Crash games often carry a high headline RTP, somewhere around 97% on the best known titles, but that is a long-run average across millions of rounds. A reel game spins to a stop it had already chosen; you are a spectator to your own bet. A crash round asks you to act while it is live, and that single difference is why the format feels so different to play. The flip side is that a game built around a live decision is a game built around the temptation to make one more. Playing it sensiblyThe same design that makes crash games moreish is the design worth being wary of.