Chicken Cross is a casino slot developed by UpGames, a relatively new but rapidly growing gaming studio in the online slots market. This game has been gaining popularity among players due to its unique theme and engaging gameplay mechanics. In this review, we will delve into the details of Chicken Cross’s design, features, and overall player experience.
Theme and Design
At first glance, it becomes clear that Chicken Cross is a farm-themed slot machine. Players are transported to a serene countryside setting with Chicken Cross CA rolling hills, green fields, and quaint barns in the distance. The background visuals are pleasant and soothing, creating an immersive atmosphere for players to engage with the game.
The design of the slot follows the traditional 5×3 grid format, common among video slots today. Symbols on the reels range from high-paying farm-related icons such as hens, cows, pigs, and roosters to lower-paying card suits (A, K, Q, J). The graphics are vibrant and well-crafted, adding a touch of playfulness to the game.
One aspect that sets Chicken Cross apart from other slots is its use of animated symbols. During gameplay, certain icons will come to life by performing their natural behaviors. For example, hens can be seen clucking while flying around the reels, cows munching on grass, and pigs rolling around with excitement when they contribute to a winning combination.
Symbols
As mentioned earlier, Chicken Cross features 11 basic symbols divided into two categories: high-paying farm-related icons (horses not being one of them) and lower-paying card suits. The horse is represented as a scatter symbol but we will go back on this detail later in the text.
- Hens: These are the most valuable regular-paying symbol, awarding 40x the line bet for five-of-a-kind combinations.
- Cows, Pigs & Roosters are lower-value symbols that offer awards of up to 8 times the line bet when appearing five consecutive times on active lines.
- Aces through Tens act as low-paying symbols.
Payouts
To understand how payouts work in Chicken Cross, let’s outline the paytable structure:
The payout structure is based on a combination of symbol frequency and multiplier values. This results in up to 8x line bets for lower-value farm animals (2 times for card suits) while hens award as high as 40x when five appear.
To win big money you’ll need combinations that will result into several thousands of the initial bet. However, this is quite far ahead on our review so first let’s have a closer look at bonus symbols before we continue exploring rewards which are tied with them.
Wilds
Chicken Cross includes one wild symbol – The Chicken Farmer.
While it does not share any distinct designs or behaviors when hitting a winning combination; the only visible difference between it and regular symbols is that their bordering lines become slightly more prominent on occasions, making some visual contrast. On top of offering multipliers as many other slots, UpGames decided to include another feature tied with its use – the Chicken Frenzy bonus.
Scatters
Not surprisingly given previous statements about scatters in this review we can confirm they are represented by Horse symbols but remember these appear only on three middle reels and also pay out when at least 2 appear regardless of other positions. However, unlike regular rewards tied with scatter icon (more details in "Free Spins" section below) multipliers in some slots – the payout is not fixed.
The highest reward you get here comes to a multiplier equaling x50 times your bet after only two symbols were placed on screen. As such its highly suggested that at least 5 combinations of these Horse’s appear before any bonus rounds are triggered for optimal results given also relatively high variance and very few scatters will likely bring free games if more than just a couple land as you’ll soon see from our overall experience analysis.
Bonus Features
As it has been stated already Chicken Frenzy is one part of the slot tied directly with Wilds; its bonus trigger mechanism is activated each time at least three chickens appear anywhere on the grid. Players then enter an extra round where landing any more hens rewards multipliers that multiply subsequent earnings made from them until there are no left in playfield but can also drop lower value animals up to ten times – bringing additional rewards.
Another part of this bonus includes Chicken Frenzy Jackpot mini-game initiated after 5 free spins were started successfully as an element which was added on later stage compared when original game went live; within which random multiplier from a range between x2 and x2000 times is assigned based solely upon the final spin performance of regular free round session.
Free Spins
In addition to previously mentioned bonus rounds, there are five extra spins which may be gained whenever two scatters appear on any active reels regardless where other positions fall. These can then come into play after either landing said bonus triggers from previous sections.