- Joined
- Mar 14, 2017
- Location
- UK / Switzerland
I've played a lot of Red Tiger's slots and I've come to the conclusion that they are doing something nasty on the base game on quite a few of them at least. I reckon they use tables to substitute the symbols on the reelstrips at the start of each spin. For example -
Reel 1 - F,A,A,A,A,G,B,B,B,B,H,C,C,C,C...
Reel 2 - A,F,F,F,F,B,G,G,G,G,C,H,H,H,H...
SYMBOL KEY
A = Ten
B = Jack
C = Queen
D = King
E = Ace
... and so on.
On spin number 1 the above symbol key is chosen out of a table at the start of the game. Then on the second spin a different symbol key might be picked at random where 'A' might be a King, 'B' might be a Ten, 'C' might be a picture symbol...and so on. The order of the identifiers on the reelstrips never changes but what symbols they stand for does. This creates the impression that there is a lot potential on the reels during play, but in reality it's just an illusion because although you might see stacks of Queens on reel 1 on one spin, and then on reel 2 on the next, you'll never see them in the same spin because on the first spin the identifier for a Queen was 'C' and then on the next spin it might have been 'G'.
This explains why you sometimes get spins which are almost entirely made up of picture symbols (but still rarely a winning combination); because on this spin 'A' = Picture symbol 1, 'B' = Picture symbol 2..and so on. There's nothing illegal going on of course but the result of this makes for very frustrating gameplay and ultimately disappointment, because you will quickly form an opinion subconsciously of how often you should be getting wins based on what you see on the reels at the end of each spin, but after a while your brain will start thinking 'Hang on a fucking minute...where are my wins!?' Your expectations will not be getting met even remotely closely.
I've played a lot of slots over many years and I've not come across anything like the feelings I get when I play some of these Red Tiger efforts. They are either using several different sets of very long reelstrips to create the amount of variation you see from one spin to the next, or they are doing something like what I've described above. I can't think of anything else that would explain the level of frustration I get from the base-game of a lot of their slots.
Don't get me wrong, I like Red Tiger; their games are beautiful to look at and some of their ideas are unique and very well executed. They certainly bash out a lot of games too. But by Christ I cannot shake the feelings of negativity and lack of fulfillment I get when playing some of them. If they are indeed doing something like what I've described above then they need to refine it a bit, because they've overshot the station somewhat in the frustration stakes.
Reel 1 - F,A,A,A,A,G,B,B,B,B,H,C,C,C,C...
Reel 2 - A,F,F,F,F,B,G,G,G,G,C,H,H,H,H...
SYMBOL KEY
A = Ten
B = Jack
C = Queen
D = King
E = Ace
... and so on.
On spin number 1 the above symbol key is chosen out of a table at the start of the game. Then on the second spin a different symbol key might be picked at random where 'A' might be a King, 'B' might be a Ten, 'C' might be a picture symbol...and so on. The order of the identifiers on the reelstrips never changes but what symbols they stand for does. This creates the impression that there is a lot potential on the reels during play, but in reality it's just an illusion because although you might see stacks of Queens on reel 1 on one spin, and then on reel 2 on the next, you'll never see them in the same spin because on the first spin the identifier for a Queen was 'C' and then on the next spin it might have been 'G'.
This explains why you sometimes get spins which are almost entirely made up of picture symbols (but still rarely a winning combination); because on this spin 'A' = Picture symbol 1, 'B' = Picture symbol 2..and so on. There's nothing illegal going on of course but the result of this makes for very frustrating gameplay and ultimately disappointment, because you will quickly form an opinion subconsciously of how often you should be getting wins based on what you see on the reels at the end of each spin, but after a while your brain will start thinking 'Hang on a fucking minute...where are my wins!?' Your expectations will not be getting met even remotely closely.
I've played a lot of slots over many years and I've not come across anything like the feelings I get when I play some of these Red Tiger efforts. They are either using several different sets of very long reelstrips to create the amount of variation you see from one spin to the next, or they are doing something like what I've described above. I can't think of anything else that would explain the level of frustration I get from the base-game of a lot of their slots.
Don't get me wrong, I like Red Tiger; their games are beautiful to look at and some of their ideas are unique and very well executed. They certainly bash out a lot of games too. But by Christ I cannot shake the feelings of negativity and lack of fulfillment I get when playing some of them. If they are indeed doing something like what I've described above then they need to refine it a bit, because they've overshot the station somewhat in the frustration stakes.
