Primal Megaways Review

Blueprint Gaming has, for a long time, been one of the major players in the online gambling world. They’ve teamed up with some of the biggest software providers and game developers on the planet, including Merkur Gaming. While they achieved phenomenal success with many of their video slots, a few years ago, they found themselves faced with a problem: their typically low-variance slots were being shunted by players who were searching for more volatile machines.

This all changed, however, when Blueprint Gaming acquired a license from Big Time Gaming to use the Megaways mechanic, details of which we’ll look at in just a moment. It’s fair to say that this licensing deal has completely changed Blueprint’s business model for the better, and they’re now responsible for some of the most popular video slots on the planet.

Primal Megaways slots is one such example of these games. It’s arguably become of the biggest success stories for the game developer, attracting the attention of players from all corners of the globe.

In this Primal Megaways slot review, we’re going to be looking at what this Megaways slot has to offer and why the game’s become such a popular hit with players.

With a maximum win of a staggering 50,000X your stake, it’s clear that the Primal Megaways slot is a hugely volatile slot machine. While the base game isn’t too dry, you should be prepared to play Primal Megaways slots through a large number of “dead” spins. The main free spins feature can also take quite a while to trigger, so bear this in mind before playing.

In terms of RTP, any were surprised when Bluprint announced that Primal Megaways would be released with a default RTP of 96.76%; that’s because it’s much higher than most games we see released today and especially surprising given the win-potential found within the slot.

Like we see in many Megaways slot releases, Primal Megaways uses a 6-reel format. There is a varying number of rows active on every spin, which can award up to 46,656 ways to win; this is lower than the typical 117,649-ways-to-win mechanic we see in most Megaways slots — but it works!

The slot game offers a variety of symbols, with the lower-paying ones including playing card values, including 10, jack, queen, king, and an ace.

The higher-paying symbols are all theme specific and include a variety of prehistoric animals, including a Tiger and a Mammoth. The Mammoth, the game’s highest-paying symbol, awards a whopping 50X your stake for matching a 5-of-a-kind combo.

Wild symbols and scatter symbols appear in the base game, but during the free spins bonus round, the wilds become really valuable — details of which we’ll cover in a moment.

Betting and Game Options

When you load up Blueprint’s Primal Megaways slot, you may, at first, be surprised to see that the max bet is just $5.

The reason behind this is simple; the game offers such tremendous win potential that online casinos simply can’t afford the financial liability to let players stake more than this per spin. It’s why the game’s maximum bet is capped so low.

The minimum bet is just $0.10, however, which allows those on a budget to get in on the action as well.

Like most video slots we review, the game offers an autoplay function, so you can set up to 100 spins to play out automatically without manually spinning the reels each time.

However, you won’t find a quickspin option within the slot; this is something Blueprint Gaming doesn’t offer, so just be aware of this.

A License to Use Megaways

It’s fair to say that Big Time Gaming completely changed the online gambling industry with their Megaways slot mechanic. Their Megaways license has now been issued to tens of game developers, showing that it’s a clear “hit” among players.

Indeed, Big Time Gaming likely make more money from licensing out their Megaways mechanic than they do from their own games.

Primal Megaways was one of the first video slots to utilize the mechanic. Although, as stated earlier, it doesn’t use the full 117,649-ways-to-win mechanic, instead offering up to 46,656 “ways-to-win” on every spin.

Primal Megaways is pretty much all about the main free spin bonus round. While big wins can be formed within the base game, it’s the free spin feature you’ll want to look out for.

Mystery Symbols

Mystery symbols can appear on all six reels during the regular game and the main bonus round. When the mystery Primal Megaways symbols land in view, they will all transform into same symbol. So if you can make it all the way to the 6th reel with one of them, you can hit some mega wins — even without triggering the main free spins bonus!

Free Spins

To trigger the main free spins bonus feature, you’ll need to land three or more of the scatter matching symbols anywhere in view. You will then be awarded a number of spins (with certain wild multipliers) when you trigger the bonus, depending on how many scatter bonus symbols you triggered the Primal bonus with.

• 3 Scatter Symbols in view awards 10 Free Spins with wild multipliers of 2X and 3X.
• 4 Scatter Symbols in view awards 15 Free Spins with wild multipliers of 2X, 3X or 4X.
• 5 Scatter Symbols in view awards 20 Free Spins with wild multipliers of 2X, 3X, 4X or 5X.
• 6 Scatter Symbols in view awards 30 Free Spins with wild multipliers of 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X or 6X.

Most free spins bonuses will see the spins with 2X or 3X multipliers, but if you are lucky enough to trigger the full 30 free spins, the bonus feature can pay insane amounts of money.

However, don’t be fooled; even the free spins with 2X and 3X multipliers can award big wins. While writing this Primal Megaways slot review, we managed big hits with the free spins with 2X and 3X multipliers active.

You can also trigger more bonus spins by landing two or more scatters anywhere inside the bonus. These extra spins continue indefinitely and seem to trigger more when the 2X or 3X multiplier bonus is present.

Bonus Guarantee

The high variance nature of Primal Megaways doesn’t necessarily mean that the bonus is going to play out like a high variance feature all the time. In fact, the Primal bonus has a guarantee of sorts; if you fail to win 10X your total bet, you’ll be awarded extra free spins.

The extra spins continue to be awarded until you cross the 10X stake threshold, and it’s pretty common to see the bonus spins continue out for some time. We’ve even seen some players reach as many as 100 free spins!

Primal is somewhat of an iconic video slot from Blueprint; it’s kind of like Book of Dead is to Play’n Go, and it’s become one of the most popular games on the planet.

We love that the slot offers so much win-potential within the bonus feature. Regardless of whether you have multipliers 4, multipliers five or multipliers 6 (or even just the regular free spins with 2X and 3X multipliers), it’s clear the free spins bonus offers significant potential.

Landing the scatters can be hard, despite the scatters appearing on all six reels. Still, if you do manage enough of the scatters on the reels (known as the bonus scatter), entry to the bonus free spins round can be well worth the wait.

We also really like the whole Mystery Symbol feature. While it can’t reveal scatters or the wild symbol, it can reveal higher-paying symbols, which can result in massive wins during the bonus when combined with a wild multiplier.