Introduction to Barn Beats
Barn Beats is a casino slot from Avatar UX where the party doesn’t stop until the last egg hatches. While it may sound a bit wild, Playtech welcomes us to a barn where the party never stops, and, for some reason, beloved artists, such as Michael Jackson, Elvis, Dolly Parton, and more, show up as chickenified versions of themselves. But even barring that little nightmare detail, Barn Beats delivers on flashy and colorful spins all about its 3 Pot Bonus Game, as it doesn’t really have any other features outside of its Expanded Wild Symbol. However, the good news for us is that Avatar UX does have some affinity for 3 Pot mechanics, and we shouldn’t totally write it off just yet. In this feature, it plays very much like a Hold & Win Cash Respin bonus game, however, with bonuses such as Collector Symbols, Multiplier Frames, and a second playing grid. While that may not sound like the most exciting or original thing ever, we can’t deny that Avatar UX did cook up some volatility alongside a pretty impressive max win of 15,000X the bet that might just be enough to hook us in for a couple of spins.
Barn Beats blends a unique spin on a rather standard farm theme alongside pretty standard and not-so-original gameplay features, but with a surprising max win to top it off.
Theme, Gameplay, & Payouts
Barn Beats is a video slot from Avatar UX with 5 Reels, 3 Rows, and 25 Paylines. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 500. Barn Beats comes with an average RTP of 96.19%, high volatility, and a good max win of 15,000X the bet.
As we mentioned earlier and might even be evident in the title, Barn Beats is set inside a barn that has been turned into somewhat of a disco. Nothing here looks like what you would expect a barn to look like however, as the hay has been thrown out and replaced with neon dancing tiles covering the floor, and a stage is right in the middle of the room. It is here that we find the playing grid filled with various chicken celebrities. You can play the game on most notepads, desktops, and mobiles.
You create a win by landing 3 or more of the same symbols in adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, which creates a payline. The lower-paying symbols are J, Q, K, and A. Creating a win with 5 of the same symbols will pay out 1X the bet. The higher-paying symbols are various famous celebrities, but now as chickens, including Dolly Parton, Marilyn Monroe, Slash, and Elvis Presley. Landing a win with 5 of the same symbols pays out 5X to 10X the bet. When it comes to Special Symbols, we have Wilds, Coins, Jackpots, Collectors, and three types of Pot Scatter Symbols, which we will cover in more detail in the next section.
Special Features & Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Barn Beats?
You can win up to 15,000X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Barn Beats?
The features are Wild Symbols, Special Symbols, 3 Pot Bonus, and Feature Buy (X-Press).
Wild Symbols
Wild Symbols appear as fully stacked symbols, helping form winning combinations by being able to substitute for all symbols, except Special Symbols and Scatter Symbols.
Special Symbols
There are certain Special Symbols that can only appear in the bonus game, and they include various Coin Symbols, with prizes ranging from 0.5X to 10X, and Jackpot Symbols that come with Mini (15X), Minor (50X), and Major (200X) Prizes. These will all stick around until the end of the bonus game, but can also be collected by a Collect Symbol for double the value.
3 Pot Bonus
The 3 Pot bonus game can be randomly triggered by landing one of the colored Scatter Symbols, which has a chance to trigger its color-corresponding bonus. The bonus game starts with 3 Respins, with only Special Symbols being able to appear, each resetting the spin counter when they land on the reels and stick to the reels. The 3 Bonuses are as follows:
Blue = Activates the Collector Bonus, which allows Collector Symbols to land on the reels.
Yellow = Activates the Multiplier Frame Bonus, giving a chance for Multiplier Frames to appear randomly on the reels, multiplying any Coin Symbols that land within.
Red = Activates the 2X Board Bonus, awarding a second playing grid that spins independently.
If the bonus game ends by filling all 15 positions on the playing grid, you will be awarded the Grand Jackpot worth 1,000X the bet.
Feature Buy (X-Press)
Through the Feature Buy, you can instantly trigger the bonus game for a price based on the current bet.
60X = Awards the 3 Pot bonus game with 1 to 3 bonuses active.
200X = Awards the 3 Pot bonus game with all 3 bonuses active.
Final Thoughts on Barn Beats
Avatar UX releases may not be everyone’s cup of tea, as they can be quite divisive, however, we can’t deny that they do sometimes deliver on some thematically interesting titles, with Barn Beats being one of them alongside other games like Crazy Mart Bonanza and Spinfection. But, compared to these other titles, we can’t really say that Barn Beats is especially impressive in terms of visuals or gameplay, as it was mostly its presentation that caught our attention. These games feel so different from each other that they almost seem developed by completely different studios and released in totally different years, as Barn Beats, aside from its flashy visuals, looks and feels quite dated, both in its graphics and its spins.
That brings us to discuss Barn Beats’ gameplay loop, and we can quickly start out with the game’s lack of features present in the base game, except for the Expanded Wild Symbols, which is quite disappointing, as the game’s paytable doesn’t really suffice to keep us invested as we hunt down the bonus game, where the real meat of the game can be found. Sadly, this is a 3 Pot bonus game that plays like most other Coin Collect Respin features out there and feels a bit oversaturated at this point, with Avatar UX not really delivering any original or interesting bonuses to pique our interest. We say this because, while the bonuses can be pretty good for payouts, they just don’t feel very interesting, such as adding the Collector Symbols to the reels. But we’re sure that there might be some players out there looking for a night out on the dance floor and don’t mind the rather straightforward 3 Pot gameplay loop, and we don’t fault them, as long as they know what to expect before they start spinning.
Barn Beats is a slot that brings back all your favorite artists thanks to its rather unique theme, however, at the cost of turning them all into chickens and coming with a simple 3 Pot Respins-centered gameplay loop.
