ChilliPop Slots

Chillipop is a darling, Mexican-themed slot that celebrates the rich culture of Mexico in a vibrant, likable, and playful way. This game is from BetSoft, they are a master in the online slot industry and a company that has been around for a while. They always have phenomenal graphics and small details that only play deeper into the theme. The music is acoustic guitar music and the backdrop has an abundance of small, humble, yet appealing townhomes and businesses. The main focus is the animated reels, though. They do a great job of enhancing the environment. The game's backdrop is authentically Mexican, with desert cacti, blue skies, and dry dirt.

Bets

This slot is played on a typical 3x5 reel, and you can adjust the coin value anywhere from 0.01 to 1.00 in total. The bet amount is set to 50 coins per spin. Instead of this game being a payline-based game, this game is more about cluster wins. So you can trigger matches both vertically and horizontally. The matches will explode and new symbols will drop into place - like a new and improved candy crush game. I think cluster pay games are a notch above most slots, and this one is one of the better ones.

Game Board and Features

The game board is filled with animated vegetables - mostly peppers along with a few other vegetables found frequently in Mexican cooking. There is a spring onion, a pepper, and a tomato which pay out 2 coins per symbol. Next, we have the red and orange peppers which payout 6 coins, the red onion is worth 7 coins, and the yellow and orange chili payout 12 coins per symbol. The more rewarding payouts come through the cascading reels more than the actual symbols themselves, because one win can set off other wins.

The wild symbols help out the most! The wild in this game is a traditional party piñata, and these candy-holding creatures are bringing wins. You don't need to wear a blindfold and smash one- though! The piñata can substitute for all other symbols on the reels, apart from the scatter symbol. If the wild symbol helps form one of the clusters, all of the wins associated with the cluster are multiplied by the number of wilds. If you land a mass of them in the middle of a single spin, you can win a jackpot of 1000x your stake.

There is a buy bonus, so you can buy 10 free spins. You can also trigger free spins using the mule symbol, which is the scatter. Land three or more mules and you'll activate them. The more scatters you win, the more free spins you'll earn. Three payouts are five, while four payouts are six. The maximum number of free spins obtainable is 26. If you land more mules during the free spins games, the game area expands. So this mule trail expands and gives you room to win.

Conclusion

The theme holds up. However, if you asked me if the features do - I'd give it a delightful yes. Betsofts cascading reels don't fail to make the experience exciting enough. You need the wild piñata to score the big wins, but they'll greatly improve your payouts. This slot might not be the most innovative in terms of design, but there's a homey quality to it. It's cutesy - so if you like chill slots. you'll like this game.