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Megapearl Gigablox Review

ReelPlay loves to experiment with different engines, not least their very own Infinity Reels engine, and now they’ve also jumped on the Gigablox bandwagon. Megapearl Gigablox is powered by Yggdrasil (via GATI), and it comes with an asian theme that comes across as pretty generic. It’s still somewhat pleasing to the eye though, and you get up to 4x4-sized Gigablox in the base game.

The 6x4 grid shakes a little bit per spin, which some might find annoying, but it didn’t bother us too much. The 16,297x potential seems high for a low volatility installment, but the base game offers decent top-up wins at best. The Respins round is what it’s all about in other words, where cash pearls up to 1,000x can make a solid dent via the merging pearls multiplier system. Not the most exciting Gigablox release for westerners perhaps, but it has its moments.

Megapearl Gigablox Slot - Reels Screen

Megapearl Gigablox Slot Features

The premium symbols pay 2.5 to 5 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and the Dragon Wild steps in for regular pay symbols to help complete wins. The Dragon Wild also pays 7.5x your stake for 6 on a payline, and you get Gigablox on every base game spin.

The Gigablox feature gives you symbol sizes of 2x2 to 4x4, and these are generated by different adjacent reels merging together. All symbols can land as Gigablox, including wilds and scatters, and they count as the corresponding number of 1x1-sized symbols.

You need at least 6 pearl scatters in view to trigger the Respins Bonus, and the triggering symbols lock in place on an otherwise cleared grid. The pearls come with cash prizes between 1 and 1,000 x your stake, and you start with 3 respins.

Any adjacent pearls that form a square the size of 2x2, or larger, merge together as a Mega Pearl. All the individual pearl values are then added together, and multiplied by x2. The feature ends when you run out of respins, or when you’ve generated a full-screen mega pearl.

If you live in an eligible jurisdiction, you can take advantage of the Buy Bonus feature. This option is not available for UK players for sure, and it will set you back 80x your stake. Purchasing the Respins round awards a spin where at least 6 pearl scatters are guaranteed to land.

The 200 Spins Megapearl Gigablox Slot Experience

You get a brief taste of the base game, before we purchase the respins bonus. It triggers with a mega pearl that amounts to six 1x1-sized pearls, and this happens around the 1-minute mark. The feature plays out for the remainder of the 3-minute highlights video, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The full-blown asian theme will be an immediate turn-off for many westerners, so it’s a bit strange that ReelPlay has decided to dress up their very first Gigablox mechanic release in a wrapping that virtually guarantees mediocre success in the west. Perhaps they have insights into the markets that we don’t possess, but Megapearl Gigablox is a pretty simple and straightforward installment no matter how you slice it.

You get up to 4x4 Gigablox in the base game, but even full screen wins cannot go higher than 200x or 300x your stake. You need the Respins Bonus to close in on the generous 16,297x potential in other words, and individual pearl prizes up to 1,000x is admittedly a somewhat tempting prospect. Not least since the pearls can combine and be boosted by x2. The volatility is low, which is a tad unusual for this kind of max win, and the 95.03 % RTP is well below average.

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Golden Fish Tank 2 Gigablox - is a charming and colorful underwater installment in Yggdrasil’s Gigablox range, and you’ll benefit from treasure chest cash prizes up to 500x your stake. You get a random number of feature picks before the bonus round starts, and you can win up to 10,000x your stake via the 6 unique modifiers.

Waterblox Gigablox - is a visually exquisite Gigablox installment from Peter & Sons, and it comes with a 6x6 grid with 50 betlines. Symbols are turned wild at random times in the base game, and on every bonus round spin. They are collected to raise the multiplier up to x10 during free spins, and you can win up to 7,900x your stake.