This game has it all in terms of the classic fruit machine design, as you get both the fiery backdrop and a grid full of different fruits and other classic symbols. In terms of features, however, some might find it lacking, but then again, a fruit machine is supposed to be simple. At least if you follow the recipe of the classic fruit slots out there, something Hot and Spicy Megaways does to a certain degree. It does come with the dynamic reels engine though, so it’s not exactly a 3-reeler.
There are no cascading wins in this game, but at least this keeps the pace up, and you can plow through plenty of spins in no-time. You get wilds to help you out on the 4 middle reels, and the main feature sits above the grid in the form of a Chilly Mini Slot. It dishes out win multipliers of x3, x6, or x9 on a somewhat regular basis, but you need to also win on the main grid to benefit from the multiplier boost, of course. The21,870x potentialis solid enough, and players looking for a simpler Megaways experience will probably enjoy this Onlyplay effort.
The fruit symbols pay between 0.5 and 5 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and you win by landing 3 to 6 matching symbols on adjacent reels from the uttermost left towards the right. The red shiny lucky number7 Wild symbolcan appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 only, and it steps in for pay symbols to help complete wins. The wild holds no value of its own, however.
Theblue Star Scatter symbolcan appear on all 6 reels, and you need at least 3 in view anywhere to land a scatter win. More precisely, you win2x, 10x, 50x, or 500x your stakewhen you land3, 4, 5, or 6 scattersanywhere in view on the same spin.
Above the regular grid you will see the so-called‘Chilly Mini Slot’, and it comes with 1 row and 3 reels. The mini slot lands either single, double, or triple chilli symbols on all 3 of the reels, and you need matching symbols on all 3 reels to win a multiplier. The multiplier remains at x1 if you land non-matching combinations, and here is an overview of the possible win multipliers you can get from this mini slot:
Whatever chilli multiplier you win will boost any wins on the main grid for the current spin, and the Chilly Mini Slot spins again for each new spin on the main grid.
OnlyPlay has created an unusually simple Megaways release with Hot and Spicy Megaways, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It all depends on what you’re in the mood for, of course, and this game stays truer to the fruit machine tradition than many other dynamic reels installments out there. The pace is excellent, and there are no cascading wins to slow you down either, but players looking for tons of moving parts and extras should probably look elsewhere.
You’ve got wild symbols to help you out on the 4 middle reels, and the Chilly Mini Slot is your best bet at landing larger payouts. Most of the time it lands a mixed combo which does nothing, and it’s annoying when you land a solid multiplier but no win to boost it with. Once in a while your win will be boosted by x3, x6, or x9 though, and this is how you’re most likely to close in on the21,870x potential. There is no bonus round to look forward to, so we’re pretty sure a game like this will not be everyone’s cup of tea.
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