Review of the new MG games, November 2007

[AudiManinBoro]

Thanks for your comprehensive review.I look forward to reading it every month.

My take on the new games after a quick run through:

I got the feature 3 times on Gladiators (in Practice Mode). The features paid out approx. 11x, 30x, and 15x bet. I dozed off (I am not joking) during the 3rd feature. I'm sorry, but for me, that game is one for Auto spins, or not at all. With no multiplier, or possible retrigger, there's not a lot to keep my interest.

Snow Honeys is 'cute'.

Curry in a Hurry is ... not for me. Crappy theme, uninspiring graphics.

And I won't touch those wierd 'fruity' bar game/slot thingys with a 10 foot pole. (What's 'AWP' mean anyway?) If I don't understand what's happening and what I need to do when, I don't play.

I think you have pretty much summed up this months collection of releases in oh so few words Mousey. Slow, boring and unimaginative.

[AudiManinBoro]

Normaly im all full of praise for zoozies reviews, but a lot of you are congratulating him this month for his reviews on the latest round of slots and while i have the utmost respect for zoozie and the fact that i usually agree with him much more often than not, this month he is wrong! Just cannot agree with his assesment of these slots, most noticeably Gladiators. you cannot rate this slot as grade `A` in my opinion when so many people think it is poor. This is because it IS poor. Even if i won mega on it which i didnt snd doubt many people will. (not with crapy 4 coin wins and x1 multiplier ) To write a glowing review about it for everyone else when its clear that this slot falls short on so many levels is a little bizzare for me and not what im used to zoozie. You dont normally let personal opinion sway your judgement in these matters.

[Zoozie]

To write a glowing review about it for everyone else when its clear that this slot falls short on so many levels is a little bizzare for me and not what im used to zoozie. You dont normally let personal opinion sway your judgement in these matters.

Thanks for the feedback. I did write in my review that veteran slot players would not like this slot, and maybe I should have made this more clear.

I still think Gladiator is a worthy release. The parameters for this slot it much different from existing slots. 100 free spins is remarkable since they are so relative easy to hit. The graphics are great. I would rather have new slots instead of clones of existing good slots and Gladiator is different. The graphics/sound is perfect and it is good balanced ie. you can also win something in non-feature mode. If you want to have 100 freespins and they are easy to hit, you can not expect the feature to pay a lot just because it is 100 freespins. Payout% has to be near the MG 95% mark.

I also wrote I would only play this slot only when I want some slow relaxing action and now I have the opportunity. I have an analogy. If I was a movie reviewer and I had to review a children movie, I could still give it a good review though I do not prefer children movies. This is the situation here. Some would say is a great movie (children) but if you are not into that you will be bored.

"Gladiator" is a low variance slot which also very predictable but some slot players like that, they do not like playing 1000 spins on Isis with no feature and payout of 30% during the session.

However I think everyone would agree "Curry in a Hurry" is a crappy slot. This is the difference.

[AudiManinBoro]

Thats a fair and honest assesment zoozie and your probably right of course, im probably just a little miffed i had to sit through half an hour of dratted free spins that paid blankety blankety lol I dont think this slot will appeal much as you say to serious slot players.

[Spirit In Black]

great reviews and it's always great to read everyone's feedback. I'm only going to comment on 1 game - Gladiator. WHAT A CRAPPY GAME!!!!

Firstly - it's a 50 line game. That entices people to play more lines. Only thing is, you very rarely win more than you bet....EVER!!!! The win hit rate of the game is really poor....money does not last long on this one.

Secondly - What an insult to the players to have 5 of a kinds paying 50 and 75 credits!!!! Why do they think players will mind getting paid sweet FA for a 5 of a kind, it's so damn hard to get them in the first place!!!! This is common for a lot of Micro slots and is a product of lazy designers they have employed!!!! This is a pet hate of mine as I truely belief you should be rewarded when getting any 5 of a kind, they obviously don't know how to create stuff properly

100 Free Spins - what a joke!!! Takes forever to trigger and then to play out, coupled with the average pay hit rate of the games and poor pays....u get nothing for spending all that money in triggering the thing in the first place.

This game gets a -5 out of 10 from me.

Think up something new Micro, you've recylced themes way too often.

[AudiManinBoro]

i suggest that everybody boycott this gladiator slot and make MG choke on their own greed As spirit said, HOW stupid do they think their players are? In my industry if i treated my customers any where NEAR how Mg treat us I wouldnt have many of them for long

[Zoozie]

Every MG 5-reel slot has 95-95.5% payout. So they are all equals in terms of winning/losing, however the variance if different. For low variance slot it will be hard to win during a long session, but on the other hand loss is more limited compared to a high variance slot, but here you have a greater chance of winning the session. Yet, the EV for both is the same.

Whether I win or lose does not matter for my review. And I know you can not beat the slots, they are one of the worst casino game to play in terms of winnings. So I review the fun factor. And 100 freespins are fun. They have the same EV as 10 freespins with *10 multiplier. But if "Gladiator" had this, then 99% of all freespin feature would suck big time. And the feature would be over too fast.

Slot veterans prefer medium/high variance slot and so do I, but some years ago I had a lot of fun playing "Cabin Fever" and" HO HO HO", but today they are too boring because of the variance. And "Cabin Fever" is still a good and popular slot and it also have a unique feature-triggering mechanic. (later reused by "Harvey's".)

If you are only into the medium/high variance slot, you will not like a low/medium variance slot no matter what review I give them. The only low/medium variance slot I play regulary is "Moonshine", because it is a good theme.

[AudiManinBoro]

I would generally agree with you Zoozie that 100 free spins are fun, but not on this slot. 100 free spins on this slot is more like agony. Free spins are only fun so long as you know there is a chance at least of getting a really nice win. For example 36 free spins on Prime Property or 12 free spins on santa paws where you could get 5 pseudo whales out at a x7 multiplier, or maybe 20 free spins on isis where you `cud` get 5 birds out or even better 5 wilds for collosal money. 100 free spins at x1 on a slot that rarely pays out more than 4p a line and goes so slow even on quick spin you fall asleep is alas not fun. I vote Gladiators as this years worst slot release across any platform on any format

*your always gonna get critics zoozie hehe sorry lol *

[oldtrvlagt]

This is my 2 cents worth..Gladiator is indeed boring but the Snow Honeys actually insults your intelligence...cmon, sleeping bears, cutsey bunnies...sorry but IMHO there was nothing new this month that is worth spending money on.

[Spirit In Black]

This is my 2 cents worth..Gladiator is indeed boring but the Snow Honeys actually insults your intelligence...cmon, sleeping bears, cutsey bunnies...sorry but IMHO there was nothing new this month that is worth spending money on.

Don't get me started on Snow Honeys

I have played all 3 games a fair bit now and the only one I have seen give me a good run is Curry In A Hurry - go figure!?!?!

Sure, Gladiator is a low variance slot - but it takes so long to achieve any result. No multiplier during the free games - come on!!! Why not half the number of free spins and double the multiplier????

I have limited time to play slots, and I will not waste my time playing this - did they create this as a joke!?!?!?!