Beats Ex Slot Review

Beats Ex Slot - Game Overview

Beats Ex is a music themed online slot from OneTouch with five reels, three rows and 243 always on ways to win. It went live in August 2021 and runs on HTML5, so it plays well on mobiles and desktops. Stakes range from 0.50 to 100 per spin, which covers low and high rollers. The top win reaches 2000 times the bet, so there is decent headroom for bigger hits.

On paper Beats Ex looks like a classic ways slot, but the whole experience hangs on a single bonus feature based around trigger symbols. The maths model uses medium volatility with a long term RTP of 96.17 percent, which sits just above the market average. I see plenty of small and mid sized wins in the base game, while the feature can swing the session quite sharply when it behaves.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack in Beats Ex

Visually Beats Ex mixes retro fruit machine cues with modern DJ kit. The background looks like a stylised speaker stack, with the reel frame shaped by chunky cabinets and a bar of equaliser style lights on top. On the reels you get glowing card ranks alongside headphones, decks and the classic cherries, BARs and sevens. The soundtrack leans on electronic beats that pick up intensity once the feature kicks in.

Symbols and Paytable in Beats Ex

Beats Ex runs with eleven symbols in total, eight standard icons and three special trigger symbols. Wins pay for three, four or five of a kind on adjacent reels from the left, and any position on each reel counts thanks to the 243 ways layout. Payout values scale with the stake size you choose, so the same line up can feel modest at minimum bet and far more meaningful at the top level.

At the lower end you have 9, 10, J, Q, K and A styled as neon playing cards. Five of a kind pays between 0.4 and 3.2 times your stake, depending on the rank, so these hits keep the balance ticking while you wait for something heavier. I tend to see a constant trickle of these small wins, which helps smooth out the patches where the triggers refuse to line up.

The mid tier symbols are the headphones and DJ controller style turntable, which pay up to 6 times the bet for five of a kind. On top of those sit the trigger symbols, cherries, BAR and red 7. Aside from launching the feature they also hit hardest in the base game, reaching up to 8.3 times stake for a full screen of sevens on a winning way combination.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x8.3
	4	x4
	3	x2
	5	x6
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x6
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x6
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x3.2
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.8
	5	x3.2
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.8
	5	x2.4
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.6
	5	x2.4
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.6
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4

RTP, Volatility and Max Win in Beats Ex

On the numbers side Beats Ex uses a published RTP of 96.17 percent with medium volatility. Over time that rate sits a shade above the general slot average, though of course sessions can swing either way. The average hit size feels modest in the base game, but the ways engine keeps wins coming quite regularly, so I find the balance between dry spells and action fair for this style of game.

Maximum exposure in Beats Ex stands at 2000 times the total stake, which ties in with a published cap of 200000 at the highest bet of 100 per spin. That ceiling only really comes into view inside the feature with upgraded trigger symbols and long chains of retriggers. In practice my better sessions landed somewhere in the low hundreds of times stake, often off just one strong bonus round.

How to Play Beats Ex

Getting started with Beats Ex is simple enough. I open the paytable via the information button to see the symbol values and feature rules, then set my stake by clicking the coin stack and choosing a total bet between 0.50 and 100. A single tap on the main spin button plays one round, while auto spin can run up to 100 spins with optional win and loss limits plus a turbo setting.

Bonus Features in Beats Ex

The whole bonus package in Beats Ex revolves around the trigger symbols, cherries, BAR and 7. Landing three or more of these on consecutive reels from the left starts the Beats Ex feature, which initially gives just one free spin. During the feature the reel set fills with trigger icons, so you see them far more often than in the base game and hits come in a very different pattern.

Every winning spin in the feature adds one extra free spin and can retrigger the bonus, in theory up to 999 times in a row. Extended streaks of wins upgrade the active trigger symbol, with cherries stepping up to BAR and then to 7, bringing higher payouts and more potential retriggers. There are no wilds or scatters here, so all the excitement rests on how far this single feature can run.

Beats Ex Slot Review Verdict

For me Beats Ex sits in an interesting middle ground between old school fruit machine and modern video slot. The graphics and sound do a good job of selling the DJ theme without getting in the way, and the 243 ways layout keeps the reels feeling lively. I like the idea of ranks of trigger symbols and long strings of retriggers, especially with 2000 times stake on the table.

On the other hand the rules explanation around the feature can feel opaque, and less experienced players may need a few sessions before they fully grasp what is happening. With only one main bonus mode the slot can start to feel repetitive if the feature is not paying. Overall I rate Beats Ex as a solid medium variance choice when I want music themed play with a single high impact mechanic.

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