Bork the Berzerker Slot Machine
This is certainly a slot that catches your eye from start! Upon loading you’re met with a screen featuring a wall showing the title of the slot, with an uplifting loud soundtrack accompanying it. The wall suddenly starts to fragment and is then knocked down completely, to reveal Bork standing behind the wall with his ball and chain weapon. Another wall appears and Bork smashes his way through this one as well. Bork is a berserker, a Norse warrior who would work themselves up into an uncontrollable fury before heading into battle.
Once the credits have finished you are presented with the slot itself. This has something of an unusual look, the slot being very compact, squeezed into a rectangle frame set against a pulsing backdrop with embers of flames rising up from the floor. The slot is drawn in a cartoon style and on the reels you’ll find various creatures including one with three eyes, horns and a gaping mouth, a two headed snake, a green walking fishlike character and one with blue tentacles. The manga like animation when Bork appears is excellent, giving the slot an added splash of colour. The accompanying sound to the slot is gentle, but kicks into action when the reels spin and when Bork makes mincemeat of one of his enemies.
The main feature of the slot is the free spins round which is activated by landing the scatter symbol.
Set up and Play for Bork the Berzerker
The compact reels number five and this slot has 25 win lines. This number is set and not changeable; however you’ll pay a total stake for each spin as opposed to paying for each win line. To gain a win you’ll need to land at least 3 symbols in a row on a win line from left to right, starting with the leftmost reel.
The highest paying symbol is the alarmed girl running from the clutches of the purple demon – landing her 5 times in a row will win you 50x your total stake. The four creatures described earlier give the next largest pay-outs with the playing card symbols Ace, King and Queen coming in with the lowest pay out – these symbols looking more in line with a Norse theme than your standard playing cards.
Options at this slot are plentiful. You’ll be able to play around with all aspects of the sound, as well as go into the settings of the game, where you can change the game speed and turn certain animations on or off. You’ll also be able to make use of the auto play option where the slot will play without interruption for anything from 5 to 5,000 spins.
Bork himself is the wild symbol in the game, although you’ll gain more wins here than with a traditional wild. This is due to Bork being an expanding wild, taking up an entire reel when landing on any place on a reel. Here you’ll see Bork slay one of the creatures as the extra wins come pouring in.
The final symbol in the game is the purple demon that also features in the alarmed girl symbol. This is a scatter symbol and if this appears on the slot three or more times you’ll enter the free spins round.
Bork the Berzerker Free Spins Round
The number of free spins you’ll gain is based upon the number of scatter symbols you gained to land the feature. The standard amount of spins is 10 (when landing the minimum 3 scatters), although 20 and 50 spins are awarded when landing 4 or 5 scatters respectively. The round starts with the purple demon dragging the bikini clad girl away, before Bork builds himself up into a rage. During this round Bork appears much more often than usual, giving you many more wins.
Bork the Berzerker Conclusion
In terms of gameplay, you wouldn’t say this slot really stands out – the features of the slot not really being anything different from many other games found online. However, there is a certain originality about it – the subject is not one that I’ve seen before and graphically the slot is excellent, so it will certainly catch your eye. This slot also has a very professional, crisp feel – much more so than your average slot. All in all, this is a job well done by Thunderkick and it’s certainly a slot that I would recommend.
