Starz Megaways

Starz Megaways Review

The game has 6 reels, between 2 and 7 symbols (rows) on each one and up to 117,649 ways to win. On each spin from 2 to 7 symbols per reel can land and every reel spins independently. Thus, you can relish in from 64 to 117,649 win ways on every spin. You will be rewarded for matching 3 to 6 symbols on adjacent reels landed both ways – left to right and right to left.

Choose your wager from 0.20 to 100 credits and play this slot with maximum volatility. Its RTP is 96.48%, though some operators may provide it at 96.47% or even 91 – 94%. Make sure you check which version you will play in the game settings.

Starz Megaways includes Expanding Wilds that fill whole reels and free spins. During the latter, the Expanding Wilds become sticky symbols and reels. Players can benefit from a respin with sticky scatters before the start of the bonus game. Starz Megaways offers 10,000 times the stake max win per spin and a lot of boosters.

The Design

Starz Megaways has a simple and clean design, which is something good. You will travel in outer space with a lot of intergalactic lights. On the background to the left, you will see the silhouette of the blazing sun. The grid is frameless and appears floating in space. The soundtrack is electronic, energetic and lively, taken from the 80s.

The symbols include 5 planets each with its own ring system in dust, brown, green, orange and pink. There are gems in various shapes and colours as well – pink, red, blue, purple and turquoise. The wild is the star icon in yellow and red, while the scatter is the blazing sun. The graphics and soundtrack are nice and ensure exciting gameplay.

Starz Megaways Gameplay

The paying symbols include 5 gems in various shapes and colours as premiums and 5 planets. The planets are the low-value symbols and their payouts range from 0.40 to 0,50 times your bet for 6 of a kind. The pink, red, blue, purple and turquoise gem pay between 0.60 and 2.50 times your stake.

The wild is the star-shaped icon with the word itself and you can see it on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 only. The wild, as usual, substitutes for all missing symbols except scatters. The scatter s the blazing sun symbol.

Starz Megaways Features / Bonuses

Starz Megaways is unique as it is the first to use Megaways paying both ways system. You will be awarded for any combination of 3 to 6 symbols of a kind, which will be paid both ways – left to right and right to left. The symbols have to be on adjacent reels to ensure your wins.

Unfortunately, the game doesn’t use reactive wins with cascades. But there is another modifier to help you get more wins. The wild star will turn into Expanding Wilds that cover entire reels once it lands. Every time they appear on reels 2 to 5 in the base game and free spins, the wilds will give you more wins by expanding to whole reels. This is very likely to create more winning combinations. In the best cases, you can land 7 wilds in the middle 4 reels.

And lastly, the central attraction in Starz Megaways is the Free Spins. You can trigger them with 3 or more blazing sun scatters anywhere on the grid. The added benefit is that once the scatters land, they become sticky symbols and trigger one re-spin. This ensures you a chance to add more scatters. Then, according to the outcome, you will start with 6, 8, 10 or 15 free spins for 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters respectively.

Sadly, you cannot retrigger the free spins. The main role in scoring big wins during free spins play the Expanding Wilds. Besides filling whole reels, as usual, they also become sticky wild symbols and reels remaining such until the end of the free spins. This grants you superb odds for scoring big wins.

The Conclusion

After the release of Great Rhino Megaways at the end of April 2020, Pragmatic Play became more active in using its Megaways licence. Starz Megaways is the first Megaways slot using the pay-both-ways mechanism. This makes it unique and innovative. It relies mainly on wilds to ensure higher wins.

If you like the Megaways games and the cosmic theme, have a virtual trip in the endless universe. Play Starz Megaways, which is expected to be available since June 2020.