This game is not same game what it was ... No one can say it is... Its so clear that they have done something especially to bonusrounds...
I usually see people having a rant about some games changing and being worse after the upgrade to HTML5, and I usually don't pay much attention, because they are usually games I don't play anyway, except for DoA.
I can say I really don't see a difference on DoA.
But Rhino?
I can tell you now with 100% fact that this game has been altered. I can also tell you it's nothing to do with the HTML5 version as the Flash version has also changed.
You ever notice how often WMS/SG games are down for maintenance? For me the changes took place when WMS was merged into Scientific Gaming with other developers.
Here are the two MAJOR changes i've experienced.
1.
Bonus frequency. It usually wasn't to difficult to trigger the bonus in the first 100 spins, now you are lucky get it in the first 300. Sometimes you would go on a flurry of "back to back" freespin rounds in 10 spins every few times you would play it. Now it simply doesn't happen.
2.
Retriggers - This one is absolutely undeniable. And anyone who knows anything about Rhino will have noticed this. This to me is proof that the game has changed.
You remember playing Rhino before 2017 and the years before and getting the freespins? Do you remember thinking to yourself "Wonder how many spins I am going to end up getting?". You thought this because almost every single bonus you triggered you were almost guaranteed retriggers. It used to be very rare for me to not retrigger any. Now? It is completely reversed. It is almost impossible to retrigger the diamonds in the freespins and if you do, you are lucky to do it once. It has now become very rare to retrigger up to 30 spins + which used to be very common.
So yeah it has 100% changed.
I play Rhino a lot...always have. This year had been absoltue torment and I have lost more this year than in previous years and it's no coincidence at all. It's impossible to get the big wins anymore.
Before this year I would get maybe 20+ 500x wins throughout the year. This year I have had
one a nice 1500x...but still just one time. The big hit features have also been noticabley scaled back.
It's got to the point now that I am just not going to play it as I have become afraid. Each session results in the same balance busting fashion.
Edit: Forgot to add that it's also more difficult to
know when the bonus is going to drop. The quick drop in of the first diamond that we used to go "ah, there it is" doesn't actually trigger the spins always anymore. And sometimes it drops when it's not expected. Not to say that that's a bad thing at all....but definitely another major change.