Mega Mine Nudging Ways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Mega Mine Nudging Ways Review

Despite being overall far simpler than Fire in the Hole xBomb, it cannot be denied that the defining Nudging Mystery Stacks feature is very similar to one of NoLimit City’s hallmark mechanics. Relax Gaming has sort of made it their own however, not least by giving it so much room to breath. It’s the sole feature in play in Mega Mine Nudging Ways, and it hits only sporadically in the above-ground base game.

Things heat up significantly when you enter the dark mining shaft in the bonus round however, and this is where the trademarked Nudging Ways™ mechanic really shines. The visual style is cartoonish, with plenty of Bonanza-inspired gemstones, and the western soundtrack intensifies whenever something potentially eventful is building. Overall, a very different experience from TNT Tumble, but well worth a whirl for fans of the mining slot genre.

Mega Mine Nudging Ways Slot - Reels Screen

Mega Mine Nudging Ways Features

The golden detonator Wild steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combos, and the wild holds no value of its own. Regular premium symbols pay between 1 and 5 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the defining feature in this game is the Nudging Ways mechanic.

It’s called Nudging Mystery Stacks in the paytable, and these cover full reels with a stack of randomly chosen matching symbols. They land with a number of 2 to 5 attached, and this number increases by +1 per nudge it takes for the symbol to get fully in view.

The number can go as high as 8 this way, and it tells you how many symbols/rows the mystery stack contains. These stacks can land on all 5 reels, generating up to 32,768 win ways at the most.

The Mystery Stacks can also reveal scatter symbols, and you need at least 2 to trigger the Mega Free Spins feature. This gives you 6 free spins, with an extra spin added on top of that per additional scatter above the minimum limit. You get more frequent Nudging Mystery Stacks in the bonus round, and these can also turn into wild stacks exclusively during the feature.

Non-UK players, or anyone living in an eligible jurisdiction, can take advantage of the Bonus Buy feature. This will set you back 70x your stake, and it guarantees at least 1 Mystery Stack that will reveal enough scatters to trigger the Mega Bonus Round.

The RTP increases to a solid 97 % if you buy the feature.

The 200 Spins Mega Mine Nudging Ways Experience

We grind along in the base game for a while, before we purchase the bonus round at 0:48 into the 2:22-minute highlights video. We got 6 scatters from a single Nudging Mystery Stack, and this awarded 10 free spins. You can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The first thing we noticed in our test run was the excellent pace this game is capable of. With the turbo switched on you can power through plenty of spins in no-time, saving you time (if not money) between Bonus Round triggers. The gemstone Bonanza-influence is obvious, and the Nudging Mystery Stacks are heavily inspired by NoLimit City’s xNudge mechanic, but the game still feels fresh and unique in its own quirky way.

The base game is mostly a barebones grind with little to show for, except occasional Nudging Ways wins to top up your balance. You need to get yourself down in the mineshaft to truly hit pay dirt, as the bonus round provides far more Nudging Mystery Stacks that can also turn wild. Still, we had plenty of purchased sessions that were over in a blink with measly returns, but on a good day Mega Mine Nudging Ways is capable of dishing out up to 50,000x your stake.

Pros

• Nudging Mystery Stacks w/ up to 32,768 ways
• FS w/ more mystery stacks that can also turn wild
• Win up to 50,000x your stake

Cons

• 70x bonus buy w/ 97 % RTP not for UK players

If you love Mega Mine Nudging Ways you should also try:

Temple Stacks - comes with a similar gemstone-infused grid, and the Splitz mechanic mystery stacks are also somewhat similar to what’s on offer in the game at hand. The bonus round comes with 4 levels, and this medium to high volatility installment offers payouts up to 25,000x your stake.

Bonanza Megapays - is Big Time Gaming’s progressive jackpot follow-up to their smash hit original, and the Mega Jackpot starts at €300,000 with no upper limit.

The gameplay is more or less the same as in the original, and the unlimited progressive multiplier bonus round can award up to 12,000x your stake.

Dwarven Gems Megaways - is a volatile mining slot from Iron Dog Studios, and you’ll benefit from up to 117,649 win ways. The base game comes with tumble wins and dwarven bombs, while the unlimited progressive multiplier bonus round can land you payouts up to 20,000x, with a nail-biting Lucky Last Spin feature to boot.

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