Sweet Alchemy 2: Slot Review and Free Play Demo

Sweet Alchemy 2 Review

In the world of online slots sequels are more often than not better than the original. This is interesting, since it’s usually the opposite when it comes to books and movies. The developer basically gets a second chance to improve and correct things, and just release a bigger and bolder version with some new twists and turns. This is pretty much what Play’n Go has done with this release, and Sweet Alchemy 2 comes with a nicely done candyland theme.

A gingerbread castle sits on a floating island in the backdrop, and the female Alchemist is by your side all the way. She provides plenty of encouragement as you keep removing chocolate blocker tiles via cascading cluster wins. You get a couple of special wilds to help you out, and clearing the grid triggers the bonus round with upgradeable mega symbols. The post-bonus multiplier wheel can be achieved from collecting symbols, and the 10,000x potential is a massive upgrade from the original game.

Sweet Alchemy 2 Slot - Reels Screen

Sweet Alchemy 2 Slot Features

The active 5x5 game grid is surrounded by many positions blocked by chocolate tiles, and up to a 9x9 grid can be achieved by removing blockers. You need between 4 and 20+ matching symbols in a cluster to win, and this removes a number of blocker tiles equal to the number of winning symbols.

The winning symbols are removed as well, making room for new and/or existing symbols to drop down to fill the gaps on the now expanded grid. A winning cluster of 20+ symbols pay between 50 and 250 x your stake. You can land 2 different types of Wilds, and they both step in for pay symbols to help complete or improve cluster wins as their core function:

• Striped Wilds - remove all symbols from the same row and column when part of a win, and this happens in flash.
• Gobstopper Wilds - comes with up to 5 lives, meaning that it will remain in play for up to 5 spins.

You need to remove all chocolate blocker tiles in the same cascading sequence to trigger the Bonus Round, and this awards 4 free spins. You can land 2x2 sized mega symbols, and the blocker tiles can be removed once again to retrigger the feature with +4 extra spins. This also increases the size of the merged symbol to 3x3, and finally to 4x4 if you retrigger the bonus round a second time. You can thus win up to 12 free spins all in all.

Certain symbols are collected during the bonus round, as indicated by the meter on the right-hand side. Filling a symbol meter awards a potion bottle, and these will become useful in the post bonus round feature. Each bottle awards a spin on a multiplier wheel of fortune. It comes with 5 levels, and you can win a multiplier of x2, x3, x5, x10, or x25 to boost your total bonus round winnings.

The 200 Spins Sweet Alchemy 2 Slot Experience

You get to see a few lengthy cascades, and the second one finally took us all the way to the bonus round. The feature didn’t last for all that long, however, as you can probably figure from the fact that the highlights video is only 2:19-minutes long. Anyway, you still get a decent overview of what to expect from this game, and you can check it all out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

It’s kind of satisfying to see the blocker tiles being blasted away in longer cascading sequences, but it can be equally frustrating when you keep getting close to the bonus round without actually going all the way. The 2 different wilds will help you out on occasions, and decent payouts are possible also in the base game. Nothing too special will happen until you hit the bonus round though, and the “cute” and “encouraging” action commentary from the alchemist lady can get a tad annoying after a while.

Overall, Sweet Alchemy 2 is a bigger and bolder game than the original, although the bonus round in the original played out on a 9x9 grid. Collecting enough winning symbols to get potion bottles seems crucial, and it’s not always easy with only 4 starting free spins. Many times the feature can be over in a blink, but it gets exciting when you know you have a multiplier chance coming up. The 10,000x potential is way above the 3,000x you get in the first game, and fans of candyland grid slots will probably enjoy what’s on offer in this sequel.