Hard Rock Bet has just released its latest bespoke slot, a Megaways-powered road trip that’s tied in with the Daily Drops jackpot network.
Hard Rock Highway Megaways is only available in New Jersey, as that’s the only state where Hard Rock Bet operates a casino site. It’s the first bespoke slot to offer the chance at the Hard Rock Daily Drops, which are powered by the game’s developer, Red Tiger Gaming.
The first thing you’ll notice about the game is its slick art style. This isn’t an off-the-shelf game that Red Tiger just slapped the Hard Rock logo on. Cosmetically, it’s a unique product with bright, saturated 1950s road trip-themed imagery. You’ve got desert scenery, juke boxes, motels and motorcycles.
Stylistically, it kind of reminds me of digital paintings for the Fallout games, except the pre-apocalyptic version.
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Hard Rock Highway Megaways gameplay and features
As Megaways games go, Hard Rock Highway is pretty straightforward. However, if you’ve never played a Megaways slot before, that aspect can be a little confusing.
Megaways games are all-ways-pay slots, meaning there are no designated paylines. Matching symbols on consecutive reels will pay out no matter where they are, vertically speaking. The twist is that the symbols can vary in size, allowing more or fewer to fit on each reel. That, in turn, means that your number of “ways” changes with each spin.
Aside from that, the only feature in the base game is the Scatter symbol, which predictably triggers Free Spins if you get three.
The Free Spins round is equally simple. You’ll get ten to start, but Scatter symbols can still appear. The main benefit of Free Spins is that during the bonus round, it only takes two Scatter symbols to retrigger the bonus and get another 10 spins. So, it can potentially keep going for quite a while.
There’s no option to buy the feature directly. Instead, Hard Rock Highway Megaways includes Red Tiger’s trademarked Win Exchange option. Free Spins are statistically worth 60x the bet, so if you win 60x or more, you can trade that part of your prize for immediate Free Spins (keeping whatever’s left over). It’s like buying the feature, except you only have the option immediately after a big win. Meanwhile, if you win at least 20x (but less than 60x), you can trade your entire prize for the chance to spin a wheel and potentially win Free Spins. The odds are proportional to the size of your win. For instance, if you won 30x and traded it in, that’s half of what it would have cost to buy the Free Spins outright, so you’d have a 50/50 chance of winning your wheel spin.
The Daily Drops are an added layer on top of the base game. There aren’t any symbols or mechanics in the game that would cause you to win the jackpot. Rather, it’s a feature that just triggers at random. But note that it’s a must-hit-by jackpot that goes off daily. If it’s getting close to the deadline and no one has won, your chances improve!
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