Santa vs Rudolf Slot Review (NetEnt)

Icon date Published: 11.12.2019, 12:53
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Santa ounching Rudolf in the new Santa vs Rudolf slot.
Santa vs Rudolf Slot Review (NetEnt)

For this year’s Christmas special, the developers at NetEnt have decided to tackle the tale of Rudolf, one of the purest representations of the holiday spirit there is. Giving a humorous twist to the original plot, they have turned the reindeer hero into a funny Christmas Grinch who steals Santa’s magical hat just when he is about to embark on his journey to deliver gifts around the world (*chuckles* you can just imagine the look on Santa’s face!). Spin the reels to watch as Santa tries to get his hat back and unlock magical rewards as the story unfolds.

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Features

  • RTP: 96.35%
  • Medium to High Volatility
  • Hit Rate: 29%
  • Bet Range: €2-400
  • Walking Wilds
  • Free Spins
  • Extra Bonus Features

Santa vs Rudolf Rules

Set in front of the clutter of gifts Santa is about to deliver, Santa vs Rudolf presents you with 20 paylines to play with. After selecting your preferred bet size, head straight to base play with the first spin, where symbols such as Christmas letters, presents, sleighs, snow globes, and decorated blackjack icons await to reward you with up to 25X for identical symbols matched from either side of the grid.

Walking Wilds

Rudolf and Santa appear on the reels as wilds that replace regular icons in the game to complete winning combinations. Appearing on the 1st reel, Rudolf’s wild will trigger just enough re-spins to enable him to shift to the right until he is out of the grid. Santa’s wild, on the other hand, will appear on reel 5 to activate just enough re-spins to enable him to shift to the left until he is out of the grid.

Free Spins

Rudolph and Santa’s wilds can also appear at the same time on the same row. When this happens, they will start shifting towards each other and upon meeting, clash to award you with 10 free spins.

During this session, both Santa and Rudolf’s wilds can land anywhere on the reels and award 4 additional free spins if they happen to clash. The maximum number of free spins that can be triggered in a session is 30.

Extra Bonus Features

Before the free spins session begins, a Santa’s Gifts meter & Rudolf Spins meter appears on the top left and top right side of the grid respectively. These meters fill up with one counter whenever the corresponding wild shows up and shifts to disappear from the reels. The first meter to fill up activates its feature at the end of the free spins session.

With Santa’s gifts, you get to pick big coin wins, higher multipliers and an end of stage item right out of Santa’s hat. The Rudolf Spins bonus feature, on the other hand, awards you 3 free spins, where 5 randomly placed wilds will show up with each free round, resulting in more winning combinations.

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Conclusion

As with any seasonal release, this Christmas slot comes with its flaws. The bonus round does not hit often enough and on top of that, its mechanic does not guarantee enough wilds to trigger the Extra Bonus Features.

However, the wilds will show up often during normal play to guarantee extended hours of fun and decent base game wins thanks to the fairy strong paytable that is combined with both ways payouts. Above all, the well-thought-out narrative will be hard to resist even amongst the staunchest of scrooges amongst punters. Happy Festivities!

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