Dazzle Me Christmas Slot Review

The Dazzle Me Christmas Slot Game

As mentioned, this video slot is based on Christmas. However, NetEnt didn’t seem to have invested enough in making this slot’s design glossy and vibrant. In fact, the mistletoe around the slot’s title is the only Christmas display in Dazzle Me Christmas.

So, I’m unsure how players will feel about that.

Anyway, the backdrop is blurry, appearing like colourful lights and falling snowflakes. The developer describes it as a dreamy, pastel bokeh setting. But for lack of better words, I’d describe it as lifeless and dull, with the only joyful aura being its high-pitched soundtrack.

Regardless, the user interface is simplistic. The Elevate button and other controls are below the gaming grid. Moreover, different system functions are in the top-right corner of the screen.  

Symbols and Payouts

A notable feature of this game is an asymmetrical 3-3-4-4-5 gaming board. But there’s nothing to worry about regarding winning, as it has 76 bet lines (fixed) that can grow to 90 in the free spins.

Like many other online slots, you win when matching symbols land successively from the leftmost reel to the right without gaps. A bet line win equals the paytable value multiplied by the selected bet and any applicable multipliers.

Surprisingly, the Dazzle Me Christmas paytable doesn’t have a lot of symbols, making it easy to follow your wins. They comprise gems and classic-slot symbols and don’t pay significantly different:

• Blue & Green Gems - 0.1x, 0.2x, and 0.4x the bet.
• Purple & Red Gems - 0.2x, 03x, and 0.5x the stake.
• Bell - 0.3x, 0.4x, and 0.75x the bet.
• Flaming 7 - 0.4x, 0.75x, and 1.5x the stake.

The Diamond wild substitutes for all non-special symbols to complete a win. According to the paytable, the wild symbol also pays similar values to the Flaming 7 for a complete winning combination of wilds.

Dazzle Me Christmas Slot Bonus Features    

The joy of potentially enjoying the Christmas sparkle comes from wild reels, free spins, multipliers, linked reels, and Elevate bonus buys.

Wild Reels

The wild reels are randomly activated in the base game, where wild symbols can cover up to 5 reels entirely.

Free Spins & Linked Reels

Strike 3 to 5 scatters anywhere on the Dazzle Me Christmas reels to trigger 8, 12, and 16 free spins, respectively. The reels expand to 5-row high at the start of the bonus rounds.

Further, depending on the reel they land on, the scatters may have multipliers—2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x on reels 2 to 5, respectively. The multipliers are added if at least 3 scatters activate the free spins.

A free spins multiplier is set by default to 1x unless the scatters that activated the free spins had multipliers. It increases by one for each winning spin and multiplies every bet line win in the current free spin. The multiplier resets at the end of the bonus rounds.

If you’re lucky enough to hit 3 to 5 scatters during the bonus, they’ll retrigger the free spins like in the initial trigger. 

The Linked Reels become active during the free spins. At the beginning of every free spin, identical Linked Reels will appear adjacently on any reels 1-4, where the right column is a clone of the left one.

Elevate Feature

It's the buy feature in Dazzle Me Christmas, allowing you to activate one of the following features per game round:

• Scatter Hunt - increase the odds of triggering the free spins for 2x the bet.

• Wild Reels Mode - for 10x stake, every spin is guaranteed at least 1 wild reel and a random 1-50x multiplier.

• Free Spins - 3 to 5 scatters are guaranteed on the reels in the next spin for 100x bet.

• Enhanced Free Spins - for 300x bet. 3-5 scatters are guaranteed, with at least one scatter having a 2x to 5x multiplier.

How to Win at Dazzle Me Christmas Slot

Playing on this slot is simplistic and possible for everyone above the legal gambling age. However, winning happens randomly.

Even with 5 reels, the gameboard is arranged such that the 1st-2nd reels have 3 rows, 3rd-4th have 4 rows, and the 5th reel has 5 rows. Meanwhile, the free spins use 5 rows per reel. As a result, you play with 76 bet lines in the base game and 90 in the bonus rounds.

A bet line win hits when you land identical symbols successively from the leftmost reel to the right without gaps.

Dazzle Me Christmas lets you bet between €0.20 and €200 and potentially win up to 2,306x stake.

If you have sufficient funds, select an ideal bet and hit the Spin button to play a single round. Otherwise, you can use the Autoplay to preselect several auto-spins.

Dazzle Me Christmas Slot RTP & Volatility

Keep in mind the slot’s very high volatility, as it makes the gameplay quite risky. But if you’re willing to take the risk, you’ll enjoy a 96.17% theoretical RTP in the long run!

The Final Thoughts

Last I checked, creating an online slot offers entertainment and the opportunity to win. Of course, the latter isn’t guaranteed, but entertainment, which can also include immersive design and graphics, shouldn’t be compromised.

Honestly, I didn’t feel NetEnt paid serious attention to the Dazzle Me Christmas entertaining component. First, I expected a colourful display of red and green, with a tinge of snow, to depict the festive season. On the contrary, nothing about the design felt Christmassy, apart from the mistletoe around the game’s title.

IMO, I don’t think it would compete with games like Pragmatic’s Penguins Christmas Party Time or PG Soft’s Santa Wild Drop, as the quoted examples are aesthetically appealing for Xmas.

Further, the winning potential of 2,306x the bet isn’t great. However, it entails entertaining features, including wild reels, free spins with multipliers and linked reels, and four Elevate buy options. So, maybe its non-Christmassy appearance is a blessing in disguise since the majority of its design isn’t tied to a specific season.