Africa X Up Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

The beauty of Africa is something that has inspired a lot of developers, but few have managed to do it justice. Africa X Up offers one of those gorgeous designs, using inspiration both from the continent’s wild creatures, and from the native tribes. You see the savanna in the background image, and a gorgeous mix of symbols on the reels, while a meter of sorts is displayed on the left side.

Among the symbols which were selected for Africa X Up, we find W logo as the wild, an X Up icon, Male and Female Warriors, Elephants, Rhinos, Buffalo, and five Royals in the low paying positions (10 to A).

Developer

Africa X Up is offered by Alchemy Gaming and Microgaming, with the former doing the development for this particular game. It’s exclusive to Microgaming’s platform and operators, and I’d say it’s one of their better looking releases in recent years.

How To Play It

The full betting range in Africa X Up will go from a minimum of $0.30, to a maximum of $21 per spin.

In exchange, you’re looking at 5×3 reels, where 243 ways to win allow you to create combinations whenever you have 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels, and going left to right. There is no need for the symbols to be on specific lines, since all potential combinations are covered.

Special Features

Expanding Wilds, those showing the W logo that’s looking like an African shield, will be present on the reels and they can be quite powerful when they land. They’re particularly interesting when you can get them to cover multiple reels, and form their own combinations, rather than act as substitutes. They pay very well, up to 5x the stake per line You will not use wilds as replacements for scatters, but they work for every other symbol.

As for the scatter, these come with the X Up logo, and they are needed 3 or more times to give you access to the free spins.

They’re useful even if you only get them twice on the reels though. When you get 2 scatters, the multiplier meter gets a boost, and you will improve wins when you do manage to trigger the free spins. Up to 25x multipliers are possible, and if you get that high on the meter, then you’re guaranteed access to this feature.

When triggered, the feature gives you 8 free spins, with the triggering multiplier. You can also collect the X Up Tokens along the way, with 2+ scatters, to boost the multiplier for the rest of the spins.

Maximum Payouts

Africa X Up has awesome potential, being one of those new slot machines that take the top jackpot to the next level, at least compared with what was possible only a few years ago. These days, a top jackpot worth 30,000x the stake, like we get in Africa X Up, is not even in top 10.

These big prizes are only possible because the volatility of this slot is high. RTP can be good, at 96.37%, but Microgaming has started implementing RTP ranges in their slots, so operators can also go lower. It’s better that you check what the RTP is like at your casino, before you start playing it.

Summary

Africa X Up is an excellent slot machine, provided that you’re OK with its high volatility. It can pay very well, it has gorgeous graphics and a good mix of features, but it’s also the type where you have to watch out for the RTP, because casino operators can use lower values if they want to.