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I think BTG filled the gap in the market for HV jinks to initially cater for a niche audience.

Along came Bonanza's success, and their subsequent games have gone into the super-HV cosmos. Maybe they're just doing what they've always set out to do and the little fry (us) expect too much

God that felt dirty typing that
And the total failure from other devolpers to see where the market was going, decide to take a megaways license to recover some, and now the casinolobby is full of ultra high variance games.
 
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And the total failure from other devolpers to see where the market was going, decide to take a megaways license to recover some, and now the casinolobby is full of ultra high variance games.

I wouldn't even say the megaways base games are HV. They're low to medium volatility with a high base game RTP. Hence why on many of them it's nigh on impossible to trigger the bonus. Only the bonuses of these games are high volatility, owing to the way the RTP and maths is constructed.
 
I wouldn't even say the megaways base games are HV. They're low to medium volatility with a high base game RTP. Hence why on many of them it's nigh on impossible to trigger the bonus. Only the bonuses of these games are high volatility, owing to the way the RTP and maths is constructed.
True, but most people play a certain slot for a feature and not for a base game( I think ;) but the introduction of megaways gave the devolpers new options which they didn't take.
 
I mostly like BTG "innovations" but it's a shame that they take away from the game. "Forcing" a gamble on free spins (extra chilli WWTBAM) a shit basegame on white rabbit ( force feature buy) collecting teases which turned out to be quite hard ( Lil Devil ). Don't even start about Book of God's .... A game like Opal Fruits is in my opinion the way to go ;)
 
I mostly like BTG "innovations" but it's a shame that they take away from the game. "Forcing" a gamble on free spins (extra chilli WWTBAM) a shit basegame on white rabbit ( force feature buy) collecting teases which turned out to be quite hard ( Lil Devil ). Don't even start about Book of God's .... A game like Opal Fruits is in my opinion the way to go ;)
Opal Fruits is my go to slot. Best BTG slot in ages but has gone under the radar with most reviewers.
 
It's funny how we're all sold on the idea of Megaways, on the premise that there's a multitude of ways to win, when all anyone really wants Megaways for is the bonus really

I can't be arsed to try and search it on here, however I distinctly recall my first megaways related post being something along the lines of

"117,649 ways to lose more like!"
 
That is terrible gameplay, as yes they all seem to vanish when they are picked.

Its no secret that they use different sets for each symbol, DHV, and many others of this type do it. Its not realistic to think it could or should use the same set for each. Im not saying this is, but very often on these type of games each symbol / set is very similar in value, just different volatility etc.
 
Christ this game today. £820.66 to collect all the hearts at £1 stake.

Paid 8x.

Thank you Nicola (I'm not inserting any £ signs in between the letters of your name on this occasion :p ).
Your post just confirmed my worst fears, had I chosen to continue the chase of futility.
That's "oops my laptop just became a projectile" rage-inducing disgustingly bad. A proper kick in the teeth.

I'm starting to think there is only one way to play this. The old post-cashout leftovers strategy.
Cashout, leave £25 (or x bets) behind, hope to collect a few hearts or trigger a quick feature, rinse and repeat,
then EVENTUALLY get your so-called enhanced feature.

And then, regardless of the result of that enhanced feature, straight to the banned list for all eternity, where hopefully it will rot in hell.

Making it a "starter game" seems to be a very bad idea. And possibly, a ruinously expensive one.
 
Surely if one were to do a quick smash & grab on this there's be little to no incentive to carry on playing. More a question of 'Well you'll be waiting a while for the next big hit, sucka!', given that the base game alone is as stated, rather ruinous :eek2:

I'm guessing the disparity between the haves and have nots is rather large on this particular beaut
 
This game is much worse than DHV and Bonanza put together,in my view. I see people posting winner screenshots(not necessarily on here) when they've had a decent bonus after filling up all the hearts but how much has it cost them to get there? You'd most likely have better returns from a feature buy on it.(Not here in the UK at the moment though.) Not a fan but do play a few 0.40 spins just to see how the base game plays and its often not too bad,but I'd say that the regular bonuses don't really work as well as DHV for me.
 
Thank you Nicola (I'm not inserting any £ signs in between the letters of your name on this occasion :p ).
Your post just confirmed my worst fears, had I chosen to continue the chase of futility.
That's "oops my laptop just became a projectile" rage-inducing disgustingly bad. A proper kick in the teeth.

I'm starting to think there is only one way to play this. The old post-cashout leftovers strategy.
Cashout, leave £25 (or x bets) behind, hope to collect a few hearts or trigger a quick feature, rinse and repeat,
then EVENTUALLY get your so-called enhanced feature.

And then, regardless of the result of that enhanced feature, straight to the banned list for all eternity, where hopefully it will rot in hell.

Making it a "starter game" seems to be a very bad idea. And possibly, a ruinously expensive one.

Adding mine to the list -> 288x stake and got £16. Looks like I got off lightly.
 
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Come on guys all you need to do is become a streamer and play live and use the mythical streamer button for big wins.


It took me around 400xB to get the hearts filled, then another 350x for another one. Inbetween across the two chases I had a grand total of four bonuses which all paid fuckall. The "big bonus" paid 5x and 15x respectively.

.. What a sack of shit.
 
Its no secret that they use different sets for each symbol, DHV, and many others of this type do it. Its not realistic to think it could or should use the same set for each. Im not saying this is, but very often on these type of games each symbol / set is very similar in value, just different volatility etc.

I do have an issue with this to some degree. It may seem to seasoned players, or to be honest, anyone who’s played DHV for more than 2-3 bonuses, obvious that the slot uses a different reel set for the bonus. However it is not made very clear in the help on the slot itself. I’m sure if you dig down to the other help screen wherever that may be it may tell you but it’s not good enough to say it’s pretty obvious.

Not sure why the slot could not be designed a bit differently to avoid this. Why not just have extra wild symbols added to the reels? By having a symbol be selected for you it is only natural to feel a 9 will give a significantly better feature than a skull. Whilst there are benefits to getting a 9 (although bizarrely not the best symbol) it is not as pronounced as it should be. Adding in the changed reel sets just adds to the frustration of what is essentially just an unnecessary gimmick pre-spins. I feel the feature would be just as good without it, perhaps more so. Still DHV has been a huge success so what do I know!
 
I do have an issue with this to some degree. It may seem to seasoned players, or to be honest, anyone who’s played DHV for more than 2-3 bonuses, obvious that the slot uses a different reel set for the bonus. However it is not made very clear in the help on the slot itself. I’m sure if you dig down to the other help screen wherever that may be it may tell you but it’s not good enough to say it’s pretty obvious.

Not sure why the slot could not be designed a bit differently to avoid this. Why not just have extra wild symbols added to the reels? By having a symbol be selected for you it is only natural to feel a 9 will give a significantly better feature than a skull. Whilst there are benefits to getting a 9 (although bizarrely not the best symbol) it is not as pronounced as it should be. Adding in the changed reel sets just adds to the frustration of what is essentially just an unnecessary gimmick pre-spins. I feel the feature would be just as good without it, perhaps more so. Still DHV has been a huge success so what do I know!

They have to replace the reel strips for the bonus, otherwise in gates the RTP would be about 200% unless it chose skulls and bells 99% of the time!

It's done the way it is so that the maths works out.
 
They have to replace the reel strips for the bonus, otherwise in gates the RTP would be about 200% unless it chose skulls and bells 99% of the time!

It's done the way it is so that the maths works out.

That would be about right, 200%, money back for the base game that shafts you relentlessly for a 1000 spins :p

I think it cost me over £100 on 20p stake to collect the 40 hearts, the 'special' bonus was about as enhanced as man utd are under ole gunnar :oops:
 
Reduced bets to .40p a spin, 1000s of spins later still no win bigger than 200x

Truly the worst slot ever made, the best slot ever made for BTG, one big money grabber....disgraceful
 
They have to replace the reel strips for the bonus, otherwise in gates the RTP would be about 200% unless it chose skulls and bells 99% of the time!

It's done the way it is so that the maths works out.

Not quite. All I'm saying is that, rather than picking a symbol which then has a certain weighing imposed, ie. a 9 with something like 10,9,11,10 occurences on reels 2-5 (or whatever it is), it just picks a wild symbol wieghting instead. If it picks the equivilent of a 9 then there are a few more wilds per reel then if it effectively picks a skull. That way you don't suddenly get disappearing symbols and the slot plays pretty much the same. Some features will be better than others. I guess there is some math impact as the way it currently is designed, the chosen symbol is effectively vastly reduced in number between reels 2-5 but nothing that can't easily be tweeked.

The way it is currently designed is to make you think you are gaining a significant advantage when it gives you a number/letter symbol over a premium when there really isn't a huge difference. It even weights the symbols so other symbols are demonstatively better than a 9.

It's not a major gripe to be honest but appears to be one of many design features incorporated into slots these days to do nothing except wind the player up although this one would likley now be way out of my top 10.
 
The problem with that approach for the player is that it makes the game feel terribly rigged and loaded.

Get a bonus with the 9, no 9s. Get a bonus with the Q, no Qs but all the 9s are back, and so on.

It's like they've tried really hard to make a random game feel non-random and unfair.

Using different reels for a bonus round is one thing (and not that unusual), but to have different reel sets for every symbol is something else.


They do use loads of different reel sets for the bonus I believe indeed..
But still 9's and 10's should occur way more in theory than the top paying symbols but I agree with you and said it before..
It is all pre determined, the reels are just eye candy or not most of the times..
 
Gave it one last try last weekend, 4 features at 0.50c before the "enhanced" feature kicked it.
Did cost me around 200 Euro on 0.50c bets to get the 40 hearts.

The 4 features I divided, so 2x the Angel Feature which paid 7x and 21x and the Dynamite Feature which paid 6x and 18x.

The enhanced feature then I picked the Angel Feature and I got the 9 as wild symbol.
First 5 spins!!!! not a single 9, then it landed 1 on each spin leaving me with a whopping 4x for the enhanced feature.

It is a pure vile and rotten slot, has nothing to do with entertainment and a fair chance of winning.
It is a righteous money robbing slot with dire paytable / mechanics and maths.

DHV has given me many good wins, this as a follow up slot is an absolute disgrace.
 

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