Chicken Madness

Chicken Madness Overview

In what some may say is one of their zanier moments, BF Games have created this very fun and pretty comical game that definitely sets itself apart from other slots in the farm genre. The main goal for players is to come home with one of the two progressive or two fixed jackpots, which could mean some serious payouts. Mechanically, this is a five-reel, three-row game with ten pay lines. The RTP here is 94.08%, and the volatility is incredibly high. If you are ready to see chickens explode, farmers lose their temper and raccoons going ballistic, then give this game a few spins.
The features for this game are lucrative if a little temperamental.

The first is a feature that rewards you for landing consecutive wins by introducing larger and larger multipliers for every consecutive win you register. The second feature is the cash mesh feature, which is basically this game’s hold and win bonus. This is triggered when players land five or more of the coin symbols on the reels at the same time. Do this, and you’ll get as many free re-spins as there were coins to trigger them. The coins will be frozen in place, and you’ll have to land more coins to win big prizes. Jackpots can also be won in this feature. All bonus content will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is a little hard to pin down. Although there is the farmyard aspect to the game with the chickens, there is also a Germanic town with all sorts of other odd characters. We think perhaps that the crazy chef is trying to find the chicken so he can cook it as part of some sort of strange revenge. That being said, all characters in this game seem to be experiencing some kind of mania, and with random boxes of TNT and with no real structure, this game certainly lives up to its name.

Despite the bizarre and often disturbing images that can be seen on the board, the background is rather pleasant and high quality. To the left of the reels are a couple of chicken coops surrounded by a colourful meadow. To the right, there is a peaceful town with houses with steep roofs and a tower topped with a golden bust of a large, cooked chicken. In the foreground is the main character of this game, the crazy chicken, who, with a deranged look in its eyes, is standing on the plunging detonating handle of a box of TNT. As we have already said, this game is absolutely bonkers.
The playing board has no structure at all. The symbols simply float in mid-air.

The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying symbols are the J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The A is the most valuable of these, paying out at 5x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the higher value symbols are the chef, the farmer, the raccoon, and the cockerel. The cockerel is the most valuable of these paying out at 25x the stake for the top combination. The specials consist of the crazy chicken wild and the golden coin scatter.

Game Play

Chicken Madness is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with 10 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.
The betting range for Chicken Madness is 10p to £50 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stake up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot is rated in the very high range. The return to player percentage for Chicken Madness is 94.08%, which is well below average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin depends on the value of the progressive multiplier.

Features

The first feature here is called the global win multiplier feature. It will reward you for landing consecutive wins by introducing multipliers to the game. The more consecutive wins that you generate, the larger the win multiplier. The top multiplier is 5x the stake and is rewarded when a player lands five wins in a row. This multiplier stays at 5x after this threshold until a winless spin occurs.

The other main feature here is the cash mesh feature. This bonus is triggered when players land five or more of the golden coins on the reels at the same time. You’ll then be given as many re-spins as the number of scatters that you landed. During these re-spins, all triggering coins are frozen in place. Unlike normal hold and win bonuses, however, your re-spins are not refreshed when you land a new gold coin. If you run out of re-spins before you fill the board, you’ll be given a top-up of re-spins.
The coin symbols that fall offer either cash values or jackpots. If you only land cash values, these are all added up at the end of the feature and paid out to you. If you manage to fill the board, your cash value will be doubled, thanks to a full house bonus. For jackpot coins, however, you must land multiples of the same coin to win the jackpot. There are four to be on the lookout for.

Conclusion

Visually this game is a real roller coaster with plenty of exciting graphics and diverting characters to get engaged in. Win potential wise; things are a little mixed. Although the base game doesn’t offer much and the game’s stats are poor at best, the jackpot element brings a level of extreme value to the slot with pots of money that could change lives. You will, however, have to be very lucky to win one of these.