Crazy Jelly - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Candy Crush has a lot to answer for, with developers now rushing to blend social gaming fun with traditional slots gameplay. Some are more successful than others - so how does Crazy Jelly measure up?

If you like streak respins, you will be excited to see the expanding wild lollipop appear on the screen. This locks in place and awards one respin, with additional wilds adding an extra respin to your tally.

Fill the screen with wilds and the highest-paying gummy bear symbol and you could enjoy a decent payout; however, this is all the action you can expect. There are no level ups or reel modifiers, no special features or even free spins. The saving grace is that this slot pays both ways for double the potential.

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Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Candy Crush Saga is a sweet tale of crushing and exploding candies in the Candy Kingdom and has been downloaded nearly three billion times in the five years since it burst onto the social gaming scene.

It seems that everyone wants whatever Candy Crush developer King has, leading to a plethora of online slots that strive to capture the candy magic. Some, like Sugar Pop or the Jellypop Humming slot from CQ9 Gaming, make the most of different levels, game worlds, special symbols and modifiers.

Others, like Crazy Jelly, take the theme but don’t really do anything with it beyond creating a few sweetie symbols. We have plenty of jelly sweets, gummy bears and candy lollies, but the murky colour scheme is definitely unappetising.

The soundtrack is closer to the mark with its cute electronica, but we can’t help feeling that this was a missed opportunity for this usually reliable developer.

RTP & volatility

Aimed at risk-takers, this slot has high volatility and a 94 per cent RTP. This is partly mitigated by the payouts available but is still much lower than the average.

How to play Crazy Jelly

If you have never played Platipus Gaming slots before, they are quite easy to set up. The user interface may not be pretty, but it is functional. It relies on a menu ribbon to help you get up and running fast:

1. Tap or click the menu symbol on the left of the interface. This pops up the menu ribbon:

- Sound: mute all game sounds
- Paytable: information on features, symbols and paylines
- Info: game rules
- History
- Fullscreen mode

The green back arrow returns you to the main screen.

2. If you like to speed up your spins, click the fast forward icon.

3. When you want to set your total bet, click the small arrow to the right of the line bet field. Choose a value to be multiplied by the 10 fixed paylines to give you your total bet.

4. When you are ready to play, either hit the spin button or select between 25 and 100 autoplays with built-in win/loss limits.

Enjoy playing Crazy Jelly responsibly by setting a session budget. It is also a good idea to take frequent timeouts to ensure you stay in control.

Bet sizes & paytable wins

Players have a choice of line bets between 0.02 and 5, which is fairly standard for Platipus Gaming slots. These are multiplied by the 10 fixed paylines:

Minimum bet: 0.20 credits
Maximum bet: 50 credits

All the value and potential in this game are locked in the paytable. Land five matching symbols on a payline to earn the maximum payouts:

- Green gummy bear pays 250x your line bet
- Pink pussycat pays 120x
- Purple pussycat pays 60x
- Candies pay 50x
- Jelly tots pay 40x
- Jelly fruits pay 25x
- Jelly pastilles pay 25x

Max-win 25,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 94.00%

Bonus features

There is only one bonus feature in this slot, so you will need to decide whether this offers you the experience you are looking for. This is a both ways pays slot, so keep your eyes peeled for wins that start left to right and right to left, effectively doubling the number of paylines from 10 to 20.

There are no wilds and free spins; therefore, whether you prefer your slots more classic or innovative, Crazy Jelly may not offer you enough action.

- Expanding wild

The expanding wild symbol is the large and lush lollipop, which grows to cover all three vertical reel spaces. When this happens, the wild will lock in place and trigger a single respin.

Hit another wild during the respin and the process will repeat, with the potential to deliver all-reel wins across multiple both ways paylines.

Overall review: our verdict

Crazy Jelly doesn’t have crazy enough gameplay or enough jelly symbols to get us excited. The paytable is not as rich as we would expect from the volatility and while the respin feature landed fairly frequently, we rarely scored any wins.

The lack of features will also be a big let-down, especially for players used to the plethora of different modifier symbols in games such as Candy Crush. The good news is that there are plenty more free play slots to choose from here at Slots Temple.

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