More Monkeys Slot

More Monkeys has a theme from Eastern legends which are widely exploited in the online gambling industry. In this game the main character is the Monkey King who was known as a great Kung Fu master.

After his rebellion against the gods he was banished to a life of imprisonment under a mountain. The Monkey King is also the Wild symbol in this game.

 Developers

The creator behind this game is Lightning Box. Their games have a recognizable look and experienced gamblers can spot them immediately.

This software provider isn’t very famous but has his fair share of loyal players. Their games are usually mid variance, with decent visual effects but nothing too fancy. The same style is used here except for the fact that More Monkeys is a 1024 ways to win slot instead of the classic pay line system.

How to Play

Playing this game can be a real treat at times and a disappointment at others. The minimum bet is set at $0.30 while the maximum is $75.

The game has 5 reels and 4 rows instead of the traditional 3. Players can adjust their bet by using the coin size button and use the auto play feature for long sessions.

 Special Features

During base play the game doesn’t offer much excitement. You have a  chance to trigger the random jackpot which comes unannounced but the real fun only happens in the bonus round. More Monkeys has one bonus round which is triggered if you win at least 3 scatter bonus symbols on the reels.

This will award you with 7 free spins, while 4 or 5 scatters award 10 or 20 free spins. The bonus round itself consists of 3 separate features which you can choose from. The first feature adds extra 8 free spins, the second adds extra stacked wild symbols on the third reel and the third feature adds a random multiplier to every win from x2 to x 8.

The rules are pretty simple and there is one extra juicy detail added to all bonus rounds. Once you start the free spins a Baby Monkey symbol can land on reels 2, 3 and 4 and acts as an extra Wild symbol. This leaves extra space for more winning combinations considering the fact that the classic Wild symbol only lands on reels 2 and 4.

The bonus rounds have great potential to payout big and of course there is the random stellar jackpot. It is triggered randomly and you are taken to a separate game which is a space battle. Here you get 3 lives and have to advance through 6 levels to open the jackpot pick.

Each arrow symbol you reveal takes you one level up  and each X symbol takes away one life. If you uncover three X symbols the jackpot bonus ends. If you make it to the final level you have to  match three of  the same symbols which award one of the three jackpot amounts.

Maximums Payout

If you take a look at the pay table you won’t find anything too impressive. The highest paying symbols award 1,000 and 750 coins for 5 of them on the reels.

The biggest wins can come if you get 5 of a kind or more of the highest paying symbols with extra wild symbols. This usually can happen in the bonus round and if you combine it with the highest multiplier of x 8 you are looking at a minimum 8,000 coin win which is more than decent.

The extra wild symbol and multiplier bonus round can produce the biggest winnings in this game because they have the best extra features.

 Summary

More Monkeys seems like a great game to play and try to win big. But during our session we were really disappointed by the payouts. They were usually small and not enough to cover our loses.

The bonus rounds seem only to advertise big wins and in reality they pay very little. Not once did we get a 5 of a kind win with a Tiger or Panda and extra wilds or a high multiplier in the bonus round. Our biggest win was 50 x bet which doesn’t justify the claim that More Monkeys can pay big.

You can try the game for real and see if you have more luck than us or this will end up as another video slot game with mediocre payouts.