The fruity cocktail backdrop reminded us of Pragmatic Play’sJuicy Fruits, although the concept of Betsot’s Triple Juicy Drops is very different. Both games play out on a 5×5 grid though, and in this release you’ll benefit from guaranteed Collapsing Reel wild drops (or multiplier wild drops) when you land either regular 5-oak wins (horizontally or vertically) or intersecting 5-oak wins.
The defining feature is the Juicy Drops winning symbol collection system though, and the collectable symbols change randomly in 20 base game spin cycles. Collecting enough winning symbols awards a Prize Wheel spin, and the top-tier 20,000x Mega Wheel Prize is your best chance at cracking the20,534x potential. There is also a bonus round that comes with multiplier wilds, and it has a pretty decent hit rate of 1 in 135 spins.
The 8 fruit symbols pay between 2 and 30 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while the top-tier Diamond symbol pays 40x your stake for the same. You win by landing 3-5 matching symbols on both horizontal and vertical lines, and all winning symbols are removed via the Collapsing Reels mechanic. New symbols drop down to fill the gaps, and the process goes on as long as you keep winning.
TheWild symbolsteps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations, but there is far more to be said about the wilds in this game. Whenever you land a 5-oak win (horizontally or vertically), a wild is guaranteed to drop down along with regular symbols to fill the gap. A winning combo of nothing but wilds pay the same as the top-tier Diamond symbol.
If you manage to land double 5-of-a-kind wins where both vertical and horizontal winning symbols intersect,between 3 and 5 multiplier wilds (x2 and x3)will drop down along with regular symbols in the cascade that follows.
You’ll see3 symbol meterson the right-hand side, and the corresponding winning symbols are collected in these Juicy Drop meters. The collectable symbols are re-shuffled every20 base game spins, which means that the collecting progress starts all over again. Filling a meter awards a spin on a bonus prize wheel, and here’s an overview:
If you overcharge a meter, meaning that you fill it with twice the amount of necessary winning symbols, for example, you’ll get the corresponding number of spins on thePrize Wheel. Also, filling more than one meter type awards spins on both corresponding prize wheels. In addition to small, medium or big cash prizes, you can also win free spins from each of the prize wheels.
The Bonus Round can also be triggered by landing 3+ scatters anywhere in view in the base game, and3, 4 or 5 scattersaward an upfront scatter payout of10, 20 or 50 x your stake, respectively. This also gives you10, 12 or 15 free spins, and wilds may land withmultiplier values of x2 or x3during the feature.
You get to see a spin on the Mini Wheel just before the bonus round is triggered with 3 scatters, and the latter happens at 1:14 into the 3:19-minute highlights video. We landed at least one solid wild multiplier payout during the feature, and you can see it all for yourself by hitting the play button below.
We had to stare for a while to confirm that the fruity cocktail backdrop is indeed moving, and this might induce a bit of motion sickness in sensitive people. It helps to keep your focus on the grid where it belongs though, and the vertical/horizontal pay system comes with some okay wild features. You’ll hardly see the base game multiplier wild feature very often though, as crossing a vertical and a horizontal 5-oak win did not happen in our 200 spins test session at least.
The 20-spin cycle winning symbol collection system is what keeps the base game interesting for the most part, although most of the time you’ll get a spin on the Mini Wheel with a mediocre top-up win as the most likely outcome. A spin on the 20,000x top-prize Mega Wheel will raise your pulse though, but keep in mind that symbols are not collected during the up to x3 multiplier wild bonus round. Overall, a decent and somewhat novel fruit slot effort from Betsoft, but nothing too memorable either.
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