I did few longrolling Exotic Cats sessions with min bet.
First of all, well done for MG for offering some now bet sizes for 243 games... (0.15, 0.75....)....
Graphics and sounds are really great and game does remind me of Pretty Kitty. However, it isn't that cruel and sits somewhere between medium and high variance.
Wins are frequent, though not big and all cats pay the same. I thought it's bad, but it has its advantages. Wild reels are activated every 15-20 spins in average.
Free spins are not that frequent (170-200 spins) and it surprises me that MG didn't keep 2 scatters 1x pay. I would say the free spins are weakest point of slot since ithere are no enhacement at all. You just have cat above the reels (in base game they are spying now and there), no multiplier, no fixed reels or single wild expanding to rele, nothing. Also, retrigger is very hard (in nearly 3000 spins managed just once) and it gives only 5 spins extra. Worst are the free spins results, 20x is rare, not to mention anything above. Compare it with JP high variance free spins (tricera and dilophosaurus).
This slot requires patience and thick balance (at least 200x). Wins (over 100x) are far away, my earliest decent win (nearly 400x) was at spin 450 (cca., sadly MG abolished spin count).
Playing 25-50 spins shouldn't hurt you too much, but don't have too high hopes if you are not ready to dig deep.
I saw on YT one hit over 2000x (first 4 reels activated). Here are some my screens:
All bets are 0.15 and all wins are from base game:
115x
349x
365x
592x
Three activated reels come around every 1000 spins...
Also, it is not that easy (even on normal spin) to track how the reels are activated....