Extreme Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Extreme Megaways Review

Stakelogic has found inspiration from numerous sources this time, not least in their very own early days release simply called Extreme. Extreme Megaways is set in a somewhat similar Starburst-inspired universe, with gemstones and fruit slot symbols filling the reels. The ambient cosmic soundtrack is quite pleasant, and it certainly fits the bill. You get random modifiers from the top bonus reel on occasions in the base game, and wilds will help you out too.

The influence from Stakelogic’s own Black Gold Megaways series also shines through, and Extreme Megaways comes with the same “layered cake” setup. The “cherry on top” is the bonus reel, which awards a guaranteed modifier per bonus round spin. The base game isn’t all that exciting to be honest, but the progressive bonus round multiplier can wreak havoc to the tune of 50,000x your stake if you’re having a very good day.

Extreme Megaways Features

The rainbow-colored Starburst-inspired Wild symbol steps in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combinations. The wild holds no value of its own however, and the top-tier red 7 symbol is also worth a mention.

The Cascading Reels feature is triggered on every win, and it removes all winning symbols from the grid. New or existing symbols will then drop down to fill the gaps, and this process goes on indefinitely as long as you keep winning. You can turn on/off the gamble feature, and this allows you to gamble any win in a classic card-picking double/quadruple or nothing fashion.

The Bonus Reel, sitting on top of the horizontal sliding reel, will draw blanks most of the time. Once in a while however, you will get a feature from this reel, and there are 5 unique modifiers to look out for:

• Random Wilds - reels 2 to 6 gets riddled with randomly placed wilds.
• Multiplier Wilds - adds 2 multiplier wilds randomly placed on reels 2 to 5.
• Destroyer - removes all symbols on the reels for a new cascade.
• Mystery - adds mystery symbols to reels 1 to 6, and these all turn into the same random symbol.
• Dropping Wilds - a reel between 2 to 5 is filled with dropping wilds. The wilds drop down one position per respin, until they drop off the grid as the feature ends.

The Bonus Round is triggered when 4, 5 or 6 scatters land anywhere in view, and this awards 5, 7 or 10 free spins, respectively.

The progressive win multiplier comes into play during the feature, and it starts at x2 and increases by +1 per cascading win. What’s more, you now get 1 random feature from the top Bonus Reel on every spin, and landing 4 scatters award +5 extra spins. Each additional scatter on top of that award +5 extra spins also, which means that 6 scatters award 15 extra spins.

Non-UK players can purchase the bonus round from the in-game ‘Buy Bonus’ button. This will set you back 100x your stake, and you get only 5 free spins for this price. You can gamble for more as described above however, but keep in mind that you can also lose the whole feature.

The 200 Spins Extreme Megaways Experience

Nothing overly exciting happened in the base game, so we decided to purchase the bonus round at 0:35 into the 4-minute highlights video. We managed to gamble our way up to 10 free spins, and you can hit the play button below to see for yourself how it all played out.

Review Summary

There is nothing too ‘extreme’ with Extreme Megaways, and despite the obvious Starburst-inspired visuals it does not come close to NetEnt’s insanely beefed up Starburst XXXtreme. The soundtrack is pleasant enough, but even with the turbo switched on each spin goes on for a tad too long.

The base game is not all that interesting after a while, although you will get the occasional random feature from the bonus reel. The whole concept of gambling for more spins, while risking to lose it all, is not really all that exciting either. It’s too risky when you’ve grinded for a good while to finally get there. You will thus get 5 spins most of the time, which is not much, but getting a feature on every spin might be seen as adequate compensation.

Pros

• Bonus top reel w/ 5 random modifiers
• FS w/ win multiplier and guaranteed modifier
• Win up to 50,000x your stake

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

If you appreciate Extreme Megaways you should also try:

Starburst XXXtreme - is a game that actually lives up the ‘extreme’ label. NetEnt’s follow-up to their iconic original goes to the other extreme, and this is a volatile beast with a 200,000x potential. The classic expanding sticky wild respins feature now comes with combining multipliers up to x450.

Black Gold 2 Megaways - is a Stakelogic follow-up with 6 reels and up to 117,647 win ways.

Sticky Sevens Megaways - is a classic fruit slot inspired release from Skywind Group, and you’ll benefit from up to x3 multiplier wilds in the base game. The bonus round comes with 2 options, sticky wilds or random wilds, a bonus wheel determines the number of free spins you get. The volatility is high, and you can win up to 10,000x your stake.

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