Hex

Hex Review

Developers have created an arms race of feature complexity lately. Therefore, it’s a breath of fresh air to try your luck on a straightforward, yet highly capable, release like this voodoo-themed installment simply called Hex. The reels are filled with chicken feet, tarot cards, snakes and voodoo dolls, and it’s all accompanied by a suitingly ‘esoteric’ soundtrack.

They have clearly not set out to revolutionize the industry with this release, but the core Mystery Reveal feature can make a dent to the tune of 4,860x your stake in the base game, although this will require a screen full of wilds. When mystery frames accumulate in the bonus round, single spin payouts up to 20,480x can be landed, and the overall max win is a solid 25,000x your stake. Hex is well worth a whirl, and it certainly ‘put a spell’ on us during testing.

Hex Slot Features

The voodoo premium symbols pay between 2 and 10 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the Wild symbol pays 20x your stake for the same. The wild also steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations, like wilds usually do, and it’s also involved in the core mystery symbol feature we’ll take a closer look at below.

The Mystery Reveal feature triggers on a regular basis both in the base game and in the bonus round, and you need the Sorceress symbol on reel 5 to activate it. When present, the Sorceress transforms itself, as well as all framed symbols, into a randomly chosen matching pay symbol. You can also land a Golden Sorceress, and this turns all framed symbols into wilds.

The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3, 4 or 5 spellbook scatters anywhere in view, and this awards 7, 10 or 15 free spins, respectively. You get +1 extra spin added to your tally per scatter you land during the feature, and the bonus round comes with an extra row (5x4 reels) that increases the number of win ways from 243 to 1,024.

All symbol positions that are affected by the Mystery Reveal feature will be framed for the duration of the bonus round. This means that the framed positions accumulate to possibly generate larger symbol transformations towards the end of the feature.

Non-UK players, and anyone eligible, can buy the bonus round for 100x the stake, and this guarantees at least 3 scatters on the spin that follows. Purchasing the feature also increases the RTP from 96.43 % to 96.58 %.

The 200 Spins Hex Slot Experience

The base game came with plenty of dead spins, but you get to see a few Mystery Reveal triggers also. We purchase the bonus round at 1:08 into the 3:10-minute highlights video, and we managed to land some decent mystery symbol payouts. You can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We expected a bit more complexity than what Hex offers, and some will probably find this simplicity refreshing after the onslaught of intricate features that’s been in the wind lately. A beginner might see just another “mystery symbol” slot, while connoisseurs will pay attention to detail. The 243 win ways system can produce solid base game payouts via the Mystery Reveal feature, but don’t expect a Golden Sorceress wild transformation to come along all that often.

You can expect plenty of dead spins however, with Mystery Reveal top-up wins sprinkled in here and there, until the bonus round hits. Getting more than the minimum of 7 free spins seemed hard, but accumulating mystery frames can lead to tense moments towards the end of the feature. It’s very ‘hit or miss’, as you might expect, and you need some solid Mystery Reveals to truly do damage. This is a solid production that many players will probably enjoy.

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