Introduction to Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax
Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax is a casino slot from Reflex Gaming that throws you right into a sugar-coated madhouse where hyperactive pandas seem to have eaten more sweets than what's legally advisable. This charmy candy world mixes sweet confectionery charm with the DoubleMax multiplier that doubles for every consecutive win. The four pandas sitting above the reels are also the game’s Wild Symbol. Except for substituting all regular symbols in making wins on paylines, each one also has its own little trick on the reels. These cartoon-looking creatures also have a Free Spins feature waiting for you, and very adventurous people can gamble the feature entry for a chance to win more spins, but with the risk of losing the entire feature. Are you ready to play with the fury bears?
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax is a video slot from Reflex Gaming, with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 20 paylines. You can gamble from a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 100. The default RTP is set at 96%, but you can also come across versions of 94% and 90.5%. With a hit frequency of 25.83%, you can expect to score wins on about every fourth spin, and the super high volatility ensures that you will always stay on your toes. If all stars are aligned, you can take home the impressive max win of 20,006x the bet.
The giant panda is a bear species endemic to China. The furry animal is known for its distinctive black and white coloration, characterized by black patches around the eyes of its white head. Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax takes you to a green field with two Chinese-looking buildings made of candy, and in the far distance are some mountains. The purple reels in the middle of the screen have a red frame, and above them is an extra horizontal reel with Wild Symbols that can drop down during cascade wins. To make a win, you need to land 3 or more matching symbols on one of the paylines going left to right, starting on the first reel to the left. You can visit the pandas on several devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers.
The lower-paying symbols in Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax are J, Q, K, and A. They pay 1x the bet for a 5-of-a-kind win. The higher-paying symbols are pieces of candy in green, purple, red, and orange, awarding between 2x and 5x the bet for 5-of-a-kind. The game also includes four Wild Symbols depicted by pandas, each with its own special ability. They substitute all symbols in making wins on paylines, but they don’t substitute the Bonus Symbol.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax?
You can win up to 20,006x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax?
The features are Wild Symbols, Pop And Drop Cascade Feature, Multipliers, Free Spins Bonus, Free Spins Gamble, Golden Bet, and Feature Buy.
Wild Symbols
There are four types of Wild Symbols: Standard Wild, Super Wild (which fills all empty positions on a reel), Boost Wild (which increases the multiplier trail by several steps), and Each Way Wild (which pays both ways). They substitute all regular-paying symbols to make wins on paylines. After their special effects have been used, the Wilds turn into standard Wild Symbols. If they don’t take part in a win during a cascade, they stay on the reels during the drop down.
Pop And Drop Cascade Feature
Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax features cascading wins where every winning symbol is removed from the reels, allowing new symbols to drop down. Before these new symbols fall, one or more Wilds drop in from a horizontally spinning reel above.
Multipliers
The win multiplier doubles for each cascade and resets to 1x when a winning streak ends in the base game. In the Free Spins, the multiplier keeps climbing without resetting until the feature ends. This means that 7 consecutive wins will result in a multiplier of 128x. The maximum multiplier possible is 65,536x.
Free Spins Bonus
Landing 3 Bonus symbols awards 7 Free Spins, 4 symbols give 10 Free Spins, and landing 5 symbols grants 13 Free Spins. During this bonus, the multiplier continues climbing through all cascades without resetting until the feature is over.
Free Spins Gamble
The Free Spins Gamble feature starts if you trigger the Free Spins with 3 or 4 Bonus symbols. It lets you choose between collecting your current amount of spins and starting the Free Spins, or gambling for more. If you gamble, you will see a pointer between a green and red section spin. Landing on green upgrades the feature with more Free Spins, while red means that you lose and you’re taken back to the base game without playing a single Free Spin. Players starting with 3 Bonus symbols can gamble twice, while those starting with 4 can gamble once. The chances of winning the gamble are roughly 50% for both gamble steps.
Golden Bet
You can double the chance of triggering the Free Spins by buying the Golden Bet for 50% extra of the base bet. It doesn’t affect the paytable.
Feature Buy
A Feature Buy option is available for 100x the bet, granting instant access to 7 Free Spins.
Final Thoughts on Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax
Stepping into Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax feels a bit like agreeing to babysit a group of toddlers after handing each of them a triple espresso. The action is fast, the colours are loud, and the multiplier seems to grow faster than your ability to emotionally process what’s happening on the screen. When we played the demo, we kept thinking about how quickly a harmless cascade could snowball into something much bigger. The doubling multiplier doesn’t play around, especially not during the Free Spins when it doesn’t reset. There’s also a strange joy in watching the Wild pandas drop down on the reels during cascades.
The game’s humour and charm come through in the animations, and the sugar-themed world never becomes overwhelming despite being very colorful. However, it’s definitely not the best-looking slot released this year, and you may be a little disappointed if you’re expecting advanced animations. Another thing that lowers that rating a bit is that the features don’t feel new; we have played similar DoubleMax games before.
Two previous games with a similar setup are Redbeard’s Rum Runners DoubleMax and Bison Wilds DoubleMax. Both of them have four different Wild Symbols, the DoubleMax multiplier, and a chance to improve the Free Spins with a Free Spins Gamble feature.
Candy Crazed Pandas DoubleMax from Reflex Gaming is a delightful carnival of panda chaos with the potential for monstrous wins thanks to its ever-doubling multiplier.
