Yum Yum Powerways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Yum Yum Powerways Review

It’s not everyday you see a brand new pay way mechanic, and Pragmatic Play’s Powerways system resembles the Megaways engine at first glance. Once you settle into the gameplay in Yum Yum Powerways however, you’ll soon discover that there are significant differences. Most notably, you can win from all 4 sides with this innovative engine, just as long as the winning combo starts from any of the 4 outer reels that surround the 4x4 inner grid.

Instead of the typical Cascading Wins engine found on so many Megaways releases, Pragmatic has come up with their very own Winning Symbol Replacement feature. Basically, winning symbols are flipped to display new symbols, and this also increases the win multiplier. Visually, you might get either hungry or nauseated, and there is something about wobbly, gelée-like junkfood tiles that triggers the latter in us.

Yum Yum Powerways Features

The Powerways engine comes with a 4x4 grid in the middle, framed by 4-position reels on all 4 sides. Premiums pay between 0.25 and 1.5 times your stake for 6-oak wins, and you have a wild symbol that steps in for all regular pay symbols. Winning combinations pay from any direction (left to right and vice versa, as well as top to bottom and vice versa), but it must start from any of the 4 outer reels.

Any winning combo triggers the Winning Symbol Replacement feature, and you’ll see the winning positions flip to reveal a new set of symbols.

The Bonus Round is triggered when you land at least 3 chef scatters in view, and you get 6, 8, 10 or 12 free spins when you land 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters, respectively. You get +1 extra spin per scatter you land during the feature, and you can gamble for up to the maximum of 12 spins up front if you dare to risk the whole bonus round. Here’s some stats you might find useful in that regard:

• Gambling 4 to 6 spins comes with a 50.14 % winning chance.
• Gambling 6 to 8 spins comes with a 42.88 % winning chance.
• Gambling 8 to 10 spins comes with a 44.46 % winning chance.
• Gambling 10 to 12 spins comes with a 45.47 % winning chance.

The progressive win multiplier starts at x3 during the bonus round, and it now increments by +3 per replacement win. A wild symbol roams around to a new position per spin on the 4x4 grid, and it’s not removed via the replacement feature if part of a winning combo.

The 200 Spins Yum Yum Powerways Experience

You get to see the base game Winning Symbol Replacement feature for around a minute, until we trigger the bonus round with 3 scatters. We decided to try our luck in the gamble feature, and we ended up with 8 free spins after a few attempts. You can see it all for yourself in the 4-minute highlights video below.

Review Summary

The win-from-all-4-sides system, which is Powerways in a nutshell, is an impressive innovation from Pragmatic Play. However, you do pay the price with very low overall symbol values, and the fact that you need at least 4-oak to win. A higher potential than their ‘new standard’ 5,000x could have amended this drawback to a certain degree, but it’s not really a major issue anyway.

The gelée-like spinning junk food symbols are probably not what you want to see on hungover mornings, but progressive multiplier Replacement Wins are key to anything of significance coming your way in the base game. To gamble for extra free spins is risky, but the +3 incrementing win multiplier you get in the bonus round can accelerate things to a whole new level when you’re on a streak.

Pros

• Innovative Powerways engine
• Progressive ‘Replacement Win’ multiplier
• FS w/ +3 incrementing multiplier + roaming wild
• Win up to 5,000x your stake

Cons

• Very low symbol values

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