Reality Stars - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Experience the glamour and excitement of red carpet life in Reality Stars from PlayPearls. In this immersive slot, you can choose one of five budding stars to play as, transforming their symbol into the wild symbol for as long as you have this ‘host’ activated.

Played across five reels and three rows, find winning combinations in Reality Stars by matching three+ symbols on one of the 25 paylines starting on the leftmost reel. The host you select at the beginning of the game will act as the wild and can replace any symbol apart from the bonuses to help you find bigger and better rewards.

There are a couple of bonus symbols to look out for in Reality Star. They trigger the free spins bonus round or one of the mini-games, so we will look at these in more detail later in this slot review.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Reality Stars features a crowd of budding stars hoping for their chance. To the left of the reels, your chosen host will stand while the hopeful stars of tomorrow appear on the reels along with themed symbols such as magazines, microphones and more. Big wins are accompanied by a celebrity trophy, while the background music sounds a lot like the intro music for a talk show.

Reality Stars RTP & volatility

Reality Stars offers an RTP of 95.51 per cent. PlayPearls has not announced the volatility of this game, but we found it to be medium variance.

How to play Reality Stars

Before we start to play any new slot here at Slots Temple, we like to start by checking the rules and controls. You can play Reality Stars and other PlayPearls demo slots right here for free to get the hang of them.

1. The first thing you are asked to do when you load Reality Stars is to choose a ‘host’. This host will act as the wild symbol for as long as they are highlighted.

2. Once you have chosen your host, you will be taken to the slot page. Click on the cog symbol in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen to bring up your settings and check the game rules, paytables, paylines and bonus features. You can also find this information by clicking the question mark icon.

3. Next, place your bet directly above these icons in the bottom left-hand corner using the + and - buttons.

4. When you are happy with your wager, click the green spin button in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. If you prefer to use the autospin option, click and hold the button to activate it.

5. Keep an eye on your balance, line bet and active paylines along the bottom-centre of the screen. Your latest win will be highlighted just above this.

6. If you change your mind about which host you would like, simply click the yellow ‘change host’ button above the bet adjustments to be taken back to the first page.

Bet sizes & paytable

Wagers in Reality Stars start from 0.25 per spin and go up to 25.00, so this game should appeal to a wide variety of slot players.

As a result of the mystery symbols feature included in Reality Stars, the prizes for each symbol can vary slightly depending on who has been selected as the host and wild for the game.

There will always be five symbols in play with one wild, and the same values are in play no matter who has been selected - the chosen star’s value simply moves to the next symbol.

The order for five of a kind from the least valuable symbol is:

- Jordan 5x
- Sarah 10x
- Fabrice 20x
- Loana 50x
- Melanie 100x
- Eddie 300x

Specific values attached to each star depending on who is in play.

Bonus features

There are a few exciting and themed bonus features in Reality Stars. They don’t vary depending on your chosen host, so you can enjoy the same features no matter who you select. These features are as follows:

Free spins

The first bonus feature to look at in Reality Stars is the free spins bonus. Find three, four or five free spins symbols anywhere on the reels to win 10, 20 or 30 free spins respectively.

Paparazzi bonus

Find three or more camera bonus symbols anywhere on the reels to trigger the Paparazzi bonus. In this game, a silhouette will appear in the window. Players need to click to take a picture of the figure - there will be six, seven or eight photos depending on how many symbols triggered the feature. The mini-game ends when you run out of film.

Casting bonus

In the Casting bonus mini-game, you will enter a talent show and the judges will either like (green) or dislike (red) the talent you select, with the win counter increasing for every green marker. The game ends if you receive red markers from all three judges.

Conclusion

Overall, we really enjoyed Reality Stars and thought it was a really fun twist on a celebrity-themed slot. The bonus features were well-thought-out - we particularly enjoyed the Casting bonus minigame and found the Paparazzi bonus surprisingly difficult but great fun.

If you are looking for more star-studded action, you might also want to check out Microgaming’s I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here slot.

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