Another new Wagerworks/IGT slot... "Wolf Run"

[Slotster!]

Looks like this one is arriving at some point over the weekend. I've not played it yet (real world or online) - but it looks like a good old 'free spins' job, only 40 lines this time. That said, it appears the online equivalents of IGT games sometimes play around with the number of lines/payouts - so we'll wait and see.

If you can get past the pseudo 'girl power', self congratulatory nonsense at the start of this video -- they eventually get to a little review of the game:

http://tinyurl.com/3a59us

Most interesting is the conversation about IGT going along the route of 'conforming' their slots so they sound the same in future... Not sure how that will fit in with the various themes, but we'll wait and see. One thing that I do wholeheartedly agree with is the requirement to make "bonus" symbols and "wilds" etc very different from the other symbols... They need to stand out to ensure that 'skipping a beat' moment when the reels drop in (Nothing worse than "Boogie Monsters" etc for symbols that all merge into each other... I've hit the bonus and not realised!)

Anyhow... All new slots, free spin ones especially, are good news in my book

[EasyRhino]

Huh, I've seen this slot a lot at local B&M places, seemingly for a long time. The timestamp says February of this year, wonder if it's older (looks like it was from a 2006 tradeshow)? Haven't played it though.

The VP of development arguing that the focus was on "the math" was pretty damn surprising.

[Simmo!]

LOL...I just played this slot a fair bit the last week at the Ventian Macau. I like it personally. Basically its one with 5 reels and 5 paylines in view (so some weird paylines!) with Wilds that run in strips so you can get multiple wilds/wins filling up the reels. The Bonus is triggered by the originally titled "Bonus" symbol being in view on reels 2,3 and 4 and gives 5 free spins, retriggerable, but because the Wild symbols come in strips you can get some meaty wins...or total crap

A good addition this.

As an aside, the Venetian has IGT's "Cleopatra II". Its just like Cleo on Wagerworks with one major difference: you pick a number of free spins from one of 3 boxes (6 - 15 total) and the multiplier rises with each spin 1x, 2x, 3x etc etc. On one occasion I got 10, then a retrigger, so the FS multiplier ended up on x20 !! It's high variance - very volatile - and you need the FS to make it pay and even then there was no guarantee, but it was fun.

Spent most of my time playing "Shinobi" - a cracking slot (although two of the bonus rounds are boring pick 'em style, albeit with lovely graphics - think mutton dressed as lamb - once played then boring as hell) but the FS bonus occurs regularly and made up for it. Also played a fair bit of "Terminator" (IGT? - can't remember) which was pretty good fun but had a tendency to run very dry at times....that also had free spins but you had to get a certain symbol on Reel 1, then one more anywhere on 2 - 5. Hit 240x on one round - retriggers were easier than getting the initial FS.

[Slotster!]

Welcome back! What did you get from your big x20 Cleo win then?

[Simmo!]

Originally Posted by Slotster!

Welcome back! What did you get from your big x20 Cleo win then?

Can't remember lol. Wasn't a massive amount. A few hundred maybe betting $10 a spin.

[Slotster!]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

Can't remember lol. Wasn't a massive amount. A few hundred maybe betting $10 a spin.

Oooh.. High roller! For some reason, I find it very hard to bet that big in Vegas... I'll VERY occasionally do the $5 slots (two coins) - but more around the $1 (Three coin) mark. There's a You Tube video where someone hits around $7000 dollars on the $50 (.50 cent) version of Cleo...

In fact - here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQlK-GAIhIw

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by Slotster!

Oooh.. High roller! For some reason, I find it very hard to bet that big in Vegas... I'll VERY occasionally do the $5 slots (two coins) - but more around the $1 (Three coin) mark. There's a You Tube video where someone hits around $7000 dollars on the $50 (.50 cent) version of Cleo...

In fact - here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQlK-GAIhIw

We were playing in HK$ - so HK$10 is about US$1.30... nowhere near Simmo's lofty exploits online, and justifiably so. For the most part the slots were quite hungry, though Shinobi and Terminator were quite good fun. I had a couple decent payouts on another samurai-themed slot and also 50 Dragons - a slot designed especially for the Asian market. As I recall Simmo also had a pretty good hit on 50 Dragons.

[Simmo!]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

A few hundred maybe betting $10 a spin.

Originally Posted by Slotster!

....I find it very hard to bet that big in Vegas...

Originally Posted by spearmaster

We were playing in HK$ - so HK$10 is about US$1.30...

Yup - a mammoth 65 pence per spin And it felt like a lot! Never ever bet more than $20 (£1.65) a spin LOL.

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by Simmo!

Yup - a mammoth 65 pence per spin And it felt like a lot! Never ever bet more than $20 (£1.65) a spin LOL.

And we were struggling to get to that level... LOL... though at the end Simmo finally hit $20 a spin, and I went $150 a hand of VP

[venetian]

Originally Posted by Slotster!

Looks like this one is arriving at some point over the weekend. I've not played it yet (real world or online) - but it looks like a good old 'free spins' job, only 40 lines this time. That said, it appears the online equivalents of IGT games sometimes play around with the number of lines/payouts - so we'll wait and see.

If you can get past the pseudo 'girl power', self congratulatory nonsense at the start of this video -- they eventually get to a little review of the game:

http://tinyurl.com/3a59us

Most interesting is the conversation about IGT going along the route of 'conforming' their slots so they sound the same in future... Not sure how that will fit in with the various themes, but we'll wait and see. One thing that I do wholeheartedly agree with is the requirement to make "bonus" symbols and "wilds" etc very different from the other symbols... They need to stand out to ensure that 'skipping a beat' moment when the reels drop in (Nothing worse than "Boogie Monsters" etc for symbols that all merge into each other... I've hit the bonus and not realised!)

Anyhow... All new slots, free spin ones especially, are good news in my book

I have been playing this game for about 4 months at my local Indian casino in Oklahoma. It is like heroin! I am so addicted to it that it all I can think about. I used to play VP but this has taken over. It is so fun! When you hit anything of value it has fireworks that go off and great music. Only 5 free spins but it can retrigger. I give this a BIG