Maybe it's just variance and i'm tilted, yeah yeah, but online slots legit feel different now. Not saying tinfoil hat rigged, more like the whole design got meaner. Used to get enough base game hits to hang around a bit, maybe a tease here and there, now it feels like 80 dead spins, tiny line hit, dead again, then finally a bonus that pays 9x and acts like it did you a favour lol.
And don't even start me on the high volatility stuff. Every new release is sold like it can do 20,000x, cool, but rn most sessions just feel like deposit-delete-repeat. RTP on paper says one thing, actual play feels brutal. I even catch myself doing that dumb thing where i raise the bet because the slot looks "ready"... then it goes ice cold instantly. I know that's probably gambler brain but still. Feels like providers figured out how to make games more exciting to watch and worse to actually play or maybe i'm just fried on slots at this point...