MISERY MINING SLOT REVIEW
The Misery Mining slot by No Limit City has a evolving 7 reel format, 27 to 823,543 ways to win, up to 96.09 % RTP & high variance. Play it free & view game review guide here.
GAME LAYOUT
The background graphics of the Misery Mining slot machine are quite dull as they depict the inside of a dimly lit mine with poor safety and health conditions. The reel grid is the only bright spark as it comes in bright colours. At the start, it begins in a 3 x 3 format but this changes during gameplay and can reach the max 7 x 7 format.
PAYTABLE |
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SYMBOLS |
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| 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| The old miner | 16 | 8.75 | 3.25 | 1.20 | 0.60 |
| The mouse | 10.50 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 0.90 | 0.50 |
| A whisky bottle | 7.75 | 4.00 | 1.80 | 0.75 | 0.45 |
| A compass | 6.25 | 3.25 | 1.60 | 0.65 | 0.40 |
| Tobacco pipe | 5.25 | 2.75 | 1.40 | 0.50 | 0.35 |
| Ace | 4.25 | 2.25 | 1.20 | 0.40 | 0.25 |
| King | 3.75 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.30 | 0.20 |
| Queen | 3.25 | 1.50 | 0.75 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Jack | 2.75 | 1.35 | 0.65 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
| Number 10 | 2.00 | 1.15 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
*Note that the paytable values shown above apply to 6 and 7 activated reels. When only 5 or lesser reels are still active, different paytable values are awarded.
BONUSES
- Wild: The wild in this game comes in the form of an xBomb wild icon represented by dynamite symbols inscribed WILD.
- Scatter: Two types of scatters are available and these include the standard scatter and the super scatter. The former is represented by the ‘S’ inscribed symbol while the latter is represented by the gold wagon icon.
- Collapsing Mine: When the xBomb wild lands next to a locked barrier, it explodes and unlocks the barrier hence increasing the playing area. If the xBomb wild lands on the centre position of the reel grid, it explodes and unlocks all surrounding barriers thus creating even more playing positions. The mine may collapse and the locked barriers get unlocked also when a winning combination is landed, the xBomb explodes on a non-winning spin or when there are less than three scatters on the reels (the scatters transform into a non-wild xBomb which afterwards necessitates explosions). Note that tumbles occur after each explosion hence necessitating symbols to land in the vacant positions.
- Misery Free Spins: Landing three scatters simultaneously or a combination of the standard and super scatter symbols help activate the misery free spins. At the start of the feature, the playing grid will either come in a 3 x 3, 4 x 4 or 5 x 5 format. The player is tasked with picking a free spin mode of his choice at the start of the feature. The modes to choose from include the rat mode and the mouse mode. In the mouse mode, players receive 8/10/12 free spins – if less than two super scatters are active, a super scatter can be activated which awards an additional two free spins. In the rat mode, players receive an initial three free spins. However, these are reset each time super scatter or coin wagons are activated. On each spin during any of the free spin modes, enhancers will land on the top row. The enhances are enabled and activated when a scatter or super scatter land on a reel directly below the enhancer. When several scatters land on the same reel, enhancers are activated multiple times. All scatters have a multiplier that affects all enhancers activated by the symbol. The enhancers that players may activate are as follows:
- Coin Wagons: When activated, the values of the coin wagons are added to any side collectors closest to it. This in turn affects the value of the scatter and the total win. During the rat mode, activating the coin wagons reset the number of free spins.
- Multipliers: When activated, the value of the super scatter present on the reels is enhanced.
- Bombs: When activated, the bomb moves to the activating scatter and unlocks 8 positions. If the activating scatter is in the centre position, the bomb explodes in all positions except that of the side and bottom collectors.
- Bag: When activated, the bag collects the values of any open side collectors closest to it as well as all scatter values. This in turn enhances to total win at the end of the feature.
- Chest: When activated, the chest collects values from any open side collectors within a distance of 3 reels as well as all scatter values in the reel area. This in turn increases the total win.
- Dwarf: When activated, it sticks on the lowest triggering scatter which can’t trigger other enhancers apart from coin wagons. If the lowest triggering scatter is the super scatter, the dwarf will also collect multipliers. This in essence means it collects values from any open side collectors within a distance of 3 reels as well as all scatter values in the reel area.
- Rat: The rat walks down the reel directly below its enhancer starting position in the process adding values to all the collectors it passes through. If it passes an unopened collector, it opens it
- Super Scatter: When activated, it jumps to any random position in the active playing area. When it lands during the mouse mode, it adds an extra two free spins and in the rat mode, it resets the number of free spins.
- Side Collectors: The side collector when activated (by the bomb or rat) interacts with other features which include the dwarf, moneybag and chest. If inactive, the side collector only interacts with the coin wagons enhancers. When active, the side collector adds its value to the total win.
- Bottom Collectors: The bottom collectors are activated by bombs or rats. When activated, it collects all values held by side collectors on the same reel or scatters. On each spin when the bottom collector is active, its value is added to the total win.
- xBomb Wild Multiplier: The xBomb wild when it explodes and removes symbols in the process unlocking new positions on the playing area will increment its multiplier by one. Note that xBomb wilds explode whether or not they are part of a win or not.
- xBomb Mining: During the game on non-winning spins, if there are xBomb wilds available and less than three scatters/super scatters, the scatters will transform into non-wild xBombs and explode. Once they do, they explode and, in the process, create more positions on the playing grid after the explosion, the xBomb multiplier increases by one.
- Le Grand Jaune: During the gaming session playing Misery Mining slot machine, the max payout is pegged at 70,000x the bet. Any spin which awards a payout above this mark activates the Le Grand Jaune feature where the current gaming session is ended and a max payout awarded.
- NoLimit Bonus: All of Misery Mining slot’s bonus features may be activated instantly when the player clicks the NoLimit Bonus button and proceed to match the purchase price for the feature they want.
WAYS TO WIN GUIDE
CLOSING
As has become the case with most NoLimit City-powered games, oddness is the order of the day. Coming with a thematic focus centred on gold mining in poor conditions, players upon initiating a gaming session will enjoy this game that’s for sure.
Overall a great slot by Nolimit City and a must play as voted by our review crew.