Reel Spooky King Megaways

It’s that time of the year again when our friends over the Atlantic in the good old US of A get the world into a spooky frenzy, and we all start dressing creepy and asking for sweets from strangers. Inspired Gaming has taken advantage of the yearly trend to sweeten up one of their existing online slot games with a Halloween twist, which brings us to Reel Spooky King Megaways. A bonus feature that is a little difficult to understand delivers the highlight of the gaming experience. At the same time, you can also expect all the best bits of the Megaways mechanic to serve up plenty of winning chances.

UK online casino players will likely know Inspired Gaming quite well, as this iGaming studio has been around for quite a while. Reel Spooky King Megaways isn’t an original slots title, as it’s really a Halloween themed take on a previous release called Reel King Megaways. Instead of the overweight royal serving as the central character Inspired Gaming has turned him into a vampire, while the symbols and scenery take on a scary look and feel. There are still cascading reels in play, so every win you land will trigger a win reaction that sees symbols tumble again to potentially see another win land and another tumble sequence triggered. Consecutive tumble sequences can result in progressive multipliers. All the action takes place upon six reels that play host to up to 117,649 lines on which winning combinations can land.

Depending on what budget you have to place wagers, we doubt you’ll be too unhappy at the wagering limits. The lowest you’ll be able to bet is 20p and the highest £20, leaving only the thrill-seeking UK high rollers feeling left out of the online casino thrills. One of the unique aspects of Reel Spooky King Megaways is the low – medium volatility, which is something you don’t really see too often in UK slots online. Regardless, it means you’ll land wins on a regular basis, albeit at lower values than what high volatility casino games return.

This is an area where Reel Spooky King Megaways differs somewhat from Reel King Megaways, although the differences are marginal. The only change is the creepy theme of Halloween that has been applied to the icons. Otherwise, it's all still very much the same. The lower paying symbols are playing cards consisting of 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, while the symbols that carry higher values are fruits that include watermelon, cherries and a blueberry, while the cauldron is the highest paying icon for 3, 4, 5 and 6 of a kind.

There’s a wild symbol that lands in a horizontal reel lying above the 6 vertical reels. The wild adds value by substituting any regular symbol in Reel Spooky King Megaways to help form winning combinations.

The bonus feature isn’t very easy to explain in that it isn’t triggered the same way most online slot machines’ bonus features and also isn’t really as cut and dry.

When you land a win, and a win reaction triggers, the left-most reel will turn yellow with a 'Ding'. Every consecutive sequence will turn the next reel to the right yellow with a ding. When all six reels turn yellow, you'll have triggered the Reel Spooky King feature, and extra sequence wins will award the Super Spooky King feature and then the Mega Spooky King feature.

All 3 of these bonus features sees you play a mini-slot that, depending on what version of the bonus you’re playing, sees up to 6 mini-slots visible on the screen. The objective is to play the mini-slot to move you along a free spins trail until to reach the free spins feature.

As with Reel King Megaways, Reel Spooky King Megaways makes things a little too convoluted for our liking. Some players just want a bonus feature that leaves us knowing exactly how we benefitted. With these features, it feels a little too drawn out and a little bit like hard work. Another negative is that it’s the exact same slot, just with a Halloween theme. If you were a fan of the original, like very interactive bonus features and get thrills from Halloween, this might just be the perfect slot for you.