Deck The Halls Slot

A slot from Microgaming and based on a Christmas theme. The slot comes with 5 reels, 3 rows and 30 adjustable paylines. The music for this slot is very much suitable for this Christmas theme and gets even better during the free spins. But before we get to that let’s see what this slot has to offer, the symbols on the reels are all Christmas related, in fact you won’t find any playing card symbols that you usually see on slots with 9, 10, J, Q, K, A, nope none that of that here it is all picture symbols. Stockings, presents, raindeer, decorations, it is all here but the best of it all is Santa himself. Best of all Santa is stacked in both the base game and free spins feature. If you play all 30 lines as you should, you would be paying as little as 0.30 per spin.

The free spins feature is triggered by getting 3 or more scatters, the scatter symbol are two golden bells. Getting 3 or more will trigger 10 free spins with a 2x multiplier. There is the wild symbol which when it is used in a winning combination doubles your win and this comes in handy especially during the free spins where all wins are paid 2x, thus with a wild it is essentially a 4x win. The wild symbol is also stacked during the free spins thus it can really create some nice big wins. The free spins can be re-triggered which is a plus as all slots should have this built into them and this slot doesn’t disappoint in having that feature. A slot that is worth playing especially during Christmas time when you get some time for it that is as many people are usually very busy with friends and family visiting.

Only 10 free spins with a 2x multiplier, I think it should have been 15 free with 3x multiplier. Although you can re-trigger the free spins it doesn’t always happen and 10 free spins aren’t enough in most cases. Triggering the free spins isn’t always easy and the feature can play poorly at times. Had it pay just 11xBet on one occasion for example.

Deck The Halls slots has the potential for huge winnings at any bid. The free spins feature is retriggerable and on quite a few occasions I've been lucky enough to get some major payloads on this Xmas themed year round game.

What do I dislike? That there's no real animation to it and this classic/traditional looking type game is a little plain appearing. The wins on Santa are massive, but he's rarer than the free spins feature to line up on the reels.

Unsurprisingly, "Deck The Halls" is not a wholly original game but a reskin of another Microgaming slot "Rhyming Reels - Queen of Hearts". I think that's okay in this instance because investing a great deal of time and money developing a brand new slot engine for a game that is only likely to be played around the festive season would be unlikely to be profitable. Also, because the games share little resemblance to one another graphically it's reasonable to assume only avid slot players like myself would even be aware of this fact unlike the cloned to death Break Away slot game that has been re-used countless times just to represent different sports.

There's one major element of the game that made me realise this was a clone and that is the stacked top symbols on all reels, in this case the santa claus symbol. I can't help but find this a little disappointing because I am so used to stacked symbols being the "wild", which unfortunately these are not, so you might well find yourself with a large number on screen and zero winnings which can be very disappointing.

Like other games with large numbers of lines, the paytable wins in Deck The Halls are not fantastic. I imagine this is a result of the 2x multiplier attributed to wins that contain a wild, which increases to 4x as a result of the additional doubling of wins during the free spins mode. It's nice to see stacked wilds during the free spins as well, which along with the stacked santas give the possibility of some enormous wins. It would be interesting to see a 243 ways version of this game.

The music quickly becomes grating - I doubt even the biggest fan of christmas will want to listen to this on loop during a long gaming session! I have to say I prefer Microgamings other big christmas game "Santas Wild Ride" to this one, but Deck The Halls is still worth a few spins especially at christmas!

"Ho-Ho-Ho and it isn't even Christmas!" It can't be Christmas anywhere, not in July, but for this game's sake, let the times fly! Just imagine waking up on a cold Winter morning, the sun is already up and about, but hardly showing its shine, because the sky is crying snow, welcoming in a beautiful Christmas morning. Aah! Imagine the Christmas tree out in the living room, all beautifully decorated with lights, glittering balls, stars and whatnots, and the lovely presents under the tree, waiting to be ripped apart and bring joy and happiness. Just as Mr Bean would do, you too got out of bed and started jumping about in joy for Christmas! Hehehe.

A cheerful beginning for a cheerful seasonal game, although the timing is absolutely lame! Hahaha. But never mind. 'Deck the Halls' is the Wild symbol, pays 4000x the line bet for 5 of them, doubles all wins with it, but comes Stacked only in the Free Spins game, not in the base game. Oh, what a shame! Hmm, but at least Santa Claus comes Stacked in both base and Free Spins games, so that balances things up a bit. Those Jingle Bells is the Scatter symbol, 5 of which pays 100x the total bet, and getting 3 or more of them awards 10 free spins with a 2x multiplier. Oh gees, that's way too little to celebrate a much-awaited annual festivity. Should have been 15 free spins with a 3x multiplier at the very least. Better still with a 6x multiplier as in some of the hotter games. Hotter games? Dang! No wonder it doesn't give that. It's a cold game! I mean, it's a cold weather game, don't wanna be lame, hehehe. But, everything is not too bad, because the Free Spins game can again be had, but a little dang hard to get! I never got any. Damn!

Santa Claus pays 1000x the line bet for 5 of him. What? Only 1000x? Fire that game designer! He/she couldn't even appreciate Santa Claus! Only 1000x, sheesh! The Christmas Tree pays 500x, the Fireplace pays 400x, the Turkey, I mean that delicious Roasted Turkey, pays 300x, and the Presents pay 200x, all as per line bet wins for 5 of each kind. All other lower symbols pay from 80x down to 30x the line bet. There are no other feature games besides the Free Spins game. That's the one and only. Damn! A disappointingly low paytable, I must say.

How about the game play itself then? Perhaps such a disappointing low paytable could still play well, or even play very well? Hmm. You've got that right to an extent. The many Free Spins games that I had were a mix of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The Ugly - after over 500 spins, the accompanying Free Spins game paid only a blardy miserable 6x my total bet! The Bad - only 1 spin out of 10 free spins paid, for a 19x total bet payout, plus a number of Free Spins games that paid under 10x my total bet. "Ouch!" The Good - my best score to date is only 179x my total bet, but I'm sure there are plenty more good wins which have eluded me so far.

For a lively Christmas-themed game, the overall paytable sucks, my expectations of the game fell below par, but the overall game play was not too bad.

The only thing that I like when it comes to Deck the Halls video slot game is the theme. It is one of those Christmas themed slots with really nice vintage images and music. I usually play these games around Christmas. I do not like to play this kind of slots during the whole year, because it looks a bit unnatural to me.

I really like how the symbols are made of all the things that are typical for Christmas. So, on the reels you can find a Christmas tree, a Santa reading a letter, bells, dears and pine trees. Well those are the things that I really appreciate with this slot. I did not like how the game was treating me. I wanted to get some extra cash while playing this slot, hoping that the game will be generous but that did not happen. The feature that I disliked the most was the stacked Santa symbols. They appear very often but do not take part in any winning combination.

The free spins feature is another thing that is very disappointing. I played the game for awhile before I triggered the free spins. Initially I got 10 free spins with x 2 multiplier and all I won was 14.80 euros. Next time I got 10 free spins again and I retrigerred them and I got only 11.60 euros.

The payouts during the base game are so weak, so you do not have the needed balance to play and to wait for the free spins. It is so easy to trigger the free spins, or at least it was easy for me, but the wins were nothing more than 15 x bet. I did not have enough money to continue playing and I ended with a huge disappointing feeling at the end. I do not believe that I will play it again this Christmas.

Deck the Halls it is slot game made by Microgaming, not new of course, but still okay. You most likely played this game already, because I think it is quite popular one, especially nearly Christmas and New Year.

Game has good theme, good sounds, and symbols are ok too. I have no complaints how to game look, and also I want to admit that game perfectly reminder me about such great time like Christmas and New Year, yeah, this will be not soon, half of year to wait. Also there is 30 paylines.

During base game it is possible to have nice wins in this game, this is because best paying symbols (except wilds) are stacked on all reels, so if you get it - you in the money. Also wilds appear on all reels, have it own payout, which is good one, and also wilds double wins if substitute. Nothing bad to say about gameplay in this slot, everything done in good way, and unlikely it will be boring for anyone to play this game.

To trigger freespins feature, which is only one single feature in this game, you need to hit 3 or more scatters. You will be awarded with only 10 freespins with all wins doubled, but not need to underrate this feature, because during freespins wilds also become stacked, and this give this slot a chance to pay ultra high amount of money.

I had couple of great hits on this game. No monsters hits unfortunately, but couple of 100-300x total bets features. During base game I never was too much lucky, but had plenty of 30x - 50 x total bet wins. I like this slot, it has potential, it is not boring to play it, and everything is good! If only feature give not 10 spins but a little bit more, because 10 spins is just too low amount.

Well, everything is very good, but come on, 10 freespins is just too low amount!

Deck the Halls slot has a Christmas theme which I like very much. I played this game for the first time on tournaments and I didn't like it at first, probably because I had no wins the first few times. Today the games I love are mostly NetEnt and Betsoft which even if they don’t pay have my interest and emotions. If I find a screenshot with descent wins I will post it on AG. I had one last week but considering that I play a lot of tournaments my memory isn't fresh and I can’t remember which amount I won but the bet was a max 300 coins.

Christmas time is long gone but playing this game and winning you get a feeling of celebrating Christmas because all the symbols here are in the Christmas spirit. If you want to play this Microgaming slot without making a deposit I would recommend to try the free roll tournaments. This game is available in the Daily Free Rolls and the prize is 100 euros which is split among the top 5 players. This tournament is available in King Neptunes, River Belle, Epoca Casino, Lucky Nugget,Gaming Club. I found a screenshot but you wont see a stacked Santa Clause symbol, but the wins from last week on which I had this symbol I have no screenshots. The win you can see is 1600 coins on a 300 coin bet which is only 5x bet. I know it’s a bit miserable to put a screenshot like this but I didn't save any other and I just wanted to share the feeling of playing this Christmas slot. If you get 3 Christmas bells that means you are awarded with 10 free spins which can be retrigerred and all wins here are doubled. Deck the Halls symbol is stacked inside the free spins while the Santa Claus symbol is stacked in the base game and the free spins.

I like the game very much but not the expected payout ratio.

Because the Christmas was approaching, I decided to play a slot that has Christmas as the main theme and also that has interesting features and a potential for decent wins. This is a Microgaming slot, 5 reels and 30 paylines, I opened it and I was impressed because it has a nice and colorful theme, the symbols are designed very wisely but I think that they aren’t separated as it has to be. Anyway, I started to spin, the game is very smooth, no lag and it has a wild symbol and free spins feature. I triggered the free pins very fast, about 5 minutes passed, I won 10 free spins, all wins are doubled but the Deck the Halls symbol is stacked in free spins and has a 4 x multiplier. I was surprised to see that after 7 free spins played, paid me 12 euro and the 8th free spin, the 3 scatters landed again and gave me another 10 free spins. At the end of the 20 free spins, I managed to win 38 euro, a decent amount on a 0.30 euro bet!

This slot made my holidays better because I managed to win some nice money with only a 20 euro deposit and 2-3 hours of fun, I can say that the profit was 6 times the deposit amount, I recommend you to play this slot and I am very sure that I will come back to play again, obviously next Christmas!

The graphics will receive a 9 from me, it was a nice atmosphere when I played this slot and I have fun too!

The features aren’t so interesting but the free spins feature is present and is pretty good, so I will give an 8 for the features.

I have nothing bad to say about this slot!

Deck the Halls is an unsophisticated Christmas game where we can play all of the specific symbols like Xmas tree, gift boxes, tree ornaments, turkey (though it’s not so ‘Xmas thing’ in my country), tree cones and all of them are very moody and nice illustration in themselves but for me somehow they can’t form a real unit and that’s why the overall impression of the appearance is not complete. I think the creators should have separated them more visibly on the screen because they just coalesce on the reels and can’t express their graphical effects. I’m saying again every single symbol would be very attractive in itself but if I examine the whole big picture the entire screen looks to me just an overall very colorful, overcrowded dollop, not to mention that playing the game in extended time it’s just getting more and more eye-bothering.

If I was critical about the appearance I have better opinions about game settings and features but there’s also one thing here which I can’t really understand. The second best paying symbol is Santa and a 5 of a kind type win with it is worth 1000 coins. The creators make it possible for this symbol to appear both in normal game mode and free spins in stacked format but because it has no additional function and it really can’t do anything than to pay by itself, and if I take into consideration that very rare times does that and at least the first three reels must be turned into Santas to take advantage of this plus function I really can’t see too much sense in this ‘feature’.

Theoretically, doing that with the special Deck the Hall symbol which serves the game as Wild is totally different story. First, a five of kind win with that will award us 4000 coins but if it doesn’t appear on the reels in that numbers it is still able to double the wins. This icon appears in stacked format during free games which is really the best part and most profitable segment of the slot.

We have to collect at least 3 Bell symbols in normal game (by the way this Scatter also has paying function and can reward us up to 100 times of total bet) then we’re awarded 10 free spins where all wins are counted by doubled value but if a winning combination contains one symbol of a stacked Wild that win is already multiplied by 4. The potential Jackpot of the game is also can be won here when the entire reel area is covered by stacked Wilds and depending on how many coins were used as bet (1-10) a real gorgeous grand prize can be ours up to 2.400.000 coins.

I really appreciate and like this free spin feature and I also won some by it but unfortunately this feature isn’t triggered that many occasions what I would consider ‘acceptable’ and otherwise the average paying tendency of the game is not too high. Maybe it’s just me but I think much more can be achieved by this game and I guess with a little fine tuning this product could be a real impressive and great game. I’m not saying it’s not an average or even a little better game but I see more potential (of course I don’t think here of the amount of Jackpot) which makes the game more entertaining and enjoyable.

We the people who are from Europe, we probably do not know that “Deck the Halls” is the short for the command: “Decorate your Halls” which is given just before every Christmas to greet the arrival of Santa. I found the slot “Deck the Halls” after searching for about 30 minutes through all possible Microgaming casinos for a good slot, still unknown to me and promising much at the first look. And so it was!

The slot “Deck the Halls” brings into play the festive atmosphere that you feel only once a year. The “making” of the game is one of exception, and each symbol is so good graphical “drawn” that it is like you are in front of a Christmas tree loaded with surprises and everything shines. When you play here it is impossible not to leap of joy and every spin brings happiness.That is what I am talking about! Almost every two spins you receive a gift, and regardless of its value, every time you will resonate with the sounds of bells and orchestra music that accompanies it. Everything is perfect and so they should look all good slots: wins from the whole range of values and very frequent. The symbol that pays the most here is “Santa” and he always comes stacked so the slot will not let you lose too much, because at some point you will have 3 Santa on the same payline that will suddenly bring 6 Euros (for a bet of 30 cents). Maybe sometimes you will gather a minus of some 5-8 Euro, but it is impossible not to have an important win of 5-20 Euros from a single spin every 30-50 spins played.

The bells bring with them the Free Spins (it is pretty easy to get into Free Spins) and now you have also stacked Wilds. What can I say, after the first 150 spins I realized that I had 30 extra Euro in the balance, even if after the first 50 spins the lost was about 9 Euros. You just have to play enough and for sure “3 of a kind” major symbols will recover all your previous losses.

Finally I must say that the slot is so beautiful that it is the first time I forgot that I had to write a review, so I was caught by this specific festive atmosphere of Christmas. Thanks Microgaming for the joy you brought me!