Pirots Slot Review

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At JohnSlots, we’ve been creating informative, factual online slot content for years and this has helped us put together a fantastic system for creating our user friendly reviews.

We start by focusing on the features and mechanics that the game has to offer. Apart from looking at how these elements work individually, we also consider how they combine to create a fun and satisfying gameplay loop.

Next up is the math model which takes RTP, volatility, bet level and max win cap into consideration. We take a close look at these statistics and then play through hundreds of spins to test out how well these work in practice, gauging how potentially rewarding this math model can be.

Pros Tips

Pirots has a medium to high volatility setting and all of the reel modifiers like wilds and expanding reels are available in both the base game and free spins. Although the free spins bonus does give you a boost, it is not an absolute must to reach if you want to score big wins.

So, I suggest setting a medium bet level, something that’s higher than what you would put on a high-volatility game. This is largely because you can potentially score impressive wins on any given round, even outside of the free spins bonus. There are also several bonus buy options through the X-iter options but these can of course drain your bankroll quickly, so approach them with care.

As with all video slots, Pirots runs on a random number generator, which means that the result of every spin is random and cannot be manipulated. Each spin’s result is individual and doesn’t have any bearing on subsequent rounds. So, stay away from video slot myths and so-called strategies and focus on effectively managing your bankroll for the best experience possible. Always play for fun and never for profit.

Pirots Slot Bonus Features and Free Spins

These aviary buccaneers carry out their activities across a dynamic grid made up of five reels and five rows. On every spin, four different coloured parrots or pirots, land on the reels together with gem symbols with corresponding colours to the parrot symbols. You score payouts by having the parrots move around the grid, absorbing any adjacent symbols with their same colours.

The more symbols you collect, the more you fill up your symbol meter and once you fill it up, you upgrade your reels, adding a new row and reel, as well as increasing the payout value of the game’s symbols. It also adds bonus symbols to the reels, triggering reel modifiers and increasing your chances of success.

You have four distinct gem symbols in red, green, blue and purple variations. These correspond to the pirots’ colours and their initial payouts range from 0.05x to 0.25x your stake. The more you upgrade your gems, the higher their payout value. There are five upgrade tiers with the highest level offering payouts from 3x to 15x your stake.

The game also comes with some helpful functions including a quick play option that cuts down on animations and speeds up the pace of each spin. You also get an autoplay function that can spin up to 100 consecutive spins automatically.

That covers the basics in Pirots but the gameplay loop gets a whole new layer of mechanics with the special features you’ll discover below.

Tumbling Reels

Whenever you manage to score a win, the pirots consume the winning symbols, allowing for new ones to drop from the top. This system continues to repeat, as long as you keep scoring more wins after every tumble. The feature ends when there are no more wins on screen.

Upgradeable Reels

Whenever you collect enough symbols in a single round, you upgrade the grid, adding one more reel and row, as well as increasing the payout for each symbol. Once you upgrade to a maximum level, you get a total of eight reels and eight rows, which means more symbols on the grid and more potential wins. The only catch here is that these upgrades are only sustainable as long as you keep landing wins through the tumble mechanic. So, the grid and all its upgrades reset on every new round.

Wilds

Wild symbols in Pirots come as part of the game’s reel modifier symbols. They substitute with all payout symbols which pirots can then absorb.

Feature Symbols

Whenever you upgrade your reels, you get three feature symbols added to your reels. These can include the following:

• Wild symbols – Can substitute for any regular gem symbol.
• Transform symbols – The transform symbol transforms all adjacent symbols into matching gem symbols to the closest pirot symbol colour.
• Upgrade symbols – This white gem upgrades a symbol to the next available level, giving you a higher payout. You can also get multi-coloured upgrade gem symbols which upgrade the value of all the gems on screen.
• Coin symbols – This pays an instant cash prize.
• Bomb symbols – This explodes once there are no more wins on screen, removing adjacent symbols from the grid and also upgrading the grid to have eight reels and eight rows.

Scatter Symbol

To access the free spins mode, you need to land a minimum of three scatter symbols on the reels. This gives you five initial free spins, but you can land three scatter symbols during the free spins bonus to add another five free rounds to your tally.

Free Spins

Once you access the free spins bonus, you maintain the same grid size and upgrade level from the base game. This remains persistent across the free spins bonus, only resetting back to its original state when the bonus rounds are over.

You can also use a variety of bonus buy options through the game’s X-iter feature. These include:

• Bonus Hunt – Costs three times your bet and quadruples your chance of triggering free spins.
• Feature Bonanza – Pay 10x your bet and get a guaranteed set of feature symbols dropping.
• Maximum Grid Size – Pay 25x your bet and get a maximum-sized grid of eight reels and eight rows.
• Bonus – Trigger the free spins bonus for 100x your stake.
• Super Bonus – Pay 500x your stake to trigger the free spins bonus with a maximum-sized grid and fully upgraded gem symbols.

Pirots Slot Design and Visuals

The Pirots theme sees parrots take over as pirates on their ship. The scene is set with a tropical Caribbean backdrop and the pirate theme can be seen throughout all of the interface dressings and symbols. It’s a fun setting that is executed brilliantly with great graphics and an equally fitting adventure-themed soundtrack.

How to Play Pirots Slot

Before you get started you’ll want to check out the game’s paytable to familiarize yourself with the payouts and special features the game has to offer. This can be found in the main menu which is accessed from a button at the top left corner of the screen.

You can then set your preferred bet level by clicking on the bet level button at the bottom left corner of the screen. This lets you choose bet levels ranging from 0.20 to 100 and once you’re done, simply hit the spin button in the bottom right corner of the screen to play. The game also has an autoplay option found at the top right corner of the screen. From here you can select up to 100 consecutive spins.

Pirots Slot Mobile Compatibility

I tested out Pirots on my Android phone, playing through a Chrome browser and had mixed results. While the game runs brilliantly in portrait mode thanks to some much-needed adjustments that cater to the smaller screen ratio and touchscreen controls, the landscape mode doesn’t quite fit mobile play as well, sticking to the same setup as the desktop version of the game.

Otherwise, the game is seamless across all devices with the same features, graphics and win potential. You can also play on iOS platforms using mobile browsers like Safari, Firefox and Opera.

Ending Verdict

Although the low RTP is a bit of a bummer, Pirots is still one of the most original, exciting video slots I’ve played in years. ELK Studios struck gold here with an excellent, innovative payout mechanic and a set of features that can make every spin just as exciting as the next. All that, while also offering a lucrative win potential of 20,000x your stake.