Dance Party Slot

Dance part is a 5-reel 3 row slot from Pragmatic play which works on all ways pay mechanism. All ways pay means there aren’t any fixed paylines and every time you land 3 or more identical symbols starting from the leftmost most reel it qualifies as a win. The game has 4 major symbols and these pay from 7.5x to 4x your bet size on connections of 5 of a kind. The minor symbols are A, K, Q and J which pay from 2.5x to 2x your bet on hits of 5 of a kind. The base game can be played from a starting bet of 20 cents. The slot has a stacked symbol feature which assists you in getting big hits even when you land low paying symbols.
The bonus game can be triggered by landing 5 or more scatters and you are awarded with 15 free spins. The bonus game starts with a starting multiplier of 1x and with every spin you increase your multiplier with the final spin giving you a 15x multiplier. If during these spins you land 5 or more scatters you will be awarded 15 more spins and your multipliers will increase with the same rate. You can have a maximum of 3 retriggers which means a total of 60 free spins and 60x multiplier. If you land the bonus with 6 scatters then you will start with a 2x multiplier and every spin will increase your multiplier with multiples of 2. Starting a bonus with 7 scatters will give you a starting multiplier of 3x and every spin will see your multiplier increase by 3x. The 6 and 7 scatter bonuses also have a limit of 60 free spins and multiplier limit of 60x.
I have no complaints with the base game here as it serves as much as it can. You get regular hits ranging from 15x to 30x and since you have the stacked symbols feature, we can also get a few 100x to 150x hits. The bonus on the other hand is usually disappointing as it can take 300 to 400 spins which is a lot for a game like this. The bonuses don't pay more than 70x and you have to rely on retriggers to get a good hit.

The requirement of 5 scatters to trigger a bonus on a 5-reel 3 row slot is too harsh in my opinion. Unless you get a 6 or a 7 scatter bonus you hardly get a good hit. When your bonus reaches anywhere above 10x multiplier, you don’t get any connections apart from 3 of a kind.

Pragmatic Play has been releasing new games regularly and this Dance Party is yet one more from them. There’s nothing new or innovative in this game, being yet a clone of another game, so the game play becomes familiar right from the very start of trying it out. The overall presentation is nice, with colourful and vibrant simple icons, and with a catchy tune to entertain players whilst they are at it.

Dance Party is a high volatility game, playing with 243 ways to win, with a low starting bet of just $0.20, so giving this game some try-outs shouldn’t kill your wallet, unless of course you happen to play the game during its drought season. Unfortunately, yet again, both the Wild and Scatter symbols are non-paying, and the other symbols all have extremely low win values, from 7.5x down to 2x the total bet for any 5-of-a-kind win. But not to worry though, because there’s plenty of winning paylines, and the Progressive Win Multipliers during the free spins should be able to dish out some huge wins at the right times.

Getting 3 Diamond Scatter symbols won’t give you anything, needing at least 5 Scatters instead in order to trigger 15 free spins with a 1x multiplier, but the progressive multipliers for each free spin can go as high up to 30x, which would definitely keep your adrenaline rushing, hehehe. Not only that, the free spins game can be retriggered, although not easy to get, and if the final win from the free spins is less than 10x the total bet amount, a 10x payout is guaranteed. Ah, that’s nice, and all games should be like this!

I have played Dance Party many times so far, mostly in Pragmatic Play’s Social Tournaments, and I must say that I quite enjoyed the game. Enjoying it may be one thing, but I would prefer getting those elusive big wins occasionally, to boost up my confidence in the game, but who wouldn’t want that, right? Well, maybe one of these days, sooner or later (sooner would be best of course), but my Lady Luck seems to be having a long vacation somewhere, or has been with somebody else instead! Oh sigh!

Dance Party is a relatively simple slot. This slot is based on John Hunter and Da Vinci Treasure and Extra Juicy Progressive free spins. To be honest, the way I see it, as newer progressive slots multiplier form Pragmatic play are released, the number of max multipliers decrease, this slot has a max of x30.

On the reels you will find the classic card deck symbols as low paying symbol, and classic like bar, 7's and DJ on the decks as the highest paying symbol. The DJ symbol pays x7.5 your total bet, sounds little does it? Do not be surprised when you find out that I had yesterday Jacks 4 ways on this 243 pays ways slot at x30 multiplier and won x250. Jack pays I think x4 your total bet for 5 of kind, now imagine your bet x8 multiplied by another 30. That was a massive win. I think that was my biggest win on this slot.

The white diamond is the scatter symbol. This can land on all 5 reels on any spin. To trigger the progressive multiplier free spins feature, you’ll need to land 5 or more diamond scatters on the same spin, however you can land 7 and start with a 3x multiplier. With 15 free spins awarded, the free spins round starts with a 1x, 2x or 3x multiplier active if you triggered the round with 5, 6 or 7 diamond scatter symbols. After every spin your multipliers increase by 1 for 5 scatters, or 2 for 6 scatters or x3 for 7 scatters, but remember the multiplier is capped at x30. Any additional spins will be multiplied by x30 for winnings no matter how many times you retrigger.

The game has a lot of potential, I can see but so many dead spins as well since its 243 ways to pay. I would rate this a medium to high variance. Even during free spins, you can get 14 empty spins and then suddenly on spin 15 sensational. I like this slot, but do not play it too often.