Pragmatic Play, one of the most fecund developers out there, are the masterminds behind the newest fruit slot to hit casinos. The only thing matching their productive nature is their inconsistency, and when it comes to quality, the results are all over the place. Perhaps the team is under pressure to fill a strict quota? It would explain the speed these games are released. It would also explain why one minute they drop a stunner like Mysterious, and the next minute they drop one like, well, like this fruit filled indulgence. It’s big, bold, and bland; it’s Fruit Rainbow.
The name is a giveaway, so Pragmatic scores a point for keeping it real. Fruit Rainbow uses 5 reels, 4 rows, and 40 paylines on which to present its healthy eating symbols. Graphically, Fruit Rainbow is an agreeable looking slot, with transparent reels separated by thin red lines against a swirling, bubbling orange something of a background. The bottom of a can of Fanta perhaps? It is hard to say. In any case, to get rolling, hit the coin stack icon to select your bet which provides total bets of 40 c/p up to $/€200 per spin.
Symbols gracing the reels start with card suits on the lower side - clubs, hearts, diamonds, and spades. The higher pays are limes, bananas, cherries, oranges, and strawberries at the top. All symbols appear stacked on the reels and values are quite good, with the strawberry worth 50 times your the stake for five of a kind. However, there's one non-standard symbol that is of even greater value - the diamond scatter which we will look at in the features section below.
Winning combinations need at least three of a kind on a pay line from left to right. Running the show is a high variance math model rated 5/5 on the volatility scale backed by a rather high default RTP rating of 96.53%. The math model wasn’t as merciless as some of Pragmatic’s other highly volatile slots, but with such high single spin wins possible it certainly has its moments.
>The star of the show is the rainbow wild which appears fully stacked on all reels. It doesn't trigger a respin or anything as you would expect from this kind of slot, it's just there to help form out-of-the-blue mega wins like in Microgaming's iconic Game of Thrones 243 slot. Landing a full screen of these will award the maximum win of 2,000 times your total stake.
Keeping to the uncomplicated spirit of the theme, there is only one feature fruit fans need to be aware of - the diamond scatter symbol. The diamond appears on all reels and 3 or more in view award instant cash prizes.
On the upside, this is a game for those who like it simple and quick, where you can easily motor through hundreds of spins while hunting for the one lucky diamond of a spin to line up. It’s all base game interspersed by the odd batch of scatters from time to time for a quick win. The math model isn’t bad either with a decent level of give and take, and not the insane ruthlessness some volatile Pragmatic Play slots are guilty of at times.
Then there are the cons. Let’s start with a theme so overdone it’s kind of pointless spending more than a few words acknowledging the fact. That leads into the next point which is probably more obvious than the first, in that the game has little depth, no bonus game of any kind, nothing overly interesting or special to look forward to. Of course, the game’s stripped back, raw nature could be what some players are searching for, which is fine, but just pointing out the obvious here.
The good news is that thanks to the inconsistent nature of Pragmatic’s releases, they could very well bounce back from Fruit Rainbow with an absolute rip roarer of a slot. Until then, unless you can’t help but try every new slot, turn and head in the opposite direction of Fruit Rainbow.
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