Thunderkick’s Turning Totems Launches November 30th

Following the September launch of Spectra and the October launch of Frog Grog, Thunderkick prepares for the latest addition to its menagerie of slots with the announcement of ‘Turning Totems’. Available to play for real money on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, this creation certainly puts an interesting spin on the average game layout.

Instead of reels, they’ve stacked 5 totems side by side with 11 paylines. Upon placing your bet, each will rotate to reveal various faces or symbols. While in this desert scene, players will encounter an oasis to quench your thirst with two ways to win. The presence of ‘Thunder Reels’ will see ‘Sleeping Wilds’ awaken to trigger a re-spin. Other game features include re-spins and a bonus game triggered once 3 or more Thunder reels are activated. The player will then receive 5 free spins.

This all seems a bit confusing but it’ll become very clear once you start spinning. The plain wooden-like symbol is the Sleeping Wild. Whenever a ‘Thunder Snake’ symbol appears on a totem, it will turn it into a Thunder Reel meaning those symbols will awaken and become wild. While they are sleeping, the wilds act as any other regular game symbol.

The payouts look rather underwhelming plus the wild only pays 250 credits for 5 across. At first glance, it may seem that Turning Totems is destined to be a flop BUT there’s one redeeming aspect. Remember that oasis mentioned a while back? Well, the lines pay from right to left AND left to right.

To be fair, before making any snap judgments, we should wait for it to launch across all Thunderkick operators see how it all shakes out. There was an exclusive early release at Casumo so if you’ve already been there done that, please share your experience with us.

The Return to Player (RTP) is set at 96.1%.