Playson Launch Mega Burning Wins: 27 Ways

Playson are known for developing an interesting array of mobile-first online slots. Their latest release, Mega Burning Wins: 27 Ways, is a fresh take on the classic 3x3 fruit machine.

In addition to the massive number of ways to in in this classic themed slot you can also trigger a Bonus Wheel feature and win up to 100x your bet from a single spin. 

 Retro Beauty But A Little Too Quiet 

As we’ve come to expect Playson’s mobile first design style ensures a sleek grid with oversized reel symbols. Which is a great fit for this classic slot as the high quality design of the luscious fruits and the gold high paying symbols really get a chance to shine. 

One aspect lacking is the sound design. The reel sounds and the build up to a feature launch are decent but there is no ambient sound set or soundtrack to keep the game interesting during non-winning spins. 

Being a homage to the classic slots that made the genre so popular with generations of slot fans the reels are filled with instantly recognisable themes. In Playson’s Mega Burning Wins: 27 Ways slot there are clearly three tiers of payout value – high, medium and low. 

The high value symbols (at 30x your bet) are two sets of lucky Triple Sevens – one set in red and the other in gold. There is not differentiation between the two set in value, nor do they come into play the feature game. 

The medium payout value symbols are the a set of gold Bells (a hat tip to the very first slot machine ever made that had a Liberty Bell symbol on its reels) and set of gold Bars. These payout 10x your bet when lined up on the reels. 

The final low value symbols are the beautifully painted Watermelon, Grapes, Oranges, Plums and Cherries. While pretty to look at they don’t add much to your bankroll with payouts ranging from 2x-4x your bet. 

There are also a starry Scatter symbol and Wild symbol on the reels, both of which are used to trigger the games key Bonus Wheel feature. In addition to its feature benefit landing 3x Wild on the reels will also payout 30x your bet! 

 Time To Set The Reels On Fire 

Apart from the nostalgia factor of playing a pretty 3x3 slot with classic symbols what is the value that Mega Burning Wins holds? At a max symbol payout of 30x, even at the max bet of €50 per spin, the best outcome is €1500. 

The value in this iteration of Mega Burning Ways is in the inclusion of 27 ways to win, and the kicker of the inclusion of “All Pays”. This means that you can land multiple winning paylines on a single spin and you will receive the accumulated value of them all. And a winning “payline” is created any time 3 matching symbols appear in any position on adjacent reels! 

In addition to multiple winning paylines there is the chance to trigger the game only feature game, the Bonus Wheel! 

 Bonus Wheel 

The Bonus Wheel feature is triggered anytime you land a three symbol combination of the Scatter and Wild symbols, as long as one Scatter is present: 

✓ 3x Scatter will trigger the feature 

✓ 2x Scatter and 1x Wild will trigger the feature 

✓ 1x Scatter and 2x Wild will trigger the feature 

The Bonus Wheel filled the screen and automatically gives you a single spin of the wheel. Depending on where the wheel stop you will be awarded a cash prize worth 20x up to 100x your bet! Spinning at the max bet of €50 will see you take home up to €5000.00 from this bonus game. 

 Hot Or Not? 

Playson’s Mega Burning Wins: 27 Ways slot is a medium to high variance slot which while pretty to look at doesn’t offer much in terms of excitement for the average player or the jackpot hunter. The volatility setting means long stretches of very little happening and when it does the payoff is at best 100x on the feature game. While the 27 All Pays wins can be worth something you’re at the mercy of the variance of the game and its 96.84% RTP to see something come of that. The game also suffers from a lack of features, it could have had more gameplay appeal had Playson thrown in free spins or even a Pick and Click mini-game.