Candy Stars Review
Pragmatic Play does the candy theme well, that much they have long
since proved with the smash hit🧲 Sweet Bonanza, and Candy Stars is another interesting
release in the Sweets-theme genre. It may not look like it at🧲 first glance though,
given the rather run-of-the-mill presentation, but this one has a trick or two up its
sleeve that🧲 makes it worthwhile.
The gameplay feels like a Megaways release without the
Megaways engine, if that makes sense, as you get🧲 tumble wins that pop symbols and a top
horizontal reel. All the action comes from the top reel, in the🧲 form of wilds with a
multiplier that increases per tumble. It doubles in the bonus round, up to x128 at
🧲 best, and this is how you’re most likely to close in on the 5,000x win cap.
Candy Stars
Slot - Reels🧲 Screen
Candy Stars Slot Features
The premium candy symbols pay between 2
and 7.5 x your stake for 5 of a kind🧲 wins, and you also get Star Wilds that step in for
pay symbols to help complete wins. Wilds hold no🧲 value of their own, but they come with
a multiplier feature we’ll cover below. Winning symbols are removed via the🧲 Tumble
mechanic in all stages, and this allows for indefinite extra wins as long as you keep
winning.
Wilds appear on🧲 the top horizontal reel only, and they are not removed by the
tumble win feature. The wild multiplier starts at🧲 x1 in the base game, and it increases
by +1 for each tumble win. The wild multiplier can go as🧲 high as x128, and they will
boost any win they are part of.
You need 3 diamond scatters on reels 1,🧲 3 and 5 to
trigger the Bonus Round, and this awards 8 free spins. You will get 1 wild on🧲 the top
horizontal reel per free spin, and they come with a starting multiplier of x2.
The wild
multiplier doubles after🧲 each tumble win, up to x128 at best. You win +5 extra spins
when you land 3 scatters in the🧲 same tumbling sequence or on the same spin. Non-UK
players can buy the bonus round for 80x the stake (the🧲 top-tier RTP is then 96.26 %).
The bonus round triggers organically 1 in 216 spins on average.
The 200 Spins Candy
🧲 Stars Slot Experience
You get to see some base game wins for a while, before we trigger
the bonus round at🧲 1:26 into the 3:31-minute highlights video. The feature plays out
for the remainder of the video, and you can see🧲 for yourself how we fared by hitting
the play button below.
Review Summary
We don’t think too much time and effort went🧲 into
this game, but Candy Stars delivers pretty entertaining gameplay nonetheless. The candy
presentation is hardly original, but the wild🧲 multiplier system is not something you
see too often. Wilds are the “star of the show”, literally, and the hypnotic🧲 bonus
round backdrop feels like a trippy ride through a wormhole made of the star-spangled
banner.
With 576 ways to win,🧲 the wild multipliers can make a dent in all stages of the
game, and not least in the bonus round🧲 where the multiplier value doubles per tumble.
This can lead to solid payouts up to 5,000x your stake, and the🧲 1 in 2,159,827 win cap
probability is pretty decent as well. Overall, Candy Stars is worthwhile because of the
features🧲 more than anything, but it probably helps if you enjoy candy-infused
games.
Pros Progressive wild multipliers on top reel
FS w/ doubling🧲 wild multipliers up
to x128
Win up to 5,000x (1 in 2.1m probability) Cons Beware of adjustable RTP
ranges
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Dropz - is
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multiplier spots per new win. This never resets in the bonus round, and the max win is
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