Well I just had a stunningly uninspiring ÂŁ100 session on this.
Did about 350 spins at 30p play with a highest single win of ÂŁ10.65 off the one and only free spins round I triggered - other than that I didn't get any single win beyond 10x stake. (My autoplay criteria are 100 spins/ÂŁ3 i.e. 10x stake at 30p play.)
Once I'd admired the sound and graphics for a while I got so damn bored with it that I started reading stuff on the web instead and just had it spinning off on the right hand side of my screen, and when I clicked back into the casino window after my autoplay had ended (100 spins of tedium) I must have clicked on the 'COINS' button once by accident to increase my stake to ÂŁ1.50 (5 coins instead of 1).
I then started autoplay again so off it went at ÂŁ1.50 per spin and I hadn't even noticed, it was only when I glanced back over and noticed I was down to ÂŁ15 left in my balance that I realised what I'd done. (And amusingly, whilst it rattled through 50 spins or so at ÂŁ1.50 per spin, it didn't stop on the autoplay trigger of ÂŁ3, so I didn't even get a win of 2x stake for about 50 spins
)
It's now finished off the ÂŁ15 I had left in my balance when I dropped down to 30p play again, but I have just about cleared 500 spins - and I can honestly say that's about the least exciting ÂŁ100 I've spent in my entire life.
STATS:
Spins - 500 (approx)
Maximum win - 35.5x stake
Second highest win - Less than 10x stake
Bonus rounds - 1
Overall loss - ÂŁ100
OVERALL VERDICT:
It's LOTR again with a new coat of paint, and therefore will suffer from the same dreadful RTP on the base game, the utterly insulting 1-5x stake time-wasting interruptions that Gollum used to do except now it's the Batman or Joker doing them, and the occasional big hit that will be posted to the screenshots thread and make it all look far more interesting than it actually is.
When you increase your stake by 500% and
don't even notice because the slot you're playing is so incredibly boring, something has gone dreadfully wrong
You know, it's at times like this that I genuinely question whether or not I want to play online slots at all. I only gamble with spare cash so it's not like it's 'hurting' me in any way, but that was such an offensively shit way to spend ÂŁ100 I honestly just wish I'd have dropped it into the nearest charity box instead of donating it to the Microgaming Foundation For Shit Online Slot Machines.