Forever Split Megaways

Forever Split Megaways Slot Review

A vampire in a burgundy velvet jacket swirls his wine like he’s already been paid, and in a sense he has: Forever Split Megaways is one of the few horror Megaways titles where the base game pays its own way, because the multipliers live on the reels from the first spin rather than waiting in the bonus round. The red-lit marble salon behind him, complete with a skull on the table and a contract being slid across the marble, is Pragmatic Play doing horror properly.

It runs on a 6×6 grid with up to 72,030 ways to win, a 96.58% RTP and medium volatility, and it sits comfortably alongside Vampires vs Wolves and Gates of Olympus in the studio’s catalogue.

Base Game & Features

The layout is a six-reel Megaways grid with variable rows per reel. Reel one holds up to five symbols and reel six up to six, while reels two through five carry up to five each plus extra symbols on a top and bottom row. Wins pay left to right on adjacent combinations of any size, and the maximum number of possible ways to win is 72,030.

Because the grid shape changes on every spin, the number of ways is never fixed. A spin with every reel at its fullest is where that 72,030 ceiling appears; most spins land somewhere below it.

Two painted portraits lead the paytable, followed by the club’s trinkets and the royals. Values for three, four, five and six of a kind, as multiples of stake:

• Man (vampire portrait): 10x for six, 3x for five, 2x for four, 1x for three
• Woman (red-haired portrait): 5x, 1.5x, 1x, 0.5x
• Necklace: 2.5x, 0.75x, 0.5x, 0.25x
• Watch: 2x, 0.75x, 0.5x, 0.25x
• Scroll/ring box: 1.5x, 0.75x, 0.5x, 0.25x
• Couple (dark portrait): 1x, 0.6x, 0.4x, 0.2x
• A: 0.75x, 0.35x, 0.2x, 0.1x
• K: 0.6x, 0.35x, 0.2x, 0.1x
• Q: 0.5x, 0.3x, 0.2x, 0.1x
• J: 0.4x, 0.3x, 0.2x, 0.1x

Nothing on this ladder pays a jackpot. The multipliers on the row symbols do that work instead, which is why the two portraits and the trinkets are really just fuel for the tumble chains.

Tumble Feature

Every winning spin pays out, then all winning symbols disappear. The remaining symbols fall to the bottom and empty positions refill from above. Tumbling continues until no new winning combinations appear, so a single spin can chain several pays.

The refill matters more here than in most tumbling games, because the top and bottom rows of the middle reels are also where multiplier symbols live. A tumble that pulls fresh symbols into those rows can manufacture multipliers a spin didn’t start with.

Settlement Multiplier

In the base game, paying symbols that land on the top and bottom rows of reels two, three, four and five can carry a random multiplier: x1, x2, x3, x5, x8, x10 or x15. When those symbols form part of a win, their multiplier is added to a running Settlement Multiplier for the spin.

That total multiplies every winning combination until the spin’s tumbles finish. It’s the mechanic that makes a long tumble chain worth watching, because each multiplier symbol that lands raises the ceiling on everything still to come. A win that pays modestly on its own can leave a fat multiplier sitting behind it for the tumbles that follow.

Only symbols in the top and bottom rows carry these multipliers; the main body of each reel pays face value. So a six-of-a-kind win through the middle of the grid is worth exactly what the paytable says, while the same win spread through the outer rows can pay several times that.

Ante Bet

Two ante options let you pay more per spin in exchange for better scatter odds. The steeper the bet multiplier, the shorter the wait for the bonus round:

• Normal play: 20x bet multiplier
• Ante Bet 1: 30x bet multiplier, with double the usual chance of triggering Free Spins
• Ante Bet 2: 60x bet multiplier, a fivefold boost to the trigger odds

Forever Split Megaways Free Spins & Bonus Buy

Free Spins

Three or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the screen trigger the round: 10 free spins, plus an additional five for every Scatter beyond the third. Special reels are in play throughout, a separate strip configuration that only appears during the feature.

The Settlement Multiplier is what changes. In the base game it resets every spin; here, multipliers carried by winning symbols are collected into a Settlement Multiplier that stays on screen and applies to all free spins for the rest of the round. Better still, every paying symbol that hits the top and bottom rows during the feature is guaranteed to carry a multiplier, with no x1-only duds diluting the rows.

That combination, a persistent multiplier plus guaranteed multiplier symbols on eight of the row positions, is where the game’s real potential sits. A chain of tumbles late in the round pays at everything the round has built, and the longer the round runs, the heavier that total gets.

Buy Free Spins

The bonus buy menu offers both rounds at fixed prices:

• Free Spins: 100x current total bet
• Super Free Spins: 500x current total bet, where symbols on the top and bottom reels carry multipliers of x2, x3, x5, x8, x10 or x15, with no x1 tier

The super version is the interesting one. Removing the x1 tier means every row symbol that lands contributes at least x2 to the running total, so the collected multiplier climbs faster than the standard round from the very first spin. Whether that’s worth five times the entry price is a bankroll question, not a rules one.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.8/10

This is a game that moves like its club: unhurried, candlelit, building towards something rather than shouting about it. The one reason to pick it over a dozen other tumbling Megaways titles is the round that pays its biggest on the way out, not on the way in. Everything you collect stays collected, and a long round ends heavier than it began.

The strength is the base game, oddly enough. Because the row multipliers work from the very first spin, you’re never just waiting for scatters; medium volatility keeps the tumble chains coming while you wait anyway.

The weakness is what the symbols themselves are worth. Ten times stake for six of the top portrait is thin, so the paytable is fuel rather than prize, and anyone hunting a headline-sized single hit will find the ladder underwhelming. It suits players who enjoy a bonus round that compounds, and it will leave those chasing one big moment cold. The salon saves its best wine for the patient, and there’s plenty of it.

Forever Split Megaways FAQs

• How do you trigger Free Spins in Forever Split Megaways?

  Land three or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the screen. You win 10 free spins, plus an extra five for every Scatter beyond the third.
• How does the Settlement Multiplier work?

  Paying symbols on the top and bottom rows of reels two to five can carry multipliers of up to x15. When they form wins, their multipliers are added to a running total that multiplies every win until the spin’s tumbles end. In Free Spins the total stays on screen for the whole round.
• What does the Ante Bet do in Forever Split Megaways?

  Ante Bet 1 raises the bet multiplier to 30x and doubles your chance of hitting Free Spins. Ante Bet 2 raises it to 60x and increases the Free Spins chance fivefold.
• Can you buy the bonus on Forever Split Megaways?

  Yes. The buy menu offers two options: standard Free Spins for 100x your total bet, and Super Free Spins for 500x, where row symbols carry multipliers from x2 up to x15 with no x1 tier.
• Do multipliers reset during Free Spins?

  No. During Free Spins the collected Settlement Multiplier stays on screen and applies to all free spins for the rest of the round, and row symbols are guaranteed to carry a multiplier throughout.
• Which symbols carry multipliers in Forever Split Megaways?

  Only paying symbols that land on the top and bottom rows of reels two to five can carry multipliers in the base game. Symbols in the main body of each reel pay face value.
• What is the RTP of Forever Split Megaways?

  96.58%.
• Is Forever Split Megaways high volatility?

  No, it’s a medium volatility slot, so wins tend to come at a steadier pace than the studio’s high-variance releases.