Happy Magpies Demo Slot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Game theme

This slot essentially combines two themes: Oriental and love. This slot features a pair of star-crossed lovers in a magical landscape, with magpies on the reels as the game’s wild as though they are the spirit animals of these characters. As you spin the reels, you will find that the Happy Magpies can’t be kept apart because love will prevail; with any luck, so too will prizes.

Graphics & soundtrack

A delicate outdoor Oriental background of nature and cherry blossom serves as the backdrop. During the free spins round, this background is given an intergalactic, magical twist. Chinese lanterns hang from the top corners of the reels and there is excellent attention to detail for the game’s symbols. The reels spin smoothly and wins will trigger alluring animations, making the gameplay a well-polished, high-quality experience.

An oriental soundtrack accompanies the gameplay to give this an enchanting, soothing vibe. The graphics and sound complement each other very nicely, engaging our senses and making this feel like an epic love story and an authentic venture into this blissful landscape.

How to play

There are eight base game symbols, four of which are themed and four of which are the lower value card symbols jack, queen, king and ace. The themed symbols are the female and male Happy Magpie characters, a bull, and a wooden spinning machine. The Magpies symbol is the game’s wild, substituting all bar the scatter on the first and fifth reels only. The scatter is the golden coin.

The user interface floats against the background for a modern and streamlined appearance. The menu, credits, win and total bet are below the reels, while the main spin button and bet adjustment buttons are to the right-hand side of the reels. To play, adjust the bet with the +/- buttons and hit spin.

Clicking next to the main spin button will transform the +/- into respin and turbo spin options should you wish to speed up the gameplay.

Bet sizes & maximum win

Prizes are won with three or more identical symbols on continuous reels from leftmost to right. The female character is the most valuable, at 1,500 for five, followed by the male character at 1,000 for five prior to multiplying by lines and bet. The scatter is worth 2x, 10x or 50x the total bet for three, four or five on the reels respectively.

The minimum bet starts at 0.60 per spin and goes up to 1,500 for the high rollers, with adequate increments to provide enough choice for different types of player.

Bonus features

This is a fairly straightforward slot with just a free spins bonus, but added wilds spice things up a little.

Free spins - three or more scatters will see you on the way to the free spins round, where 12 freebies will be yours. You get to choose which wild feature is in play between two options. The first is with expanding wilds that stay on the first and fifth reels; the second is with expanding wilds that move randomly on the reels after each spin.

RTP & volatility

The RTP is not known and there is no information available about the game’s volatility; however, we would anticipate this game having an average RTP, so perhaps around 96 per cent, and being low to medium in terms of volatility for lower but more regular payouts than a highly volatile offering.

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Our verdict

The graphics, animations and sound bring out the Oriental theme wonderfully, giving the slot a romantic, soothing and almost magical feel. The attention to detail and sense of vibrancy to the aesthetics hint at the talent behind CQ9 Slots.

The minimum 0.60 bet perhaps isn’t the lowest, but it is still suitable for the more casual players. The generous 1,500 maximum should satisfy the more daring players.

For some, this slot may seem a little lacklustre given there is only one bonus feature; however, we think this could also be appealing for straightforward gameplay, while the graphics help to make this a very easy-going, enjoyable offering.

We like that the free spins take things up a notch with expanding wilds and the ability to choose whether they are sticky or randomly changing reels. This gives players a chance to perk up their prizes a little and the anticipated lower to medium volatility could mean there are more regular, albeit lower, prizes on offer to keep the gameplay enjoyably rewarding for longer. Without the RTP being known officially, it is hard to comment on it but we would expect a fairly average return to player on this slot.

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