Sunset King Slot Machine
Watch the sun set over the great plains of Africa while you spin the reels of this slot machine by Aristocrat software. Sunset King is a slot machine which attempts to present the sheer beauty of the natural world with 5 reels that are filled with various creatures from the wilderness of the African Serengeti.
There are 1,024 ways to line up the beasts into winning sequences as well as a range of bonus features to break up the standard gameplay, including free spins with multiplying wilds as well as a “Second Chance Feature”.
Sunset over Africa
Not everyone can be lucky enough to watch the day wile away over the plains of Africa, but at least we have this slot machine to give us a glimpse of what it might look like. Sunset King is set deep in the heart of the African wilderness, taking spinners on a safari to some of the continent's most magnificent wildlife. There are laughing hyenas, tall giraffes, striped zebras, enormous hippos, and majestic lions, all presented on the reels with great clarity and detail, with an aura-like glow to make them appear almost magical.
In truth, this slot machine does suffer from being a little bit out of date. This is evident from the fact that all of the symbols on the reels are shown as 2D illustrations with limited use of animations. With that in mind, players will find it easy to come across similarly themed slot machines that offer much more amazing animal action. Nevertheless, this effort does manage to encapsulate the beauty of the scene, with a deep and dramatic sunset landscape shown above the reels.
1,024 Ways to Win
This Aristocrat slot machine features the software studio's “Xtra Reel Power” gameplay feature, which is essentially a fancy way of saying that the game provides players with 1024 ways to win. As such, spinners simply need to find two or more matching symbols on consecutive reels, from the first reel on the left going toward the last reel on the right. Whenever this happens, a prize will be awarded, as shown by the multiplier values in the table below:
Those multiplier prizes will be applied to the overall stake that is chosen divided by 50. That is because there is an obligatory 50x bet multiplier applied to all wagers to account for the fact that there are no paylines involved in the slot machine.
Helping to keep players' betting balances moving in the right direction is a wild symbol – represented by the sunset icon which appears on reels 2, 3 and 4. This symbol will essentially replace all normal icons whenever there is a chance to make a winning pattern on the reels.
Bit of a Bonus Boost
There is one other bonus icon in Sunset King and that is the green paw which plays as a scatter symbol, paying total bet multipliers of 2x, 10x and 25x whenever three, four or five appear in any position on the reels. On top of that, players will be rewarded with 8, 15 or 20 free spins whenever three, four or five scatters appear respectively. During these free spins, players will be able to boost their winnings with wild icons that multiply wins by either 2x or 3x. Meanwhile, if two more scatters appear during the free games, an additional 5 wager-less spins will be won.
Should players find three or more scatters with on “Super Feature” scatter appearing on the fifth reel, they will be able to win 10, 18 or 25 free games with extra lion symbols added to the reels.
Will You Take the Second Chance?
If players manage to find at least one green paw scatter on the fifth reel and one other scatter on any other reel, then they will trigger the game's “Second Chance Feature”. This will present spinners will three turned over cards, one of which conceals the third green paw scatter needed to win those elusive free spins. Pick the right card and you will be granted access to the bonus spins.
Worth a Punt?
Sunset King is far from being the prettiest slot in the world, but it still does a very good job at presenting some of the world's most wonderful creatures. And regardless of the fact that there are no thrilling 3D animations, this game still has the potential to give punters some exciting spins with 1024 ways to win and some potentially lucrative free spins.