Get Clucky

As far as themes for online slot games go, poultry is an unlikely candidate for most likely to succeed. Nevertheless, the experienced design team at IGT seems to have pulled it off – online slot gaming has met with rural chicken farming, and the results more than exceed expectations. Players who really want to get their feathers ruffled should look out for the Eggstatic Bonus feature, where free spins can be re-triggered up to 180 rounds.

Theme

A rural chicken farm with a distinctly American flavor provides the setting for Get Clucky. Gaming symbols include a whole cast of chicken, rooster, and hatchling characters, the playing card symbols valued ace through nine, and the game title icon, which acts as scatter. The head rooster in charge (who sports sunglasses in bonus play) acts as the wild symbol, substituting for other symbols to form winning combinations and adding a double win multiplier in the bargain – it is he who expands to take up an entire reel within bonus play. A beautiful rural scene sits behind the reels, with a blue sky and farm equipment laying about, while birds chirp in the background. Bluegrass banjo licks punctuate wins, giving players a little taste of country music to go with their winnings.

Betting Options and Functions

Get Clucky offers 20 fixed paylines. Players can decide how to much to bet on each payline, from a minimum of 1.00 to a maximum of 100.00 coins, for a total betting range of 20.00 - 2000.00 coins for each spin of the reels. Autoplay can be engaged for up to 50 spins, while a pop-up menu to the upper-right of the reels launches a detailed explanation of paytables, game symbols, and bonuses.

Features

Free spins in this slot are called the Eggspanding Bonus feature, and are triggered by the appearance of three or more scatter symbols on the reels. As the name suggests, wild symbols that appear during bonus play will expand to fill an entire reel. What’s more, free spins can be re-triggered within this feature, up to a maximum of a whopping 180 free turns of the reels. Finally, the scatter symbol itself offers a decent payout by itself: the appearance of two or more anywhere on the reels pays out between two and 100 times the bet size.

Our Take

To describe Get Clucky as a ground-breaking slot would be inaccurate. Neither does it distinguish itself from the bulk of its competitors within base play – in an online gaming world replete with options, it seems unlikely that many players will want to put all of their eggs in this particular basket. Still, IGT games are almost always worth a look, and as far as original themes go, this one is worth a walk around the barnyard. The bonus feature, with its possibility of heaping free spins upon free spins, will certainly pique most players’ interest.