Monster Truck Madness

Monster Truck Madness Overview

Booming Games are back with a new slot game inspired by the loudest and most obnoxiously large, motorised entertainment in the world – Monster Trucks. That's right, the players of this game will get to spin the reels with a background of enormous 4x4s charging up dirt ramps in a packed stadium. Regarding the mechanics for this game, players will be greeted by a six-reel, four-row gameboard with thirty pay lines and an RTP of 95.2%. The top win available through this game on one spin is 2,500x the stake.

There are four bonus features available in this game. The first feature is called the random wilds bonus. It deposits between one and 24 wilds on the board at any random time during the game to help form more wins. The second is called bursting wilds. These special types of wilds are golden, and when they are involved in a win, they turn all the icons in their reel into wilds to help score more wins. Then there is the minor elimination bonus. Again, it is a randomly triggered bonus that removes all the low-paying symbols from the board to improve the likelihood of scoring more valuable wins. Finally, there is also a free spins round. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is the crazy and extremely visceral entertainment of monster truck rallies. If you aren't aware, a monster truck is a large vehicle with four large wheels typically used for off-road racing. Monster trucks are built on a modified truck chassis and feature a large suspension system with shocks. Most monster trucks also have an obscenely large and powerful engine and a body that is designed to be incredibly robust, as drivers as part of the show will try and flip these vehicles in mid-air. The shows are very popular in the USA and pack huge arenas full of people.

The background is the centre of one of these arenas set up to cater to a monster truck rally. This means that the stadium's interior has been turned into a huge dirt track comprised of cambered turns, huge jumps, and various obstacles that the trucks must avoid. The central area where all this action is taking place is flood-lit and surrounded by huge stands filled with people that are going crazy to see their favourite drivers and cars perform. The scene is one of fire, grit and energy that is designed to get pulses racing.

The playing board for this game has been cleverly integrated into the central jump in the middle of the screen.
The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high-paying and special icons. The low-paying icons are the J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The A is the most valuable of these icons, paying out at 5x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the more valuable symbols are comprised of the male driver, the female driver and the two monster trucks. The most valuable icon in this game is the yellow monster truck worth 15x the stake for the top combination. The specials for this game are the skull and pistons scatter icon and the monster truck wheel wild.

Game Play

Monster Truck Madness is played on a 6-reel, 4-row machine with 30 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 Monster Truck Madness is 30p to £450 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 high range. The return to player percentage for Monster Truck Madness is 95.2%, which is below average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,500x your stake.

Features

The first feature available in this game is the random wilds feature that can be triggered at random at any time during both the base and free spins game. It will deposit between one and 24 wilds on the board. These symbols substitute for other icons on the board to help score more wins.

The next feature is called the bursting wilds bonus. These wilds are gold in colour. When they appear as part of a combination, they turn all of the icons on their reel wild. A payout calculation follows once this dynamic has occurred. These special wilds can also fall as part of the random wilds feature.

The next bonus is called minor elimination. This bonus could trigger and remove all low-paying symbols from the board at any time during the game. When this happens, the remaining symbols drop to the lowest available positions, and the empty spaces begin filling with high-paying icons, scatters and wild symbols, improving the value of the composition of symbols on the board.
The final feature in this game is the free spins game. It is triggered when players land three or more of the free spin scatters on the reels at the same time. The more scatters you land to trigger the bonus; the more spins are granted to you.
There is also a bonus buy option. However, this is not available in the UK.

Conclusion

Although the game may look exciting and fun, be very wary of this game. Not only is the RTP poor and the volatility very high, but the top payout is suspiciously low. The game also allows you to bet up to a ridiculous £450 per spin, which seems negligent on the part of Booming Games regarding player welfare. Play this game at your own risk.