Overdose

Overdose: Slot Overview

Ah, the age-old question, what to do after making a risqué release titled Big Black Cock that overflows with sexual innuendos - ease back on the dick jokes in something squeaky clean or double down and go full taboo breaking? It's a dilemma faced by software provider Wicked Games, which followed up its controversial chicken slot with mediocre leprechaun and dragon games and now a new candy slot that also happens to be somewhat chicken-related. This one is called Overdose, and it's a sort of Easter gone wrong scenario, which examines the tight rope between enjoying sweets in moderation and developing a full-blown addiction to chocolatey goodness, while delivering some money symbol collecting along the way.

Overdose is a sweet-themed slot, but one which is darker than they usually are, which you would assume was the case with a name like that. It's not a game to titillate like BBC did, but visually, it provides altered graphical candy for gamblers to lay their eyes on. The game tells of a bunny who got hooked on chocolate eggs and is bouncing between a doctor trying to get him to stop and a pusher trying to get him to buy more. This is not a classic Easter tale or regular candy slot, in other words, and Overdose is evidence of a studio striving to find a unique voice and express itself in a way that helps it stand out from the herd.

Played on a 5x4 matrix, Overdose has 20 paylines for winning combinations to land along, left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. Behind the skin, Wicked Games had designed a highly volatile math model to govern the action, producing an RTP of 96.07% when players are gambling $/€0.10 to $/€200 per spin.

Overdose has 10 to A card ranks as its low pays, then a potion bottle, lines of candy, plus two character symbols, the doctor and the dealer, as its high pays. Hitting 5 matching premium symbols in a win is worth a payout of 25x to 100x the bet. The Bunny symbols act as wilds, so they can replace any regular paying symbol.

Overdose: Slot Features

At its heart, Overdose is a money symbol collection game. Chocolate Egg money symbols can be collected in the base game and in a free spins round, which is able to land special collector symbols. As well as these are ante bets and a feature buy.

Chocolate Egg & Bunny Collect

Chocolate Eggs land with a random prize value of 1x to 1,000x the bet. They also award winning lines. When Bunny Wilds land, each one collects all Chocolate Egg values in view.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters triggers 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. In free spins, there are more Chocolate Eggs, and different Bunny Wild symbols may land. One is the Split Bunny Wild, which activates one of its two sides for that spin, transforming into either a Multiplier Bunny Wild or a Spiral Bunny Wild. Multiplier Bunny Wilds boost Chocolate Egg collection and line wins by up to x50, while the Spiral Bunny triggers cascades that can build a multiplier of up to x50 with each win.

Ante Bets and Feature Buys

The Double Chance ante bet increases the stake by a displayed amount to provide double the chance of triggering free spins. The Guaranteed Wild ante bet guarantees a moving Bunny Wild on each spin that collects all Chocolate Eggs in the field. For 80x the stake, players are able to buy free spins triggered by 3 or more scatters.

Overdose: Slot Verdict

In Overdose, Wicked Games continues to carve out an identity, and although this isn't as deliberately provocative as Big Black Cock, it still carries a darker, slightly edgy tone that sets it apart from more typical candy-themed games. Overdosing is a topic which you just don't see touched on every day in a slot. And while Wicked Games has used humour to cushion the blow, if bright, sweet-filled landscapes lit by soft pastel lightning coated in icing sugar is what you're after, then Overdose might not be the cheerful option to fit the bill, as it comes with a certain background weight that isn't usually present in a candy slot.

As mentioned, it's done in a humorous way, though, which might suit gamblers who prefer a bit of gritty edge when taking a punt. Mechanically, Overdose is in some ways more conventional than its theme. It's built around collecting money symbols, which is a common gaming style, though Wicked Games has experimented with various collection symbols to add variety and spice up the experience. You won't see the variety till free spins are active, however, so players will have to make do with a regular collection process in the base game. Still, since egg values can hit up to 1,000x, there is room for entertainment in both phases of play. A lot of room, since the max win, theoretically at least, is 50,000x the bet. So, should gamblers manage to get really lucky with up to x1,000 Eggs and up to x50 multipliers in free spins, who knows what might happen.

It feels like Wicked Games eased back a gear or two when designing Overdose, though not every slot can deliver a gut punch like Big Black Cock. Kudos to the studio for not going down the cookie-cutter bright, bubbly sweet slot route, and while money symbol collection games are rife, not many boast this level of potential, which should catch the eye of big win hunters, and the collector symbol variety in free spins adds a unique twist.