Tropical Hot Slot Machine
Players opening up the Tropical Hot video slot game for the first time may be slightly surprised to see a demonic monkey with its head on fire standing next to the reels, but it’s a fun, cartoon style online casino game that doesn’t really hold any nastier surprises. In fact, this is a fairly straightforward slot machine from games developer Fazi, that plays out over 5 reels, each of which has 3 symbol positions, and across which, there’s 15 paylines.
Gameplay couldn’t really be any easier, with spinners just looking to land matching symbols across any of these lines to claim a win. There’s no real bonus features, so don’t be expecting wild substitutions, scatter pays or even a free spins game, but perhaps we should look at this as a traditional fruit machine, with a bit more style.
The symbols of cherries, watermelons, 7’s and stars are exactly what you would expect to find in a classic one-armed bandit, although they are all nicely re-designed to fit in with a jungle theme. We’re still not sure why that poor monkeys’ head is on fire though.
Welcome to the Jungle
All of the symbols are in a colourful cartoony style and you can see how much each is worth when you review the pay-table. Wins are calculated as multiples of the line stake, which can be adjusted from a low limit of 0.01, to an upper limit of 10.00, giving us a maximum bet of 200.00 if all lines are activated. Free Tropical Hot video slots are also provided, although this is a game that’s been certified for fair play by independent testing labs, so you can be certain that results are randomly generated to give a high return to player percentage.
The 3D effect cherries will only need to be seen on reels 1 and 2 across an active payline to give you a win of 1x the line bet, with 3, 4, and 5 being worth 4x, 10x and 40x respectively. Other symbols will need to be on at least reels 1, 2, and 3 to be worth anything, and you will see win values go up steadily when the oranges, lemons, pineapples, watermelons and bananas land in place. These last 2 fruit-based items are each worth 10x, 40x and 100x the line bet.
A yellow star symbol, decorated with vines to give it that authentic jungle vibe, returns up tom 200x the line stake, while the best winnings come from the red 7 symbol, that’s also been given a jungle-y makeover. This classic icon will pay out 20x the line stake when it stops on reels 1, 2 and 3, while 4 across an active payline will be worth 200x and there’s a whopping great 1,000x the line stake for full runs of 5.
Gamble Feature and Random Jackpots
Although there are no wild substitutions, free spins or much else, the Tropical Hot video slot game isn’t totally devoid of extra features. There’s the option to press the gamble button to multiply any win, doubling the amount if you correctly guess the colour of a playing card, while then being able to repeat the gamble or collect the win if you got it right.
Of course, a wrong pick at any stage loses the gamble feature, so perhaps just playing it with smaller wins that won’t be missed if it goes wrong is a wise step.
Like many slots in the Fazi games range, Tropical Hot comes with a Mystery Progressive Jackpot, which increases as a percentage of all wagers on the games, across all online casinos where they rea carried, is put aside. While the jackpots are awarded at random, gamblers with higher stakes are increasingly more likely to scoop them, so if you are a low-roller, the odds of claiming a jackpot are very limited.
Hot Stuff?
Tropical Hot has the reliable gameplay that many spinners are looking for, without the distractions of bonus rounds to take their minds off the important business of getting wins to cash out by landing matching symbols across paylines. It’s certainly been given a bit more design flair than most classic fruit machines, and unlike many older games, it’s also been made mobile optimised, so you can play it across most compatible Android, Apple and Windows-powered smartphones and tablet computers.
It’s got a good return to player ratio and comes from an up-and-coming casino games developer who are making a name for themselves with innovative games like the Book of Bruno video slot, along with more traditionally-styled machines such as Fruits and Stars.
If a classic style, fair play, reliability and a monkey with its’ head on fire are your thing, then the Tropical Hot fruit machine could be just what you have been looking for.
