There’s a cartoon feel to the design in Reel Talent. With a stage in the background, the reels include playing cards, guitars, flaming torches and microphones. They’re joined by a rabbit magician, a guitar-playing wolf, a crocodile fire eater and a singing lion. The best symbol is the Reel Talent logo which awards 1.5, 10 or 50 times your total stake if you land 3, 4 or 5 on a payline. There’s also a wild that substitutes for all other symbols.
Re-spins and Superspins are central to the action here. When you land a winning combination, that symbol is added to the Symbol Storage meter to the left of the main reel set. If you fill all 3 positions on the Symbol Storage, you’ll play a Superspin. If there are spaces left, you’ll be awarded a re-spin which gives you the chance to fill it up. This is simply known as the Symbol Storage feature.
There are 3 possible options in the Superspin feature - which one you get depends on the make-up of the Symbol Storage:
- Showtime - this is triggered if you have 3 different symbols in the Symbol Storage.
- Big Stage - land 2 different symbols in the Symbol Storage for this spin.
- Solo Performance - the best of the lot becomes active if 3 of the same symbol fill the Symbol Storage.
On the Superspin, the number of symbols in play matches what’s in the Symbol Storage. Superspin sees just 3 symbols on the reels, Superspin 2 has 2 and Superspin 1 just the 1 symbol. For example, if you triggered Superspin 3 with the crocodile, lion and rabbit you’d only see crocodile, lion and rabbit symbols on the Superspin.
The fewer number of symbols means there are opportunities to land some big winning clusters with potential payouts to match. This Superspin feature offers something a little unusual and works very well. Reel Talent is a volatile game though so expect some big bankroll spins – you can win 605.25 times your stake on each spin.
The thought of a slot game based on a TV talent show really didn’t get the pulse racing. Reel Talent is better than we expected though thanks to the Superspin element. If you like high variance action, then Reel Talent is worth a go. I advise you try some of the other Just For The Win/Microgaming collaborations such as the unique Sidewinder.