Overview
Nolimit City invites you into a truly unsettling world with Mental, a slot that dares players to confront its grim, asylum-themed aesthetic and Extreme volatility. This chilling game is built on a 5-reel, 3-row grid, delivering a dynamic experience with 108+ ways to win from a 3-2-3-2-3 base layout that can expand to 20 rows. From flickering lights and sepia tones to a slithering soundtrack, Mental masterfully crafts a deeply creepy atmosphere akin to anatomical sketches and horror films, setting it apart as a uniquely serious slot. While its complex features – a whole shebang of splitting symbols and transformations – might seem overwhelming initially, they promise immense rewards, including a staggering 66,666x Max Win. This isn't for the faint of heart; Mental appeals to thrill-seekers and those who relish deciphering intricate gameplay for a brutal, unforgettable gaming challenge.
Gameplay & Features
Listing the features will give us a logical way of working through them, so in Mental, you'll come across extras as Fire Frames, Dead Patients, Enhancer Cells, Mental Transformations, Autopsy Free Spins, Lobotomy Free Spins, Mental Free Spins,. This is Mental. , and 4feature buyoptions. In the main game, on every spin,1 to 13 positionsarerandomly surrounded by flames. These are calledFire Frames, and any symbol landing within onesplits into 2 parts. The ominously titledDead Patient featuretriggers when2 Dead Patient symbolshit. It reveals1 of thepremium patient symbolswith arandom multiplierof x5, x10, x15, x30, x50, x100, x300, x500, x1,000, or x9,999 attached. The multiplier value equates to thenumber of that symbol on the reelrather than a win multiplier. At the bottom ofreels 2 and 4are theEnhancer Cells. Reel 2 and reel 4 are activated with4 or 6 Fire Frames, respectively. When active, Enhancer Cells reveal one of these effects:
A wild symbol. 1 of the 5 patient symbols. A regular Dead Patient symbol. xWays – reveals three identical symbols, but not Scorpion, Spider, or Dead Patient symbols. xSplit – splits one symbol on each reel into two, then splits itself into 2 wilds. xNudge Wild - nudges so it is fully visible on the reel. Each nudged step increases a win multiplier by 1. More than one wild multiplier adds the values. Landingspider symbolsonreel 2 or 4triggers theMental Transform feature. Spiderstransforminto either xWays, xSplit, Dead Patient, Wild, or Patient symbol. Autopsy Free SpinsNext up isfree spins. The first one,8 Autopsy Free Spins, is awarded when3 Scorpion symbolsland on reels 1, 3, and 5. Each Scorpion symbol landing in a Fire Frame awards+1 spin. In this bonus game,up to 5 positions are randomly given a Fire Frame. Once landed, Fire Framesstick throughout the feature. It is possible toupgradeAutopsy Spins to Lobotomy Spins by landing a Spider Symbol. Lobotomy Free SpinsLanding3 Scorpion Symbol + 1 Spider Symbolin the base game awards9 Lobotomy Spins. In addition to Autopsy Spin rules, anySpider Symbols that hit are sticky, triggering Mental Transformations on each spin. There is also aDead Multiplierrule. The highest Multiplier value from Dead Symbols iscollectedwith acount. When new Patient symbols hit, theircollected multiplier is applied to it, then1 deductedfrom the count. Landing2 Spider Symbols upgrades to Mental Freespins. Mental Free SpinsThe most lucrative bonus is triggered from the main game if3 Scorpion Symbolsand2 Spider Symbolshit, awarding10 spins. What changes here isboth Spider Symbols are sticky, triggeringMental Transformations on each spin. Also, theDead Multiplier count does not decreaseafter its multiplier is transferred to new Patient symbols. Ifbonus buysare an option where you live, then paying 80, 200, or 1,000 times the stake gets you 8-11 Autopsy Free Spins, 9-13 Lobotomy Freespins, or 10-15 Mental Free spins, respectively. Paying 220x the stake is alucky dip optionwith 50% chance of getting Autopsy, 40% for Lobotomy, or 10% of landing Mental Freespins. Finally,. This is Mental. is the name given to the scenario when players hit the max win figure of66,666 times the base stake
Final Thoughts
Well, Mental certainly lives up to its name, no arguments. There are scant few games like this floating around. None actually, yet is there a reason for that? Mental is a grim slot, one not designed to make players chuckle unless they have an unusual sense of humour. It means Mental doesn't have the same fun factor as other hits Nolimit has churned out this year. There's none of the joyousEast Coast vs West Coastbounce, the rib-tickling ofxWays Hoarder xSplit, or the dark humour found inEl Paso Gunfight xNudgeandSan Quentin xWays. This is a serious subject, dealt with in a serious manner. Perhaps when picking this topic, you've got no choice other than to go heavy. When the gaming's done you might need to do something to clear your mental palate, like putting on an episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians after watching a horror movie. It's funny, going back to play slots likeImmortal Romance,A Dark Matter, orMysteriousis like watching Barney the Dinosaur sing the four times table.
Another possible concern is the complexity of the bonus games. No one's questioning Mental's ability to go wild when the right symbols are hitting, but it does teeter on being a tad too convoluted at times. Demoing is a requirement, and even then, it requires a good playthrough to pick up on all the various nuances. Some players are sure to lap up the complexity, others will flee the asylum to find the nearest fruit machine.
When tackling Mental's paytable, it's not hard to picture a group of bearded Victorian gentlemen with pipes dissecting the rules, trying to figure out what's going on before giving up and inventing natural selection instead, because it's more obvious. Jokes aside, Mental's not so bad when you take the time to go over the rules, yet it's nigh on indecipherable otherwise. There's just so much cutting, slicing, transforming, locking, and whatnot that Mental is initially overwhelming. It's very clever, no doubts there, but Mental skims the limit on complex kitchen sink gaming.
To sum up, sure, we've been goofing around a bit, but Mental is about as dark as it gets in a slot. If you're down with the subject matter, the unsettling visuals, and unwieldy rules, there is a one-of-a-kind game here that pushes the envelope as much as anything Nolimit City has released.
