Piles of Presents Slot Review
Piles of Presents is a new video slot from Just for the Win that was released on December 1, 2022. The action takes place in front of a fireplace that has Christmas stockings strung up on the mantel. A magnificent Christmas tree that has been decorated sits to the right of the reels. This helps to create an attractive environment in which you want to remain for a considerable amount of time. The fact that it makes you think about the fun moments you'll have with the people you care about suggests that the creator of the game has succeeded in creating an engaging atmosphere. The magnificent sights are complemented with a merry Christmas song, which serves as the icing on the cake. In terms of its general design, the machine has the appearance of a conventional slot. Santa Claus is there, as are many of the presents that one would anticipate being given to a child of that age. There will be stuffed animals, drum sets, toy soldiers, and a train among the items are meant to be gifted.
Piles of Presents by Just For The Win Video Review
Piles of Presents General Characteristics
- 20 Paylines
- 5 reels and 3 rows
- Volatility: High
- RTP: 96.17%, 94.16%, 92.06%
- Hit Frequency: 27.04% 27.03%, 27.01%
- Free Spins Frequency: 0.44%
- Christmas Wheel Frequency: 0.28%
- Bet amount: 0.2 EUR - 50 EUR
- Maximum Win Multiplier: x5,000
- Maximum Win Value: 250,000 EUR
- 8 main symbols
- Additional symbols: Scatter Symbol, Wild Symbol
Piles of Presents Bonus Features
Christmas Wheel Feature
When you collect one or more of the Christmas Tokens that are spread throughout the game screen, you will have a random chance of setting off the Christmas Wheel. In the main game, the Christmas Tokens will only appear on the mid symbol on any reel they appear on. The probability of activating the Christmas Wheel is solely determined by the number of Christmas Tokens acquired during the currently active spin. In the event that both the Santa's Free Spins feature and the Christmas Tokens feature are triggered at the same time, only the Santa's Free Spins feature will be activated. During this feature, you have the chance to win 1 of the 4 cash prizes that are guaranteed. The monetary reward sums that are distributed are as follows: 15X, 40X, 250X, and 5000X the initial wager. A wheel that has been cut into parts of various colors constitutes the Christmas Wheel. There is a monetary reward in store for the winner of each individual part. You have a chance to win one of the cash prizes based on where the wheel stops as it spins.
Bonus Feature Picks and Free Spins
If you land 3 or more Free Spins symbols, you will get 6 Santa's Free Spins. If you have 3, 4, or 5 Free Spins symbols, you will get 3, 4, or 5 Bonus feature options, accordingly. There are a total of 16 Bonus features that may be chosen from. Here are some of those features:
- Extra spins: 9, 6, 5, 4, 3 additional Free Spins.
- Multiplier: +3, +2, +1 Multiplier.
- Mid symbol to Wild Upgrade: A mid symbol will be upgraded into a Wild symbol.
- Low symbol to Mid symbol Upgrade: A low symbol will be upgraded into a mid symbol of the same color
- A low symbol can turn into a Wild if the mid symbol of the same color has been upgraded into a Wild.
Before Santa's Free Spins begin, the Bonus features that have been chosen are applied. To kick off Santa's Free Spins, a multiplier of 1 is used. Additional feature selections are awarded if additional Free Spins symbols are landed. The number of extra feature selections that you get is proportional to the number of Free Spins symbols that you have. On the next spin, any newly unlocked Bonus features will become active. If the last spin of Santa's Free Spins results in the appearance of at least 2 Free Spins symbols, the first Bonus feature selection will always offer additional Free Spins. If each of the game's 16 features has already been triggered, the only remaining option is to offer further free spins.
Our Experience Playing Piles of Presents
When we started the game, we were greeted with a cozy setting, a decent looking reelset, and pleasant music that accompanied all of this. However, this was not enough to trick us into saying that this slot was worth your time and money playing it. We had to see how it behaved in terms of its payout potential. In order for us to do this test, we resorted to our tried-and-true method, which included making a deposit of 200 euros, lowering the stake to 1 euro, and playing the game for something in the neighborhood of 300 rounds. Despite the fact that we did not activate any bonus rounds throughout the first 100 spins of our game, our losses did not wind up being that significant in the end as a result of a few somewhat generous payouts that ranged from 10 to 20 times our original wager. During our next 100 spins, we were lucky to trigger the Christmas Wheel feature which paid us a decent sum of 40 Euros in the form of Minor Jackpot. That payout and another couple of decent wins here and there during the main game almost allowed us to break even and return to our initial bankroll size. The final 100 spins gave us an unexpected amount of dead spins, and no bonus features, so we ended up losing 78 Euros as the result of it. It would be nice to see the Free Spins bonus round, but our mandatory number of spins ran out and we decided to stop. Overall, we lost quite a lot of money rather quickly and left the game with mixed feelings.
Piles of Presents Verdict
This slot seems to be one of those games that can ruin your bankroll and holiday spirit in the process of playing it. There is nothing innovative in terms of gameplay that this slot has to offer, and the payouts that we experienced were not significant at all. The volatility of this slot is simply too high, and you will probably need a sizable bankroll and a lot of luck to gain some profits. When everything is said and done, we do not recommend you playing this game, there are simply better Christmas-themed slots out there. If you dare to try it, do it at your own risk. We warned you.
