Play Serengeti Kings demo
26 lines under a Sunset Wild
NetEnt has opted to build this one in the same style as many other online slots. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. It includes 5 reels and 4 rows as its arrangement, and a fine aspect about it though, is that it also includes a count of 26 fixed paylines for you to win on. For this review, 430 spins were played at a 1.00 stake from a starting balance of 1,000.00. You’ll also be able to pick from a decent range of wager options, and there, you’re able to choose from bets between 0.10 and 100 credits per spin. Over those 430 spins, 430.00 was wagered and 1,104.70 came back, and the balance finished at 1,674.70 after a low of 977.60 and a peak of 1,724.20 on spin 355.
Symbols begin with standard playing card inclusions from 10 to A. Three of a kind in any of them pays 0.3x the stake, and four pays 0.6x. These are able to multiply your stake by up to 1 times your stake, and six distinct creatures are also in use as symbols: the Lion, the Panther, the Hyena, the Giraffe, the Zebra and the Meerkat. With the first two of these, you’re able to multiply your stake by 5 times your stake for a 5 of a kind combo. The Hyena and Giraffe pay up to 3x the stake and the Zebra and Meerkat up to 2x, each for five of a kind.
All this is a plain enough arrangement, yet it’s got more than just flair on the exterior, and inside, the game offers some interesting content with its unique features, too. Of the 430 spins played in the session, 92 paid something, or 21% against the 24.00% hit frequency given in the rules.
Moons, counters and a Lion dropped on a Panther
There couldn’t conceivably be a Serengeti Kings slot on offer without there being some extra drama and thrill included. That is where the NetEnt unique features come into play with this one. In the session, the free spins rounds paid 812.80 in total, which was 74% of everything won. The first of its additions is really the Wild symbol. It can land anywhere on the reels, in the main game as well as in Free Spins. It is depicted by the Sunset, and Wilds will substitute for all other symbols on the reels except the scatter, assisting you with building winning combos. Five Wilds on a line pay 50x the stake, with 3x for three and 10x for four.
The genuine excitement of this slot game stems from the addition of its free spins mechanic, though, and it’s the scatter symbol that is able to activate this round. It is depicted by the symbol of the Moon. Moons do not pay on their own. Three, four or five of them landing across the reels will trigger the Free Spins feature. The session triggered the feature six times in 430 spins, starting on spin 37, and none of the rounds retriggered, which the rules do not allow.
In the Free Spins round, the count of scatters determines which version you play through, and they each carry 12 free spins but distinct counters. These unfold in the following manner:
- 3 Scatters. With the Lion and Panther counters beginning vacant, you’ll be on the receiving end of 12 free spins.
- 4 Scatters. With the counters retaining what’s already been collected, you receive 12 free spins.
- 5 Scatters. 5 is added to each counter. You’re granted 12 free spins and the collected counters retained.
The final thing to note is the Lion Spins and Panther Spins feature that this slot holds, which triggers in batches of 12 spins in the base game. The sets alternate between Lion Spins and Panther Spins, so only one animal is collected at a time. It carries you through a collection of every Lion or Panther that appears. One spin in the session paid 6.00 at the 1.00 stake with Panthers carrying x1 multipliers and a Wild on reel 1, while the Lion counter stood at 4 and the Panther counter at 0. On the 12th spin, all collected symbols are released onto the reels, transforming into Wilds or contributing multipliers. A Lion placed on a Panther, or a Panther on a Lion, turns into a Wild, while one placed on the same symbol or on a Wild adds +1 to that symbol's multiplier, and the multipliers in a winning line are added together.
Minty Slots Verdict: Six free spins rounds paid 812.80 of the 1,104.70 the session won, 670.00 of it on spin 162 alone, so the base game paid back 291.90 against 430.00 wagered.
What spin 162 did to the ledger
This NetEnt slot is no puzzle to read, and it’s fairly simple in terms of its symbols. The largest result in the session came on spin 162, when a free spins round paid 670.00, or 670x the stake.
Naturally, it wouldn’t be nearly as busy as it is without the addition of its three distinct free spins versions. They base themselves on the count of scatters.