Rhino Charge Pokies
A variety of African wildlife can be found scampering, galloping or stampeding their way around the reels of Rhino Charge and players who trigger some of the exciting bonus rounds could be jumping for joy as they collect a potential 100,000x their bet.
It’s another 5 reel pokie from Australian developer Aristocrat, who have gained something of a reputation for delivering games that have unusual features, with Rhino Charge players being offered a variety of extras such as free spins, stacked symbols or mystery bonuses.
Colourful, beautifully presented symbols, on richly decorated reels, should certainly attract players to this pokie, where even regular spins can bring in some nice rewards.
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There’s a subtle shimmer effect to everything about Rhino Charge, with the reel surround being given a golden shine, while the playing card symbols also seem to have a bit of a glow to them. It’s a nice effect that’s not overdone and is just enough to attract attention.
The reels spin against an abstract backdrop of grasses and African carvings and there’s a pink and purple background to the actual reels, making this a good-looking pokie.
The game comes with 30 paylines, all of which are permanently active and gives a minimum stake per spin of 0.30. The payout schedule lets players know how many times the bet they win by landing up matching symbols in a line across adjacent reels running from the left side.
All the playing card icons are worth the same amount, which is very unusual but it seems to work well, with any 3, 4 or 5 matching examples across a line paying out 5x, 15x or 50x, but it’s the animal symbols that will bring in the bigger wins.
These start with the rhino, who for some reason is a golden colour. There’s 2x the stake to be won when it stops on reels 1 and 2, while landing a full line of 5 will return 100x. The meerkat pays up to 150x, the giraffe 200x and the most valuable animal is a zebra who will pay 30x, 100x or 300x for 3, 4 or 5 on a line respectively.
An attractive tourist tops the table being worth anything from 10x to 500x when 2 to 5 land on a line, but to help players score more winning spins, there’s a nice image of a tree at sunset which acts as any other to complete winning combinations. This wild symbol only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4, but any other symbol can be stacked several high on any reel which can lead to multiple payouts at once.
Rhino Charge
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Rhino Rewards
It may be a strange colour, but the rhino symbol is very welcome as it will trigger a bonus game each time 3 or more appear on a line. If 3 landed, players get 8 spins, if it was 4 then 10 spins commence and a full line of 5 will trigger 15 spins, all played out once the line win has been credited.
So far, it’s all fairly standard, but this is where Rhino Charge heads off in a new direction, as players are given a choice about what bonus features they wish to take. The options are to take the standard free spins, go for a reduced number of Super free spins where the stacks of symbols are bigger, or forfeit the free games entirely and claim a mystery bonus prize.
This prize will be between 5 and 225 coins for each free game, multiplied by the bet size, which can all add up to a huge potential reward, but if free games or Super free games are in play, a Feature Select button could be offered, which brings the bonus prize up to a maximum of 788 coins per remaining free game, multiplied by the total bet.
The Vedict
Bright and colourful symbols on some nicely presented reels make even the base game an attractive proposition, but Rhino Charge certainly saves the best for the bonus rounds. By giving players a choice of features, it lets them enjoy watching free spins with enhanced features, or skip them entirely and simply collect a prize.
It’s not guaranteed to be a massive payout, but they will certainly pick up a nice reward. If there’s any criticism to be levelled at Rhino Charge, it’s the odd fact that all playing card symbols are worth the same amount, which kind of defeats the object of having them, but it’s not a big problem, so we’ll let it go.