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Pop Review
Many a slot series has been spawned by an initial hit release. The follow-up title failed to spark the same enthusiasm, but that hardly deterred the release of a third installment, simply called Pop. The reel expanding mystery boxes are long gone, as this one is all about floating balloon symbols and position multipliers.
The premium balloon symbols, and the multiplier rainbow balloon, float up from below, while regular low-value royals spin normally. This creates an interesting dynamic, where Reaction Wins increase the number of balloons progressively. The big highlight is the bonus round, where balloon/wild wins increase both the number, and the value, of the sticky background position multipliers.
Pop Slot Features
The Reactions mechanic kicks in whenever you land a winning combo, and this removes the winning symbols from the reels. New symbols will not drop down to fill the gaps however. Instead, only the higher value balloons will float up to fill the empty spaces, and the process goes on as long as you keep landing new winning combos.
The rainbow balloon wild steps in for all regular pay symbols, and they can come with a multiplier up to 4x in the base game. Each multiplier wild involved in a win will boost the total, but wilds can only float up on reels 2 and 4.
The coin scatters can land anywhere, and you need at least 3 in sight to trigger the bonus round. This gives you 12 free spins for starters, and at least 1 of the scatter positions get a sticky background multiplier of either 2x, 3x or 4x. All 16 positions on the grid now have a multiplier that starts at 1x, but the background multipliers only become visible when they are increased.
You increase the background multipliers by landing balloon and/or wild wins. You will then see at least 1 multiplier between 2x and 4x appear in the background position of the removed winning symbols. Only balloon symbols are subject to the multiplier boosts. This is neatly illustrated by the fact that you can see the multiplier values through the balloons, while the royal symbols cover them up.
You get 3 extra spins when you land 3 scatters anywhere in sight, and this also increases the multiplier by +1 on one of the involved positions. Each time you retrigger the bonus round however, that amount increases by +1 also. This means that the multiplier increases by +2 on the second retrigger, and so forth.
The 200 Spins Pop Slot Experience
Scatter coins tend to be minted in the vacuum created by the popping winning balloons. We had a lengthy Reactions sequence towards the middle of the 4-minute highlights video, and this led us directly into the bonus round. You can see how it all played out by hitting the play button.
Review Summary
The biggest difference between Pop and the 2 previous installments in the 4-reel series is the lack of any reel expansion mechanics. There are no mystery boxes dishing out up to 4 symbols each here, but the floating balloon mechanic is kind of neat. The base game holds a theoretical potential of 14,407x your stake, but we’re not holding our breath.
Per usual, everything is cranked up in the bonus round, which comes with the highest potential in the series so far. 66,960x your stake sounds amazing, but the series is known for underdelivering when it comes to the max win. The key to big wins is removing as many royal “blockers” as possible, which allows for waves of balloons to boost up the sticky bonus round multipliers. It’s fun when you hit a solid winning streak, but don’t expect that to happen all that often.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Neat floating balloon mechanic | Reel expansion mechanic has been removed |
| Bonus round w/ progressive position multipliers | |
| Win up to 66,960x your stake |
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