Extra Juicy Megaways: game review

Developer Pragmatic Play has created one of the most popular slots nowadays called Extra Juicy, which can be found in the Spilnu casino catalogue. The updated version of the slot machine includes some Megaways additions.

Features of the update

Megaways fruit-themed products are quite common now, but they are sure to appeal to players who like to mix and match elements of classic slots with something more modern. Along with all the fruit, features such as tumbling, sticky multiplier symbols in the free spins, Ante bet and a bonus buy – a full vase of fruit are squeezed in.

There may have been significant changes to the gameplay, but players who loved the pastel, bubbly background of the original will be happy to see it return in the current version. However, a couple of new bits make their way onto the screen too.

The biggest of these is that the action now takes place on a six-reel game grid, where the number of symbols changes with each spin, creating up to 117,649 ways to win. The rest of the visuals are pretty straightforward. It looks like a new creative team may have been responsible for designing the game, as it doesn’t quite live up to the high standards of many of Pragmatic’s other games.

Bet Ante

Another change to Extra Juicy Megaways is the addition of Ante betting. Normal bets range from £20 to £125 per spin, the value of which increases by 25% when the Ante bet is activated, doubling the likelihood of triggering free spins. As expected, volatility is high, and although the RTP has dropped slightly, it’s still at a respectable 96.42% at the default setting, increasing to 96.43% when using the ante bet or 96.48% when buying free spins.

Playing Extra Juicy Megaways is slightly different to playing the classic version. A minimum of three matching symbols on adjacent reels is required to create a winning path, but the combination can start anywhere. Thus, a triple win can happen on reels 3, 4 and 5, for example.

Symbols

In the symbols department, Extra Juicy Megaways uses a bunch of fruit, bells and lucky sevens as the usual payouts. From low to high are cherries, lemons, grapes, kiwi, oranges, plums, blackberries and watermelons at 0.6 to 2.5 times the bet per six on the payline.

Next up are Bells at 3.75x and Lucky 7s at 6x the bet for hitting six on a payline. Because of the way winnings are created, jokers are not used in the game at any stage.

Features

Like the previous Extra Juicy game, the centrepiece of Extra Juicy Megaways is the free spins bonus round, where sticky multiplier symbols come into play. Other features are the tumblers and the bonus buy button – where available.

The tumblers are triggered when winning combinations are struck. Rather than removing only the winning symbols, everything from the winning reels is eliminated and replaced by an entirely new set. Drops continue until a new winning combination is created.