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CritterPop Review

AvatarUX has established a colorful and dreamlike visual style that they keep tweaking from release to release, with some oddball exceptions, like MonkeyPop, sprinkled in for good measure. CritterPop is set in outer space with planets in the background, and the dynamic PopWins grid is filled with fantasy-style animals.

The PopWins mechanic expands the grid up to 5x6 in the base game, and maxing out the grid awards 2 free spins. There is not much else going on until you hit the bonus round, and it comes with a pre-feature Reward Spin. This is where you get to accumulate different modifiers and extras to help you out during the feature, which may help you crack the solid 20,000x potential.

CritterPop Slot - Reels Screen

CritterPop Slot Features

The premium animal symbols pay between 2 and 6 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the top-tier symbols are the tiger and the mammoth. You get Wild symbols in the bonus round only, and they step in for pay symbols to help complete wins. Turning on the Ante Bet option increases your bet by 25 %, and this doubles your bonus round chances.

Winning symbols “pop” via the PopWins mechanic, and are replaced by 2 new symbols which expands the grid. This repeats as long as you keep winning, and the grid can expand to 5x6 with 15,553 win ways in the base game. Maxing out the grid in the base game awards 2 free spins on the fully expanded reel set.

You need 3, 4 or 5 scatters in view to trigger the Bonus Round, and this gives you a starting grid of 5x4 (2,048 win ways), 5x5 (6,250 win ways) or 5x6 (15,552 win ways), respectively. A Reward Reels spin plays out before the actual bonus round starts, and from this you can win the following extras:

• Extra free spins.
• Increased starting win multiplier.
• Increase of the multiplier increment.
• Random 2x2 or 3x3 sized symbols.
• Random wild symbols.
• Tiger and/or mammoth symbol multiplier.

The grid size resets to the lowest reel height achieved per PopWin sequence in the bonus round, and you get +2 extra spins if you manage to max out the grid. In addition, you get +2 added to the win multiplier, and the grid remains maxed out for the duration of the bonus round. The win multiplier starts at x1 by default (unless you upgrade it via the Reward Spin), and it increases per PopWin without resetting between free spins.

Finally, non-UK players, and anyone eligible, may take advantage of the Bonus Buy feature. You get 3 choices of feature tiers in the buy menu, and they will set you back 125x, 250x or 500x your stake, respectively. This gives you a 5x4, 5x5 or 5x6 starting grid, respectively, and your chances for better rewards also increase with the price-tier of the feature.

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You get to see a few reel-expanding win sequences as the 5:28-minute highlights video starts, and the bonus round is triggered close to the 1-minute mark. We got a decent line up of extras to carry with us into the feature, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The game flows smoothly all the way, and we’re quite happy with the pace in this installment. Still, a double-click feature that cuts to the chase wouldn’t hurt in that regard, and there is still a longer pause where you get to admire your grid creation after a PopWin sequence. The base game is fairly standard stuff from AvatarUX, although the animals in space theme certainly makes it stick out a bit.

You get 2 free spins on a maxed out base game grid on occasions, but what makes this installment worth checking out is all the potential extras you can bring with you into the bonus round. It’s always fun to see what you manage to rack up each time, and CritterPop can deliver up to 20,000x your stake when it fires on all cylinders. The ante bet option is reasonably priced, and this is a pretty solid installment that’s pretty similar to MonkeyPop in the feature department.

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MonkeyPop - is visual masterpiece from AvatarUX, and this oriental-inspired watercolor installment awards up to 33,614 win ways via the PopWins mechanic. You get a reward reel spin before the bonus round starts here as well, and the max win is 10,744x your stake.

CherryPop Deluxe - is a revamped version of the original release, and you get 15,552 win ways from a maxed out 5x6 grid. The grid can expand to 5x9 in the progressive win multiplier bonus round however, and the multiplier increments by +4 if you max out the grid. The max win is 20,000x your stake.

BountyPop - comes with a somewhat similar colorful cosmic theme, and the grid maxes out at 6 rows and 59,049 ways to win in the base game. It can go as high as 9 rows in the bonus round, and a maxed out grid awards a multiplier bonus wheel spin. This can lead to payouts up to 55,000x your stake.