Reel Talent Slot Machine
Welcome to our review of the Reel Talent online slot, the latest show that’s out to look for new prodigies among reel performers. Four have made it to the finals on the slot from JustForTheWin and are now taking center stage to win the contest. Who will be crowned winner?
Talent and casting shows have been among the most successful and popular TV formats since the turn of the century. They all have one thing in common: thousands of talents and wannabes lining up at the casting venues, in the hope of making it through the initial stage.
JustForTheWin rolls out its Reel Talent show around the last four performers who have made it to the finals, and it is now up to the randomness of the slot reels to crown the winning contestant. Let’s take a closer look to check out this slot’s talent.
Spin the Talented Reels
Naturally, the graphics and visuals evolve around the stage where the contestants are trying to give their best performance. The symbol storage to the left on the game window is part of a new pay mechanic and will play an important role in triggering the main feature on Reel Talent. The reels are populated by cartoon-like performers together with their main props. A rather relaxing soundtrack changes into a dramatic crescendo on winning and teaser spins.
Reel Talent has nine regular pay symbols and one wild symbol. The low end consists of four artist props such as playing cards, a guitar, a torch and a microphone. These are followed by the four performers: a rabbit doing magic tricks with a set of cards, a dog as a guitar virtuoso, a flame-throwing crocodile, and a singing lion.
The Reel Talent slot’s logo is the top-paying symbol, and the wild symbol is a tile that spells out the word ‘WILD’. There are no scatter or bonus symbols on this slots game, as the feature is triggered by collecting consecutive wins.
Check Out the Reel Stats and Numbers
Reel Talent is a creation by JustForTheWin, a small but innovative game studio based in Vancouver, Canada that mainly produces slots for Microgaming’s Quickfire platform.
The team’s latest game is a video slot with five reels, three rows and 20 fixed paylines where the excitement on stage is heightened with wild substitutions, symbol storage, and three different respin options. The maximum win in a single spin tops 1,000 times the stake, and it can be higher for an entire spin sequence that includes respins.
Do not be fooled by the lack of other features or multipliers in Reel Talent, as the slot trends towards high volatility. That said, a generous RTP of 96.03% will help avoid quick busts. The slot is designed in HTML5 format, making it available for play on mobile and desktop devices across all OS platforms. AutoPlay allows punters to set up 10 to 100 spins to be played consecutively.
There’s Talent in the Symbol Storage Feature
A storage display is visible on the left of the game window, and will initiate the main feature on the Reel Talent slot. Our review team could see that the aim here is to score three wins to fill up the storage and trigger one of three Superspins.
When a win is scored on one or more paylines, the winning symbol for each line is added to the Symbol Storage. A respin is awarded if there are still empty positions in the storage. The respins end when there are no empty positions left, or when no win lands on a respin. Wins are accumulated during a spin sequence and paid out to you in one amount once this ends.
Collecting three symbols in the storage will award you one Superspin, during which only the collected symbols are present on the reels. The game has three options with increasing win potential for the bonus feature: Stage 1 – Show Time, Stage 2 – Big Stage, and Stage 3 – Solo Performance.
Stage 1 is awarded when three different symbols are in the Symbol Storage, with only the three symbols present on the reels during the Superspin. Accordingly, Stage two is awarded for two different symbols, and Stage 3 is reached when only one symbol has been collected three times.
Stage 3 is obviously the most high-paying option as only one symbol will be on the reels, leading to a full screen of the collected symbol. Wins during Stage 3 range from 70x your bet for the lowest-paying symbol to 1,000 times the stake for the top symbol. All wins, including those from the respins leading to the triggering of the Superspin, are accumulated and paid at the end of the feature.
Spin Other Talented Slot Reels
Talent shows might not be something for every slot player, but there are plenty of exciting music-inspired slots available. You can rock with Axel on the reels of Guns N’ Roses, or headbang with Lemmy on Motorhead – with both slots creations hailing from NetEnt.
Our Verdict on This Slot’s Talent
Are we so super-talented as to be able to join the four prodigies on the reels of the latest creation from JustForTheWin? Well, not really. We’re just avid slots-playing enthusiasts who do not judge a book by its cover – or, in this case, by the flashy action on the stage.
Having reviewed the Reel Talent video slot, we can see that the game is well made. However, we’re not big fans of its cartoonish-looking designs, as we think that could make the slot appeal to a younger generation who is not yet of legal age to play slots.
It also seemed rather hard to trigger the Superspin with three different symbols, let alone to achieve that feat with just one symbol. The game maths seems awfully skewed towards failing numerous times to fill up the ssssssssssssssssssssstorage, and a Superspin with three different symbols often ends with no win.
Still, it can produce some mega wins once it runs hot and shows off its reel talent to the full extent. Ready to showcase your talent?
