Megapearl GigaBlox Slot Review
A Chinese temple pavilion sits on a misty mountainside, gold coins spilled across its stone terrace and pale dragons coiling up the red lacquer pillars towards a pagoda roof. It’s a fitting shrine for what Megapearl GigaBlox actually worships: the pearl-collecting respin round does almost all of this game’s paying, and the base game exists mostly to get you there.
From ReelPlay, this is a low volatility slot with a maximum win of 16,297x the bet, a pairing that puts nearly all the heavy lifting on one feature. The grid is 6×4 with 40 paylines, the RTP is 95.9% and the hit rate is 21.1%. Bets run from 0.40 to 14 per spin.
ReelPlay has used the oversized-symbol format before, in Aztec GigaBlox and Giga Bass GigaBlox, alongside Dragons vs GigaBlox. Here it meets a pearl-collecting respin round with a compounding twist. Whether the pearls deliver is what follows.
Base Game & Features
Gigablox Symbols
Gigablox are oversized symbols that land in formations of 2×2 up to 4×4 and count as individual symbols in every position they cover. Any symbol can arrive this way, including the wild dragon and the scattered pearl. On every base game spin, at least one reel set will carry a Gigablox.
The effect on a 6×4 grid is simple: bigger blocks mean bigger clusters of the same symbol, so six-of-a-kind wins turn up more readily than the grid suggests. A 4×4 Gigablox on the first reel alone covers the full height of all four rows, giving that symbol a four-symbol head start on any payline it touches.
Paylines and Payout Rules
The game is played on 40 fixed lines, and the base bet is equal to the total bet divided by 40. All wins are multiplied by the total bet, not the line bet, which is worth keeping in mind when reading the pay values. Coinciding wins on different paylines are added together, and only the highest win is paid on each active line.
- All wins begin with the leftmost reel and pay left to right on adjacent reels only
- Only positions containing the winning symbol count towards that symbol’s win
- Wild DRAGON substitutes for all symbols except the pearl
- Bet range runs from 0.40 to 14 per spin
The wild dragon is also the richest payer in the game, worth 6.25x the total bet for six across the reels. With a hit rate of 21.1%, a touch over one spin in five produces a win, which fits the low volatility billing. Base wins scale gently rather than dramatically.
Symbol Values
The symbols are traditional icons of wealth and opulence, split into three high symbols, two mid symbols and four low royals. Values below are at the default total bet of 1.20:
- Wild dragon: 6 pays 7.5, 5 pays 3, 4 pays 1.5, 3 pays 0.5
- Second high symbol: 6 pays 5, 5 pays 2, 4 pays 1, 3 pays 0.38
- Third high symbol: 6 pays 4.5, 5 pays 1.8, 4 pays 0.9, 3 pays 0.38
- First mid symbol: 6 pays 2.5, 5 pays 1, 4 pays 0.5, 3 pays 0.25
- Second mid symbol: 6 pays 2.5, 5 pays 1, 4 pays 0.5, 3 pays 0.25
- First low symbol: 6 pays 1.25, 5 pays 0.5, 4 pays 0.25, 3 pays 0.13
- Second low symbol: 6 pays 1.25, 5 pays 0.5, 4 pays 0.25, 3 pays 0.13
- Third low symbol: 6 pays 1.25, 5 pays 0.5, 4 pays 0.25, 3 pays 0.13
- Fourth low symbol: 6 pays 1.25, 5 pays 0.5, 4 pays 0.25, 3 pays 0.13
The spread between the tiers is narrow. A full line of the best low symbol pays just 1.25x the total bet, less than a sixth of the wild’s top prize, so the paytable rewards patience with the premium symbols rather than celebrating the royals.
Megapearl GigaBlox Bonus Respins
Triggering the Feature
Bonus Respins are triggered when six or more pearl symbols appear. Three respins are awarded, and every pearl that lands carries a random multiplier of between 1x and 1,000x. All pearls are held in place while the remaining positions spin.
Whenever a new pearl appears, it’s held too and the respin count resets to three. That reset is the engine of the round: a feature can keep going as long as pearls keep arriving, and the round only ends when the respin count reaches zero or every position on the grid holds a pearl or Megapearl.
The trigger threshold interacts with the Gigablox system in a useful way. Because pearls can land as oversized blocks, a single 2×2 pearl Gigablox covers four positions and counts as four of the six needed, so blocks can start the round as easily as they build wins in the base game.
Megapearls
When pearls sit wholly within a square formation of 2×2 or larger, they combine into a single oversized Megapearl symbol. The Megapearl’s multiplier is twice the sum of every multiplier that went into it, including values from Megapearls that have already formed.
That doubling is where the arithmetic gets interesting. A 2×2 block of four modest pearls becomes one symbol worth double their total, and 2×2 and 3×3 Megapearls can then merge with further pearls or Megapearls into larger ones, doubling again at every combination. Megapearls cannot be split back apart.
- Megapearl creation is processed at the end of every respin
- Larger formations are processed first
- Ties resolve top to bottom, then left to right
- When the round ends, every multiplier on the grid is totalled, multiplied by the total bet and paid as one sum
Buy Bonus
Players can buy their way straight into Bonus Respins. The cost is 3,200 times the base bet, and the feature plays at 40 times the base bet, which is the same stake relationship as a standard spin across the 40 lines. The bought spin always produces six or more pearl symbols, so the round is guaranteed to start.
From there it plays out exactly as it would if the pearls had arrived naturally, resets, Megapearl merges and all. There’s no shortcut to the bigger formations: the buy guarantees the trigger, not the outcome.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
This is a waiting-room game, and it’s honest about it. You spin a pretty temple grid, collect small wins, and wait for six pearls. Nobody comes to Megapearl GigaBlox for the base game; they come because a respin round that keeps resetting and keeps doubling has a genuine 16,297x top end, which is rare in a slot this gentle.
The Megapearl merge is the best thing here. A grid that looks like a dud can double itself into something serious in two respins, and the round can run far past its three-spin allotment. The worst thing is that everything outside that round is thin: base wins rarely leave the small change, and the 3,200x buy price is steep insurance on a low volatility game.
It’s for players who like a calm, long session with one big compounding payoff at the end of it, East Asian theme and all. Anyone who needs the base game itself to pay will run out of patience before the pearls arrive. For the patient, the temple keeps its doors open.
Megapearl GigaBlox FAQs
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What is the RTP of Megapearl GigaBlox?
The RTP is 95.9% as the total expected return, which sits just below the industry average. -
Is Megapearl GigaBlox high volatility?
No. It’s a low volatility game, so wins tend to be smaller and more frequent, with the big potential concentrated in the Bonus Respins feature. -
What is the hit frequency of Megapearl GigaBlox?
The hit frequency is 21.1%, meaning just over one spin in five produces a winning combination. -
How many paylines does Megapearl GigaBlox have?
There are 40 fixed paylines across a 6×4 grid, with wins paying left to right on adjacent reels. -
How do you trigger Bonus Respins in Megapearl GigaBlox?
Land six or more pearl symbols anywhere on the grid. Three respins are awarded, and the count resets to three every time a new pearl lands. -
What is a Megapearl in Megapearl GigaBlox?
When pearls fill a square formation of 2×2 or larger, they merge into a single Megapearl whose multiplier is twice the sum of all combining values. Megapearls can merge again into larger ones, doubling each time. -
Can you buy the bonus on Megapearl GigaBlox?
Yes. The Bonus Respins feature costs 3,200 times the base bet, and the bought spin always lands six or more pearls to start the round. -
What is the maximum win on Megapearl GigaBlox?
The maximum win is 16,297x the total bet, achievable through the compounded multipliers of the Bonus Respins round.
