Overview
Step into the shadowy halls of a grand mansion with Cluedo Mightyways, Light & Wonder's latest high-volatility slot! This exquisite game brings the classic board game's mystery to life with an elegant Art Deco design and a menacing, gumshoe-y soundtrack. The 6-reel grid starts with 4 rows and 4,096 ways to win, but the innovative Mighty Ways engine can expand reels to a towering 8 rows high, unlocking an astonishing Up to 262,144 ways to win! Unravel clues across an intricate system of cascading wins and a unique Trail feature, leading to bonus rounds packed with modifiers. With a phenomenal 50,000x max win potential, Cluedo Mightyways offers thrilling detective work for both classic board game fans and high-stakes slot enthusiasts seeking a deeply engaging, feature-rich experience. Prepare to solve the case and uncover monumental payouts!
Gameplay & Features
From here, Cluedo Mighty Ways starts to divert from the previousCluedo Cash Mysterygame, packing a different set of features. Let's deal with the Mighty Ways part of the deal first. If you're familiar withAvatarUX's PopWins mechanic, you'll have a good handle on what's coming up. When awinning waylands, thesymbols are removed, and new ones take their place. In addition, the specific reels increase by one position – up to a maximum height of 8. If new wins are created by the new symbols, the process triggers again. When no more wins appear, the reels reset.
• The Trail
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Next to the reels in the base game is atrail with 9 segments. Each winning cascade moves the trail along by one step. When reaching segment 5, arandom modifieris awarded. Also, making it to segment 7, 8, or 9 activates the Bonus, Super Bonus, or Mega Bonus, respectively. The trail resets at the start of each base game spin. When reaching segment five, one of these modifiers is randomly awarded:
Secret Passage– gives direct access to any one of the three bonus rounds. Mystery Symbols– up to 8 symbols on the reels are randomly selected and transformed into the same symbol type. Multiplier– a multiplier of x2, x3, x5, or x10 is applied to any wins on the following cascades. Random Wilds– 2 to 5 wilds are added to reels 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Wild Reel– reel 2, 3, 4, or 5 is turned wild. Symbol Removal– 9s, 10, Js, and Qs are removed from the reels, and new symbols take their place. New symbols cannot be 9s, 10s, Js, or Qs. Board Reset– all symbols are removed from the reels, and a new spin takes place.
• Free Games
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The number of free spins awarded is5, 6, or 7 free spinswhen the Bonus, Super Bonus, or Mega Bonus is triggered, respectively. Next,players click one suspect, onemurder weapon, and onelocation cardfrom theCard Pickerpart of the feature to reveal the followingmodifiersfor use in free spins:
Extra Spins– awards +1, +2, +3, +5, +8, or +10 free spins. Multipliers– awards an x2 multiplier for all wins. Cash Prizes– awards an instant cash prize of 5x, 8x, 10x, 15x, 25x, 50x, or 100x the bet. Remove Ten & Nine– 9 and 10 symbols do not appear on the reels. Expanding Wilds– any wild in view expands to cover the entire reel. Extra Ways– the starting number of ways is 14,000. Reset Wins– when a Time Watch symbol land on reel 6 when this is awarded, the free spin count is reset. During the bonus round, between1-3 Cluedo cardsmay appear on the reels. The cards flip to reveal arandom suspect, location, or weapon. If these cards match the cards picked in the Card Picker, players win acash prizeof 5x, 50x, or 2,000x if 1, 2, or 3 cards match, respectively. If the cards do not match,+1 free spinper incorrect match is awarded.
• Buy Pass
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Opening up thebonus buymenu presents four choices –33. 5x the betbuys a Trail 5 Modifier,76xgets Segment 7,90xbuys Segment 8, and104xgoes straight to Segment 9
Final Thoughts
Phew, yeah, there is a lot to cover features-wise, but Cluedo Mighty Ways is not a complicated game, but rather one padded out with a lot of cards, characters, icons, and modifiers. It is a bit like opening up a board game and having the fun of punching out all the bits you need to start playing. Fans of the game should naturally find this release every bit as compelling as the previous Cluedo slot, if not more. Actually, probably a lot more since there is so much in Cluedo Mighty Ways to discover.
The bonus buy is a quick way of experiencing all of the extra bits (if it's there) since you can buy instant access to level 5 (or higher) to see how they function. Most are pretty standard modifiers, though appreciated all the same when they trigger. Getting to the bonus round takes quite a lot of consecutive cascades, so there is a chance of building a solid win from the Mighty Ways feature before free spins even begin. Once there, most of the Card Picker picks are capable of making a positive contribution to free spins, though some might find the cash prizes a bit naff.
As to Mighty Ways, it is pretty mighty, but AvatarUX did beat Light & Wonder to the punch on this one. Not only has the rival studio got like a dozen of these sorts of games under its belt already, but their games tend to pop with more pizzazz. Cluedo Mighty Ways flows okay, but it feels more restrained, more mannered if that makes sense. While we're critiquing, it's worth pointing out that most of the features and the way they are awarded are very close to what was on offer inStargate Megaways, losing it a few originality points. On a bright note, Cluedo Mighty Ways comes with an almighty max win figure of50,000x the stakeshould the case be well and truly cracked.
To sum up, blend Cluedo Cash Mystery with PopWins,Stargate Megaways, and a pinch ofWild Heist At Peacock Manor, and you've got a close approximation of Cluedo Mighty Ways. It should be irresistible for players partial to a bit of Cluedo on the reels; alternatively, players who appreciate a hefty swag bag of features get plenty to work their way through.
