonus.Solid slot to sink your teeth into, but with middling at best longevity, as the gameplay isn't quite satisfying enough or have enough depth to take Dark Spiral to true greatness.
Cult is a disappointing slot. A game with multiplier wilds should lend itself to some satisying wins, but this slot doesn't elicit the emotions I would want to experience as a big hit is unfolding, neither when the multi is building up or when the big win screen is presented. The titular topic was handled in a shallow, safe manner.The topic of a money-grubbing cult is actually quite a safe one to tackle, you have to touch on something truly taboo/controversial to gain my respect for this sort of thing, but I doubt a provider as big as Pragmatic can do that (big game companies never do these days).It's cool how during base game hits the animation of the symbols go between the meek, religious version and the egotistic, hedonistic versions. The transition from base game to bonus game is also kind of cool.The slot might sound good on paper, but IMO the final real world result is a merely OK slot game, with maybe an eye-catching aesthetic (to some) that people will stop playing quickly and not return to.
"You WILL play the Big Bass reskins and you WILL be happy" - Reel Kingdom, probably.Just kidding.Base game of this bass game is woefully uneventful, as usual. Bonus game is not much better, feels identical to other Big Bass games even if there's a new upgrade.This game doesn't have a ridiculously long unskippable cutscene like some Big Bass games, so that's nice. It didn't devour my balance as Big Bass games tend to do (guess I got lucky), so that's another plus.Reskins can be good if they are exceptional in their presentation or can sufficiently separate itself from the original to feel like it's own thing -- Big Bass Raceday Repeat fails to do that.
Very cute 8-bit dinosaurs jumping to make your day (and hopefully grow your balance).I really like the big win screens, so much color and joy, brings me back to a simpler time somehow. The overall aesthetic is great.While I'm not sure the gameplay is quite deep or satisfying enough for me to play this endlessly, there's a good chance you will enjoy it for a bit, it feels different to other games and had my attention early (a lot of games don't!) -- I had a good time (though, the dinosaurs kind of printed for me). Seeing the Jumpasaurs jump to reveal a big ass multiplier had my eyes getting big repeatedly.I recommend you jump right in and give this a try if you haven't already.
