Mental 2

If you thought the first visit was disturbing, Mental 2 rips the restraints off. NoLimit City drags players even deeper into its deranged asylum, where logic is the first to go and your balance might be next. This isn’t just a sequel, it’s a full-blown psychotic break wrapped in slot form, complete with a mind-bending 99,999x max multiplier. Step in if you dare, but don’t expect to come out the same.

Betting Options and Bonus Features

Mental 2 plays out on a fractured 3-2-3-2-3 grid with 108 paylines, bringing back NoLimit City's signature sense of controlled chaos. With high volatility and a 96.06% RTP, it delivers an experience that’s as intense as its theme. Betting options cater to a wide range of bankrolls, but as always with Nolimit, brace yourself—this one bites.

This sequel is stacked with a toolbox of volatile mechanics. Fire Frames can randomly appear on up to 13 positions during base game spins. Any symbol landing inside a Fire Frame is split into two. Separately, Fire Reels can ignite up to 5 full reels—symbols landing on these get split into three parts, cranking up the potential for wild payouts.

Dead Patients are revealed when 2 or more patient symbols land. The game picks one Patient symbol and applies a multiplier between x5 and x9,999, depending on how many of that symbol are on the reel. It’s a feature that builds slowly, but when it hits, it hits hard.

Beneath the surface are Enhancer Cells, hidden beneath reels 2, 3, and 4. These activate depending on how many Fire Frames appear:

• 4 Fire Frames activate the Cell under reel 2
• 6 trigger reels 2 and 4
• 8 light up all three

 

Fire Reels count as 2–3 Fire Frames based on their size. Once triggered, Enhancer Cells may reveal a standard wild, an xWays symbol (which expands into 3 matching symbols), an xSplit (which splits one symbol on each reel and itself into two wilds), or the ever-dangerous xNudge wild, which climbs the reel, increasing the multiplier with each nudge.

xHole is a grid-scrambling mechanic that activates when an xHole symbol lands in a Fire Frame or Fire Reel in the second position of reel 3. Symbols are sucked from the reels, resized with multipliers (x2, x4, or x8), and randomly repositioned. The xHole symbol becomes a wild, and any winning symbols before it reappear in their original spots.

xMental adds full-board insanity. If you trigger it via a Fire Frame or Fire Reel, it grants an extra spin with Fire Frames on every position. Enhancer Cells reveal upgraded modifiers, and xHole can also be triggered. It’s pure overload—but in the best way possible.

Mental Transform activates when a Disembodied scatter lands on reel 2 or 4, transforming it into one of the following: xWays, xSplit, Dead Patient, a Patient symbol, or a wild.

Landing 3 Cognitive scatters triggers one of three escalating bonus rounds:

• Bloodletting Spins (3 Cognitive): 8 spins with sticky Fire Frames and Fire Reels. Landing 1 or 2 Disembodied scatters upgrades the mode.

• Surgery Spins (3 Cognitive + 1 Disembodied): Adds sticky Disembodied symbols and introduces Mental Transform every spin. Also includes the Dead Multiplier, which collects and distributes multipliers based on matching Patient symbols.

• Experimental Spins (3 Cognitive + 2 Disembodied): The top-tier mode—Dead Multipliers no longer decrease after transfers, allowing them to keep growing across spins.

 

Then there’s the full lineup of Bonus Buy options:

• xBet(1.4x): Guarantees a Cognitive scatter on reel 1
• Fire Frame Boost (6x): Activates Fire Frames on all positions
• xHole Buy (99x): Guarantees an xHole activation
• xMental Buy (3,200x): Triggers the xMental feature
• God Mode (6,666x): Chase the max win by landing xGOD symbols on all five reels

 

Plus, the NoLimit Bonus Menu:

• Bloodletting Spins (100x)
• Surgery Spins (250x)
• Experimental Spins (1,800x)
• Lucky Draw (330x)

 

Roshtein’s Take

Look, I know a lot of people are hyped about Mental 2, but for me, it just doesn’t land. I wasn’t big on the original either, and this one, while packed with features, feels like more of the same with extra noise. Sure, the max win is wild and the mechanics are clever, but it’s all so layered and volatile that the fun kind of gets buried under the chaos. I can see the appeal—it’s bold, it’s brutal—but it’s not my kind of ride. Respect to NoLimit for going all in, but this one’s a pass for me.