attracted me at first then just became mind-numbing, sort of like Arsenal.
Indeed it is - I am playing it right now!
Not doing much for me to be honest, seems to be a lot of smaller wins and very little player interaction - no 'bonus round' to play. Hit a 32x stake for a Mega Win also??! Really!?
All feeling a bit meh to be honest.
Please tell me they don't really class 32x stake as a mega win?
WMS do it:
BIG WIN = 25x stake
SUPER BIG WIN = 100x stake
MEGA BIG WIN = 300x stake
Which seems quite nicely balanced to me.
I've found Netent's output so uninspiring of late I don't even bother to fire their new releases up in free money mode to take a look. Evolution was a great slot but they just lost me with the likes of Elements, Disco Spins and, ummmm, that other one I can't even remember the name of.
Tried this new slot last night and I have to say NetEnt have done it again... another total crock of shite!
By far the worst thing about it is that's it's not a "truly random" slot in the way I like mine to be, but some sort of AWP.
When I started out it was OK; every time I got the re-spin feature it was giving me good wins (usually 5-of-a-kinds) and my bank was slowly rising. So I upped my bets (like you do) and it totally died. It was only then that I found out you DON'T always get a win on the re-spins like I did on my first 20 or so, but in fact, it can also pay ZERO
It then proceeded to eat though my balance at an alarming rate - going up to 20+ spins at a time with no wins at all, and the wins I did get were pathetic; no Gigantic, Awesome, Huge, Mega-Wins over bet x10, or even close.
I don't know what my RTP was last night - but it couldn't have been over 50%.
My randomness comment has NOTHING to do with changing bet size.Why does any of that mean it's not truly random?
You won on small bets, then lost on larger bets, but it's a bit of a leap from there to say it's not therefore random and like an AWP.
Oh look, another "slot" filled with animations, theatrical music and other distractions to trick you into believing that you actually win when you don't. God I dislike this new trend. It's not a slot, it's a game.
When will you release new video slots, Netent? It's been a while now.
FTR, anything under 50x isn't a "big win". A 15x "big win" is a slap in the face (and MGS is guilty of that too).
Oh look, another "slot" filled with animations, theatrical music and other distractions to trick you into believing that you actually win when you don't. God I dislike this new trend. It's not a slot, it's a game.
When will you release new video slots, Netent? It's been a while now.
FTR, anything under 50x isn't a "big win". A 15x "big win" is a slap in the face (and MGS is guilty of that too).
My randomness comment has NOTHING to do with changing bet size.
What I'm talking about is the way the reels spin. As you know from other recent threads, I believe the majority of slots (most on MG for example) use true reels strips and you have an exactly equal chance of hitting any symbol on any of the reels when they spin. e.g. Knowing the reel-strip layouts, you can calculate the chances of any particular combination occurring, such as hitting the bonus round or jackpot.
This is what I (that's ME, MYSELF and I ) call "truly random".
Other slots work differently, such as weighted slots, "bingo slots" and AWPs. Still random, but in a different way.
On Space Wars for example, the re-spin is obviously not a "truly random" spin, because you ALWAYS get the symbol which triggered it on at least reels 1 & 2. OK, I know it uses different "reel strips", but even so it's obvious (to me) that it's not "truly random"
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I disagree that it doesn't matter.As long as the RNG behind the scenes picks a random result from a 'full table of possible results', as it were, everything else is just eye candy and it matters not a jot how the reels are constructed/presented.