Review of the new MG games (June)

[KasinoKing]

Instant update; WARNING!

Upped my bets to a huge 40c/spin and it totally sucked!
Lost ALL of that above win in a matter of minutes (154 spins of sweet F.A.)

This slot (like most 20+ liners) is a total money eater unless you hit a lot of bonus features!

OK - now I'm going off to beat myself up for being such a TWAT!

[venetian]

I have only tried Mad Hatter in play mode so far but I do like it. The thing I do not enjoy is that GRATING sound as the reels spin. If you take it off all the other nice sounds go as well. Darn...I just do not know if I can take too much of that noise, well winning does have a way of easing the pain. Off to try with real $$.

[Zoozie]

Great post!

I don't suppose you've plotted out the reels yet to see if one of these 3 symbols appears more frequently on the first 2 reels so we know which is best to pick...?
Any volunteers?

UPS!!! My previous answer was WRONG! It does matter if one of the Mad Hatter symbols occour more often on reels other than reel 3.

So far I have only seen that they each occour same number of times on reel 3 (one time each), but I have not checked other reels.

But pick the Mad Hatter to the right (yellow one, I think), he has the lowest paytable is therefore will occour more often if any.

I will check the reels later and return with a final answer.

Zoozie

[Zoozie]

I spent some time trying to solve the problem about which Mad Hatter to pick as Wild during the free spins. However no need to read on, since I have not solved it.

All Mad Hatters appears twice on reel 3 opposed to just 1 time as I wrote before, but this changes nothing in my argument. However I saw the following.
The symbols on reel 3 comes in the order AxWyB, where W=wild, A=Mad Hatter1, B= Mad Hatter 2, x and y are just non-important symbols. Now this is interesting...
Because if you pick Mad Hatter A as wild and reel 3 comes: AxW you actually have two wild symbols, so picking A as wild is actually wasted on this spin even though you hit it on reel 3, since the wild allready expands the reel so all 3 symbols become wild.
It is similar if you pick B and reel 3 comes WyB. (this only happens 1/6 of the times your Wild Mad Hatter A or B occours on reel 3 in freespin). This is actually the two Mad Hatters with lowest paytable.

So the situation is definately not symmetric. I have hit 5 Mad Hatters twice (not during free spins) and there where both the low pay Mad Hatter (yellow one sitting, to the right in the picking game). Since this also have lower paytable this strongly suggest he is easier to hit, which means he might occour more often on other reels than the other Mad Hatters. ( I have not checked this).

So if you want to go for the big win (5 wilds) during the free spins I suggest you pick the Mad Hatter to the right. But to say which one has the highest EV seems impossible without knowing the reels and running a full analysis of the combinations, but this will take way too many hours. And it is more fun if it is unknown and surrounded by mystery, but I always pick the low paytable one though


Zoozie

[PeggyTez]

I did really, really well with Starscape at 7 Sultan's the other night. Deposited $50, cashed out nearly $2,000. Most of it was on Starscape. I hit the bonus round and got the $125 x 3 a few times.

[PackerBacker]

I hit all 5 bonus bunnies on the Mad Hatter last night. That in itself won $900 on a $3.00 bet. Then I got 50(!) free spins and won another $600. SWEEEEET!

[Simmo!]

I hit all 5 bonus bunnies on the Mad Hatter last night. That in itself won $900 on a $3.00 bet. Then I got 50(!) free spins and won another $600. SWEEEEET!

I got 4 bunnies and 25 spins the other day. Cant say i love this game but it's "ok". Tell me, does the # of free spins vary or are they based on the number of bunnies: 10 for 3, 25 for 4, 50 for 5?

[Zoozie]

"ok". Tell me, does the # of free spins vary or are they based on the number of bunnies: 10 for 3, 25 for 4, 50 for 5?

Read my review, but you got it right
I have hit 4 rabbits a few times also.

After 1 week I have played this slot a few more times. I really do like it, but the bird-cookoo's are really a nusiance. Even if you hit 3 or more you have to wait forever before you can pick one, and it is not exciting at all since you will win from 2 to 15 times bet size. This slows the game down.

Also all the small wins from hitting 2 low pay table are not my style, which is why I adore Isis. (since all these low win take up a bit part of the paytable, which could be used to increase the big pay or more #free-spins).
Still it is the best slot since Isis and Moonshine.

Zoozie