Mystic Staxx slot offers 8 reels and 40 paylines powered by Red Tiger Gaming that is taking you to another Far East adventure seeking for hidden riches. Let us just caution you that this is not another addition to the popular Staxx series despite the misleading name. Experience the traditional Asian vibe here for fun or at any Red Tiger Gaming Casino for real.
How to Play Mystic Staxx Slot
Set your bets and attempt to stack your own luck.
- Stake button will set the desired betting range.
- Fast Forward will speed up the reels spinning up a notch.
- Once you choose your bets, and are ready, simply hit Spin button to get the reels moving.
- Auto will spin the reels automatically for the chosen number of times, if you don’t like spinning them yourself.
Slot Features
Wild symbol can sub in for the symbols to help you form winning combos, of course. When the symbols appears fully stacked it will turn into a Big Wild which helps forming bigger wins. Wilds can sub in for all symbols in the game.
Symbols can appear on all reels in stacks of 2. Randomly, you can notice 3x3 expand symbols hit the grid, and when they land in full view, all the symbols that are stacked on the reels will increase by 1. The Stack can go as high as 20 symbols.
Summary
Mystic Staxx is, well, disappointing, and that’s probably owed to the high expectations upon the mere look at the title. Design is great, but we never expect to see anything less form Red Tiger, however, the gameplay is sparse and dare we say tedious. Volatility is high, and max win is capped at over x2000 which is also somewhat disappointing. You may give this slot a spin or two, but don’t raise the bar of your expectations too high up.
Mystic Staxx was developed by Red Tiger Gaming and is not a follow-up to the Staxx range of slots from NetEnt. Apart from the name, the game bears no resemblance at all to the NetEnt version. The game features a simple Asian theme and has you finding the treasure that has been hidden in a mysterious cave.
Due to the excellent design of this game, I had quite a positive impression to start with. The background is made up of crimson tones that are so often associated with Asian-themed slots, with a beautiful dragon pattern around the reels that lights up when things start getting lively in the game.
An excellent feature that we find in this game is the Expand Feature. Symbols appear initially in stacks of 2. Landing 3 symbols from left to right rewards you with a win, but then what brings this game to life is the 3x3 Expand Tile. If you manage to land one of these, then one symbol will be added to all stack symbols. This can happen time and time again until you have achieved a maximum stack size of 20. After this, the Expand Symbols will be transformed into a 3x3 wild symbol, which can substitute for all other symbols and allow for a massive win.
Unfortunately, Mystic Staxx has an RTP of only 94.68%. This is below the industry standard of 96.0%. However, the game has high volatility even though it plays like a medium variance, and you stand the chance of making some big wins, even though it may be less frequent. I believe the max win per spin is x2000 your total bet.
There seems to be only one feature that improves your gaming experience with this particular slot, and that is the Expand feature. Landing 8 wilds on a payline awards you 50x your stake, which helps to bring in more decent winnings. So, if you like Asian slots, as well as slots that are not too complicated then it's still worth your time to give this game a try.
It took me well over 1000 spins to reach maximum Staxx of symbols enabling the colossal wild symbols, however that wild is just missing in action and never lands!