Hot and Spicy Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Hot and Spicy Megaways Review

This game has it all in terms of the classic fruit machine design, as you get both the fiery backdrop and a grid full of different fruits and other classic symbols. In terms of features, however, some might find it lacking, but then again, a fruit machine is supposed to be simple. At least if you follow the recipe of the classic fruit slots out there, something Hot and Spicy Megaways does to a certain degree. It does come with the dynamic reels engine though, so it’s not exactly a 3-reeler.

There are no cascading wins in this game, but at least this keeps the pace up, and you can plow through plenty of spins in no-time. You get wilds to help you out on the 4 middle reels, and the main feature sits above the grid in the form of a Chilly Mini Slot. It dishes out win multipliers of x3, x6, or x9 on a somewhat regular basis, but you need to also win on the main grid to benefit from the multiplier boost, of course. The 21,870x potential is solid enough, and players looking for a simpler Megaways experience will probably enjoy this Onlyplay effort.

Hot and Spicy Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Hot and Spicy Megaways Slot Features

The fruit symbols pay between 0.5 and 5 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and you win by landing 3 to 6 matching symbols on adjacent reels from the uttermost left towards the right.

The red shiny lucky number 7 Wild symbol can appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 only, and it steps in for pay symbols to help complete wins. The wild holds no value of its own, however.

The blue Star Scatter symbol can appear on all 6 reels, and you need at least 3 in view anywhere to land a scatter win. More precisely, you win 2x, 10x, 50x, or 500x your stake when you land 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters anywhere in view on the same spin.

Above the regular grid you will see the so-called ‘Chilly Mini Slot’, and it comes with 1 row and 3 reels. The mini slot lands either single, double, or triple chilli symbols on all 3 of the reels, and you need matching symbols on all 3 reels to win a multiplier. The multiplier remains at x1 if you land non-matching combinations, and here is an overview of the possible win multipliers you can get from this mini slot:

• 3 single chilli symbols awards a win multiplier of x3.
• 3 double chilli symbols awards a win multiplier of x6.
• 3 triple chilli symbols awards a win multiplier of x9.

Whatever chilli multiplier you win will boost any wins on the main grid for the current spin, and the Chilly Mini Slot spins again for each new spin on the main grid.

Hot and Spicy Megaways Slot - Win Screen

Review Summary

OnlyPlay has created an unusually simple Megaways release with Hot and Spicy Megaways, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

It all depends on what you’re in the mood for, of course, and this game stays truer to the fruit machine tradition than many other dynamic reels installments out there. The pace is excellent, and there are no cascading wins to slow you down either, but players looking for tons of moving parts and extras should probably look elsewhere.

You’ve got wild symbols to help you out on the 4 middle reels, and the Chilly Mini Slot is your best bet at landing larger payouts. Most of the time it lands a mixed combo which does nothing, and it’s annoying when you land a solid multiplier but no win to boost it with. Once in a while your win will be boosted by x3, x6, or x9 though, and this is how you’re most likely to close in on the 21,870x potential. There is no bonus round to look forward to, so we’re pretty sure a game like this will not be everyone’s cup of tea.

Pros

• Dynamic grid with up to 46,656 win ways
• Wilds on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5
• Random multiplier of x3, x6, or x9
• Win up to 21,870x your stake

Cons

• No bonus round
• RTP of 95.5 % is a tad below average

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