Software: Playtech · Score: 9.15/10
The Cherry Love slot game has different audio for background, for when the reels are spinning and for win sounds. The background romantic interlude is especially catchy. Only the wild and scatter symbols show animation. The Girl winks and blows kisses in a most realistic manner. The Girl is an expanding wild and the symbol changes from a close up of the face to a full length figure striding all rows and looking sultrier than before. The Cherries rotate at full speed and sparkles when two or more scatter symbols appear on the reels. The other symbols just flash when they appear in winning combinations. Full Review - Cherry Love (9.15)
The player can choose from eight coin denominations. These are 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, 2.00 and 5.00. The slot game has 30 paylines and it is advisable that players enable all of them. This is because winning combinations pay only when appearing in enabled paylines. Players can wager up to 10 coins per payline. However, these are shown as line bets after multiplying the number of coins with coin denomination. Players can activate 10 coins per payline and all 30 paylines by clicking on the Bet Max button.
The Girl is an expanding wild symbol but appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. The Cherries scatter symbol offers scatter payouts when two or more appear anywhere on the reels. When three or more of these symbols appear on the reels then the free spins round is triggered. The scatter symbols are then emblazoned with "Free Spins". The player is offered 15 free spins at doubled payouts. The best aspect of the free spins round is that the Girl symbol appears as an expanded wild by rotation on reels 2, 3 and 4. When it appears on reel 2 the payouts are much larger. The free spins round can be re-triggered.
Cherry Love offers a Gamble Game after each payout. The players have the option of collecting the payout or staking it in the Gamble Game. In the game they have to guess whether the color of the card drawn will be red or black. If they guess right then they double the payout. If they guess wrong they lose the payout. Players can keep doubling till the limit of $1,500 is reached. If the players win a large amount in the Gamble Game there is a shower of gold coins on the reels while their balance gets updated.
There is no progressive jackpot. The Red Rose and the Heart and Dagger symbols offer the highest fixed jackpots. These symbols pay out even when two appear from left to right in an active payline.
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The software is excellent. It offers many customization features like game speed, audio disabling and full screen mode enabling. An Auto Play feature is available that allows up to 99 auto spins. The animations, including the spinning of the reels, are smooth.
The Cherry Love slot game has no complicated features and hence the game is easy to follow. The payout table and the game rules are clearly explained.
The graphics are sharp and well crafted. The audio is also worth listening to. The background music played while the player browses through the payout table and the rules is excellent. The animations in the wild symbol and scatter symbol are excellent. The only drawback is that there is no animation in any of the other symbols.
The theme of romance is very popular, but because there is a touch of the macabre, the slot game many not find as many takers. However the theme is very well executed. The macabre love is perfectly exemplified in the symbol of the Heart and Dagger. The dark background on the reels and the grey high vale card symbols also take away from the cheeriness. The Ring, the Red Rose, the Cherries and the Girl highlight the romantic part of the theme. The audio also goes well with the theme.
There are some drawbacks in the game features. There is no bonus game on the second screen. Also the wild symbol does not offer payouts or act as a multiplier. In the Gamble Game no opportunity is provided to quadruple the payouts by guessing the suit. However there are redeeming features as well. The wild symbol appears as expanding wilds and thus offers more payouts. In the free spins round one reel with expanding wilds is guaranteed.
There are a large number of betting options created by the flexibility in each of the betting parameters. The betting range varies from 0.01 to 1500.00 credits per spin, which makes the slot game suitable for both low rollers and high rollers.
Cherry Love does not have a progressive jackpot. The top fixed jackpots though reasonable in themselves do not compensate for the absence of a progressive jackpot.
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