Viking Fury Slot Machine
Vikings and their Nordic lores are experiencing a boom currently, with television series like Vikings helping to fan the flames of interest. However, whilst there is a sudden frenzy gripping the nation, a lot of gaming brands have been making titles about this subject for years. Viking Fury from The Art of Games is one such example of this.
As you can tell when you look at the graphics at work within the activity, it’s one of their older titles, where the emphasis has been placed on illustrative details rather than 3D ones. Contrary to what you might think, it actually adds more depth to the game, given the rugged nature of the chosen theme.
What is unusual about the game however, is that a kind of biker aesthetic has been adopted alongside the traditional vikings and longboats, with flames atop the grid and a skull central to the title’s name. We understand that the history of the vikings is quite a bloody one, but this still doesn’t feel like quite the right aesthetic.
Confined Fury
For all those interested in playing free slot games or for real money, you don’t have to worry about the full extent of the fury being unleashed from the confines are the grid; it’s 3x5 dynamics manage to contain the intensity that burns within.
The 5 reels allow for more winning chances, as do the 15 winlines; players will note that the amount of lines you can play increases from 1 to 3 to 5 to 9 and then 15. Furthermore, each time they increase the volume, the lines in use will show up on the matrix to highlight where your wins will likely appear.
In total, gamers will only ever be able to find 11 symbols in this online activity, making it a medium variance title. What is more, due to the difficulty in securing winning combinations, we’d say that this game is of a medium volatility too.
The Rage is Building
You can easily break down the icons into three levels: normal, important, and specials. The normal tiles are the card suit values, delivering in between €5 and €250, depending on which you find and how many. As for the important images, these are the ones that can be found in pairs as well as five of a kind, and that have more credits to their names, with the maximum amount to be paid out being worth 2,500 coins. Lastly we have the specials, or what you may call the bonuses of the game; they come in the guise of the wild, pick me, and free spins.
Taking a look at them in that order, we’ll start with the fact that the wild can change into any of the other symbols except for the bonus one. As for the free spins, they can be found when at least three of Thor’s hammer have been found, bringing in as much as 20 rounds. When it comes to the pick me however, this is where the fun truly heats up as you can select a random prize generated especially for you.
Unleash the Anger
To let go of all that fury, you have to place a bet worth between 15 and 45 credits, making this a game that, unintentionally, excludes players on a strict budget. What we can say in Viking Fury’s defence is that it’s one of the brands more accessible titles. Users can adjust the number of winlines to make being able to play a possibility, but in doing so they risk losing more cash than they gain.
Aside from the bet configuration and automatic rounds, not a lot else happens upon the control panel, with the only other port of call being the paytable itself. This section only has one page to its name, though it does fully explain the extent of each of the bonus rounds, which will help gamers who are confused by what they’ve read elsewhere.
Simmer Down
There’s a lot of rage going on in Viking Fury, which sort of makes it feel over the top rather than good fun; The Art of Games has pushed home the design so much that it tries too hard to impress us.
