Mermaids pearls.... Wow... What in the literal hell? (US Players)

[Savatage79]

I have no words... I literally have not a word at all to describe the absolute crime that this game is.

Play it.. Let me know. I mean unless I'm simply that unlucky but I in a 40 dollar deposit I think i won 2 bucks.

Worst game I can recall, absolutely horrendous

 

[Kroffe]

If other people wanna have a go (i got curious) you can try it here.
Assuming this is the slot you were talking about, there were quite a few mermaid slots. =)

slotcatalog.com/en/slots/Mermaids-Pearls-RTG#play-demo

 

[thr0b]

Just played it in free mode. Got both bonuses, but it cost me around $100 to do so. Win was 50x.

It's not awful, but it's dull as anything. It reminds me of some of the terrible Greentube games PlayOjo use for their races.

 

[Savatage79]

Just played it in free mode. Got both bonuses, but it cost me around $100 to do so. Win was 50x.

It's not awful, but it's dull as anything. It reminds me of some of the terrible Greentube games PlayOjo use for their races.

Well what I didn't get was I was collecting I guess pearls .. And I mean there were times I had almost the entire screen filed with them and virtually nothing happened. I got some random pearl pick feature and I thought ok cool... 4 pearls to pick from, I chose and got a buck while the highest pearl was 6.00

Then I actually got 600 pearls with my last spin of 40 bucks, kick off the feature and I have no clue what it was doing... But 10 free games yielded like 1.20

All through the 40 bucks at 60 cent spins I was hitting for 10 and 20 cents. Then to boot the awful graphics and what looks to be like a 13 year old mermaid girl that pops out if that all wasn't bad enough

Terrible .. Absolutely terrible.. Whoever okd this game needs demoted wherever they are

 

[zreb]

There's not much potential in the base game - perhaps that's an understatement. Max 5 of a kind pays 10x bet, minimum pays .25x. While you can hit those multiple times with the 3125 ways, the symbols aren't in big clumps, so you're just not going to hit anything impressive. And most of the time the pearls will block off the win lines anyway.

So the only way to get ahead in the game is to hit almost a full screen of pearls - pretty much need 22-25 which pays 50x-125x (with a multiplier in the feature). That means that all you're doing playing this slot is waiting for the 600 pearl feature and hoping to hit something there, since you're very unlikely to win anything anywhere else in the game. So yeah basically the entire point of the game is waiting for that feature (takes around 80 spins) and hoping it does something useful, and if you don't win in the feature, you're going to lose overall.

I did find it a bit funny that they pretty much just hired a model to take a few pictures as the slot's graphics. It doesn't exactly mesh smoothly with the slot, but if the other option were some low quality, uncanny valley type 3d graphics I can't say I mind by comparison. I think they literally just took a few green screen shots of the girl and pasted it over the background - like they didn't even try to place her on some background scenery. You could literally probably pay someone to do that for $5 in 15 minutes on one of those online random job sites.

Overall this slot definitely feels like a lazy effort graphically and the gameplay is pretty boring - plus it's RTG which i've pretty much found about unwinnable everywhere. So unless you're a big fan of accumulator features, would say it's a pass.

Edit: Also the multiplier in the free spin seems to apply to the last spin you saw rather than the current spin you're seeing, kind of sloppy/confusing.

Edit2: Imagine hitting any market with this slot other than America where there's almost no competition, this would look like a joke. It's odd because RTG does have at least a few decent slots they've made recently, even if the casinos all run them at bad rtp's, but then they turn out something like this.

 

[Kroffe]

I did find it a bit funny that they pretty much just hired a model to take a few pictures as the slot's graphics. It doesn't exactly mesh smoothly with the slot, but if the other option were some low quality, uncanny valley type 3d graphics I can't say I mind by comparison. I think they literally just took a few green screen shots of the girl and pasted it over the background - like they didn't even try to place her on some background scenery. You could literally probably pay someone to do that for $5 in 15 minutes on one of those online random job sites.

Yeah i got a bit suprised when she showed up in the bottom left. Really cute tho.

 

[Savatage79]

The game is just downright terrible. All of their recent games are such trash. What happened to nova 7 types, bubble bubble, paydirt, on and on... Games that look good, are simple and fun.

This game blew my mind... I can't get over how absolute garbage it is. Those stupid pearls are so fn stupid. Just awful, I'll never touch this pos again

 

[Retired IncomeNetwork Rep]

View attachment 109658Yeah i got a bit suprised when she showed up in the bottom left. Really cute tho.

The model is a Web Personality called Sprite who is MASSIVE in Taiwan. She has been signed up by RTG, mainly to promote on the RTG Asia side of things and will be at some RTG Asia events. For due diligence I did some research into her Instagram profile. Interesting results!

 

[Kroffe]

The model is a Web Personality called Sprite who is MASSIVE in Taiwan. She has been signed up by RTG, mainly to promote on the RTG Asia side of things and will be at some RTG Asia events. For due diligence I did some research into her Instagram profile. Interesting results!

Had to check for myself, just to make sure it was interesting.
She sure does not like clothes for some reason. =)

 

[FAZI1]

Maybe problem is not only in game - Maybe main problem is you play currently in some RTG casino which use Lowest RTP% model? Im read im web new game shoud be relased with set ups under medium RTP% by RTG? so soon most rtg brands switch rtp% for this game under Lowest % return to player model same like in rest slots.
By the way which rtg casino offered legit at lest medium % rtp model for their slots?

 

[Savatage79]

Maybe problem is not only in game - Maybe main problem is you play currently in some RTG casino which use Lowest RTP% model? Im read im web new game shoud be relased with set ups under medium RTP% by RTG? so soon most rtg brands switch rtp% for this game under Lowest % return to player model same like in rest slots.
By the way which rtg casino offered legit at lest medium % rtp model for their slots?

I have to disagree, I've hit more at slotocash than any other place... Probably cashed 40k last year and this year while slower Im up over 10k or so cash outs with a 3k check waiting at home today as well.

It's the game, it's just not even fun... Despite wins its just a sucky game.

 

[dreamguardian1]

I wish I had never even played it. The games coming out are a complete joke, a sink of money into the casino and not the player. I got pearls all the way across on a $2.00 bet and got $2.00 back im about done with casinomax completely and ready to close account permanently unless something changes with them. Then after putting in nearly $70.00 into the stupid game got the shipwreck and got $7.88 I hate to use the word hate but im there.

The reality of that game is that the pearls block actually possible good payouts so you get a lower win. Ya im not stupid on the concept of what the game actually does.... Instead of getting full lines across you get a lot of pearls that block potential high wins.

 

[Savatage79]

I wish I had never even played it. The games coming out are a complete joke, a sink of money into the casino and not the player. I got pearls all the way across on a $2.00 bet and got $2.00 back im about done with casinomax completely and ready to close account permanently unless something changes with them. Then after putting in nearly $70.00 into the stupid game got the shipwreck and got $7.88 I hate to use the word hate but im there.

The reality of that game is that the pearls block actually possible good payouts so you get a lower win. Ya im not stupid on the concept of what the game actually does.... Instead of getting full lines across you get a lot of pearls that block potential high wins.

It's atrocious, I can't even understand how it's a game. I kept waitin for something to happen and nothing. It actually makes me mad that casinos will even put this game out to play, total piece of shit game

 

[zreb]

I wish I had never even played it. The games coming out are a complete joke, a sink of money into the casino and not the player. I got pearls all the way across on a $2.00 bet and got $2.00 back im about done with casinomax completely and ready to close account permanently unless something changes with them. Then after putting in nearly $70.00 into the stupid game got the shipwreck and got $7.88 I hate to use the word hate but im there.

The reality of that game is that the pearls block actually possible good payouts so you get a lower win. Ya im not stupid on the concept of what the game actually does.... Instead of getting full lines across you get a lot of pearls that block potential high wins.

You have to play it until you get to 600 pearls or you're pretty much throwing away money - which is why I'm not really a fan of accumulator type games. You're locked into still playing, and if you lose all your money before reaching the feature or whatever you might just be out of luck.

The pearls also pay as scatter and not winlines so like I said above you need over 20 of them in a single spin or they don't really pay much.

Edit: Also bear in mind if you change your bet partway it will likely round down your feature values. That might not sound like much, but hypothetically if you switched from a 40 cent bet to a 20 cent bet, my understanding is you'll get the feature as if all your bets were only 20 cents (rounded down to 1c per line). It sounds like the ship feature may use the whole bet rounding instead of the bet per line so not a big deal there, but don't know about the more important free spin feature.

 

[pokerdan]

I have no words... I literally have not a word at all to describe the absolute crime that this game is.

Play it.. Let me know. I mean unless I'm simply that unlucky but I in a 40 dollar deposit I think i won 2 bucks.

Worst game I can recall, absolutely horrendous

It’s reLly dumb lol. The first bonus is a complete waste. You need a full screen of pearls on second bonus to make money. The base game doesn’t pay anything because of all the pearls. I wont play it ever again.

 

[pokerdan]

Maybe problem is not only in game - Maybe main problem is you play currently in some RTG casino which use Lowest RTP% model? Im read im web new game shoud be relased with set ups under medium RTP% by RTG? so soon most rtg brands switch rtp% for this game under Lowest % return to player model same like in rest slots.
By the way which rtg casino offered legit at lest medium % rtp model for their slots?

I win on RTG all the time. Way more than anywhere else.

 

[zreb]

Edit: Also bear in mind if you change your bet partway it will likely round down your feature values. That might not sound like much, but hypothetically if you switched from a 40 cent bet to a 20 cent bet, my understanding is you'll get the feature as if all your bets were only 20 cents (rounded down to 1c per line). It sounds like the ship feature may use the whole bet rounding instead of the bet per line so not a big deal there, but don't know about the more important free spin feature.

Decided to test it and I was half wrong about this - the in game display for the free spins will round down your line bet, but the final seems to just round the total. For example, the game may show a win of 10c during the spins, but it will be counted as 19c once everything is tallied.

 

[Savatage79]

It’s reLly dumb lol. The first bonus is a complete waste. You need a full screen of pearls on second bonus to make money. The base game doesn’t pay anything because of all the pearls. I wont play it ever again.

Same, probably the worst slot I have ever played in my life. It needs abolished from casinos. I hope it makes them no money, I hope more people play it and say what a pos

For me all I need is even a few low 1-10.00 hits here and there throughout a session. Because it helps sustain some gameplay and gives you a small taste. Like I said from 40 or 50 bucks I think in totality I had won 3 or 4 dollars total... That is a crime

 

[zreb]

Same, probably the worst slot I have ever played in my life. It needs abolished from casinos. I hope it makes them no money, I hope more people play it and say what a pos

For me all I need is even a few low 1-10.00 hits here and there throughout a session. Because it helps sustain some gameplay and gives you a small taste. Like I said from 40 or 50 bucks I think in totality I had won 3 or 4 dollars total... That is a crime

Well the weird thing is it's a medium variance game, so you would think there would be some sustaining hits in there or that the "big" hits wouldn't be that rare (since the "big" hits would be like 50-200x). I only played it on play money for 500-1000 spins but it was a consistent loss without any significant hits - can't really remember any over 20x. It's possible that everyone in this thread is collectively unlucky, but I also wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility for RTG to screw up either the game math or implementation somehow.

 

[Savatage79]

Nova 7s is what I compare all my games too.. In 3 weeks now I've cashed 1800, 3000 and just hit 5 minutes ago for 3500...it's a game that is actually fun.. But it's why crap like this game stand out even more

 

[dreamguardian1]

You have to play it until you get to 600 pearls or you're pretty much throwing away money - which is why I'm not really a fan of accumulator type games. You're locked into still playing, and if you lose all your money before reaching the feature or whatever you might just be out of luck.

The pearls also pay as scatter and not winlines so like I said above you need over 20 of them in a single spin or they don't really pay much.

Edit: Also bear in mind if you change your bet partway it will likely round down your feature values. That might not sound like much, but hypothetically if you switched from a 40 cent bet to a 20 cent bet, my understanding is you'll get the feature as if all your bets were only 20 cents (rounded down to 1c per line). It sounds like the ship feature may use the whole bet rounding instead of the bet per line so not a big deal there, but don't know about the more important free spin feature.

NOPE I hit 600 pearls got ten spins and ZERO at Casinomax im ready to close my account with them permanently.

 

[dreamguardian1]

In fact I have hit it TWICE and gotten nada so that theory is out the window. This game is a huge casino joke like most of their new games. What they are managing to do though is to get me to NOT play at them and only play at Rival. Its their loss actually because I am a good honest player who just like to play but im not going to keep depositing and getting 10 minutes of play and constant losses. This morning I totally uninstalled Casinomax from my computer and sent them an email requesting info on how to close my account with them permanently.

 

[zreb]

Well, let me rephrase it then. If you aren't going to play until you hit 600 pearls, you shouldn't play the game at all. Obviously I can't guarantee the feature will pay anything, or have any knowledge of what the game's RTP is, or if it's functioning as it's supposed to, but the whole game is built around accumulating pearls for that feature.

As I've said above, that's why I usually avoid accumulator slots. You're either stuck playing the game until you hit the feature or you have to throw away what I built up.

If you have so little trust for the software provider that you feel like their games are just raking in your money hand over fist without any chance of paying out, you should probably not play their games. Personally, I do think the odds on RTG games are generally pretty terrible. They give you 200% bonuses but the games are incredibly difficult to actual win on, then if you do somehow win you might have your bonus eligibility restricted or other issues because apparently it's not supposed to actually be possible for a player to win.

I probably paid 7 or so RTG casinos total in the last year or so - of those, 4 of those I never won anything on. One I won and made me waste 6 months of time and effort to get paid (inetbet). Another I won a single time, had my eligibility for the larger bonuses removed (without word, the codes just don't work), ended up losing all those winnings back and more, and despite being down net still can't use the bigger bonuses (casino extreme - probably never going to play their again anyway, they have their games set to eat money.) The last one and only RTG casino I've come out ahead at is fairgo, hit a random jackpot there and they restricted my bonuses right after - don't play there much either now.

So as I said, it seems like RTG casinos really are not set up for players to have much chance to win, and they freak out if you actually do - even if you would have ultimately given that money back if they treated you better. It's unfortunate but Rival really probably is the best major provider available to US players, but there are only a few decent casinos with their games. There might be a couple other decent ones like endorphina but not many casinos offer them.

 

[Savatage79]

I can't complain about rtg in general, I've made some serious cash in the last few years. So to me it's not rtg, it's just this game... And of that's a thing, accumulator slots then yea that's totally not for me. That is the shittiest type of slot I could even fathom because you get next to nothing until 600 pearls and then even then get nothing for the bonus round, just terrible

 

[nisosbar]

Agreed. I really dislike this slot. As with the Orcs vs. Elves or the Pirates slots, both of which were released before they were ready for primetime, I will never play this slot, for the same reasons others have said. Just so boring.

On the question of RTG's appeal in general, I do like the Sloto/Extreme/Brango casinos. Very little drama, most of the time - what you see is what you get.

 

[dreamguardian1]

Which this thread brings up a general huge issue for US players we have complained about for years which is the quality and quantity of slots available for us in the US to play. We seem to get the same type of slots. I keep seeing posts in the other threads from other casinos we cannot play at and im like CRAP that's a nice slot, I would play it just for the graphics and videos win or lose.... But lately what we are getting is just UGGGGGGG.

 

[KasinoKing]

NOPE I hit 600 pearls got ten spins and ZERO at Casinomax im ready to close my account with them permanently.

I can totally understand your frustration - but it's not Casino Max's fault that you didn't win anything.

However, I hope that you and others speaking out & letting them know will eventually get fed back to RTG that players are sick of some of the garbage games they have released over the last year or so

Have you tried Cubee? That game makes Mermaid's Pearls seem awesome!

KK

 

[dreamguardian1]

I can totally understand your frustration - but it's not Casino Max's fault that you didn't win anything.

However, I hope that you and others speaking out & letting them know will eventually get fed back to RTG that players are sick of some of the garbage games they have released over the last year or so

Have you tried Cubee? That game makes Mermaid's Pearls seem awesome!

KK

Hey kk,

This was posted a few weeks back but ya lately their games have been really bad and I have let Karolna know. NOTE, this has nothing to do with their older games its all of their newest ones that are huge problems and I do mean all of the newest ones. SO im avoiding the newest games until such time as they either fix the issue or remove them. While its not Casinomax fault, they are hosting the games on their site.....Its like Trump saying "Not my fault" COUGH...

 

[neomatrix]

One of the worst RTG games I’ve ever played. The bonus feature is laughable and the way to get the bonus feature is even worse. I would highly suggest you skip over this terrible slot and never look back

 

[Kroffe]

One of the worst RTG games I’ve ever played. The bonus feature is laughable and the way to get the bonus feature is even worse. I would highly suggest you skip over this terrible slot and never look back

 

[dreamguardian1]

Ya imo only that game is a huge scam. I avoid it totally. I hit the max pearls twice and got ZERO.