Zicke Zacke

Zicke Zacke Overview

One of the latest trends (which makes sense for the time of the year) in the online slot world is the theme of Octoberfest. As you probably know, this exciting festival is a traditional Bavarian event that takes place annually in Munich, Germany. It is a 16-day festival that begins in late September and ends on the first Sunday in October. It is one of Munich's most popular tourist attractions, with over 6 million people attending each year. Mechanically, this game is a five-reel, four-row slot with 20 fixed pay lines. Players can bet in the range of 20p and £40. In the words of the festival "Zicke zacke zicke zacke hoi hoi hoi".

The features of this game begin with the wild icon. This symbol can land on reels 2, 3 and 4 and replaces all other symbols to help score more wins. In addition to this ability, wilds also help activate the beer tower feature, resulting in three re-spins being awarded. On each of these re-spins, the top wild symbol becomes empty, and the feature ends when all wilds become empty. In addition, this game also has a free spin round, influenced by a pick-and-click dynamic. Finally, this game also has a bonus buy option. All features will be explained in more detail later on in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game, as mentioned, is the tremendous Octoberfest which takes place in Germany every year. Indeed, Octoberfest is a festive event that is held annually in Munich, Germany. It typically takes two weeks in late September or early October. During Octoberfest, people come together to enjoy traditional German food, music, and beer. It is represented in this game with a range of beer steins, beer maidens and a liberal quantity of sausages and pretzels.

The background for this game in the base game is a typical German village decorated in celebration of the joyous Octoberfest festival. Around the board are sausages, beer steins, bunting and tables full of kegs and drinking vessels of all types. In the bonus games, however, the action moves into a beer tent at night, where exposed light bulbs illuminate an evening scene of beer-drinking larks and japes. It is a theme that brings back memories of long nights dancing to oompah music and eating bratwurst into the early hours of the morning.

The playing board for this game is a wooden bar with pint glasses and other drinking paraphernalia decorating it.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the 10, J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The most valuable of these is the A, worth 5x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the more valuable symbols are the various different beer steins in progressively darker shades. The most valuable symbol, however, is the golden beer mug with a lid. This icon is worth 50x the stake for the top combination. The specials for this game finally are the meter of beer special and the man wearing traditional German clothes who represents the scatter. The wild is the beer maid that also carries a value of 50x the stake for the top combination.

Game Play

Zicke Zacke is played on a 5-reel, 4-row machine with 20 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 Zicke Zacke is 20p to £40 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes 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 Zicke Zacke is 96.2%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 5,000x your stake.

Features

The first feature in this game is the wild feature. The wild in this game is the beer maiden. She substitutes for all other icons in the game, barring other specials and helps form more wins. In addition, she also has her own value and, if landed in combinations, pays out as high as 50x the stake.

Wild icons are also linked to another feature called the beer tower feature, which awards three re-spins when wilds land in a stack on reels 2, 3 or 4. On each re-spin, the top wild symbol becomes empty. When all of these wilds are empty, then the feature ends. Sometimes, however, the feature might randomly retrigger, refilling your re-spins to three.

The next feature is called the Pick and Click bonus and is triggered when players simultaneously land three or more scatter symbols on the reels. When this happens, players will then pick a wild feature to be active during the free spins round. The choices are between sticky wilds, dropping wilds, or expanding wilds. Hitting 3 scatters awards eight free spins with sticky wilds, ten free spins with dropping wilds, or 12 free spins with expanding wilds. If the feature is triggered with 4 or 5 scatters, players, win an extra 4 or 10 free spins, respectively.
Sticky wilds remain frozen to the reels when they land until the end of the feature, dropping wilds fall one position on each spin before falling off, and expanding wilds expand to fill the reel they land on.
Also, when the Collector Symbol lands in free spins, it is collected on the Collection Bar. Each time 4 Collector Symbols are collected, +5 free spins are awarded, and the win multiplier increases to the next step. If the win multiplier gets to x20, the Collection Bar no longer fills up.
Finally, this game also has a bonus buy option. However, this is not available in the UK.

Conclusion

Feature-filled fun and Octoberfest vibes are the order for this new online slot. Stakelogic here has created something novel without losing the traditional, predictable format of the online slot game. This game is also even pretty rewarding with a great top prize and an over-average RTP. Play this game if you love beer and rewards. Play also demo game Da Vinci Diamonds with no download