New Slot Announcement Monopoly Megaways from Big Time Gaming!

[geordiecolin]

But I did get this a little earlier. I don't see it as much different to most other megaways slots. If your lucky you can hit big early and without filling up the board

 

[thr0b]

But I did get this a little earlier. I don't see it as much different to most other megaways slots. If your lucky you can hit big early and without filling up the board

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As I say, it’s trick is making you think there is more to it than Bonanza. You’re still chasing the bonus, but Monopoly allows you to think you’re nearly there.

 

[geordiecolin]

As I say, it’s trick is making you think there is more to it than Bonanza. You’re still chasing the bonus, but Monopoly allows you to think you’re nearly there.

But they all have that eliment in one guise or another.
I guess it is all down to how the mechanics get to achieve their rtp?
How many people will try a game like DOA and leave it never to return again? How many people are aware of volitility?
Surely there is room for those who know their stuff to take advantage of these peoples ignorance when a slot is first released?

It is so easy to dismiss slots over just a few 100 spins. Especially if your review is based on a cold few 100 spins and its so obvious that you have not taken the time to get a feel for what you are about to review live.
It happens so often and I find it so lazy

 

[Siohmy]

But they all have that eliment in one guise or another.

There is a world of difference between presenting a bonus triggered by getting a clearly quite difficult GOLD in Bonanza and having properties galore all within a house or two of triggering a bonus but in reality potentially still being hundreds of spins from triggering.

I think it’s almost a case of defend the indefensible when it comes to Monopoly Megaways design.

 

[steveh35]

The indefensible is the number of properties that do nothing on the game, when all the extras are collected they are zero payers as well, it could have been so much better thought out.

I mean why did they not have a jail game the jail symbols are useless, free parking could have been a free spin etc very badly thought out.

You also could have had the option to collect Megaways cards and used them when you wanted as a strategy

 

[thr0b]

The indefensible is the number of properties that do nothing on the game, when all the extras are collected they are zero payers as well, it could have been so much better thought out.

I mean why did they not have a jail game the jail symbols are useless, free parking could have been a free spin etc very badly thought out.

You also could have had the option to collect Megaways cards and used them when you wanted as a strategy

BTG don’t really do sub-games.

Plus - they’ve paid for the licence, best hold some ideas back for the sequel.

 

[geordiecolin]

There is a world of difference between presenting a bonus triggered by getting a clearly quite difficult GOLD in Bonanza and having properties galore all within a house or two of triggering a bonus but in reality potentially still being hundreds of spins from triggering.

I think it’s almost a case of defend the indefensible when it comes to Monopoly Megaways design.

I am not suggesting that it is a perfect slot in its mechanics. I too found it very frustrating when I have houses all over the shop only to get next to nothing from the bonus. But the rtp means that someone will hit big just like the DOA type slots

 

[Greigssy]

I gave this slot one deposit when released, l had a couple of stations, a few properties added and had no bonus. I lost £20 at 0.20 very quickly and vowed never to come back

Today I stupidly did come back and this time lost £40 at 0.20 again no bonus trigger.
Does this slot actually do anything constructive in the base game, 2xbet wins followed by 4 dead spins constantly.

I've collected the utilities/stations but I only added two extra properties, anytime I had 3 cascades it landed on a the many useless squares and I never had anymore than 3 cascades in a few hundred spins which is awful itself. (Inventory is below)

Now I'm in a position where I've lost/invested £60 into this piece of shit without a bonus.
So later on I'll give it another £40 at 0.20 and see what happens, fairly certain I'm not going to recover anywhere near the 300x bet I've lost and anything else that it's going to cost me but I want to find out so I can moan like fuck even more or you never know I might actually be surprised.
(IP address, casino and account available to BTG rep if he wants to set me up on the streamer/affiliate version)

 

[Kroffe]

I gave this slot one deposit when released, l had a couple of stations, a few properties added and had no bonus. I lost £20 at 0.20 very quickly and vowed never to come back

Today I stupidly did come back and this time lost £40 at 0.20 again no bonus trigger.
Does this slot actually do anything constructive in the base game, 2xbet wins followed by 4 dead spins constantly.

I've collected the utilities/stations but I only added two extra properties, anytime I had 3 cascades it landed on a the many useless squares and I never had anymore than 3 cascades in a few hundred spins which is awful itself. (Inventory is below)

Now I'm in a position where I've lost/invested £60 into this piece of shit without a bonus.
So later on I'll give it another £40 at 0.20 and see what happens, fairly certain I'm not going to recover anywhere near the 300x bet I've lost and anything else that it's going to cost me but I want to find out so I can moan like fuck even more or you never know I might actually be surprised.
(IP address, casino and account available to BTG rep if he wants to set me up on the streamer/affiliate version)



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A 90ish spin trigger should be able to pay back that 300x.


This was my wonderful 29-spin trigger, wich almost gave me back the money it cost to build up.
Yes, im still salty about it.

 

[Greigssy]

Well I got a bonus after losing another £15 and it returned 110x, £75 it cost and paid £22 back and it never landed on a lot of properties.

I kept going because the base game wasn't playing that bad and I triggered the bonus again with a £9.80 initial base game win.
Total winnings £17.80 initial base game hit £9.80 so the bonus of 21 spins paid £8(40x) and used a lot of my collected board.

I kept going and landed this, for a hardly any properties, no stations and the minimum amount of spins.
The collection process is a gimmick it seems just to keep you invested.

 

[Flyingslotsman]

I'll be passing on this slot, what an absolute dire game, so infuriating. The cascades are rarely more than one or two and if you're lucky to hit the three or four you'll end up landing on just visiting or some other insignificant board. 20 spins with 17x multiplier returning very much nothing. A lot more was invested to get there

 

[ChopleyIOM]

It's one of the worst slots I've ever played, when I made the video review of it for my channel I actually had to start drinking to get through it.

In the end I got three features in three hours of play (which is truly shocking), and felt like jumping off a cliff.

 

[Flyingslotsman]

It's one of the worst slots I've ever played, when I made the video review of it for my channel I actually had to start drinking to get through it.

In the end I got three features in three hours of play (which is truly shocking), and felt like jumping off a cliff.

Yeah it's pretty bad, it's a shame, it looked like it had so much potential, won't be for me though

 

[pinnit2014]

Horrible gimmicky slot that gets worse with each go. Is it high variance, super high? Who knows, it just sucks.

Rather than Gamstop the UKGC should restrict folks game play to this slot. Should be enough to neuter the desire to deposit.

 

[mack341]

I had to laugh at some of the headline quotes btg has used on their website from the various reviews out there

"Monopoly Megaways stands head and shoulders over most other Monopoly titles available on the market"

[ well that could be true as most monopoly games are also garbage ]

"Monopoly MegaWays is the best Monopoly slot around – Big Time Gaming have excelled themselves this time "

"This is the perfect Megaways™ slot, combining great potential with excellent mechanics"

[from our old shills friends at casino grinds]

Monopoly Megaways™ will give all, and soon-to-be Megaways fans a thrilling reel ride with high volatility and huge win potential

love the 'soon to be' part, nothing like a bit of optimism that the market hasn't been saturated yet, and there are still more punters out there who haven't played a megaway game, it certainly gave Chop a thrilling ride, almost off the nearest cliff!

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It must be some sort of scam this slot, microwins in the base game and infrequent bonuses which in any case pay poorly. Strangely it reminds me of their temple quest infinity game, where you're left scratching your head as to where the rtp is and what the point of the game is other than just to deplete your balance gradually.

 

[Borgie]

Has anyone seen any massive wins on this?

 

[pinnit2014]

Has anyone seen any massive wins on this?

BTG are working on that screenshot as we speak.

 

[Kroffe]

BTG are working on that screenshot as we speak.

How?
They fired the screenshots-guy, didnt they?

I re-read that thread a couple days ago.
Im not sure i understand how they were let back on the forum, when all they do is show up 1 day when they release a new slot, then disappear again.

I mean, nobody really bought that it was a rogue move by one of their employees right?
And they even fixed competitions.
"nah it was just one guy who was really eager to show how awesome our slots are"
Haha, yeah right.

Wonder who over at btg got that tesla they were "giving away"


1.5/10 Honeyjars

 

[geordiecolin]

Has anyone seen any massive wins on this?

I can't find anything on youtube much over 1000x. I had 1000x on it last month and I think that I posted it in CM

 

[Borgie]

I can't find anything on youtube much over 1000x. I had 1000x on it last month and I think that I posted it in CM

1000x i could live with as opposed to the 20x i got when i played lol ... on a good day

 

[geordiecolin]

1000x i could live with as opposed to the 20x i got when i played lol ... on a good day

I doubt we will see many 3000x + from it. I'll go check out Casumo's monthy stats if I can find them

 

[geordiecolin]

No mention of it in Casumo's monthly stats thread for December which was the first full month the slot qualified for. This and the lack of evidence otherwise suggests that its potential is only potential.
I still enjoyed playing the slot but after that 1000x I am giving it a miss

 

[goatwack]

It seems to me BTG have over-thought the mechanics of this slot and lost some of that simplicity which made their classic(s) great.

I'm sure Monopoly Megaways has the big wins in it - somewhere - but it's so unlikely to come to fruition that most players won't even get a sniff of it

 

[Kroffe]

Ah, so no wins over 2000x then.
Atleast not from Casumo.
Thats pretty poor for a slot im guessing got quite alot of play.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

It seems to me BTG have over-thought the mechanics of this slot and lost some of that simplicity which made their classic(s) great.

Which 'classics'?

DHV is a great slot but beyond that I'm hard pushed to name anything BTG have done that enters the realm of the 'very good', let alone 'classic'.

And don't you even dare say Bonanza.

 

[goatwack]

Which 'classics'?

DHV is a great slot but beyond that I'm hard pushed to name anything BTG have done that enters the realm of the 'very good', let alone 'classic'.

And don't you even dare say Bonanza.

B-

Damn you. Damn you to hell!

 

[Davey86]

£0.40p stake
Not many houses
Total cost £39.65
Bonus triggered
Return £6.40
Stopped recording bonuses generally poor ones

 

[goatwack]

As I skilfully dodged the earlier question posed to me, I'd state that Monopoly Megaways is among BTG's worst releases to date, a culmination of their recent creative decline.

So In fact I'd rate Bonanza & DHV classics, the former more in potential of course.

White Rabbit's bonus is the best in their entire catalogue, unlocking all reels and getting max re-spins is 'twinge in nether-regions'-worthy

Donuts is almost classic status, a fun flawed mess

Lil Devil's also proving to have some teeth and may in time go down in the pantheon of greats

But Monopoly Megaways is simply low-tier trash, sorry BTG

 

[Kroffe]

No Opal fruits?
Id say that or Lil devil is their best one.

 

[goatwack]

Hmm...neerrr

It's 'cult', it may grow further

 

[Davey86]

BTG classic slot Gold is up their with monopoly

 

[dionysus]

lol, I always liked Gold....no mjaor wins but would give it a few spins for a possible little balance boost

 

[Davey86]

lol, I always liked Gold....no mjaor wins but would give it a few spins for a possible little balance boost

In the hope It hadn’t been played in a while to hit a nice top up

 

[dionysus]

In the hope It hadn’t been played in a while to hit a nice top up

totally irrelevant whether it had been played ages ago or 2 min ago

 

[goatwack]

It discriminates not in its crookedness

 

[shadow123]

Gave Monopoly its final chance last night,played for 4 hours on 20p during which time
I got 3 features paying 3x,10x and around 100x, not a good experience.
There is a definate stratagy to keep the punter playing, you get the stations and utilities pretty quick
then there is long haul to get the feature.My first 2 features hardly touched the houses and I really
had no choice but to keep playing.The last feature used up a lot of houses to no avail, as most spins
gave losers or shit wins.
Think there is a basic flaw in the maths of the game,by moving round the board using wins they are
using so much of the rtp with microwins there is little left to pay out in the feature when you do get it.
Would have been much better to have move and house symbols on the reels and give some decent basegame
hits.All in all it really is a bag of poo and I wont give it any more chances.

 

[bamberfishcake]

Had two bonuses lined up with a fair few properties on this. All in all i reckon im about evens now, shame, i just needed one decent megaways hit or megaways card for some megatohappen, not complaining though.........

 

[Kroffe]

Had two bonuses lined up with a fair few properties on this. All in all i reckon im about evens now, shame, i just needed one decent megaways hit or megaways card for some megatohappen, not complaining though.........

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Not even 200x for 20 spins and a 23x multiplier.
Since you wont complain, i will!
Boooo!

 

[bamberfishcake]

Not even 200x for 20 spins and a 23x multiplier.
Since you wont complain, i will!
Boooo!

Yes just that one big win. Im lucky enough i think to be evens across all sites on this ill keep playing till it proves a dud.

Never had much success on Megaways but then again ive never lost a lot on them either.

Edit: I'll probably leave it alone for a few days now or at least be a bit cautious, funny the little ways we have with our slots.

 

[Casino12345]

Not even 200x for 20 spins and a 23x multiplier.
Since you wont complain, i will!
Boooo!

Then you will even laugh more about mine

 

[Kroffe]

Then you will even laugh more about mineView attachment 124054

Ouch.
Must have been alot of deadspins. =)

 

[Speedy38]

400 x Made 100 euro profit not to bad but takes ages to trigger the bonus...

 

[bamberfishcake]

Had to share these two bonuses.

Yesterdays bonus I had 3 or 4 houses on every single property nearly.

My fullest board so far i had a x20 multiplier by the 4th spin which you will have to take my word for as i deleted the screenie. Barely x100.

This morning i tried again and after about 5 spins landed a bonus plus extra spins with a chance card which added 4 houses to my only property with 4 houses already giving bonus plus extra spins. Didnt think it would amount to much as i barely had a house to let and the board was almost bare but for the 4 i had.

This bonus i landed on extra spins and the x2 multiplier adds but it was the wins that made the difference.....

Ive played this slot a lot since release and i like it.

But, ive come to the conclusion, after many a disappointing bonus from a very full board, that its not worth grinding to get the houses. Just play like any other game. If its warm then play on.

Otherwise in my experience be prepared for disappointment.

This win came from £2 cashback following a £10 win on Tombstone on CasinoCasino, must be my lucky day

 

[snorky510238]

I still say bonus rounds are predetermined, that is the only way you can explain constant disappointment from what appears to be the premium set up.

The basic bonuses consistently outshine the jazzy ones. It’s such a giveaway when you hit a premium set up but unfortunately get a predetermined low bonus win. It’s almost laughable, as even though you have thousands of ways to win, the visuals have to kill 90% of your spins and make it look believable.

I don’t believe any bonus is random but megaways type games not a chance. There are just too many variables in play to let it be random. It would be impossible to control rtp because even doing billions of test spins would not scratch the surface if a game genuinely had trillions of outcomes.

 

[bamberfishcake]

I still say bonus rounds are predetermined, that is the only way you can explain constant disappointment from what appears to be the premium set up.

The basic bonuses consistently outshine the jazzy ones. It’s such a giveaway when you hit a premium set up but unfortunately get a predetermined low bonus win. It’s almost laughable, as even though you have thousands of ways to win, the visuals have to kill 90% of your spins and make it look believable.

I don’t believe any bonus is random but megaways type games not a chance. There are just too many variables in play to let it be random. It would be impossible to control rtp because even doing billions of test spins would not scratch the surface if a game genuinely had trillions of outcomes.

I agree the RTP logic is a mystery to me on some slots. Some seem too complicated with too many variables to me.

But without the working knowledge i remain on the fence. Would be great to know the inner workings of some of these from the perspective of the mathematician/slot designer. Just not sure my brain could fathom it

 

[pinnit2014]

I agree the RTP logic is a mystery to me on some slots. Some seem too complicated with too many variables to me.

But without the working knowledge i remain on the fence. Would be great to know the inner workings of some of these from the perspective of the mathematician/slot designer. Just not sure my brain could fathom it

You could ask Trance if there's some sort of apprenticeship programme on the go? May even pick up a cute T Shirt for your troubles? Only downside is it would be IGT slots, which may have the same effect as Gamstop.

Tbf, my brain needs practicable experience to process things so, whilst i can read the words etc, it struggles to compute it without seeing it in motion.

Did NLC not have a job on the go? Sure we could all chip in to send you there once the planes start flapping their wings again.

 

[Siohmy]

I think there are far more blatant and obvious slots that manipulate reels to make the feature setup irrelevant. Far worse than supposedly BTG who I believe may just have scenario where only 1 of say 20 bonus reel sets are “juiced” so to speak to potentially pay big. You are far more likely to hit more of these on lower spins as they will be the ones more frequently obtained. That’s to say 20+ spins on that 1 good set will likely pay very big. May be off track on that so happy to be corrected.

As for other manufacturers slots. There are loads but the stand out one for me has to be Laser Fruit by Red Tiger (up there with the most ridiculous examples). 60 million ways could not mean less if it tried. But this is just one example of an increasing reliance on what is being presented as possible/likely on screen and what is actually possible irrelevant. But apparently this is all fair in love and war as long as a slot hits RTP over a billion or so spins.

 

[bamberfishcake]

You could ask Trance if there's some sort of apprenticeship programme on the go? May even pick up a cute T Shirt for your troubles? Only downside is it would be IGT slots, which may have the same effect as Gamstop.

Tbf, my brain needs practicable experience to process things so, whilst i can read the words etc, it struggles to compute it without seeing it in motion.

Did NLC not have a job on the go? Sure we could all chip in to send you there once the planes start flapping their wings again.

I looked at the NLC job for a graphic designer. I have an A Level and Diploma in Art and Design but Malta is a bit far now i have kids and to be fair, i have no experience, just sketch now and most is done on the computer programs im not familiar with anyway.

Nice job though and the games are stylish and well presented i think.

Know what you mean about seeing it in action. It would be nice to see the process from start to finish in a Attenborough style documentary dumbed down for me.

 

[pinnit2014]

I looked at the NLC job for a graphic designer. I have an A Level and Diploma in Art and Design but Malta is a bit far now i have kids and to be fair, i have no experience, just sketch now and most is done on the computer programs im not familiar with anyway.

Nice job though and the games are stylish and well presented i think.

Know what you mean about seeing it in action. It would be nice to see the process from start to finish in a Attenborough style documentary dumbed down for me.

You don't need to tell them, when a postcard will give them all the information you they need: you've gave them enough Bamber: time to cut them loose!

 

[TheSchwad]

Should I have been dissapointed with this result? I was thinking whole time it added spins, 'if only that was multiplier increasing' would preferred that with minimum spins.