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Slot Review: Forbidden Fruit

The “Forbidden Fruit” of this online slot machine title was a major disappointment. It could be just us, but we didn’t notice anything about this game that was particularly provocative or “forbidden.” In fact, we failed to notice much of anything that distinguished itself in this title. Combine a low jackpot, sub-par graphics, and thoroughly unexciting gameplay, and the result is a punter that probably isn’t going to be much of a success. It’s not that we can’t appreciate a fruit machine unless it comes with all the bells and whistles. There is a “right” and a “wrong” way to do the concept of a basic and no-frills slot title, however… and we’d place this one firmly in the latter camp.

Forbidden Fruit is a three-reel, five-payline online slot game from Cryptologic. It mimics the look of a land-based slot machine console, with a metallic-looking background and buttons that look like those present on a physical fruit machine. The concept isn’t new, though, and Cryptologic doesn’t exactly execute it well. The reels are filled with images of apples, bananas, cherries, and plums, as well as classic BAR symbols. That would be the “fruit” part of the “Forbidden Fruit,” we guess. With the prevalence of similarly-themed slot games out there, this one didn’t exactly offer anything special.

Coin values range from twenty-five cents to five dollars, with max coins of five. That makes the top bet an unexceptional twenty-five dollars. The jackpot is one thousand coins, or five thousand dollars assuming the maximum bet. With all things considered, we are thinking that you will want to skip this forbidden fruit altogether.

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