Rotiki

Rotiki Overview

Head to the beautiful island country of Hawaii in this new game from experienced slot designers, Play ‘n GO. Here players will search for the buried treasure of King Kamehameha, the first conqueror of the island. As a cluster pays slot, players of this game are looking to create matching groups of symbols of five or more to find wins. This game has six reels and an RTP of 96.2%. The top win that players can achieve in one spin on this game is 1,000x the stake.

This game has plenty of bonus features, beginning with the re-spin feature triggered when players land their first winning cluster. Doing so will award you with three re-spins with the winning symbols held in place. Filling any row with additional winning symbols will refill your re-spins to three.

At the end of this feature, winning wild symbols on the board will reveal Tiki Magic. This means the icons could glow pink and stay wild or turn into one of two special icons that add yet more bonus content. Finally, there is the Treasure Room feature triggered when players fill the board with matching symbols on their re-spins. This is a prize tile feature. All bonuses will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is the fascinating tropical paradise of Hawaii and its native traditions. The main cultural touch point for this game seems to be the striking and colourful Tiki. Tiki statues are representations of gods and cultural icons often depicted in wooden carvings important to the people of Hawaii. As a country populated initially with people from Polynesia, many of these gods and icons are brought from a range of different island cultures, such as New Zealand and Samoa. The game certainly uses them to create a powerful and visceral atmosphere that engages the player.

The background for this game is the gorgeous island of Hawaii. In the foreground are the sandy shores of one of the many beaches on the island, dotted with the typical smattering of palm trees. Deeper into the screen, players can see an active volcano, spewing scalding lava and shooting ash into the atmosphere. All around these focus points is a dense verdant jungle that climbs and drops with the undulating landscape.

The playing board is a many tiled mud and stone construction.

The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high-paying and special icons. The low-paying icons are the green, red, blue and purple Hawaiian icons carved into wood tiles. The most valuable of these is the purple icon which pays out at 20x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the more valuable icons are the green, red, blue and purple Tiki masks. The purple mask is the most valuable, worth 100x the stake for the top combination. The specials for this game are the wild, the Hanumi icon and the Whakarei symbol.

Game Play

Rotiki is played on a 6-reel, 8-row cluster pays machine. Players must land five or more matching symbols to win combinations in vertically or horizontally aligned clusters. Instead of cascades, this game rotates symbols from left to right, with each block rotating new icons in.

The betting range for Rotiki is 5p to £100 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 medium range. The return to player percentage for Rotiki is 96.2%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 1,000x your stake.

Features

The first feature in this game is the re-spins feature activated when players find a winning cluster. When this happens, the winning symbols are held in place, and players receive three re-spins. Filling a row with matching symbols will refill your re-spins. This dynamic continues until you either exhaust your re-spins or fill the entire grid with matching symbols, in which case you will trigger the Treasure Room feature.

The next feature is called the Tiki Magic feature. When the re-spins end, the wild symbols that have fallen in this phase of gameplay are given an opportunity to reveal their Tiki magic. These wilds will then glow pink, remaining as wilds or turn into one of the following new symbols:

The Hanumi Plus Icon - Only available when part of 2+ clusters. Connecting clusters merge as one, and the highest paying cluster is chosen.
Whakarei Arrow Icon- Only available when part of 1 cluster. The arrow icon upgrades the cluster to a random and high-paying mask symbol for potentially more significant wins.
Finally, this game has a Treasure Room feature, which, as mentioned, is triggered when players fill the board with matching symbols in their re-spins. Once triggered, players just need to pick tiles that appear on a new game board to reveal their hidden bonus content.
There are 48 tiles in total but only a limited number of picks. Annoyingly, only 16 tiles of the 48 have any bonus content behind them at all, so picking the right ones is essential. The special tiles either have multipliers behind them or extra picks.

Conclusion

High octane slot spinning fun with a Hawaiian flavour, this game will have players wanting to book a flight immediately. Win potential-wise; however, things are a little more complex. Yes, the RTP is good, and the volatility isn’t too bad; however, the wins you can actually find here are pretty meagre. This is even true when you get into the bonus rounds, which, although fairly regular, don’t offer much financial incentive. Therefore this is a good-looking slot, but not one to be played for the money.