Apollo Pays Megaways Review
We like how relaxed Big Time Gaming seems, as they make a
simple tweak to the usual🎅 Megaways setup that has massive implications for the
gameplay. Apollo Pays Megaways comes with a visually pleasing depiction of what🎅 we
presume is Olympus in the background, and day turns to night when the bonus round
triggers. You get a🎅 hold-and-win style Respins feature every time you win, and it sort
of replaces the usual cascading wins mechanic.
This Respins feature🎅 slows down the pace
significantly though, so patience is needed to get to the bonus round. There is a
shortcut🎅 however, in the form of a Win Exchange/Gamble feature, but keep in mind that
you can win up to 26,900x🎅 in the base game. The potential increases to a very solid
116,030x when the unlimited win/respin multiplier comes into play🎅 in the bonus round,
and the stats are overall very solid with a 96.56 % RTP to top it off.
Apollo🎅 Pays
Megaways Slot - Reels Screen
Apollo Pays Megaways Slot Features
The gemstone premium
symbols pay between 0.4 and 5 x your🎅 stake for 6 of a kind wins, and the Apollo Wild
symbol steps in for all pay symbols to help🎅 complete winning combinations. The wild
symbol does not hold any value of its own however, and it can land on🎅 reels 2 to 5
only.
Winning symbols are not removed, like you would normally expect from this engine.
Instead, they are🎅 held in place as the remaining positions respin. You get another
respin if you improve the original winning combination with🎅 at least 2 new symbols.
This goes on until you potentially fill the screen, or land less than 2 new🎅 winning
symbols, at which time your total win is summed up and paid. Scatters also become
sticky during this feature,🎅 and respins can add extra positions to the reels (up to 7
in total at the most).
The Win Exchange feature🎅 allows you to exchange a 100x win for
the bonus round. If you win between 25 and 99 x your🎅 stake however, you can use that
amount to gamble for the bonus round. This is done by spinning a red🎅 and green
segmented wheel, and green gives you the bonus round while red takes you back to the
base game.
Landing🎅 3 harp scatters anywhere in view triggers the Bonus Round, and you
get 10 free spins as a minimum. Landing🎅 more scatters on top of the minimum of 3 awards
+2 extra spins per extra triggering scatter. A progressive win🎅 multiplier with no upper
limit comes into play, and it starts at x1 and increases by +1 per win respin.🎅 You win
+4 extra spins when 3 scatters land, and +2 spins on top of that per extra retriggering
scatter🎅 above the minimum of 3.
The 200 Spins Apollo Pays Megaways Slot Experience
You
get to see almost 3 minutes of the🎅 base game, with plenty of win respin triggers,
before we finally trigger the bonus round at 2:51 into the 7-minute🎅 highlights video.
We got the minimum of 10 free spins, and we managed to rack up an x17 multiplier in🎅 the
end. See for yourself how much we got away with by hitting the play button
below.
Review Summary
It’s interesting to🎅 see how a seemingly small tweak, like
replacing the cascading wins mechanic with a win respins feature, makes such a🎅 huge
difference in the way the game plays out. You can build up what looks like impressive
winning combos via🎅 this feature, but the actual payout will many times disappoint due
to the rather low symbol values. The feature slows🎅 down the pace significantly as well,
and it can thus take a good while to get to the bonus round.
Of🎅 course, this makes the
Win Exchange/Gamble feature all the more tempting, and it’s clearly been put in there
for a🎅 reason. The base game potential is a solid 26,900x your stake though, and it
rises to an eye-watering 116,030x in🎅 the bonus round. This is due to the multiplier
that increases per win respin, and you will certainly not mind🎅 the time-consuming
“extra spins” you get at this stage in the game. Apollo Pays is a simple, yet
potentially deadly,🎅 ancient Greece installment, and it comes with solid stats that will
test your patience.
Pros Hold-and-win respin after each win
Win Exchange/Gamble🎅 for
bonus round
FS w/ multiplier that increases per win respin
Base game potential is
26,900x your stake
FS potential is 116,030x your🎅 stake
RTP between 96.51 and 96.56 %
Cons Can take a good while to trigger FS
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