The Chicken vs Zombies slot machine is a humorous take on the popular zombie apocalypse theme, developed by InOut. This review will delve into every aspect of the game, providing an in-depth analysis of its features, gameplay mechanics, and overall experience.
Theme and Design
Chicken vs Zombies As one would expect from a title like "Chicken vs Zombies," the game’s theme revolves around chickens fighting for survival against hordes of zombies. The design is vibrant and colorful, with cartoon-style illustrations depicting chickens donning various costumes and wielding absurdly large firearms to take down their undead foes. Players are transported to a post-apocalyptic world where clucking poultry have taken on the role of heroic warriors.
The background features a stylized suburban landscape overrun by hordes of zombies shambling toward the horizon, while explosions and chaos erupt in the distance. The game’s UI is sleek and easy-to-use, with intuitive controls for managing bets and navigating through the various gameplay mechanics.
Symbols
The Chicken vs Zombies slot machine boasts an array of 10 standard symbols, including five low-paying options (Ace to Five) as well as five unique high-paying icons. These include a zombie chicken hybrid, a nuclear-powered crossbow-wielding chickadee, a chicken-wearing tank top wielding a baseball bat, and two more bizarre hybrids. Each symbol has its own payout multiplier attached, with the highest value being a 1000x prize for lining up five of the zombie chicken hybrids.
Payouts
Winning combinations are triggered when three to five matching symbols appear anywhere on an active payline in both ways (left-to-right and right-to-left). Payout amounts increase as players bet larger sums, with bonus multipliers applied during free spins. However, we will explore this feature further in the review’s ‘Free Spins’ section.
Wilds
The slot machine features a Wild symbol that represents all standard symbols except Scatters (see below) and substitutes them to create more winning combinations. It is depicted as a smiling chicken wearing sunglasses, and it appears randomly on any reel during normal gameplay.
During free spins, an additional "Grenade" bonus feature triggers when two or three Scatter symbols land in view of the reels. When triggered, the entire screen becomes filled with exploding grenade Wilds that replace standard symbols to award even more payouts.
Scatters
The "Chicken Egg" symbol serves as a Scatter icon and can appear on any reel without being part of an active payline combination. Three or more Scatters activate free spins mode. More about this feature is included in the ‘Free Spins’ section below.
Bonus Features
When three Scatters trigger free spins, players enter bonus rounds that contain unique features such as a "Wild Grenade" and enhanced payout multipliers applied to all winning combinations for the duration of these round(s). Players start with 10 initial Free Spins during this mode and can be re-triggered at any point when an additional two or three Scatters land on screen.
Free Spins
During free spins, bonus rounds offer different opportunities based upon specific criteria. A randomly triggered "Grenade" Wild is dispersed across each active payline (both directions), potentially replacing regular symbols to amplify wins in addition to base line multipliers already applied during normal game sessions – these multiplies accumulate continuously throughout single rounds even after initial 10-spins bonus ends.
RTP and Volatility
Unfortunately, there has been no official publication of a specific Return To Player value from the developer. While I can provide an estimate (given as 95% based solely on observations during testing period), such data often appears inaccurate upon final inspection, requiring thorough monitoring to ascertain actual rates prior making accurate determinations.
Betting Range
The betting range spans between $0.10 and a high maximum of $100 per spin across all devices that support this game type!