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LolliPop Review
The spin pace can be improved. The hiccup before and after each spin is annoying, especially considering this is an interesting release in the PopWins series.
The candy visuals are familiar. The StickyPop Respins feature with its unlocking reel multiplier system makes the base game interesting. The PopWins mechanic expands the grid, with up to 7 rows and many win ways in the bonus round. The hold-and-win style feature comes with a cash scatter upgrade system, potentially leading to large wins.
LolliPop Slot Features
The premium symbols pay for 5 of a kind wins, and symbols pay both ways. The StickyPop feature triggers on each win, making all instances of the winning symbol sticky as the remaining positions respin. This continues as long as you keep adding to the win, and reels expand by +1 row per winning combo up to 5 rows in the base game.
Whenever you max out a base game reel with 5 rows, you unlock a multiplier. Each maxed out reel adds +1 to the multiplier within the same respins sequence. When the final respin has played out, your total win is boosted by the summed up unlocked multipliers. It can go as high as x6.
The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3, 4 or 5 scatters in the same respins sequence, and you can choose to gamble for taller starting reels and extra lives. Losing means you’re taken back to the base game, and the gamble feature plays out in 2 stages with the best possible result being 5 starting lives on a 5x5 starting grid.
The hold-and-win style Bonus Round comes with scatter cash symbols and hearts, as well as blanks. Both become sticky when they land, and scatters come with cash values. Hearts increase the respins tally by +1 or +2. Both symbol types add +1 row to relevant reels, up to 7 at the most. A maxed out grid equals many win ways, and expanded reels don’t reset in the bonus round.
The Scatter Upgrade system comes into play during the bonus round. When a given number of a particular scatter type has become sticky, all instances upgrade to the next prize tier. You need only 2 of the lowest value scatter to upgrade, while a certain amount of the second highest scatters upgrade them all to the highest scatter. All scatters on a maxed out reel doubles in value, and you can keep track of it all on the scatter upgrade trail to the left.
Those living in an eligible jurisdiction have 2 Bonus Buy options. You can pay for the regular upgradable bonus round. You can also pay more for the Bonus Buy Max option, which gives you a 5x5 starting grid with 5 respin lives (the best outcome from the gamble feature).
The Experience
The base game has some PopWins. The bonus round can be purchased. See how it all played out.
Review Summary
The PopWin mechanic has a decent pace this time, but game pace calibration could be better. There’s an “awkward silence” between hitting the spin button and the reels spinning, and the spin button is “dead” for longer after each spin. Pace is important, and it can be frustrating.
This problem could be improved. The StickyPop multiplier system and the scatter upgrade bonus round are enjoyable features, and it’s a shame that the game pace overshadows what could’ve been a more fun release. The potential is solid.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| PopWin mechanic expands the grid | The spin pace problem persists |
| StickyPop Respins with multiplier unlock system | RTP can be below average |
| FS with pre-gamble upgrade and many ways | |
| FS scatter cash symbol upgrade system | |
| Bonus Buy options | |
| Good win potential |
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