I was thinking this last night. I think each and everyone of us has been fooled by the potential of BGT slots and been sucked in to believing the life-changing win is coming. DoA II has shaken things up so I look forward to see what other providers come up with.
At ICE I asked the NetEnt guys why they didn't adopt the Megaways licence and aside from the 'asking price' they have prooved a 9-line slot is worth it's weight in gold! I know I was critical of NetEnt last year, but bloody hell I'm so proud of what they have achieved so far this year.
Megaways is being flogged to death now, wont be long before we see Cleopatra Megaways and Rainbow Riches Megaways
so not launching exclusively on Wednesday the 29th of May on Leo Vegas
Yeah I have said similar before. If they all return around the 96% mark then there are only so many ways to cut the cake and like you rightly say if one is better in one area it has to be compensated by being worse in others.Is it wrong to assume that this is Bonanza with a slightly better feature frequency and a slightly lower base game RTP?
If so, it looks like BTG is trying to please everyone with the Bonanza recipe but it's not an easy task because at the end of the day it's the same TRTP.
Original Bonanza:
Good: base game RTP, bonus RTP
Bad: bonus frequency
Chilli and Millionaire (without gambling):
Good: base game RTP, bonus frequency
Bad: bonus RTP (only 8 spins)
Opal Fruits:
Good: bonus frequency, bonus RTP
Bad: base game RTP
Each variant of basically the same game would have a different "bad". Interesting.
Yeah I have said similar before. If they all return around the 96% mark then there are only so many ways to cut the cake and like you rightly say if one is better in one area it has to be compensated by being worse in others.
My personal opinion is they got it virtually spot on with Bonanza and since then they have been trying to fix something that wasn’t bust. As far as I can see all subsequent releases drop short of the mark in one way or another.
Yes I like DHV although I have never hit more than x300 a couple of times and my best hits have come via the base game.Surely they could have taken bonanza, increased the bonus frequency slightly and dropped the average bonus payout from the claimed near 100x slightly to 90x or something. Doesn't sound a lot but would make a bit of a difference. No need to radically change any one variable.
To be fair to BTG I think that's what they tried with WWTBAM. There seems to be less middling bonuses, so I think they've reduced them and so you get bonuses which are more polarised i.e either crap or massive. The bonus in that game is probably the most volatile of the lot bar perhaps The Final Countdown.
In my very humble opinion, BTG peaked with DHV- it has pretty much the perfect balance. Volatility spot on.
I have been playing this on Free Play for the CM comp, and ever since release pretty much daily on LeoVegas in real play..
I can now safely say i have done a sufficient number of spins to confirm what i initially felt when i tested it first.
This could be an amazing game for wagering purposes, the bigger the bonus the better in this case. It's surprisingly friendly, and can easily recover from longer dry spells - in both feature and base. There's sniff of the 'ole Rhino in the basegame, when you get all four 3x multipliers, or even more (so that you could have 3x, 6x, 3x, 6x for example, which can pay pretty damn well, even without the grapes), and the biggest hit i've seen without a 3x wild, was around 300x bet. That is of course nice to hit in the feature, with any multiplier, and even though it will not often retrigger more than once - there's still insane potential, with those kind of numbers.
I'm not saying you can't lose a bankroll on it, but it's definitely one of the most easygoing slots i have played in the last 10 years, and i've played tons.
I would stress that it's not a slot to highroll on: when you keep the bets to a minimum (average of 400x bankroll should be a 'safe' entry) but of course you can always go for a quick hit or whatever floats your boat. It's definitely an interesting slot, and i would most likely not have learned this without the incentive to hammer it for days during the freeplay comp..
So, my tip: give this a proper go, and it's volatility may surprise you..
The 3x multiplier wild only exists in the base game, it’s not present in the free spins.
It’s all a bit horses for courses isn’t it? You are not going to please all the people all the time as everyone has their own preferences. BTG regularly get quite the kicking on here as many feel they never hit that “sweet spot”. Problem is that “sweet spot” is more spots. Personally I don’t mind Bonanza and do like the fact you don’t often get a kicking balance wise. However, you also regularly go 100, 200x plus without a bonus (well I do) and I actually quite like the odd bonus no matter how well a base game plays.
Yes, Bonanza can be mean but most of the time it's a very kind slot.
As for the rest, people want a good base game RTP, no crap bonus (so no 8 spins) and good bonus frequency. That's not possible for obvious reasons.