3 New Microgaming Slots, But Which Is Worth Playing?

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February see’s a lot of competition happening between the big software providers.

IGT are releasing a brand new MegaJackpot slot Star Lanterns – totally original, which is more that can be said for MegaJackpots Cleopatra or MegaJackpots Wolf Run.

And Net Entertainment have not one but three big releases; one of which is the intriguing Wild Wild West slot coming 24th of February.

So can Microgaming compete against these new, unique, mobile slot releases? Or will they do what they usually do and bash out a couple of copies and hope we don’t notice.

As usual, it’s a little bit of both.

The Fruit Vs Candy slot that is very familiar…

We start with what, to us, is the least interesting of the new February slot games by Microgaming.

Bet you are wondering why we’re not as excited about this Fruit Vs Candy slot game right?

After all, it’s bright, it’s colourful, and it’s got some wicked slot features, which you can swap and choose from.

We totally agree to all those points above.

In fact we said the exact same thing when we wrote the Lost Vegas slot review back in October 2016.

So this is a copy of Lost Vegas then?

Yeap. Which, to be fair, had to be expected.

Lost Vegas was very well received when it came out, even we gave it a 4 star review. It’s a fun casino game, with unique features, and a kick ass theme.

Which of course meant Microgaming had to re-create the success by launching a copy with a different theme.

And as far as casino slot themes go… it’s a tried and tested one isn’t it? But it’s not half as much fun as playing Lost Vegas, which at least tried to be original.

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A theme we’ve seen many times before

The Fruit Vs Candy slot, on the other hand, is just a bright, colourful, fruity that has a candy theme, much like a million other mobile games out there, such as So Much Candy by none other than Microgaming.

Look, we’re not saying this won’t be good. It might even be 4 stars seeing as we liked the mechanics so much.

But are we excited for a copy of an original game? No. So we swiftly move on to the next Microgaming new slot game which promises to charm the pants off us.

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Will this Secret Romance video slot woe us?

Who doesn’t love a secret rendez-vous that sets your heart aflutter with excitement? This has got to be something special, right? We’ll be jumping at the chance to go on this date.

Ah. Euh. Thanks for asking but… we’re washing our hair that night?

Come on Microgaming. This looks like it was created back when you first started out, rather than 2017.

Don’t believe us? Have a look at the Secret Admirer slot, which was one of their earliest releases, and tell us that these styles are so very different.

You even get a mask for when you have to hide your face from your lover after giving her/him such old-fashioned spins.

The theme isn’t great, but we like the mystery symbols

That said, at least this Secret Romance slot has some original bonus game features.

• 5 reels and 15 paylines
• Stacked mystery letters can reveal any paying symbol in the base game
• 90,000.00 maximum win
• Extra stacked mystery symbols during the free spins, which can reveal wild symbols
• Mystery symbols can also reveal scatters
• Free spins come with a multiplier trail from 2x to 5x

So whilst the look of this machine certainly explains why you’re keeping this love affair secret, the numbers above go some way into explaining why you might have started dating in the first place.

Anything with those kind of wins, and stacked symbols and multiplier, promises a few cheap thrills, at least.

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The Classic 243 Rabcat slot that stands out

This one is the new mobile slots game we’re most excited to see this February, though technically it’s not strictly from Microgaming.

This is a Rabcat game being distributed from Microgaming. So you’re unlikely to have seen it anywhere else before, but technically cheating.

Granted, the theme isn’t particularly unique, but it still looks good right?

And there’s something about the bright colours of neon that always catches our eyes. Call us a child of the 80s if you will, but we like lights.

It worked for Neon Reels, and it even worked for Neon Staxx by NetEnt. So why not this Classic 243 slot?

It says all the right things

Until we actually get to play a slot machine, we can’t say for sure if we are going to love it or not. We’ve been wrong before in our slot previews before. Not often, but sometimes.

And this Classic 243 game says all the right things, described as:

“It’s action-loaded, noisy and truly spectacular, providing 2-3 guaranteed stacked wilds on every Free Spin! Rabcat’s next 5-reel premium video slot stands out through guaranteed stacked wilds combined with Free Spins.”

Who likes action-loaded, noisy, spectacular slots with guaranteed stacked wild?

We likes action-loaded, noisy, spectacular slots with guaranteed stacked wild!

And when we’re promised a 97% return to player slot rate, which is as high as the likes of Starburst and Fortune of Sparta slot games, two favourites, you can understand why we’d be excited.

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Will these new slots on mobile be able to compete?

You should never underestimate Microgaming.

The last few months they’ve released some great games, Lost Vegas being one, Jungle Jim Eldorado slot being another.

But, this February, it seems they may have fallen back on old tactics of bringing out some fairly generic slots, either with themes or mechanics.

It doesn’t bode well, certainly, that the most exciting release come from Rabcat studios, rather than Microgaming. Just because Microgaming is releasing it, doesn’t mean they can lay claim to it.

Still. We might be wrong.

After all, that Secret Romance has plenty of interesting numbers that, if they ring true, might make us less shallow and look past the beast to the rich beauty beneath.

Meanwhile, we’ll be remembering what made Microgaming great with the new Immortal Romance slot on mobile that was recently released at Casumo Casino.

The fact that they have £€1,200 + 200 free spin welcome package will certainly keep you entertained till all these new releases come out.