The Wombat says: If you love football and slots, then Eyecon’s soccer-themed game, the Striker Goes Wild slot, will be right up your street! Yes, that’s right, I said ‘soccer’. Well, I am an Australian after all, and footie means Aussie Rules football in my book.
That’s not to say I don’t like kicking a round ball around and I love playing the Foxin’ Wins Football Fever slot as much as the next wombat, but I thought I’d get that off my chest.
Anyway back to the slot… According to the game makers themselves: ‘The ref blows his whistle and the game is underway. With the Striker Goes Wild slot you can feel the excitement like never before, as two rival strikers vie to be the best and you spin to win. Sliding tackles, bicycle kicks and headers are all there, so get ready to shout GOAL!’
Well that all sounds mighty impressive, but is this a Champions League slot? Or more like the fourth division?… Get stretching Wombat Fans it’s time to hit the pitch and find out…
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Jackpot Version
Like many Eyecon games, there are two Strikers up front in this game. There’s the standard game and there’s the Striker Goes Wild Jackpot slot.
This version comes with extra jackpots: on the Striker Goes Wild Progressive Jackpot game, you will also be playing for three networked jackpots: the Maxi, Mega and Mini. Every time a bet is placed across the network of Eyecon games and casinos, the pots increase. Let’s hope you slot the ball between the posts.
About the Developer
Originally a computer gaming company, Eyecon (who is famous for games like the Fluffy Favourites slot and others) was founded in 1997 but moved over into the online casino world a few years later (which was a very sensible decision indeed). These fellow Aussies are probably most famous for the Fluffy Favourites slot that proved a big hit with slot fans.
They also like ice cream as you will know if you have ever played the 99 Time slot – I have trouble with this one, because every time I play it I tend to drool onto my keyboard. Have a napkin handy if you try their sweeter slot!
Look and Feel
Ronaldo and his famous free kick (well, it looks like Ronaldo) pop up on the screen when you fire up the game, and we liked this, but to be honest, the rest of the graphics are on the average side…
We did enjoy the guitar-heavy soundtrack though.
Striker Goes Wild Slot Game Play
Striker Goes Wild slot has five reels, three rows and 25 pay lines. Your symbols on the reels are made up of football-themed stuff and include a trophy, some footie spikes, the goal, the ref’s whistle and of course, the football itself as your high-value symbols, meanwhile, the standard playing cards 10, J, Q, K & A make up your lower-value symbols
The football symbols are the Wilds in this game and will do the usual job of substituting for all other symbols on the reels except for the Scatter symbol to help you rake in extra winning combos…
The Scatter in this game is the symbol with the two strikers head-to-head on it.
Striker Goes Wild Bonus
This slot has just one bonus, and it’s called the Striker Goes Wild Feature. You can trigger this feature by landing three or more of the striker Scatter symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4.
Next, you’ll see a team pass the ball to the goal in a pattern that is displayed over the top of the reels – this will then turn all the symbols in that pattern into Wild symbols giving you a load of new winning combos. It was confusing at first, to be honest. You’ll see the striker in red who looks like Ronaldo shoot and score with a header or a bicycle kick. The crowd cheers and you get your winnings.
Gamble Option
This cheeky extra can be activated after any win Wombat Fans and will either pay you double or nothing on that last win. To double your money, guess correctly one of the two choices. You can keep playing until you decide to ‘Take Win’ or if your next win exceeds 32,000.00. Play carefully though. This feature isn’t available in all countries.
Conclusion
Not bad. The wild-based bonus feature in Striker Goes Wild slot is an original bit of gameplay, but the rest of it is a bit on the basic side. Still, it isn’t bad, so footie fans should give it a go.
Wombat Score: 3.5/5
FAQs
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How do you trigger the Bonus?
You need to land three scatters (the two footballers going head to head). Then, another screen comes up with the reels overlaid with a football pitch. A ball is passed around the pitch marking out positions across the reels.
When the play stops, all of those positions become football wilds and you then get paid out on your winnings while the crowd cheers on. It’s pretty unique, almost bizarre! But it can trigger some good pay-outs, so we’ll give it the thumbs-up.