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6 November 2024 
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XmasPop Delight Slot Review
Discover classic symbols wearing their Christmas best in XmasPop Delight from AvatarUX!
“Tis the season to be jolly, pop-pop-pop-pop-PopWins” – AvatarUX’s highly-anticipating PopWins mechanic makes a festive return in XmasPop Delight, due to be released in late November. Sharing traits with JinglePop, this game facilitates generous Multipliers and an exciting Gamble Wheel.
Using Yggdrasil Gaming’s platform to distribute their games, AvatarUX’s portfolio is largely PopWins and MultiPop. Every now and then, AvatarUX will churn out a regular Video Slot like Floridaman and DonKey & the Goats, although both these titles share similar characteristics.
Will XmasPop Delight be the Christmas miracle we’ve been waiting for? Let’s play on and find out!
Base Game & Features
XmasPop Delight is a 5-reel, 3-row Video Slot featuring the PopWins mechanic. This mechanic can see the number of rows per reel grow to a maximum of 6 in height (base game) and 9 in height (Free Spins). Each win is replaced by +2 symbols, thus increasing the row heights.
When the reel set is a standard 5×3, there are a total of 486 ways to win. However, when the grid reaches its maximum potential, the ways to win increase to 59,049. Creating wins on the reels requires a minimum of 3 matching symbols to land on adjacent reels in either direction.
Low, Mid, and High-paying symbols award varying payouts between 0.3x and 15x your bet. This highly volatile slot consists of a max win cap of 20,000x your bet and an overall RTP of 96.1%.
Bonus Buy
For a cost of 75x your bet, you can trigger the Free Spins round with 5 initial Free Spins. You also have the option to gamble for more spins via the Gamble Wheel.
Free Spins
Triggering the Free Spins round requires all reels to reach their maximum height of 6 rows. Once active, an initial 5 Free Spins is awarded that can be gambled for a chance to win more.
Gamble Wheel
After triggering Free Spins, you can gamble your current amount of Free Spins for more via a Gamble Wheel. If the first gamble is won, you will receive 8 Free Spins. You can gamble your current Free Spins up to a maximum of 16 Free Spins. Losing the gamble will result in a No Win, forfeiting the entire Free Spins round.
In Free Spins, reel heights do not entirely reset between spins. Instead, they will only reset to the shortest reel height. Furthermore, the round will begin with an active x2 Multiplier which increments by +x1 each time a winning combination forms.
Should you be fortunate enough to achieve the maximum reel height of 9 on all reels, an additional +x3 Multiplier is applied to the Global Multiplier. Each win after this will increment the Global Multiplier by +x4, without resetting between spins.
Our Verdict
Given the immense popularity of the PopWins mechanic, just about any game with this mechanic is bound to go over well with players. This is certainly the case with XmasPop Delight which debuts in time for Christmas. That being said, we would have been pleasantly surprised if AvatarUX had thrown in refreshing features to make it one-of-a-kind.
For a High Volatility slot, XmasPop Delight glistens like a Christmas tree with its respectable 96.1% RTP and 20,000x max win cap. On top of these, the lucrative Free Spins rarely disappoints and the Gamble Wheel keeps players coming back for more.
In the spirit of Christmas, AvatarUX’s PopWins mechanic is the gift that keeps on giving, but it could do with a few exciting features to refresh the mechanic. New Year’s resolution for AvatarUX maybe?
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