Sunset Highways Cherry Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Sunset Highways Cherry Review

Even though Triple Cherry has advertised this game as a retro slot, which is logical given the classic fruit symbols and the outdated graphic style, we cannot help but feel a certain futuristic theme of this slot machine. Perhaps this was influenced by the animated background of skyscrapers or the insanely bright shades of the sunset, or maybe the Mystery Boxes feature and strange Orbs are to blame.

Anyway, the 5x7 grid is located on a constantly moving purple background, and the gameplay itself is accompanied by an energetic melody. The symbols pay out from the leftmost reel, and you will have 16,807 cherry win ways. The bets range is quite flexible, but hardly suitable for highrollers since the minimum bet starts at $0.30 and reaches a maximum of $20 per spin. You can expect wins up to 4,122x your stake, but you will need to optimize your gaming strategy as the volatility tends to be medium to high. The hit rate is 26%, while the theoretical Return to Player of 96% is disappointingly below the industry standard.

The settings panel is located at the bottom left of the screen, where you can find the paytable, game rules, and your win/loss history. Here, if you wish, you can turn off the game sound.

This slot doesn't have a turbo mode, and the autospins option offers to set from 5 to 100 autospins so that you don't have to manually press the spin button each time.

Sunset Highways Cherry Slot - Reels Screen

Sunset Highways Cherry Slot Features

The symbols in the Sunset Highways Cherry slot machine resemble a classic set, which includes fruits, a four-leaf clover, a bell and a lucky seven. The dynamic paytable allows you to see the symbols' value in currency in relation to the bet level of your choice. Unfortunately, the symbols pay far from generous: fruit and clover symbols pay from 0.3x to 0.8x for 5 identical symbols on a payline, the bell pays 1x and the lucky seven is worth 1.2x for 5-of-a-kind in a winning combo.

At any stage of the game, you will be hoping for Mystery Boxes which land on the grid in unlimited quantities and reveal prizes at the end of the spin. Most often, they contain regular symbols and respins (the entire reel with the Mystery Box explodes, and then new symbols fall from above), but you can also meet wilds, multipliers (x2, x3 or x5), and progress Orbs. During the bonus round, the contents of the Mystery Box change slightly.

Special attention should be paid to clots of cosmic energy, referred to as Orbs.

On the right side of the grid, you will see 8 empty cells for Orbs, where each cell consists of 3 segments. When the Mystery Box grants you a progress Orb, it means that one segment is being filled. As soon as all 3 segments are filled, the Orb is complete. What is it for. Well, as soon as you trigger the free spins bonus round, the complete Orb will turn one of the symbols into a sticky wild, guaranteeing you help in forming win combinations. Moreover, if you manage to complete all 8 Orbs (24 progress Orbs from Mystery Boxes), you immediately activate the bonus round. Once you've used the Orbs in the bonus round, their progress will return to the start.

In addition to wilds and Mystery Boxes, the slot also has Bonus symbols/scatters. They appear only in the central part of the grid (reels 2, 3 and 4).

As soon as you land 3 Bonus symbols on the same spin, the free spins bonus round is activated. Next, you will be taken to a new screen and given 6 free spins. During the free game, Bonus symbols do not appear on the grid, which means you cannot retrigger this feature. This is where Mystery Boxes come to the rescue again, but this time they may provide additional free spins. As for the rest of the surprises, Mystery Boxes can also give you respins, wilds or progressive win multipliers.

Sunset Highways Cherry Slot - Free Spins Gameplay Screen

Review Summary

We are happy that the developer managed to make the fruit slot machine in retro style quite futuristic. Such an atmosphere is provided not only by a cool soundtrack and nice animation of skyscrapers in the background but also by the Mystery Boxes and Orbs Progression features.

While there are no other bonus games in the game besides the free spins round, you will have the feeling of great opportunities as the Mystery Boxes drop quite often. You never know what they'll give the player this time!

On the other hand, to get into the coveted bonus round or at least complete one Orb (not to mention all 8!), it may take a lot of your time and patience because of the volatility of the slot, which ranges from medium to high. This is why we encourage players to adjust their bet amount so that they don't lose too much before the long-awaited free spins play out.

Pros

• Mystery Boxes reveal respins, wilds, multipliers, regular symbols, progress Orbs, and additional free spins (during FS Feature)
• Complete Orbs turn random symbols into sticky wilds once you trigger the FS Feature
• Wins up to 4,122x and high volatility

Cons

• RTP of 95% is below average
• The bet range ($0.30 - $20) may not suit highrollers