Esqueleto Explosivo 2 Bonus Buy Slot – Free Demo

The third skeleton party in the Esqueleto line

Let's simply kick off by stating that the initial impression was far from the best, and at initial glance it seems bland, unexciting and lifeless. It is as if lacking that additional layer you wish to see in a slot. Only 69 of my 350 spins paid anything, and the longest run without a win lasted 23 spins. We all realise, however, that even basic slots can become staples. This Bonus Buy edition follows Esqueleto Explosivo and Esqueleto Explosivo 2 in the series. That is why I continued spinning the reels to dig further into the unfamiliar. All 350 spins were at a 5.00 stake, 1,750.00 wagered in total, and the balance dipped as low as 4,720.50 along the way.

That additional layer I was speaking about frequently arrives in the shape of a solid narrative and distinct personalities. It is something that is a huge hurdle for game creators to squeeze into a slot, and the best example that leaps to mind is Immortal Romance by Microgaming.

Esqueleto Explosivo 2 Bonus Buy is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot with 99 linking pay ways. It is available from a 0.10 minimum wager, and the game offers dropping symbols with bursting Explosivo Wilds, a Bonus Game with free spins, and multipliers up to x64. A win has to start on the leftmost reel and run to the right with no gaps, each symbol adjacent to the one on the reel before it.

One orange-haired skull at the top of the paytable

Praise to Thunderkick for the uncomplicated paytable, as symbols on the reels comprise 5 low-value symbols in the shape of skulls, as well as 1 high paying symbol depicted by the orange-haired skull with earrings. It is the most rewarding, paying 5 times the stake for 5 across a pay way. Four of the high pay symbol pay 2 times the stake and three pay 1 times, while the best of the low-value skulls pays 2.5 times the stake for 5.

There is a scatter symbol contained in the game, as it activates the free spins feature. The Bonus Game is played at the same bet as the spin that triggered it. But the wild, here depicted by the Explosivo Wild, fills a far bigger role.

Explosivo Wilds and the Mucho Multiplier strip

In terms of mechanics, the game contains an Explosivo Wild, which substitutes for everything except the Scatter. It detonates 3 to 8 neighbouring symbols, excluding Scatters and high pay symbols. The number depends on where the Wild lands, so one on the edge of the grid takes out fewer than one in the middle. When a winning combo lands on the reels, the Dropping Symbols activate, and the winning symbols will then be replaced with dropping and/or existing symbols, and the drops continue as long as fresh wins arise. All wins from a round, drops included, are added together and shown when it ends. There's more to it than that, however.

Below the reels is a multiplier meter known as the Mucho Multiplier, climbing one step for each win on a symbol drop and whenever one or more Explosivo Wilds land, and a free spins round known as the Bonus Game is activated by Scatters. In the base game the meter runs x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 and x32, and the x64 level is only offered in the Bonus Game.

You need at least 3 Scatters to activate 10 free spins. That goes up to 12 and 14 free spins should you hit 4 or 5 Scatters respectively. Four of my six Bonus Games came from 3 Scatters and two from 4, and between them they paid 2,525.00 of the 2,927.00 I won.

Minty Slots Verdict: A 167.3% return from a game that publishes 96.13% is the maths having a laugh at its own sheet, and 86% of that came out of six Bonus Games. Strip them out and the base game handed back roughly 400 credits on 1,750 wagered.

Spin 86 and the 192x round

I'm looking at a high volatility slot with a max win potential of 5000 times the stake per round, but there are many more amusing slots I could think of. My best round paid 192 times the stake on spin 86, and the session ended with the balance at 6,177.00 from 5,000.00, a 167.3% return against the 96.13% the rules give for the base game.

Aesthetically, Esqueleto Explosivo 2 Bonus Buy seems drab. It is as if something is absent, failing to captivate me, and I merely don't sense the excitement nor fervour.