Candyways Bonanza Megaways

Overview of Candyways Bonanza Megaways Slots

Candyways Bonanza Megaways has been created by the developers at Stakelogic in partnership with Hurricane Games. Hurricane Games have a minimal online presence and may have stayed off the grid for even longer if they had not decided to partner with Stakelogic. Candyways Bonanza Megaways is the 2nd collaboration from these two companies, and here players are invited to head to a cotton candy world that is full of sweets and multipliers in this slot powered by Big Time Gaming popular Megaways engine.

Theme and Design

When it comes to the theme it can only be described as a Candy Crush world and although this is an unusual design it is not entirely unique. The game will see you in a candy land environment with swirls, ice creams and sweets on your reels. This dreamland is complete with low key music which plays along in the background and is very unobtrusive.

Game Play and Statistics

The slot can be played on all devices and has a relatively low bet range that starts from just 10p per spin up to £10 per spin however you need to keep in mind that this is the base bet range. The slot is complete with Stakelogic's super stake feature which will see you having to increase the cost of your spins. The sugar-coated action offers a medium to high volatility and math model that has huge potential when pushed to the limits, but it can also be very unforgiving, however the return to player is a solid 96.01% which does help things out.

As this is a Megaways game the number of symbols on every reel change on each spin, and these range from 2 to 8 symbols. As there are no pay lines wins occur when you match three of the same symbols on adjacent reels, and if more than three match they multiplied the amount. This mechanic provides players with 8 to 512 ways to win. When it comes to the pay symbols, they are all candies of various shapes, colours, and sizes. The first five are the low payers and will reward you with 0.2 to 1x your bet, whilst the remaining two are represented by a red heart and a gold Star and will award you with 2x or 5x your stake, respectively. There is no wild in this game but there are two other special symbols which we will go and look at next.

Bonus Features

The one feature that usually appears alongside Megaways is the cascades or sometimes referred to as reactions however these have been left out of this slot and due to this, consecutive wins are not possible. In the place of the cascades or reactions there is a gamble option which is something that Stakelogic usually offer in their titles. This feature is joined by a triggered number of free spins where multiplier symbols come into play.

The free spin scatter symbol is represented by a chocolate sweet ball and one of these can land on each reel, landing three in view will award you with 10 free spins. Once you are playing in the free spin feature the scatter symbol multipliers come into play and when these symbols land, they will provide you with a multiplier of x2 to x100. If one or more of these is used in a win the values are added together, and if you land three bonus symbols in view their values are also applied to the win and you will be awarded with an additional 10 free spins. Obviously, the biggest wins will occur during the free spins and Candyways Bonanza Megaways also provides you with two additional ways of accessing the free spins. The first is via the bonus buy option which will cost you 100x your total bet and you are guaranteed that three bonus symbols will land on your next spin.

The 2nd way is by increasing your odds via the Super strike bet option, and this is another feature that appears in many of the slots offered by Stakelogic. In Candyways Bonanza Megaways, the bet increases by 50% which then adds additional bonus symbols to your reels, effectively doubling the chance of you activating free spins. This also doubles the chance of landing bonus multiplies in the free spins feature.

The final extra is the gamble game which is available after every win. Here you need to choose the card colour or suit to double, quadruple or lose the lot. The gambles can be repeated for up to five times or 250x the bet.

Conclusion

Candyways Bonanza Megaways is a solid second slot from Hurricane Games in partnership with Stakelogic. These developers have not been cautious when creating this slot possibly because Stakelogic have plenty of experience in this formation. Whilst this slot is not the most original, the developers have been a little daring as this slot could have turned out to be a lot more conventional. With regards the gaming side of this slot Candyways Bonanza Megaways is an entertaining Megaways alternative. Having just a three real grid has not halved the thrill, although there will be some that disagree particularly as the cascades are not in use. The smaller grid streamlines everything to provide a faster paced game. As there is nothing that happens in the base game, many players will find the bonus buy a tempting proposal and possibly even more so when they realise that wins on offer are up to 20,000x their bet.

This slot has a lot of qualities and the ability to entertain a vast array of players. The base game may feel uneventful; however, the gamble feature is there to add thrills. The game’s best feature must be the free spins which can go bananas particularly when a massive multiplier drops in from nowhere. There is no doubting that this is a good game which will appeal to a huge audience, and whilst it may seem incredibly simple there are certainly big wins available for the taking.