Megahops Megaways

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Megahops Megaways: Slot Overview

When reviewing Megahops Megaways from developer Booming Games, a couple of other Oktoberfest-style slots had been released by competitor studios around the same time, namely Zicke Zacke and Octobeer Fortunes. It meant that we were plum out of clever witticism to open with and a little weary of trolling around online to find something. Instead, how about we just shimmy our way onto a virtual bench seat and see what sort of beverages Booming Games serves up in Megahops Megaways.

To play Megahops Megaways, participants enter a cosy-looking beer hall, its décor consisting of seats, tables, mugs of beer, barrels, streams of flags and pretzels hanging from the roof – is that a thing? A cheerful oompah band provides the soundtrack, while an equally cheerful female, presumably the barmaid character, offers an occasional voice-over to announce when certain features are activated. All in all, Megahops Megaways offers a relatively warm beer-soaked atmosphere to settle into without coming across as a major landmark destination.

Getting all sudsy is possible on any device, and players can pick stakes of 10 p/c to $/€25 per spin. A medium-high volatile slot, the default RTP is one of the game's more memorable aspects, coming in at the rather desirable level of 96.7%. The action, meanwhile, takes place on a 6-reel Megaways game panel, each reel holding 2 to 7 symbols each – the exact number can change on each spin. The alternating numbers of symbols in view means ways to win alter as well, from 64 up to 117,649 at the most.

Nine regular pay symbols appear on Megahops Megaways' reels. The first five are called the 'minors' and include 10-A card rank symbols, paying 0.4 to 0.7x the bet for a six-of-a-kind win. The remaining four are the 'majors', which are sweets, pretzels, a traditional beer hall-looking gent, and a cleavy barmaid type. Landing a six of a kind major win gets you 0.9-1.2 times the stake. Helping players complete wins are wild beer mug symbols, substituting for all symbols except the free spins scatter tile.

Megahops Megaways: Slot Features

For Megahops Megaways' features, players can look forward to three random modifiers and a triggered round of free spins.

Wild Beer Reels

At random on any spin, one or more reels are picked to become filled with wild symbols, thereby making full reel wilds. This can happen on reels 2, 4, and/or 6.

Wild Upgrade

Also, on any spin, 1-4 of the major symbols are randomly selected. When the reels stop spinning, all instances of the chosen symbols in view are transformed into wild symbols.

Max Megaways

When this feature triggers, it forces each reel to expand to its maximum of seven rows, creating the full 117,649 Megaways.

Free Spins

The final symbol to keep an eye out for is the free spins scatter. Landing 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols awards 10, 12, or 15 free spins, respectively. During free spins, hitting 3 scatters awards an additional +5 free spins. Going off the paytable and rules, nothing new is added to the bonus round that is not available in the base game.

Megahops Megaways: Slot Verdict

We might have been suffering from a touch of Oktoberfest slot fatigue, but Booming Games clearly is not. After scanning through the studio's back catalogue, it's safe to say Megahops Megaways is not Booming Games' first visit to a bierhalle. For those intrigued, other similarly themed releases from Booming Games include Wunderfest, Wunderfest Deluxe, and Octoberfest. With so much interest shown in slamming steins, it's no wonder the studio has turned to what they know to create a Megaways game.

If theme choice wasn't a major stretch for the studio, it's unlikely the features which accompany Megahops Megaways were either. None are exhilaratingly unmissable, largely consisting of adding wild symbols to the reels. Fair dues, there can be up to three wild reels at once but counteracting this effect to a degree are the low symbol values. Even the top premium value is weak. Free spins are kind of weak as well since nothing special like cascades or a progressive win multiplier is added to the mix. It's just free base game spins, really. Positive points in Megahops Megaways include the decent default RTP value (though this can be lower depending on where you play, so beware), and some players may appreciate the frequency which features trigger. As for free spins, however, during some sessions they triggered rather frequently, whilst during others not even once. Potential isn't bad, not massive for a Megaways slot, but it could have been worse than the 'Win more than 8,888x' the game advertises.

To sum up, Megahops Megaways possesses a measure of beer hall charm, displaying much of the imagery you'd expect to see in this sort of game, and the features are okay. However, Megahops Megaways lacks something to give it real vitality. There's no major showpiece feature to work towards, no feeling the game is building towards some freaky climax. Instead, Megahops Megaways does its thing, like repeat trips to a bar that's run out of M?rzen and is stuck pouring a lite alternative.