Halloween Horrors Megaways Slot

Pros Tips

Keep in mind that this is a highly volatile slot and triggering the free spin bonus can take a long, long time. So, I suggest sticking to a relatively low bet level something that will get you more base game spins, which in turn increases the likelihood of triggering free spins. With a maximum win of 25,000x, these smaller bet levels can still fetch a worthwhile prize.

Other than that, the slot itself is pretty straightforward. As always, remember that there are no strategies or tricks that will improve your odds of success since all rounds are independent from one another and their results are determined by a random number generator. Be sure to set a budget before you start playing and stick to those limits no matter what.

Halloween Horrors Megaways Slot Bonus Features

Unsurprisingly, this match between monstrous beasts takes place in the middle of a haunted graveyard, across six reels and up to seven rows. These can put together up to 117,649 Megaways, depending on the number of rows that dynamically show up on each new spin. Wins are awarded for combinations of identical symbols, starting from the leftmost reel.

The lower part of the paytable is made up of royal card symbols from 10 to A and these award wins of up to 20x your stake for six identical symbols. Things get far more interesting once we get to the higher-paid symbols, which include Frankenstein’s monster, a werewolf, a witch, a mummy and a very evil-looking pumpkin head. The pumpkin head is the highest paying symbol, awarding a whopping 500x your stake for six identical symbols.

The slot also comes with up to 100 autoplay spins and a Quickspin mode. Unfortunately, I found the Quickspin mode to be quite lacklustre, barely shaving off any spinning time at all.

That covers all of Halloween Horrors Megaways’ basics, but we’ll look at all the special features that these monsters bring to the table, below.

Wilds

Wild symbols show up on reels two to six times, substituting for all pay symbols that can form part of a winning payline. They can also enhance existing wins to give you a bigger reward. Wilds show up in both the base game and free spins.

You can also land an enhanced version of the symbol through wild multipliers. These tokens only pop up during base game spins and come with a 2x win multiplier. You can have three of them at the same time on the grid and when this happens their multiplier values are multiplied together. So, you can get a maximum win multiplier of 8x.

Scatter symbol

There are no scatter symbols at all in the game. Instead, the free spins bonus is unlocked by landing consecutive cascading wins. The cascades happen every time you score a win, removing winning symbols and cascading new symbols from the top of the grid. These continue to happen until there are no more wins on the grid.

You’ll need four consecutive cascades to access the bonus rounds. In my experience, this took quite a long time to trigger, so much so that my first bonus came after 120 base game spins.

Free Spins

With four cascades you get eight free spin rounds, but you can technically keep getting more consecutive wins – with each new win adding two free spins. These cap at a maximum of 14 initial free spins.

The bonus also brings a lot of gameplay changes. Any seven-rowed reel that lands on the grid is immediately locked and remains so for the rest of the bonus. You also get a win multiplier that increases with each new reel that locks in. If you happen to be on your last round when this happens, another extra free spin is added.

There is no bonus buy option, so you always have to trigger free spins through the cascading option.

Halloween Horrors Megaways Slot on Mobile

As soon as I fired up Halloween Horrors Megaways on my Android phone, I was impressed by how well the game adapts to smaller screens. I preferred the portrait mode of the game, which intuitively moves interface elements around to create an even more user-friendly experience. Of course, the game can also be played in landscape mode and comes with all the same graphics, features and win potential you get on a desktop.

Halloween Horrors Megaways is also available on iOS systems and can be played from all modern mobile browsers.

Conclusion

I was hoping for Halloween Horrors Megaways to be the definitive Halloween-themed Megaways experience, but in the end, the game felt like more of a mixed bag.

My biggest issue here is how the features and math model match together. With its high level of volatility, I found the relatively scarce number of base game features incredibly punishing. With no alternative ways to trigger the bonus rounds, I had to suffer through the cascading reel function and that took ages to trigger. To make matters worse, the Quickspin function is immensely slow anyway, so it can take several minutes before anything particularly interesting happens on screen.

The visuals are also on point, with wonderfully realised graphics and a moody soundtrack that suits the theme. It’s reminiscent of the monster mash films of the nineteenth century, pitting werewolves with mummies, witches and the undead. Animations are also very satisfying, with the monsters seemingly coming to life and tombstones lighting up with a ghastly green glow.

The math model is perfect for the hardcore players among you who love a challenge. RTP is set to a reasonable 96.13%, while volatility is clocked to a high setting. It makes for a rather challenging game, but with a maximum win cap of 25,000x your stake, the rewards can be well worth the wait.

So, ultimately Halloween Horrors Megaways will satisfy or disappoint based on your video slot preferences. If you’re looking for a challenging, high-volatility slot and don’t mind spinning through countless barren spins, then this formula might work well for you. But if you’re a casual player looking for exciting spins filled with varied features and mechanics, then this graveyard will disappoint.