King of the Cats Megaways

Overview King of Cats Megaways

If you like your big cats and if you like the Megaways playing dynamic, you couldn’t wish for a slot better than King of Cats Megaways. From tigers to leopards, every big cat on earth joins players on the reels for this exciting new online slot game from Big Time Gaming Gaming. However, encounters with these exotic beasts are not the only draw for this game. King of Cats Megaways also has a range of featured bonus content to enhance the gaming experience for players of all types.

These features include cascading symbols and expanding reels (courtesy of the Megaways dynamic). Also on offer is a mystery symbols transformation bonus as well as a fantastic free spins round. This latter feature comes with a multiplier modifier which increases for every winning cascade triggered within the round. Finally, there is a gamble feature that sees players spin the Spin-Creaser wheel for a chance to win up to 50 free spins before entering the free spins round.

King of Cats Megaways Theme and Symbols

The theme for this slot is a kind of pan-global safari that specialises in big cats. Although the setting for this slot might be an African safari park, the big cats on display are from all over the world. On the reels in this game are Panthers, a species mainly from the dense tropical climbs of Southeast Asia. In addition, there are Jaguars, native to the South American Rainforest and Bengali Tigers who come from India and the middle east. The only African big cats on the board are the lion and the cheetah.

The background for Big Cat Megaways as we have said is an African plain in the blazing sunshine. To the left of the reels is a typical African safari scene of an Acacia tree sheltering a small family of grey elephants from the searing heat of the sun. To the right on the other hand, we seen to have a depiction of what is assumed to be Mount Kilimanjaro, its white peak thrusting into the sky above the arid plain below. There are a few hints to native vegetation here and there too, both around the game’s logo and in the foreground.

The board is a typical Megaways design with 6 reels and varying row sizes with a shortened bonus row above. The only design feature worth commenting on is that the designers have made the board look like a natural stone construction by attaching stone supports to the board on the left and right of the outermost frames.

There is a combination of theme-specific picture symbols and regular playing card symbols for this slot, as well as a small selection of specials. The regular or low-paying symbols are the A to 10 in royals. The next tier up in terms of value are the five big cats that roam the reels. These comprise the panther, lion, jaguar, tiger and leopard. The most lucrative out of these is the lion which pays out at 50x your stake for 6 in combination. In terms of special symbols, there is the wild, which in this game is depicted as a black tablet with the word ‘wild’ on it. There is also a bonus game scatter which is the white diamond, and the mystery symbols which are the green foliage tiles.

Game Play

King of the Cats Megaways is played on a classic Megaways playing board of 6 reels with varying symbols in each. The most pay lines that it is possible to play on in this game is an impressive 117,649. To create a win in this game, players must match a minimum of 3 symbols across the board on a pay line, starting from reel 1. The betting range for King of the Cats Megaways is between 20p and £10 per spin. To change the bet per spin, players can click on the bet adjuster tool located on the right-hand side of the reels.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be viewed in the settings via the menu button. The spin button sits on Mt. Kilimanjaro to the right of the reels and the auto spin is located just underneath. The volatility for King of the Cats Megaways is rated to be in the medium to high range. The return to player percentage for King of the Cats Megaways is 96.5%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 50,000 x stake per spin.

King of Cats Megaways Features

There are quite a variety of bonus features available for this slot. Each will be explained below. The first feature to take note of for this game is the cascading reels feature. This bonus comes into play every time that a winning combination is found. The winning symbols in this instance are taken away from the reels and replaced by a set of new ones which cascade into the positions of the previous set. In this way players get more chances to score more combinations from the same spin. The feature will only stop when a new set of symbols does not trigger a win.

The second feature that is active on King of the Cats Megaways is the mystery symbols feature. For this feature, players should be paying attention to the green leaf foliage symbols. These are the mystery symbols. All of these symbols when they land in combination are transformed into the same symbol to help create a winning combination. A payout then follows. The third feature for this game is probably the most complex but also the most rewarding. This is the free spins feature. To trigger this feature players must land 4 of the diamond scatters on the reels at the same time. Doing so will give you 12 free spins. However, landing more than 4 scatters to trigger the feature means that you are awarded more free spins. For every scatter landed over the 4-scatter threshold, the game will award you an extra 5 spins.

Before you begin the free spins feature you are given a chance to grow your free spins again with a gamble modifier. In this instance, the modifier comes in the form of a wheel of fortune, called the Spin-creaser wheel. However, players will have to pay a fee to use this option. If you choose to spin the wheel, landing the needle in one of the green areas will award you the corresponding number of spins described in that section. The maximum number of spins you can win is 50. When you start the free spins round itself, you will notice that to the left of the reels there is a multiplier display. The feature begins with a 1x multiplier active, yet with every winning cascade the multiplier will grow by 1x. There is no upper limit for this multiplier. Plus, if you land a winless cascade the multiplier will not reset. Landing additional diamond scatters will retrigger the feature.

Conclusion

Big Time Gaming has certainly put a great deal of thought into this latest Megaways slot game. The graphics, soundtrack and game mechanics are all fantastic quality, which makes the game instantly more appealing to play. This combined with the game’s exciting and varied features makes for a comprehensively well-performing slot. The RTP is reassuringly high for a Megaways slot too.