The Expendables New Mission Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

The Expendables New Mission Megaways Review

The aging action heroes are back for yet another dangerous mission, and they seem to have no plan for retirement in mind, nor to die a peaceful death from old age in a nursing home. StakeLogic has upgraded the visual presentation somewhat in The Expendables New Mission Megaways, and you will also find enough original content and features to make this game stick out from the original. With plenty of action to look forward to, let’s cover some of the basics first.

This time you can place bets between 20p and £40, which is twice the max bet of the original game, as well as many other Megaways engine slots out there. The potential has not been confirmed as of yet, but it’s estimated to be around 20,000x your stake, which is not too far off the massive potential from the first Expendables game. The volatility is still as brutal as the movie franchise, and we’ll get more into that in our 200 spins test run that you can read about further down in the review.

Our criticism of the original game was that it did not come with enough “fireworks and over-the-top action”, and StakeLogic seems to have listened. This game has more action packed features to offer, and also more character involvement. Still, we would have liked to see even more of that, but it’s a step in the right direction.

The main attraction is the bonus round, with unlimited progressive multiplier that can leap as much as 5x per spin. “New Mission” is a bit of an unimaginative title in our view, and something like “out for blood” or “revenge of the oldies” would’ve spiced things up a bit.

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What symbols are there?

With basically every action hero that ever was (or is) packed into the movie franchise, we can imagine it’s both expensive and hard to fit everyone into the paytable as a symbol in this game. StakeLogic had to prioritize, and this means that you will not see stars like Jet Li, Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger represented on the reels here.

Perhaps they were “expendable” compared to good ole’ Sly and the 3 other heroes you do find in this game. Stallone is the most valuable symbol by far, and you need between 3 and 6 matching symbols on a payline to win (except for Stallone, as he also pays for 2 on a payline). Here is the paytable for The Expendables New Mission Megaways slot:

• Sylvester Stallone - Pays 62.5x for 6 on a payline
• Jason Statham - Pays 12.5x for 6 on a payline
• Dolph Lundgren - Pays 3.75x for 6 on a payline
• Terry Crews - Pays 2.5x for 6 on a payline
• Royal symbols - Pay between 1.25x and 0.75x for 6 on a payline

What are the bonus features?

We are pleased to report that the bonus features have been given a real overhaul since the first game, and this makes the sequel a very unique slot even though there are a few similarities between them.

There is plenty to talk about here, so let’s jump right into the heart of the action.

First of all, you have the Golden Skull feature that can trigger at random times. Whenever this happens, the screen is filled with a random number of golden skulls, and all instances will turn into the same matching symbol to help you form winning combos. The dynamite is the regular wild symbol in this game, and it will step in for all regular symbols to help maximize your winnings.

There is also a multiplier wild in the form of a bag, and this acts just like the regular wild symbol, but with multiplier values attached. You will benefit from multiplier values of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x, and several multiplier wilds can multiply with each other to create massive payouts. The hand grenade is the Mystery symbol here, and it can turn into all regular symbols, as well as wilds, scatters and multiplier wilds.

Once in a while, Stallone will come in from the right-hand side and toss a grenade onto the reels. This transforms a certain number of symbols into mystery grenade symbols around the impact area, and these will in turn be transformed into matching symbols, just like we described above.

The Super Stake feature makes a comeback in this game, but it serves a different function than it did in the first game in the series. Here, it will simply add extra Golden Skulls to the count-up whenever the feature is triggered, and you can get up to 222 Golden Skulls each time. The feature is triggered quite often, and can be very helpful when it does.

Finally, there is the Gamble feature.

You can toggle this on or off as you see fit, and it allows you to gamble all wins in a double or nothing fashion. You pick a card color or suit, and if you win it will effectively double or quadruple your winnings. If you lose, however, all your staked winnings are lost.

Free spins in The Expendables New Mission Megaways

The golden dog tag is the scatter symbol in this game, and you need 4 on the reels at the same time to trigger the free spins bonus round. The minimum of 4 scatters gives you 12 free spins, while you get 5 extra spins per extra dog tag scatter you land above the minimum.

The big attraction here is the progressive win multiplier, as it will increase a random number between 0 and 5 per spin. This makes the feature very unpredictable and exciting, not least since there is no upper limit or cap to stop this feature from blowing sky-high.

The hand grenade tossing Stallone will appear more frequently in the bonus round, and you can get 5 or 10 extra spins whenever you land 3 or 4 scatters on a free spin. There is no upper limit as to how many extra spins you can get here either.

How to play

The first thing you need to decide before you start playing The Expendables New Mission Megaways slot, is whether or not you want to turn on the Super Stake feature.

It will effectively double your stake, which means that the original bet range from 20p to £40 turns into 40p to £80.

The only function the Super Stake feature serves here is to add extra Golden Skull symbols when you trigger the feature. It has a hit frequency of 1 out of every 38 spins, so it can be somewhat helpful to turn the feature on, but it’s hard to tell if it’s worth it or not.

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The hamburger menu in the top left corner takes you to the options menu. Here you can turn the gamble feature on or off, and it’s nice to not have that pop up all the time if you don’t want it. The “info” icon takes you to the paytable, where you can learn all about the different features and symbol values. Click the “?” if you want to check out the game rules, and get the facts and stats about this game.

Once you have decided on the Super Stake and bet level, you can click the circular arrow to toggle on/off turbo spins feature. Here you can also set up the autoplay feature, if you wish. Between 5 and 2,500 autospins are possible, and even “eternal” spins is an option.

You can stop the autospins with a win/loss limit, or when you trigger the bonus round.

Where to play The Expendables New Mission Megaways?

Perhaps you’ve already read enough, and now you feel good and ready to take this game for a test spin or ten. It’s not hard to understand, as this is a very attractive game packed with fun and potentially lucrative features. Some players prefer to play the demo game first, but you don’t really need that if you’re already sure what you want.

Play for real money

If you feel ready to join the Expandables crew right away, and take a trip to where the hand grenades are flying, you have come to the right place. We scan all the casinos every day, and this gives you an updated overview of what they have to offer. Follow the link to the top of this page, and you can pick and choose from casinos that carry The Expendables New Mission Megaways slot right away.

Play free demo version

If you’re still a bit unsure if this game is for you or not, don’t worry. You can always check out the free demo version of the game right here on this page. We have it installed on top of the review, so just follow the link and you’ll be able to load and play The Expendables New Mission Megaways demo game for free immediately.

The 200 Spins The Expendables New Mission Megaways Experience

The first thing we did was to turn on the turbo spins, and we decided to start our first 100 autospins without the Super Stake feature active. This way it would be easier to gauge how much we won per total stake, as we kept the default bet level of £1 per spin.

Of course, we knew we were in for some volatile action here, but the sheer brutality of the gameplay still took us a bit by surprise. We got plenty of cascades, and it feels a bit weird to play with thousands of active paylines and get 4-5 cascades, only to end up with a 2.7x total win, or something of that nature. This happened a lot in the first 100 spins, and it took a toll on our bankroll for sure.

During the next 100 spins, we decided to turn on the Super Stake feature, to see if this somehow could turn our luck. It certainly did, at least for starters, as our very next spin triggered the Golden Skull feature with the maximum of 222 skulls added. This landed us a decent 70x win, and we were more or less back where we started in terms of the bankroll.

After that, things did not change all that much from the first 100 spins. We had a few decent cascading wins, and Stallone turned up quite often with his grenade, but the impact was never significant. Very seldom did we see any multiplier wilds, and if we did, it was always only one at the time.

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At most we won 25x from a multiplier wild, and now we really hoped for the bonus round to at least recuperate our losses, or even make us a decent profit. It just never seemed to trigger, so we let the spins go on until it finally did. The disappointment was palpable when it turned out to be a massive anti-climax. The whole shebang only landed us a 35.9x win, with the progressive multiplier reaching 6x.

Keep in mind that this was our very subjective experience playing The Expendables New Mission Megaways slot for the very first time.

Your first gaming session with these action heroes might turn out completely differently, and hopefully it will be a lot more lucrative and profitable than what our beginner’s luck dished out for us.

Review Summary

We realize that the Expendables movies are hard to top when it comes to action, but this sequel does a better job at it than the first game. Fans of the franchise (and the original game) will hardly be disappointed by The Expendables New Mission Megaways. The visuals have been upgraded, there is more action and character involvement (we are looking at you, Sly), but it’s still a highly volatile game that can be as brutal on your bankroll as the action heroes are on the bad guys.

Pros

• Golden Skull mystery symbols feature
• Stallone grenade lob feature
• Super Stake optional feature
• Free spins with unlimited progressive multiplier
• High volatility and 20,000x max win potential

Cons

• Volatility can be too brutal for low-risk players

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If you like combat themes dripping with raw action, we have a few other slots you might also wanna check out. We’ll start with the most obvious, which is the first game in the franchise, and then we’ll also take a brief look at a few other games of a similar warlike nature.

Expendables Megaways - is the first branded game in the series, and it comes with a somewhat different set of characters on the reels than the sequel at hand. Jet Li is part of the paytable here, but Stallone is still the main man. Wins up to 26,965x is possible via the main attraction, which is the unlimited progressive multiplier that keeps growing in the free spins bonus round.

Rambo - is a brand new game also from StakeLogic, and it comes with very nice animations and plenty of action. You’ll benefit from explosive wilds that create dropping wild reels that move one step down for each respin. There are also mystery wins, multiplier wilds and a highly explosive free spins bonus round. Who will draw first blood, you or the house?

Tactical Force - follows a SAS special forces duo, and there is plenty of weaponry action on the reels. A smoke bomb reveals new symbols, while a flash grenade removes low value symbols. There is also an exciting bonus round to look forward to here, but only 2 characters are to be found on the reels and this is not a branded game. Fans of Call Of Duty should not miss this one.

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