Payday Megaways

Payday Megaways Review

After acquiring the Megaways license back in 2018, it seems there's a high demand for slots powered by Big Time Gaming's engine. Payday Megaways is the latest addition, featuring an unusual theme and a few flashy extras, alongside standard Megaways modifiers and bonus features.

Payday Megaways - Slot Outlook

This slot uses a standard Megaways grid made up of 6 reels with 2-7 symbols each and an extra upper row holding 4 symbols. True to the genre, each spin is unique as the number of symbols on each reel and, therefore, the number of paylines is determined randomly at the beginning of each spin. Hence, you can get between 364 and 117,649 ways to play on any spin here.

The reels are set in a backdrop of somewhat of a workplace, or rather the boss office, according to all sorts of awards, certificates, and trophies sitting to the left of the reels, and a paunchy man with a giant muggy smile on his face, smoking a fat cigar right at his desk. The game accurately depicts a cliched movie boss. Luckily, the chap's not stingy and you can be sure that your efforts will be valued and appreciated, as you can win up to 12,500x of the bet on a single spin, or 250,000$, whichever comes first.

As for the rest of the stats, Payday Megaways keeps everything clocked at the average rate. The volatility tends to the high side of the spectrum, and the RTP 95.32%. Meanwhile, the betting range is quite wide in comparison to other Megaways slots. Here, players can place wagers from 0.2$ to 100$ per spin, which should appeal to both high-rollers and less risky players.

The paytable is made up of 10 regular symbols, split into highs and lows. On the lower side, the pay symbols include classic A-10 royals, then go five premiums. This lot consists in ascending order of #1 ribbons, money rolls, charts, cigar boxes, and the boss himself. In order to score wins, you'll have to land at least 3 instances of the same symbol adjacently starting from the leftmost reel, while the boss pays out for two-of-a-kind and more. 6OAK royal symbol wins are worth from 0.9x to 1.75x the stake, and premiums pay from 2x to 40x. Gold rings are Wild and appear only on the upper row above the main grid. Those help you form winning combos as they substitute for any other regular symbols.

Payday Megaways - Bonus Features

Payday Megaways comes loaded with extras, and players will befit from quite a broad range of features both in the base and the bonus games. Central to the gameplay is the classic Cascading Wins mechanic, which removes all winning symbols from the reels to allow new ones to tumble down and fill empty spaces. This can lead to a lengthy winning sequence as the cascades keep coming until no new wins appear.

Mystery Symbols bring some more excitement to the gameplay, not given they can also result in tasty wins, albeit they're elusive. Those can appear anywhere on the grid, and after the reels stop, all Mystery Symbols transform into the same instance of a randomly chosen symbol.

On any game spin, the boss can give you a Promotion. Not thanks to the hard work though, but at random. Once the feature triggers, it removes all low-paying symbols from the grid to boost your chances of scoring a decent win.

Should 3 envelope symbols appear anywhere in view, the Pick Me feature will be activated. Players will then have to pick one envelope to reveal a random cash prize.

Landing 4 Scatter symbols simultaneously will award 12 Free Spins, and each extra gives +4 additional spins to the total tally. From now on, Scatters are only available to appear on the upper tracker above the reels, and when 3 or 4 of them appear, +4 or 8 additional spins will be awarded respectively. The bonus game operates in the same way as the base game, but the difference is that you start with a 1x multiplier, and each cascade increases it by 1x, no limits.

Last but not least is the Boss Spins features, which can also trigger at random on any base game spin. It gives instant access to the Free Spins, but you start with a random number of spins, as well as a random starting multiplier. Hence, you might kick into the action with a 10x Multiplier instead of the default 1x, and scoop between 2 and 22 spins. Other than that, Boss Spins are identical to standard Free Spins with the progressive multiplier increasing by 1x after any cascade. During the Free Spins though, the boss can also randomly award a retrigger.

Payday Megaways - Slot Verdict

This game features a great design, especially the audio-visual aspect. The studio took a pretty cliched and jaded concept, but with a touch of humor turned it into a unique playfield that gives you a sort of unordinary gaming experience. The features, in turn, are oppositely rather standard, especially the classic Megaways features that have been used countless times before.

To justify, they work pretty well in pairs and can result in staggering wins. Take the Free Spins, for instance, which right away gives you a boost via the progressive multiplier. Add random Mystery Symbols, or better the Promotion feature, and you are likely to get away with an impressive payout. Anyway, with such a wide variety of things to do, you won't have a dull moment playing Payday Megaways for sure.