Big Time Gaming seems to stop experimenting with new engines and mechanics and return to some older stuff. Chocolates is a sequel to their previous sweets-themed title, Donuts, which obviously sticks to the same winning formula, though, still manages to deliver something new. Thus, wins are now even sweeter! Offering a super-tasty jackpot of up to 65,536x of the bet, Chocolates has all chances of becoming yet another BTG’s banger.
We all love innovations and appreciate developers’ efforts of bringing something groundbreaking to the industry, though, the guys from Big Time Gaming appear to overdo this. Looking at their recent portfolio hints at the fact that the devs are trying to pick up a new bestseller mechanic that will follow the success of Megaways. First Megaclusters, then Megaquads. None of those managed to repeat big furor of their older ’Mega’ brother. However, you shouldn’t consider this a desperate attempt to produce something hugely successful. It might seem that Big Time Gaming is slowly running out of their groundbreaking ideas and their recent creations fail to meet players’ high hopes, though, it’s rather a wise strategy of learning from the mistakes. BTG is obviously probing the market to find out what players do and do not like, getting to know their preferences and cravings to then release the next hit mechanic at some point.
This brings us to Chocolates, another delicious slot built upon the mechanic, which debuted in Donuts. Here, instead of ’Mega’ reel sets, players get to play across a 4×4 grid, which is set in a backdrop of a wooden structure, whereas the backdrop showcases a flowering meadow with majestic mountains in the rear. Players are offered 256 ways to play, though, looking ahead, up to 65,536 are possible during the features.
Playable on any device, it comes with a betting range common to most of the Big Time Gaming’s titles, so players will drop in by setting bets from 0.2$ to 20$ per spin. As well as Donuts, Chocolates boats the same extremely brutal math model, though, with a slightly toned down volatility and insignificantly increased RTP. Thereby, landing wins will require a little less effort, though, still too volatile for non-risky players. The RTP is now at 96.6%, not a major upgrade, but still a pleasant point. The main highlight here is undoubtedly the maximum potential, which is whopping 65,536 times the stake on a single spin.
The symbol collection involves 10 regular symbols, split into highs and lows. The pay symbols start at the low end with A-9 royals, followed by a bunch of premium chocolate candies and bars. Low-paying ones award wins when matching 4 instances on a line, while high-paying symbols need only 3. The payouts are meager actually for a 4-of-a-kind of premiums will award no more than 1x of the bet, though, massive wins are still possible during the base game with the help of multipliers, so let’s take a look at the Chocolates’ features.
There are two Wild symbols included in Chocolates, both of which act as substitutes for any other regular symbols, assisting you in forming winning combos. The Golden Ticket Wild is the one you desire the most. It lands with a 6x multiplier attached, multiplying all winning combos it takes part in. Bigger multipliers are possible also. Land two of them and you get a 36x to boost the potential. Three will in turn deliver a 216x multiplier, so keep an eye on those chocs.
On any spin during both the base and the bonus games a yellow chocolate box may appear to then reveal up to 4 premium symbols. Long story short, those are a kind of mystery symbols which reveal 2-4 symbols instead of one. More than one box can drop on the same spin, producing more ways to win. All the boxes always reveal the same instance of a randomly chosen premium symbols.
The real madness starts when you trigger the Free Spins feature. 3 or 4 Scatters anywhere in view award 7 and 10 spins to start respectively. Before the bonus game kicks off, at least 1 triggering Scatter turns into a Sticky box that will remain in its position for the duration of the Free Spins round. All other boxes appearing on the grid during the feature will become Sticky as well. It might seem weird but theoretically, 65,656 ways to play are possible once all the reels are filled with 4 symbol boxes. Half of the power of the Megaways, but pretty impressive for a 4-reel slot.
Furthermore, the Free Spins feature can be extended. Filling an entire reel with boxes will award +3 additional spins to the total tally, so it’s possible to obtain 12 extra free spins in total.
Chocolates undoubtedly looks like the stuff we all wanted to see from Big Time Gaming. After some so-so releases, this one seems to be a perfect alternative to all those experimental things. As well as the Donuts slot did, Chocolates is probably going to deliver the same level of effect within the industry, even though it doesn’t really offer anything innovative that Donuts didn’t.
Those who have ever tried and loved the previous sweets-themed BTG’s title will definitely appreciate this one. It’s a superb continuation to the beloved studio’s banger, offering even more stunning prizes. We’ve already mentioned the whopping 65,536x payout twice and will do it once again for it really blows away. Anyway, namely, this will be the main reason why players will feel drawn to spin the reels on Chocolates, and we can strongly recommend you to do so.
