Cats Slot Machine Review & Free Play Bonus

Cats Slot Machine Review

Get ready to join the big game hunt in IGT’s Cats slot machine, a simple five-reel, 30-payline slot that benefits from a free spins feature and split symbols that can potentially create ten-of-a-kind combinations.

Set to a backdrop of African plains, the gameboard in Cats is bordered by trees and shrubs that are bathed in the golden light of a blazing sun. The slot features little in the way of background music or sound effects until the reels are spun, with this causing a cheerful tune to start up and all winning paylines to be greeted with the snarl of a lion and the sound of your payout counter ticking upwards.

Unique icons to feature in the game include the Cats logo, panthers, lions, tigers, cheetahs, lionesses and paw prints, with all but the first item on that list capable of appearing as a split symbol. Theoretically this can produce ten-of-a-kind wins on any given spin, but the slot’s maximum jackpot of 10,000x is reserved for simply matching a Cats logo on each reel – not a bad prize for £0.01 a spin.

Paws For Thought

Although the Cats slot technically offers both split symbols and a free spins bonus, the slot unfortunately comes in for a bit of a mauling in terms of bonus features. While the ability to land ten-of-a-kind wins may initially sound enticing, the truth is the paytable is such that they have relatively little impact on the game, with a top prize of 2,500x offering little incentive over a standard slot payout.

The free spins feature, meanwhile, suffers from one of our biggest pet peeves in the video slot industry – the empty promise of “different reels” being used. In reality, what this means is that slot’s regular symbols are merely flipped to be a mirror image of what they were in the base game, with the same paytable being used and no tangible difference in rewards really being offered to players.

In order to trigger the free spins, mobile slot players must land five or more paw print symbols on the game’s three central reels, with this providing them with ten bonus games. The drawback here is that this actually makes it harder for them to land the feature – not easier – so the bonus feels a little tame.

Feline Let Down?

While it may offer an array of fancy gimmicks to lure players in, once you scratch beneath the surface of the Cats slot you’ll actually realise that it’s a pretty basic title that does little out of the ordinary.

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