Triple Hop Pots

Triple Hop Pots: Slot Overview

Playing Asian-inspired slots for a while means players will likely run into a certain set of animals, including frogs, since, in Chinese culture, for example, frogs symbolise wealth, prosperity, and good fortune. There are other meanings in other cultures, but since we're reviewing a slot here, anything to do with fortune seems like an appropriate fit. In this game, Triple Hop Pots, designed by prodigious Asian slot devotees Pragmatic Play under its POP sub-brand, three frogs populate the screen, and as you might have guessed, they are each linked to a pot modifier, though this time, all three essentially do the same thing.

On the visual side of things, Triple Hop Pots is mobile-friendly, or maybe better put, non-mobile-unfriendly. When viewed on a laptop, for example, the reels take up a minuscule part of the screen as if it just wasn't meant to be played on larger devices. You do get a rather lovely view of water flowing over rocks, East Asian buildings, and a sun casting a romantic light over the whole scene for your viewing pleasure on the larger screen, though. It's all very enchanting to look at, or an annoying waste of space. When played on a smaller screen or window, the grid takes up most of the view, with a bit of scenery squished above and below it, which is less atmospheric, but more concentrated on the job at hand.

Triple Hop Pots' 3x3 grid is governed by a low volatile math model and is combined with 5 paylines for evaluating winning combinations. The default RTP is quite high at 96.5%, though lower models have also been designed, and the one way to play the game is by staking $/€0.10 to $/€250 per spin.

Six pay symbols are present on the reels. They are green, red, and blue gems, lotus flowers, golden fish, and pearls. Landing winning combinations of these symbols pays 0.5x to 10x the stake. Wilds do not appear in Triple Hop Pots.

Triple Hop Pots: Slot Features

Green, Red, and Purple scatters may land on reels 1, 2, and 3, respectively. When they hit, they get collected by the frogs at the top of the reels. At random, when 1, 2, or 3 scatters hit, the free spins round can be triggered with 1, 2, or 3 modifiers active depending on the scatter(s) that triggered the feature. The round begins with 6 free spins and introduces Money symbols, which come with values of 0.5x to 500x the bet.

• Green Modifier - A multiplier x2 is added to reels 1 and 2.
• Red Modifier - Multipliers of x3, x6, and x3 are added to reels 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
• Purple Modifier - A multiplier of x2 is added to reels 2 and 3.

Multipliers from each modifier are added to reels in addition to any multiplier already on those reels. The multipliers apply to the value of all Money symbols that land on those reels. The values of all landed Money symbols are collected and paid after any applicable multiplier has been applied. Scatters may hit during free spins, and randomly trigger more modifiers which activate multipliers on the respective reels. Each time one or more modifiers are triggered, 3 extra free spins are awarded.

Triple Hop Pots: Slot Verdict

The Pragmatic Play POP sub-brand evolved from the studio's Fat Panda brand to craft slots 'with casual and beginner players in mind.' The series has been set up with uncomplicated mechanics and a softer graphical approach in mind - check Gates of Olympus POP for an example of this visual effect. Triple Hop Pots has a more unique identity, in that it isn't ported directly from a bigger original, but at the same time, it does not boast highly unique gameplay. Gamblers acquainted with the studio's work will draw parallels with Triple Pot Gold, for example, even if the theme here possesses a lighter, friendlier tone.

Like Triple Pot Gold, this one is a Money symbol collect game, though collecting coins only happens in the bonus round, which means the main game is a little bland. And there are no ante bets or feature bets, so the action may drag while waiting for the bonus round to come around. When it does, the three modifiers mirror those found in Triple Pot Gold, adding multipliers to the grid, and that's it. Nothing complex, nothing likely to tangle the grey matter up, ideal for the casual or the beginner gamblers that Pragmatic Play has in mind. Winning potential is fairly impressive for a game of this stature, maxing out at 5,000x the bet, which will likely require a mighty stack of multis blasting high-value Money symbols if it is ever going to occur.

Triple Hop Pots has a role to play, as it carves out a pleasant, uncomplicated niche for casual spinners who prefer straightforward mechanics over overwhelming bonus complexity. Still, that doesn't stop Triple Hop Pots from being quite a repetitive, underwhelming game in the greater scheme of things. You can see how it may be custom-made for certain gamblers, yet it's also not hard to see how even they could tire of it quite quickly and move on to the next small thing.