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I am not an easily scared person and I consider myself to have a strong stomach when facing unpleasant things. Even so, I was shocked when I first saw the Mental pokie machine, to say the least. From the very beginning, it gave me a Silence of the Lambs feel.
The sinister soundtrack and the flashing lights gave me chills. When I realised that the reels were placed in the basement of an asylum, I was ready to run for my life. It was then that I realised that I was actually in my room and there was no need for me to be afraid.
The scary asylum is home to some terrifying patients, all marked from 1 to 5, and all of them under painful treatment. The 6th patient is dead and carries multipliers of up to 9,999x.
Low-paying icons are represented by organs that medical staff pull out of patients – eyes, brains, hearts, lungs, and skeleton hands.
Scorpions and spiders are Scatters that trigger features. The skull represents Wild that substitutes for all regular symbols.
You do not have to be afraid for your life when playing Mental. However, you need to learn the rules of the game, just to be on the safe side. The pokie is played on 5 reels with a 3-2-3-2-3 formation, offering 108 ways to win.
However, the number of winning ways can increase to over 1 billion, thanks to various mechanics that are in use. You can bet between $0.20 and $100 per spin. The 2021 release pays left to right, beginning from the far-left reel, with 3 of a kind being the minimum for landing payouts.
The ultra-high variance game comes with an RTP of 96.08% and offers a max win of 66,666x the bet per spin.
The Nolimit City title is intended for action junkies that adore pokies packed with extras. Apart from the Fire Frames and Dead Patient feature, you will benefit from Enhancer Cells, Mental Transform, and three types of free spins.
From 1 to 13 cells can be randomly covered in flames. They will split cells and display 2 instead of 1 symbol. I had plenty of luck with this feature because it brought me a great deal of wins.
Land 2 dead patient symbols on the reels to trigger the Dead Patient feature. One of them will reveal a regular patient icon carrying a multiplier between 5x and 9,999x. If it creates a winning combo, the win will be boosted by the multiplier.
Dead patients bring luck in this crazy pokie machine. The biggest multiplier I got was 1,000x.
Enhancer Cells are placed at the bottom of reels 2 and 4. If 4 or 6 Fire Frames land, Enhancer Cells become active and bring different extras. They can include one of the regular patient symbols, dead patients, Wilds or xWays symbol that reveals 3 matching icons. xSplit symbols can split icons on each reel before turning them into Wilds. xNudge Wild can shift until it fills the reel, increasing the win multiplier with each nudge by 1.
When a spider lands on reels 2 or 4, the Mental Transform feature is triggered. The spider will then turn into either xWays, xSplit, dead patient, Wild, or one of the regular patient symbols.
With 3 Scorpion Scatters on the reels, the Autopsy Free Spins feature triggers. You get 8 free spins to begin with, and 1 free spin for each scorpion in a Fire Frame. Each free spin comes with up to 5 Fire Frames.
Every activated Fire Frame remains active until the feature ends. Upgrade the feature to Lobotomy Free Spins by landing Spider Scatter.
Triggered by 3 scorpions and 1 spider, the Lobotomy Free Spins feature awards 9 free spins. Apart from the active Fire Frames, this feature is upgraded when compared to the Autopsy Free Spins feature. Spider symbols turn sticky here and trigger the Mental Transform feature on each spin.
Furthermore, the Dead Multiplier is active. All multipliers from dead symbols are collected in a count and added to a specific patient symbol.
When that patient appears on the reels, the collected multiplier is applied, and then the count decrements by 1. With an additional Sider on the reels, you can upgrade to the Mental Free Spins feature.
With 3 scorpions and 2 spiders, you trigger the Mental Free Spins feature with 10 free spins. All extras from the previous 2 free spins features are active, with only one difference – the multiplier does not decrease after its transfer to a patient symbol. It keeps growing.
I did not have much luck with any of the free spins features. They are not that easy to trigger. The most I got was the Lobotomy Free Spins feature upgrade and a win of 1,200x the bet.
Not everyone will be ready to play Mental. It is a scary and complicated pokie. If you do not have the stomach for it, I suggest you look for fun elsewhere. The visuals and the creepy soundtrack will send a shiver or two down your spine.
You will not like the symbols on the reels, with sick patients and organs flying around. The flashy light in the background will not make you feel comfortable either.
Regarding the features, there are plenty of them and all are far from easy to understand. Mental comes with a twisted plot and a story that will not be accepted by all of you. At times, you will have the impression of spinning the reels with Hannibal Lecter. That’s why I rate Mental 8.6.
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