Savanna Safari

Players on the lookout for the best video slots won’t want to miss out on Savanna Safari, the African wilderness title from Nucleus Gaming.

Featuring 1024 unique ways to win, free spins with wild win multipliers, and a massive jackpot win of 769,500 credits, this is one destination no serious slot gamer will want to miss.

Theme

Nucleus Gaming takes players on a journey unlike any other here.

To begin with, the visual design is clean and appealing, with a bright blue sky in the distance as the sunset suggests giraffes and elephants in silhouette. A surprisingly hip soundtrack keeps energy positive as the reels spin.

The five reels are filled with a menagerie worthy of any zoo: elephants, cheetahs, eagles, zebras, giraffes, and gophers appear, with the playing card values ace through ten acting as lower-value symbols.

A wooden tribal mask as wild, substituting for all other symbols but scatter to help form winning combinations. They appear on the middle reels only.

This title’s most gaming important symbols, however…

… are the gorgeous baobab tree scatters. These provide the gateway to Free Spins, where the game’s jackpot of 769,500 credits can be won.

They also pay a handsome 4000 coins for five-of-a-kind!

Betting Options and Functions

Rather than via traditional paylines, wins are awarded whenever contiguous symbols appear on the reels from left to right. This yields 1024 ways to win across 40 bet lines.

Coin value can be set from 0.02–1.00, with bet level variable from 1–5. This yields an overall per-spin betting range of 0.80– 200.00 times the betting currency.

Autoplay is available for up to 1,000 spins, though players should exercise caution, as there are no win/loss limits available. Turbo speed is also available for those who prefer a faster game tempo.

Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available via an expanding menu at the lower left corner of the game screen. Information regarding the theoretical return to player ratio is not available, which can be a red flag for experienced players.

Features

• The appearance of three or more on the two outer reels triggers Free Spins.
• 8, 12, or 20 freebies will be awarded, depending on how many symbols began the feature.
• Similarly, a coin bonus of 400, 2000, or 4000 coins will be paid, depending on how many symbols began the feature.
• Wild symbols can feature 2x and 3x win multipliers during free spins.
• Multiple multipliers multiply. For example, should three triple multiplier wilds appear, all wins will receive a 27x multiplier.
• Free spins can be re-triggered.

• After every win, players have the option of engaging the Double Up Feature.
• Players try to predict the which side of the flipped coin will appear.
• Players may choose to wager or half of their win total.
• A correct guess doubles the win size and allows players to continue the feature for another round at double the previous stakes; an incorrect guess drops the win total down to zero.

Our Take

There are quite a few Safari-based online slots available – Konami’s Safari Stack and Rival’s Wild Safari come to mind – but for our money, this title from Nucleus is one of the best yet. Excellent features and smart design make this definitely worth a try… although a lack of RTP information is one important caveat.