Hugo 2 Slots
Hugo 2 by Play’n GO sees the worlds most famous troll return to our screens after the original Hugo slot proved to be an almighty success for the Swedish slot machine development company.
Designed in the same cartoon style as the original, albeit looking even slicker, with the famous unique soundtrack echoing out, Hugo returns to the old mine hell-bent on unearthing a fortune. While there is plenty of gold coins, bullion and diamonds for him to get his mitts on, you’ll be hoping to navigate him to Afskylia’s Skull Cavern where the greatest riches can be retrieved.
Join Hugo’s Quest for Treasure
Boasting the same structure as the original with symbols appearing across 5 reels and winning combinations being formed across 10 fixed paylines, you’ll find yourself exploring the old mine alongside the friendly troll in the hopes of leaving it richer.
The staking options are just as friendly as Hugo with betting beginning at a low limit of just 0.10 credits and rising to a maximum of 100.00 credits for those of you who are confident that he will guide you to a fortune.
What isn’t so friendly is the volatility levels as they are extremely high in this sequel, but with a return-to-player percentage of 96.53% reported and up to 500,000 coins up for grabs on every spin, I’ve got a feeling you won’t be able to resist the lure of joining Hugo once again.
Familiar Faces Have Been Given the Boot
Play’n GO could have been lazy and used the symbols that featured in original release, but their creative team are far more original than that and they’ve worked hard to provide even slicker symbols in this sequel. Players who have played the original will instantly notice some differences between this pay table and that of the original, with the main one being that Hugo’s wife, Hugolina, has been given the boot and eagle-eyed players will also notice that Don Croco, Afskylia’s evil henchman, has been excluded too.
While many of you may miss those characters, something you will love about the pay table is that no playing card symbols feature. Instead, a selection of mining-themed symbols feature as the least valuable symbols with rewards of up to 5x your stake on offer for lining up the hooter from a steam train or the switch lever from the track, a maximum of 7.5x your stake is on offer for locating Hugo’s distinctive blue and black striped caps or carts filled with rocks, while getting your mitts on sets of skull keys see you secure up to 10x your stake.
Stacks of gold bullion boast a top prize of 20x your stake, stumbling upon sacks that have been filled with gold coins will see you scoop up to 25x your stake, while diamonds sparkle on the reels as the highest-paying standard symbol, with sets of them worth up to 35x your stake.
Hugo, as you would expect, takes centre stage as the most valuable symbol. He represents the Wild symbol and pops up to deliver you golden wins worth up to 50x your stake, plus he has the power to substitute for the Scatter symbol, represented by the beaver who can be seen munching on a tree branch, while Afskylia represents Bonus symbol.
Navigate Your Way to Afskylia’s Lair
Considering how determined Afskylia is to rid the world of trolls, you’d think Hugo would want to steer well clear of her lair, but reaching it will be your main goal while playing this free Hugo 2 slots game, a feat you can achieve in two different ways – ether through free spins or by triggering the Skull Cavern feature directly.
Triggering free spins requires the beaver chomping away on the first, third and fifth reel during the same spin. This activates the Troll Race with you being presented with 10 free spins. During these spins, you’ll be hoping to be randomly awarded the Beaver Cleaver feature which adds and additional five spins on to your counter, while triggering it three times sees you trigger the Skull Cavern feature that sees you begin with three lives.
Furthermore, you’ll be hoping to collect up to two bags and coins during your free spins as four or more bags results in four Wild symbols being added to the reels, while a minimum of four coins sees win multipliers added to the reels that can multiply your wins by up to 8x.
You’ll need Afskylia to appear on the reels three or more times during the same spin to trigger the Skull Cavern feature directly with a trio of her symbols seeing you begin with one life, four of them result in you receiving two lives, while the rare moments you see her appear five times will see you secure three lives to navigate your way through the Skull Cavern.
There are no strategy skills required to win, you’ll simply have to pick a path for Hugo to follow, some of which are more dangerous than others, with the aim being to reach the treasure chamber where you’ll hope to pick the correct key to unlock Afskylia’s riches.
Long Live Hugo!
This will be a nostalgic slot for those who remember watching the television show in the 1990’s or playing the video games that have subsequently been released by Hugo Games and I much prefer it to the original Hugo slot as playing card symbols have been excluded and the bonus features are even more exciting this time around.
Hugo might be 220 years old but that is young for a troll and I’m crossing my fingers that we get to set off on plenty more treasure-hunting journeys with him at our favourite online casinos in the very near future!
