Furious Furry Fiends Slot

There has been a definite shift in slots recently towards cute cartoon characters and more nostalgic themes. While online slots are for adult gamblers, the themes oftentimes recall childhood cartoons.

Leander Games' Glutters video slot is a case in point. The slot is a bizarre mix of gambling and kids' cartoon as you control a glutter firing cakes into the mouths of cute creatures. As you spin the reels, a cheery tune plays in the background.

Leander aren't the only online casino provider who delve into nostalgia to bring in players. The Games Company's recent release, Furious Furry Fiends also has a host of fuzzy meanies who look like they've stepped off the set of Sesame Street.

The game is played on five reels in a kind of honeycomb structure, rather like IGT's Siberian Storm. But being a Games Company slot, there are a few hidden extras to enjoy. Let's have a closer review.

Play 40 Paylines from Just 0.01 a Line

The Games Company is an independent online casino games manufacturer licensed in the UK. The firm has bases in the UK and Portugal, and is typical of small, indie gambling firms: a small but growing range of online slots, all of which are programmed in HTML5, and a commitment to new and exciting titles.

The Games Company's games are certainly exciting. Hippie Chicks is a fun little online slot featuring a range of cute chicken characters dressed as - you guessed it - hippies. But TGC also has one or two big branded tie-in slots in its arsenal. The Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure video slot is an official tie-up with the producers of the hit 1980s comedy film.

The free Furious Furry Fiends slot plays on similar cute characters to Hippie Chicks. In this case, the creatures are furry monsters, each with their own personality and modifier.

The Games Company had mobile gamblers in mind when they developed this slot. There are two spin buttons in the game, one on the left and one on the right of the reels. This makes spinning the reels with either thumb while you are holding your tablet. There is also an Autospin function so that you can leave the game to do its thing while you kick back.

Coins begin at just 0.01 a line. There's a big sliding scale in the betting from 0.01 to 100.00 per payline.

Enjoy Cascading Reels for Fun Slots Action

The Furious Furry Fiends video slot is played on a staggered set of 5 reels in a 3-4-5-4-3 formation. But before you start playing, the player has to wake one of the Friends up. Click on one of the eight monsters to kick them into life. These will be collected to use in one of the bonus rounds later.

Furious Furry Fiends plays with a kind of tumbling reels slot feature. Instead of spinning, the reel symbols fall onto the screen to form combinations. Any matching symbols left to right will explode in a cloud of fur. The symbols sitting above on the reels will then fall into place.

Interestingly for a slot with this set-up, there are only 40 paylines. This means that aren't quite as many regular winning spins as you might expect in this layout.

There are 10 furry Fiends to watch out for in the game. The low limit payouts are fairly small, so you will be hoping to hit a lot of win lines in a single spin. The orange fiend pays 2-8x line bet for three to five of a kind, while the brown fiend pays 4-12. The last of the low limit Friends - the pink creature with his tongue out - pays 15-50x.

There are four high limit monsters to hit. They all sport golden crowns. The brown monster pays 20-80x, the green crown monster 30-150x, and the pink monster 40-300x. The blue monster with his teeth bared pays 60-500x.

Trigger the Detonate! Feature with Three Scatters

There is a host of bonus symbols to aim for in Furious Furry Fiends. The 'WILD' symbol appears on reels 1, 2, 3, and 4 substitutes for all symbols in the game except the scatters. You can also hit expanding wilds (the special wild symbols with gold backdrops). These will expand to fill the whole reel and turn it wild. It doesn't often appear on the 5-row reel but it's a good feature to trigger.  

Look out for the BOOM scatter symbols. Three or more of these anywhere will trigger the Detonate! feature. Here's where the honeycomb reels really rewards players. During the feature, the game moves from 40 paylines to 720 ways to win. Free spins are awarded and can be retriggered if you land a further three scatter symbols. A multiplier is also included.

Look out too for the ZZZ symbol. Only one of these needs to appear in order to activate the Pick a Fiend round. The more Friends you collect the more free spins you accumulate when you trigger the Detonate! feature. You can also collect multipliers to use towards your wins. There are 8 monsters to "collect".

Hunt the Gold in Midas Millions

If you like the honeycomb structure in Furious Furry Fiends, there are plenty of good alternatives to enjoy.

Ash Gaming's fun and friendly Midas Millions online slot works on a 5-reel set-up with staggered rows. However, there are an incredible 118,700 ways to win in the game. These are achieved by landing symbols anywhere on adjacent reels. The best feature of Midas Millions is the connecting wild. If a wild appears on two reels with a gap in between, it will span the gap to create a giant string of wilds. Players can also trigger free spins for a shot at earning extra bonus cash.

With a lot fewer win lines, but just as much action as Midas Millions, IGT's Siberian Storm is a must-play for any serious slot player. The game is one of IGT's MultiwayXtra games and works on a set of honeycomb reels. There are actually "only" 720 ways to win, formed by landing identical symbols on adjacent reels. It's also worth checking out the MegaJackpots version of the game. This carries a huge progressive jackpot that can be won by filling the reels with bonus symbols.

Find Some Furious Furry Fiends for Free

The Furious Furry Fiends video slot is a fun game with lots of interesting bonus features. It can be volatile, and the RTP of just over 95% might not appeal to some players.

Honeycomb reel games often find a way into the list of the best online slots. We don't think Furious Furry Fiends will quite make that list but it's a perfect example of what The Games Company are capable of. Give the game a play for free and see what you think.