Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways

Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways Review

This slot is the latest creation based on the DOND license. It tackles the Megaways format with a slightly different approach, adding a new Bonus Trail that gives a similar feeling to other grid slots.

The game is set in the familiar neon-lit studio, with the iconic Banker’s theme song. It uses the Megaways engine, with up to 6 symbols per reel and a top reel adding extra positions. Betting starts at a reasonable amount, going up to a higher limit. Winning combinations are formed by landing matching symbols on at least 3 adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. The premium symbols pay for 6-of-a-kind wins.

Every time you win, the winning symbols disappear via the Cascading mechanic, and new ones drop in, giving you another chance to win. Each cascade moves you along the Bonus Trail seen on the left. This trail is packed with different modifiers and cash prizes, while also offering the chance to trigger the Deal or No Deal Bonus game. The DOND bonus is the same as always: eliminate prize boxes to try and get the best offer from the Banker, and hopefully win free spins.

During the Free Spins round, the Bonus Trail transforms into a Multiplier Trail, and every cascade increases your range of possible multipliers. The multipliers vary per free spins within the achieved range. Keep in mind that this is a high volatility game, so expect some swings. Also, the RTP is lower than usual due to the progressive Jackpot King feature, which triggers randomly for massive prizes exceeding the max win.

Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways Features

You’ll benefit from cascading reels, mystery symbols, and a bonus trail prize meter in the base game, and the free spins round comes with a progressive multiplier system. Below, we’ll detail all bonus features you’ll find in Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways slot.

Cascading Reels

Winning symbols are removed from the grid and replaced by existing and new symbols dropping down. This cascading mechanic continues indefinitely as long as you keep landing new winning combinations.

Mystery Symbols

The Question Mark Mystery Symbols can land on any real, revealing the same randomly selected pay symbol across all instances. Mystery symbols cannot reveal Wild or Scatter symbols.

Bonus Trail

The Bonus Trail delivers different prizes per spin, as seen on the left-hand side. You progress along the bonus trail by landing consecutive cascading wins, and 4 consecutive cascades always trigger the Deal or No Deal feature during the base game. The top of the meter, reached by 8 consecutive cascades, always awards a cash prize in addition to the Deal or No Deal feature. Here’s an overview of the other possible Bonus Trail prizes:

• Multiplier - boost your next cascading win.
• Eliminate - removes the lowest 5 results from the Deal or No Deal bonus.
• Boost - upgrades the red prizes in the Deal or No Deal bonus.
• Red Alert - removes all blue prizes while also upgrading red prizes.

Deal or No Deal

Comes with the smaller red prizes stacked up on the left-hand side, and the larger blue prizes and free spins prizes on the right. You click on the boxes or the telephone to eliminate random prizes, and the banker calls to offer a deal between prize elimination rounds. If you take the deal you get the displayed prize, or you can continue eliminating more prizes. The cash prizes pay a multiple of your stake, while the free spins prizes award between 8 and 12 free spins. Taking the banker’s deal may randomly award free spins in addition to the offered cash prize.

Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways Free Spins

The Bonus Trail only displays multipliers during the free spins round, and you get a random amount of mystery symbols added to the reels per spin. Cascading wins progress you along the multiplier trail, improving the range of possible win multipliers. The multiplier is randomly selected per spin within the given range, boosting your wins accordingly. You win extra free spins from scatters on the top horizontal reel, respectively.

Jackpot King

Deal or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways is hooked up with the progressive Jackpot King network, and the jackpot feature may trigger on any given spin.

Pros and Cons of Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways

Our Verdict

It seems like every provider has created a game based on the Deal or No Deal license, and it's getting hard to keep track of them all. This theme is practically a subgenre in itself now, and while the developer tried something new with this release.

The new Bonus Trail is a welcome addition. It adds a whole new layer of excitement to the base game, with each cascade moving you closer to modifiers, cash prizes, and the Deal or No Deal Bonus. The visuals and soundtrack are authentic to the show, but the theme itself isn't exactly thrilling unless you're a die-hard fan.

The Bonus Trail is definitely the highlight. It makes those cascading wins much more engaging, and upgrading the DOND bonus is an interesting idea. However, the DOND bonus is still not engaging enough despite potential prize upgrades. The prizes are still way too small, and the Banker's deals are usually insulting. Imagine if the prizes went all the way up to the win cap, now that would deliver the nerve-racking feature this is meant to be.

With solid prizes, instead of automatically rejecting the Banker's offer, you’d actually have to weigh your options. Who wants a measly cash prize when the real excitement and big wins come from the free spins feature anyway? That’s the problem with this concept, and it can only be amended by adding much larger prizes. Deal Or No Deal The Big Hit Megaways may be among the best DOND installments out there, but without significantly larger Deal or No Deal prizes.