Hot Spin Hot Link Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Hot Spin Hot Link Review

If you’re a fan of iSoftBet’s Hot Spin series, and you’ve just been waiting for a streak respins style installment, well, then we got good news for you. Hot Spin Hot Link is far from the volatile beast you get in the Hot Spin Megaways version, but it’s the only installment so far that comes with the ever-popular hold-and-win style bonus round. It’s called Hot Link Respins in this game, as it’s all about merging symbols.

This is how you can win larger prizes from the feature, including the top-tier ‘Hot Prizes’ on display above the reel set. The Hot Spin Wheel dishes out 1 of 3 modifiers at random times in the base game, and 4 different modifiers are up for grabs in the Hot Link Respins round. You get a more forgiving volatility than in previous installments, combined with a mediocre 3,000x potential. Overall, this is one to try if you’re really into streak respins. If not, the Megaways version is still by far the best option.

Hot Spin Hot Link Slot Features

The red and golden ‘W’ wild steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combos, and it also pays the same as the top-tier diamond symbol.

The Hot Spin Wheel seen on the left-hand side can become active at random times, and this awards a modifier or triggers the Hot Link Bonus Round directly. The wheel can trigger the following modifiers:

• Wilds - gives you 5 to 10 wilds randomly placed on the grid.
• Wild Reels - turns 2 to all 5 reels fully wild.
• Multi Win - awards a multiplier between x2 and x25 to be applied to any win on the current spin.
• Hot Link Trigger - gives you the Hot Link bonus round.

The Hot Link Respins Round can also be triggered by landing 5+ hot link scatter symbols anywhere in view, and you start with 3 respins on a cleared grid where only the triggering symbols are sticky. The respins tally resets to 3 for every new sticky hot link symbol you land, and adjacent symbols merge into 2x2, 2x3, 3x2, 3x3, 3x4 and 3x5 sized mega symbols.

Whenever you land a Spin symbol within the Hot Link Bonus, the Hot Spins Wheel is triggered. The Wheel then awards 1 of the following 4 boosters:

• Extra Life - gives you 3 extra respins after you run out.
• Multi Boost - increases the multiplier that will apply to your total win.
• Symbol Add - awards 1 to 3 extra hot link symbols to the grid.
• Prize Boost - increases the Hot Prizes by +50x.

Merging hot link symbols during the feature is key to landing the Hot Prizes, but they’re only awarded randomly if you merge symbols in the size of 3x3, 3x4 or 3x5. Here is an overview of what cash values you can expect from the different sizes of Hot Link symbols:

• 1x1 symbols award cash prizes of x1, x2, x3 or x5.
• 2x2 symbols award cash prizes of x8, x10 or x12.
• 2x3 symbols award cash prizes of x12, x15 or x20.
• 3x2 symbols award cash prizes of x12, x15 or x20.
• 3x3 symbols award cash prizes of x20, x25, x30, or the x50 Hot Prize.
• 3x4 symbols award cash prizes of x40, x50, x80, or the x100 Hotter Prize.
• 3x5 symbols award cash prizes of x100, x150, x200, or the x250 Hottest Prize.

The 200 Spins Hot Spin Hot Link Slot Experience

You get to see some decent base game payouts, before we trigger the Hot Link Bonus Round at 1:30 into the 3:31-minute highlights video.

Review Summary

Following up the heavy-hitting Megaways version with a medium risk/reward installment is a bit like jumping after Wirkola (to use a ski jumping idiom). Hot Spin Hot Link is for players who enjoy the hold-and-win style feature, and it does come with some decent modifier action. The same can be said about the base game, as triggering the Hot Spin Wheel can deliver decent payouts when things go your way.

The Hot Link Respins round is to be expected once every 181 spins on average, and it’s kind of fun if you manage to generate some decently sized merged hot link symbols. It would be more fun if Hot Prizes were guaranteed for certain sizes though, and the overall 3,000x potential seems weak compared to the 50,000x on offer in the Megaways version. It’s significantly lower than the Deluxe version also, but at least it beats the original game.

Pros

• Hot Spin Wheel offers 3 modifiers
• Hot Link Respins w/ 4 modifiers
• Merge Hot Link symbols to win Hot Prizes
• Medium volatility and 3,000x potential

Cons

• Even the Hottest Prize isn’t all that impressive

If you appreciate Hot Spin Hot Link Slot you should also try:

Hot Spin Megaways - is the most exciting installment in this iSoftBet series so far, and it comes with up to 117,649 win ways. The Hot Spin Wheel awards 9 unique modifiers, and it can also dish out the bonus round that comes with 3 options. The volatility is high, and you can win up to 50,000x your stake.

Hot Spin - is the original fruity iSoftBet release, and it plays out on 5x3 reels with 20 paylines.

Hot Spin Deluxe - is very similar to the original release from iSoftBet, and this version also plays out on 5x3 reels with 20 betlines. The fruity theme is charming as ever, and the Hot Spin Wheel can award 6 unique modifiers. There is also an added random multiplier up to x10, and this has boosted the potential up to 5,000x your stake.

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