African Rampage

Overview African Rampage

Welcome to the wide-open African Savanna, where exotic beasts of different shapes and sizes are waiting behind every corner. From the majestic rhino to the beautiful bald eagle, this slot is a real feast for the eyes. Indeed, African Rampage is a slot that no player will forget in a hurry. With visceral sound effects, highly detailed symbols and an African Savanna theme, this slot is quite the assault on the senses. That being said, the visuals aren’t the only thing that you will remember. Spinomenal’s latest creation also has an expansive 1,024 ways to win!

When it comes to bonus features for this game, Spinomenal has included a decent range. These include wilds, a random bonus feature, as well as a mystery coin feature. This latter feature is the gateway to the game’s free spins or bonus wheel round. The bonus wheel round is a mini-game which is a spin the wheel type bonus that awards a selection of jackpots and multipliers. The highest jackpot of which is worth 1,000x your stake. The free spins round comes with its own modifier too.

Theme and Symbols

For African Rampage, Spinomenal naturally has situated players in one of Africa’s many national parks where tourists can indulge in going on safari, seeing the various special African animals made so popular by film and TV. However, somewhere along the line, Spinomenal seem to have confused the natural habitats of the animals they have included in this game, as most of the animals they have pictured in their game are native to the US and Canada and belong nowhere near the African continent. The only animal they have included that you would actually find in the African Savannah is the rhino.

The background at least looks like an authentic African plain, with acacia trees, dry cracked earth and scrub and bushland stretching into the horizon behind the reels. To the credit of Spinomenal, the background looks like a professional painting and one that lends authority to this exciting game.

The board on the other hand looks like it has been made from metal, with its edged and sides looking like they have had a run-in with a few clawed creatures. Its black background and generally dark appearance make the symbols (which are vibrantly coloured) stand out beautifully.

The symbols are split into medium and low paying sets. The low-paying ones are the card suits symbols. The 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace each pay 100x your stake if you manage to land 5 of them on a pay line. The medium symbols on the other hand comprise the eagle and bear (landing 5 equalling 120x your stake), the wolf and the moose (landing 5 equalling 150x your stake) and the rhino. The rhino is the most valuable paying 300x your stake for 5 on a pay line. The mystery coins are the bonus game scatters, whereas the wild is the icon that simply says ‘wild’ on it.

Game Play

African Rampage is played on a 5-reel, 4-row playing window with 1,024 pay lines. 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 African Rampage is 50p to £500 per spin.

To adjust their bet levels, players can use the bet changing tool located on the bottom left-hand side of the reels. Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be viewed via the menu icon on the bottom left-hand side of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located directly under the reels. The volatility for African Rampage is very high. The return to player percentage for African Rampage is 96.3%, which is about average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 1,000x the bet.

Features

The simplest bonus that is active within this game is the wild bonus symbol. This special symbol can substitute for any other symbol apart from the bonus game scatter to help create wins.

Next on the bonuses list is the random symbols bonus game feature. This is activated at random throughout the game both in the base and free spins game. Out of nowhere between 5 and 7 of the medium value animal symbols will be deposited on the reels to help you score bigger wins.

We now come to the mystery coin special game. You have to land 3 of these special symbols on the reels. When you have done so, you may click on one. This will set the token spinning. This spinning coin will decide if you are to play the free spins game or the special bonus game. The special game is a mini-game with a bonus wheel that awards multipliers and jackpots depending on where the wheel lands. You are only awarded one spin and the result will be applied, be that an instant cash jackpot or multiplier.

The free spins round on the other hand gives you 10 free spins with a special modifier in play. When you enter the free spins round you will see that there is a collection of meters to the left-hand side of the reels, each indicating a medium value animal symbol. Collecting rhino icons will fill each meter, each of which takes 5 to complete. Every time a meter is filled, 5 extra spins are added to your total and a special symbol is added to the reels.

Conclusion

There is plenty to get excited about for African Rampage. The theme, although inaccurate in parts is dynamic and colourful as well as fun and well produced. The features hit that frequency sweet spot between not too many and not too few, plus the wilds seem to come around fairly often. The RTP is also solid, hovering around the 96% mark. The top payout could do with a little work though.