Pirates Bounty Megaways™ is a pirate themed video slot from Blueprint Gaming that offers players a mid to high range pay volatility. The game itself is played out over 6 reels, where rows of symbols ranging from 2 -7 in height will appear on them. With the Megaways™ gaming engine being the driving force behind this game, the reels are therefore able to generate between 324 - 117,649 winning ways on any spin that takes place.
Action within the slot comes in the form of stacked symbols, cascading reels, a feature gamble and a free spin bonus round where an unlimited win multiplier comes into play. Try the Pirates Bounty Megaways demo play in our review, to get first hand experience of the game for yourself.
PIRATES BOUNTY MEGAWAYS™THEME, stakes, payS & symbols
PIRATES BOUNTY MEGAWAYS™ PAYTABLE
Slots that use a Pirate theme always offer up plenty of opportunities for the developers that use them to get creative. This has certainly been the case with Pirates Bounty Megaways™, where the reels are set upon a background of a pirate ship that could well be the Jolly Roger or Black Pearl. Pirate Paraphernalia can be found throughout the game, as we as some good old sea shanties to accompany your play.
Moving to the paytable on Pirates Bounty Megaways™, we see that the lower value symbols are made up of the classic royal cards 9 through the ace, where pays can reach as high as 1x of a 6 of a kind win. The premium value symbols on the slot are the Octopus, Ship, Gold Coin and Pirate, where a hitting a 6 of kind will pay 2x, 2x, 5x and 50x respectively.
Playing Pirates Bounty Megaways™ can cost as little as €0.10 a spin, with the highest stake on the slot reaching €100 a play. Players will find a nice spread of bet sizes between these two amounts, making the slot accessible to those with all sized bankrolls.
CASCADING REELS WILL COME INTO PLAY AFTER A WINNING COMBINATION IS FORMED ON PIRATES BOUNTY MEGAWAYS™
One of the most familiar characteristics of a Megaways™ slot is the cascading reels mechanic. This feature can be found in around 80% of all Megaways™ games within the niche, and Blueprint probably utilise this more than most, as seen in slots such as Ted Megaways™ and Big Cat King Megaways™.
The beauty of cascading reels is that players are given more opportunities to win when initial combinations of symbols are formed. Those symbols that make up a part of a win will explode and leave spaces behind them as they do. These spaces are then filled with new symbols that drop down above, with this cycle continuing until no further wins are formed.
4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE REEL CASCADES IN THE BASE GAME WILL TRIGGER THE BONUS FEATURE ON PIRATES BOUNTY MEGAWAYS™
To enter the free spin feature on Pirates Bounty Megaways™, you will need to rely on the cascading reels feature in the base game. If you look to the left hand side of the reels you will see 3 arrows and then Bonus, Super Bonus and Mega Bonus, these represent the bonus feature meter.
Each consecutive winning reel cascade that you complete within the base game, will move you up one position on the meter. When the there are no further winning cascades to be made you will be awarded the position that you have reached on the meter and be taken to the pirates wheel.
CHOOSE JEWELS FROM THE SIDE OF THE WHEEL TO TRY AND IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING 20 FREE SPINS
There are 4 levels to the pirates wheel, and depending upon which bonus you triggered the wheel on, will depend where you start on it. This is explained below.
Standard Bonus ( 4 Cascades ) - Outer Level
Super Bonus ( 5 Cascades ) - 2nd Level
Mega Bonus ( 6+ Cascades ) 3rd Level
Once your starting level has been decided, you are then invited to select the jewels that are located at the side of the reels. These can reveal the following outcomes.
Arrow - An additional move in arrow will added to a position on the wheel.
Boost - This will boost the free spin amount or multiplier value.
Spin - This will begin the wheel spinning.
When you get to the stage of spinning the wheel this is where you will end up with your final reward. If you land on a multiplier value, then this then will be applied to your current stake and the bonus will end. If however you make it to the middle or land a free spin amount, then the free spin bonus will initiate.
EACH SUCCESSFUL WINNING REACTION WILL INCREASE YOU WIN MULTIPLIER BY X1 IN VALUE
The free spin feature will be a familiar sight for many Megaways™ players, as it includes a win multiplier that will be been with a value of x1. The aim of this bonus feature is to hit as many successful winning reactions as possible, because each time this is achieved, it will cause the multiplier to increase in value by x1.
Players can win additional free spins through the bonus symbols appearing on the upper reel. If 3 bonus symbols appear then an extra 5 spins will be added to your current total. Four scatters appearing in view will add an extra 10.
THE BOMB SYMBOL ACTS AS THE MYSTERY SYMBOL ON PIRATES BOUNTY MEGAWAYS™
The mystery symbol on Pirates Bounty Megaways™ can land on any of the reels randomly during a spin. Once the spin has ended, all instances of the mystery symbol will then transform into the same randomly selected symbol from the paytable.
It is also possible for the mystery symbol to land during the free spin bonus. This can prove to be a very lucrative symbol it if does appear in the spins, as it's likely you will have a healthy sized multiplier in place that will be applied to any wins that are produced.
PIRATES BOUNTY MEGAWAYS™ SLOT REVIEW FINAL THOUGHTS
Blueprint love a Megaways™ slot, and Pirate Bounty Megaways™ is another steady addition to their ever expanding portfolio of Megaways™ games. The gamble wheel is quite interesting in this slot, but could prove to be frustrating for some players, especially if they continually trigger the lower bonus, and then never progress from the outer section.
Overall though we quite liked this one, and it has similar feel to a lot of the slots that have been produced by Blueprint in the Megaways™ niche. Well worth a try though this one to see what you make of it.