TikiPop Review
AvatarUX would probably have benefited from going with a more mainstream
theme on their first PopWin mechanic releases. TikiPop🛡 is much more pleasing to the eye
than the initial titles in this series, even if the Polynesian island theme🛡 is somewhat
of a cliché. The gameplay is still all about popping those wins, and adding rows to the
grid🛡 as you go.
As we’ve mentioned in previous reviews, we still feel that something is
off with the pace of the🛡 game. There is an annoying pause after the winning symbols
have popped, and filling up the empty positions one by🛡 one takes way too long. The
bonus round is certainly capable of exciting thrill rides here, like in previous
titles,🛡 but we have to wonder how long AvatarUX can stretch this series with only minor
changes to the features.
TikiPop Slot🛡 Reel Screen
TikiPop slot Features
The PopWins
mechanic is at the heart of everything here, and fans of the series will already🛡 be
well acquainted with it. Every winning combination “pops”, and this creates 2 new
symbol positions where only 1 existed🛡 before. This also means that the reel set
increases in size, and you can add up to 2 extra rows🛡 per reel in the base game.
If you
manage to increase all 5 reels to the maximum size of 5 rows,🛡 your total winnings will
be subject to a 2x multiplier boost. The win ways increase from 468 to 6,250 in🛡 the
base game, and these high numbers are also due to the win both ways setup.
You trigger
the bonus round🛡 by landing at least 3 scatters on the same spin. You get 7, 11 or 15
free spins when you🛡 land 3, 4 or 5 scatters, respectively. You can choose to gamble to
win more spins before the feature starts🛡 however, and you have a 50/50 chance of
upgrading your bonus round to the next tier. If you don’t win,🛡 you’re kicked back to
the base game with no mercy.
You will start with a randomly chosen reel configuration,
where the🛡 least expanded is 4-3-3-3-4. It goes all the way up to a fully expanded base
game grid of 5x5, but🛡 you can add 2 extra rows to that in the bonus round. You will now
benefit from a progressive multiplier🛡 that increases with +1 for every PopWin. The
multiplier comes with no upper limit.
Instead of resetting to the default setup,🛡 the
bonus round reels decrease down to the shortest achieved reel size. If you manage to
upgrade all reels to🛡 the maximum of 7 rows, that grid size will remain for as long as
the bonus round lasts. This gives🛡 you 33,614 win ways, which is the most you can
achieve in this game.
You get 2 to 4 extra spins🛡 whenever you fully expand a reel. If
you manage to expand all reels to the max, the progressive multiplier will🛡 increase
with +2 per PopWin, instead of +1. Non-UK players can buy the bonus round for 100x your
total stake.🛡 You will then get 7 free spins, with the possibility of gambling for
more.
The 200 Spins TikiPop slot Experience
We took🛡 advantage of the gamble feature,
and got away with 15 free spins in total. The bonus round turned out to🛡 be quite
lucrative, and bigger wins kept racking up towards the end. We thus landed a pretty
solid total win,🛡 and you can see how it all played out in the 6-minute highlights video
below.
Review Summary
If you’re already a fan🛡 of the PopWins series from
AvatarUX/Yggdrasil, you will probably enjoy TikiPop as well. Visually, the game is an
improvement from🛡 the earliest releases, as the symbols are more crisp and easy to
distinguish here. The Polynesian-inspired theme comes with nice🛡 bright colors, and the
PopWins mechanic is still going strong.
There is not enough here to convince any
fences-sitters though, as🛡 nothing really new is brought to the table. If you reach the
multiplier plateau level with a full size grid,🛡 things can get really interesting with
the +2 increasing multiplier. The 32,000x potential might be a bit lower than some🛡 of
the previous titles, but it’s still a higher max win than what most games out there
offer by far.
Pros
PopWins🛡 mechanic with 2x base game boost when grid is fully
expanded
Bonus round with unlimited progressive multiplier and up to 33,614🛡 win
ways
High volatility action with a solid 32,000x max win potential
Cons
Does very
little to bring the series forward
The pace of🛡 the game is still a bit too slow
If you
love TikiPop slot you should also try:
CherryPop - comes with a🛡 glossy fruit slot
inspired theme, and you will benefit from an unlimited progressive multiplier bonus
round here too. The potential🛡 of 56,386x is significantly higher though, and this is
perhaps the most popular installment in the series so far.
PopRocks -🛡 is AvatarUX
PopWins mechanic debut slot, and it comes with extreme volatility. The 72,188x max win
potential is equally extreme🛡 though, and it can be landed via the unlimited multiplier
bonus round.
BountyPop - proved itself only 4 days after being🛡 released, when a lucky
Swede landed a €170,000 bonus round win. The reels can expand up to 9 rows in🛡 the bonus
round here, and you can win up to 55,000x your stake. There are 3 tiers to the bonus
🛡 round, offering up to 100x multipliers.
