Yes it might still have the same RTP and not pay as much...It will pay the same over time, but that does not mean it will give as big wins as the other game with the same RTP. This is where variance and hit frequency come in to play.
OK. I know you probably won't agree with the following given your views that all the slots are "Rigged I tells ya!!"......but here goes anyway.
It's really very simple.
If you want to play a game that pays out BIG hits at the top end of the paytable, and is capable of BIG hits in the feature round, then you have to EXPECT to win pretty much f*ck all in the base game or pretty much most times you play it. Why? Again...simple. If the slot is to achieve a certain TRTP, and pay out monster hits to boot, then something has to give at the other end to balance things out. It has to pay out lots of small or non-paying spins to pay for the rare monster wins. In other words, the RESULTS you see as you play VARY a great deal i.e. from zero to gigantic, with not much in between. The pendulum swings (varies) VERY widely......hence the term HIGH VARIANCE. (The actual explanation is more complicated but that's the basic idea).
If you want to play a game that keeps you going and has the potential for some nice (although not monster) hits whilst at the same time giving you some reasonable wins in general player, then you need to choose a game where the pendulum does not swing as wide. The payouts are spread more evenly among the paytable, and the feature doesn't have the huge potential like DOA etc. An example of this would be something like Payola at 3Dice or Ho Ho Ho at MGS etc. You can play these quite often for hours on a fairly small deposit, but don't expect to come out of it with a huge bankroll, because the monster hits just aren't there. In other words, in this case, the top of the paytable is REDUCED and the bottom INCREASED to balance out the TRTP. The pendulum doesn't swing very wide...hence the term LOW VARIANCE ( i.e. the results don't vary much over time).
Of course, variance is in the eye of the beholder, and one person's high variance might be another's medium variance, but the basic ideas are the same.
In your case, you continually opine that the NetBent slots (and others) are "crap" and "rigged" and "etc etc" and that the software companies are "up to something" and blindly ripping us off. You seem to base these opinions on the fact that you lose your shirt most of the time, and lose it fast with not much happening in between. The reason is not, as you state, deliberate rigging by providers, but rather the effect of VARIANCE. You CHOOSE to play high variance slots. Perhaps you don't know a lot about all that stuff....and that's totally cool...but you DO now. If you continue to play these HV slots you WILL continue to have the same experience. Don't let the screenshots and bragging fool you......most of these screenies were well and truly bought and paid for and in many cases don't cover that player's losses even in the short term.
My advice, FWIW, is to try some LV slots for a while, and see if you results/experience changes. No, you won't be in the market for these huge 1000x+ hits, but on the other hand you won't have to pay for them either. Your money will last longer, and you can still make a nice profit at times if you're lucky.
Finally, if anyone chooses to play HV slots, then they should be prepared to absorb some pretty horrific sessions and losses. It goes with the territory. If you don't look at it objectively and accept the facts around variance and slot design etc, then you probably will come to the conclusion that its all rigged and that you "can't win". If I played HV all the time, I might even be tempted to think that way, and have been at times.....but if you think about WHY there are so many blank spins and crap base games (i.e. to pay for the monster feature hits), then you should start to understand and accept that not all slots are alike and that there is more choice and research involved in playing slots than most people think.