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When it comes to the appearance of this real cash slot, it’s an unremarkable interface if ever we’ve seen one. There’s just nothing to it. You have images of fruit and a few drink related tiles, but other than that it’s your run of the mill basic slot machine. Judging by the lack of visual impact, we assume that this is one of the brand’s earlier titles, for none of their others seem to be dated quite like this one.

Don’t get us wrong, it has some visual presence, but it’s more geared up to satisfy the tastes of those who frequent old fashioned fruit machines rather than those who don’t. All in all, Explosive cocktail is a very selective title that few will appreciate, thus meaning it becomes a forgotten relic among lots of fresher and newer emerging titles. If the appearance of the 3x3 grid doesn’t highlight that enough for you, we’re not sure what will.

As we move onto the paytable, we can see that the way the game has been designed is highly different to that which we see nowadays: there’s a lot of unnecessary information given before you even get to the paytable. There’s a lot of fluff in the way of the important stuff, which once again will put a lot of potential customers off. You want to be able to digest information easily, after all.

Once you get past all the waste, you’ll come out the other side and realise that this is a low variance game. There’s a paytable of eight symbols, all of which offer monetary gain rather than extra spins or wilds; it’s as basic as you can get, a stripping back to the classic way of doing things, if you will. For us personally, we don’t favour this move, but we can appreciate that some players out there will relish such a vintage find. It’ll be like playing in a real life casino as opposed to in your home. Fund-wise, the minimum pay in is 5, while the maximum bet is 500.

Explosive Cocktail may be one for the drinkers out there, but Always Hot Deluxe is one for those with a fiery nature. Created this time by Novomatic, it’s another retro interface that delivers the golden age of gaming and brings it into the now. Just as with the 3 reels you see from InBet, the imagery is very limited in its scope, relying on fruits and 7s to keep the action going.

Despite them being similar in their designs, there’s a huge difference between the two when it comes to their RTP. In fact, we’ve never seen such a difference between two games before. Nor have we seen as low a rate given as the one Explosive Cocktail offers: just 89%. For an online slot that’s incredibly low, and therefore showcases how hard going this title is. Thankfully Always Hot comes in and saves the day with a more welcomed 95.36% RTP. If there was ever going to be a deciding factor, it would be the figures shown here.

We get that we’re probably not the right gamers for this slot, and so we don’t appreciate it as we should, but nonetheless this game goes out with a whimper rather than a bang. Explosive Cocktail just doesn’t have enough character and features to keep you entertained, a factor we believe to be true, even for the retro loving gamers out there. This is an old timer, a title that was once a leader of the industry but is now an antique.