Question SLOT OF THE YEAR 2018! We need YOUR choices!

[Playford7]

1. Diamond mine
2. Halloween jack
3. Donuts
4. Genie jackpots megaways
5. Jammin jars (scratchcard)

Tosser... jumanji

 

[helafast]

1. Da Vinci's Treasure
2. Jammin' Jars
3. Peking Luck
4. Eastern Emeralds
5. Genie Jackpot Megaways

Tosser: Book of Gods

 

[Siohmy]

Can I make a statement by voting for some 3+ year old slots?

Ok, fine. The “Best of a bad bunch” top 5 for me are...

1. Genie Jackpots Megaways
2. The Goonies
3. Turn it up
4. Deal or no Deal Perfect Play
5. Fat Rabbit

I think Blueprint have had a stunning year compared to everyone else and The Goonies May just be the best “traditional” Blueprint offering yet. However, just in case you think I’m a Blueprint rep in disguise.

TOSSER: Buffalo Rising Megaways. What a truly shower of shit this is and don’t get me started on the god awful feature buy.

 

[Harry_BKK]

I would have chosen a Blueprint game for the first spot but they, together with BTG, are running the Megaways engine into the ground with too many titles coming out left and right. It will get even worse as BTG recently licensed the engine to Storm Gaming and Red Tiger Gaming.

Microgaming has gone completely of the rocker IMO. Haven't played any of the new games from the last few years now and do not have the feeling that I missed something.

Novomatic & Merkur have to stop making slots for pensioners who are die-hard fans from the B&M days and finally do something creative as well as maybe for once use a different soundtrack.

Playtech and WMS are just at the edge of the abyss to disappear into irrelevance, same goes for Endorphina.

1. Vikings - Netent: Because they have finally shown that they still got what it takes to release a game we are actually talking about longer than just 2 days after launch
2. Afterlife Inferno - Leander: One of the few 2018 releases I still play pretty much in every session and it rarely disappoints. I also like the TSII/IR-style choice of FS rounds and the random feature
3. Baron Samedi - Yggdrasil: Simply for the attention to detail to bring Haitian Vodou on to a set of slot reels, plus it plays really well.
4. Peking Luck - Pragmatic Play: This is one slot that could bankrupt a casino. 180,000x bet as max win is insane, the chance is though probably 1:100 million
5. Genie Jackpots Megaways - Blueprint: Simply fun to play with reel modifiers that can produce wins in the base game that slots from other providers are not capable of in an entire FS round

Could have taken Napoleon and Primal Megaways too, but I have not played them enough to make a proper judgment. Close to be in my Top5 were also Ninja Ways from Red Tiger Gaming because it has such a high hit rate, Valkyrie from Elk Studios because I like the theme and Battle Royal from Play'n GO because it is a hilarious slot.

Tosser of the Year:

Wolf Hunters from Yggdrasil: simply because they make you wait to collect 600 wins (roughly 5 - 10K spins) against the werewolf to give you a bonus round that can pay virtually nothing.

 

[Broke]

1. Vikings™ (unique and fresh bonus feature)
2. Primal Megaways (Bonanza and Raping Rhino succesfully mixed together)
3. Baker's Treat
4. Jammin Jars (had to pick one from Push Gaming, any of them could do really)
5. Napoleon Rise Of An Empire

Toss her: Laser Fruits (I just can't stand it. I hate everything about it.)

 

[mcgameboy]

Info for Mr. D...

I believe there are two games that are missing from your list.

1. Epic Ape (Playtech) - according to sl*tcatal*g.com, it was released Dec 14th 2017, so it qualifies for inclusion.
Note: It doesn't appear in your 2017 list (I just checked that thread to be sure).

2. Roar of Thunder (MG) - I've only heard of this game, because I'm a regular player at CR Group and got a promotional postal mail about it.
Roar of Thunder is a CR exclusive slot.
Note: And an instantly forgettable one at that.

PS Damn, that is one long list. And I can safely say that I have barely tried 5% of those slots.

 

[sledge13]

1. Jammin Jars
2. The Goonies
3. Halloween Jack
4. Wild Heist At Peacock Manor
5. Napoleon

Tosser - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

 

[PoissonX]

1. Vikings - NetEnt
2. Fat Rabbit/Santa - Push
3. Tiki Tumble - Push
4. Eastern Emeralds - Quickspin
5. Donuts - BTG

 

[GoldenGhoul]

1 - Napoleon Rise Of An Empire - I really like that this slot does the opposite of what most slots do - surprises me with wins that are way higher than what I expected. Two dudes on the line without a wild paying 40x was really nice, plus we do see 5000x screenshots here and there.
2 - Legacy Of Egypt - I love the feature, though it's very much hit or miss - it can give three empty spins, or keep going on for a very long time and we can end up with a nice win.
3 - The Falcon Huntress - I like the idea of expanding wins, and although the game is a bit boring sometimes, it is a very good design that I keep coming back to.
4 - Wild Heist At Peacock Manor - great feature that can be very exciting if we make some good picks, plus some random features to spice things up. A pity it's not higher in variance, but it certainly is an entertaining slot.
5 - Street Magic - haven't played it that much yet but I had some good hits on it and it has two things I love - sticky wilds, and a chance to hit the feature with two bonus symbols only.

Tosser: Playboy Gold, mostly because the first one is one of my favorites and one of the first games I loved playing, this one is pure filth though.

 

[BosjeR]

My unbiased top 5 of the year:

Extra Chilli - BTG
Lucha Maniacs - Yggdrasil
Viking Clash - Push Gaming (heavily influenced for hitting some big wins I must admit)
Gem Rocks - Yggdrasil (same reason)
Deco Diamonds - JFTW

My completely biased top 5, only comparing them against all other QS releases:

Eastern Emeralds - Quickspin
Dwarfs Gone Wild - Quickspin
Tiger’s Glory - Quickspin
Pirates Charm - Quickspin
Northern Sky - Quickspin

 

[KasinoKing]

Totally RIDICULOUS - I have only tried 16 of those 355 new slots!!!
(And some of them only a small number of spins)

Of those 16, these are my Top 5:
1. BLUEPRINT: Genie Jackpots Megaways
2. BTG: Extra Chilli
3. THUNDERKICK: Yeti Battle Of Greenhat Peak
4. YGGDRASIL: Wolf Hunters
5. ISOFTBET: Chilli Chilli Bang Bang

TOSSER Award:
PLAY'N GO: Rise Of Olympus

Supposed to be a clone of Moon Princess??? I tried & tried, but it just robbed me blind every time


FYI, these are the only ones I've actually played:
NETENT:
Halloween Jack
QUICKSPIN:
Northern Sky
PUSH GAMING:
Fat Rabbit/Santa
Jammin' Jars
THUNDERKICK:
Yeti Battle Of Greenhat Peak
YGGDRASIL:
Wolf Hunters
ISOFTBET:
Chilli Chilli Bang Bang
PLAY'N GO:
Sweet Alchemy
Rise Of Olympus
BLUEPRINT GAMING:
Diamond Mine Megaways
Deal Or No Deal Perfect Play
Genie Jackpots Megaways
Buffalo Rising Megaways
RED TIGER:
Laser Fruit
BIG TIME GAMING:
Extra Chilli
Donuts

KK

 

[09237653]

I have not played a lot of the available games so my choices are limited.

1, Sweet Alchemy (png) played this a lot this year so I suppose it deserves no1.
2, Rise Of Olympus (png) man princess although a clone does feel like it plays way better than moon princess.
3, Tiki Fruits (Red tiger) good effort at a gemix/reactoonz style knockoff.
4, The Falcon Huntress (Thunderkick) TK although mostly lower variance have shown they can make some cracking higher variance games, this being one of the best.
5, Halloween Jack (Netent) *shrugs* netent slots are 99% trash but this is a clone of one of their better older games.

Tosser, Jammin Jars (Push)

(close one between Jammin Jars and Extra chilli

 

[KasinoKing]

@dunover Think you missed another one mate...
Push Gaming - Wild Swarm

That was new this year, wasn't it?
Would never make anyone's top 5, but could be a strong candidate for the TOSSER award!

KK

 

[Toronion]

1.- Primal Megaways
2.- Napoleon
3.-Donuts
4.-Street Magic
5.-Tiki Tumble

What casino have KONAMI?

 

[dunover]

1.- Primal Megaways
2.- Napoleon
3.-Donuts
4.-Street Magic
5.-Tiki Tumble

What casino have KONAMI?

Some of the UKGC licensed ones do, White Hat?

 

[theapple]

Some of the UKGC licensed ones do, White Hat?

winstar

 

[SlotMonster]

Jammin Jars from Push Gaming is my choice

 

[The Viking]

Dont think its been a very good slot year, copy after copy, crap after crap, even a copy of crap
Think its only 4-5 slots realesed this year i play every now and then and in no particular order.
Diamond mine
Napoleon
Primal
Donuts
Vikings from Netent

Tosser has to be Jumanji and Double Stacks both Netent.

 

[dunover]

Jammin Jars from Push Gaming is my choice

What for? The tosser or best of your 5 choices?

 

[SlotMonster]

What for? The tosser or best of your 5 choices?

My apologies

TOP-5

Jammin Jars
Book of Dead
Da Vinci's Treasure
Golden Fishtank
HotLine

TOSSER : Little Panda by Endorphina.

 

[Nicola]

1. Extra Chilli
2. Jammin Jars
3. Genie Jackpots Megaways
4. Falcon Huntress
5. Vikings

TOSSER: Who Wants to be a Millionaire

 

[mina1929]

Rise Of Olympus - Play N Go
Legacy of Egypt - Play N Go
Extra Chilli - BTG
Donuts - BTG
Halloween Jack - Netent

 

[geordiecolin]

Thanks Dunover for providing us with such an extensive list as well as your reviews on so many of these slots over the past year. I appreciate them.
I am still mulling over my 5 as well as my worst. But I have time

 

[JGslots]

1. Da Vinci’s Treasure - Pragmatic
It’s an exciting slot, the bonus can pay really nice. I like the graphics, it’s got the best theme by far

2. Extra Chilli - BTG
Excellent slot, very degenerate on the feature buy and frankly dangerous, but it was totally different and fun.

3. Peking Luck - Pragmatic
I’ve decided on this for its potential, it usually mugs me off and takes a billion spins to bonus, but it gets your heart pumping when it does land, it can go bonkers.

4. Madame Destiny - Pragmatic
Again another fun and exciting slot, it’s got a great bonus and I’ve had a fair RTP on it overall.

5. Napoleon - Blueprint
I applaud Blueprint for taking a risk, releasing a stupidly volitile slot, it could have been a massive flop, but it’s been a hit. I hope they go on to release more like this.


THE SHIT ONE

Deal or No Deal - The Perfect Play
Random Fruit machines just don’t work. It’s crap, it plays so slow and pays really badly. I hope they release this isn’t the future and stick to what works.


Thanks very much to Dunovers cat for keeping him on his toes and putting so much time and effort into this and the reviews.

Rob

 

[Lucky Loser]

My top 5

Eastern Emeralds - Quickspin
Afterlife Inferno - Leander
Mystic Mirror - Red Rake
Tigers Glory - Quickspin
Viva Las Vegas - Red Rake