Frankenstein Pokie
The Frankenstein video pokie is part of Net Ents’ collaboration with Universal Studios that has also brought games such as Creature From The Black Lagoon and Dracula to online casinos worldwide. Based in part on the original book by Mary Shelly and partly on the 1931 Boris Karloff movie, it’s an impressive game where players are treated not just to the sights and sounds of the classic creature feature but also to some nice bonuses including the unique Linked Wilds that spread across the reels and a free spins round that has multipliers attached to any winnings.
It’s a 5-reel game where the symbols are arranged in 3 rows and 20 paylines are there for players to line matching symbols across for a win. There’s free Frankenstein video pokie games to play if anyone wants to just try it out, but the minimum stake is only 0.01 per spin, or 0.20 to get all lines active, so it’s perfectly suited for casual gamblers. An upper limit of 100.00 means that high rollers will have plenty to enjoy here as well.
Like all Net Ent games, it looks good and has smooth animations, while there’s a high return to player percentage and guarantee of fairness. It’s all suitable dark and scary looking, with the title above the reels, various bits of mechanical equipment that’s needed to bring the monster to life around the edges of them and the control panel below. A nice touch is the way that payline indicators are lit up and designed to look like part of the lab.
Playing Frankenstein
It’s the usual playing card symbols that are going to make up the majority of real cash winning combinations, and as is standard practice, they need to land across an active line on adjacent reels from the left side to be worth a prize. They have been adapted to match the typeface used in the Frankenstein movie which adds to the overall creepiness on display. The smallest wins come when the 9 symbol lands on 3, 4 or 5 reels across a line, returning 3, 10 or 25x the stake on that line when it does so.
This rises to 10, 50 or 150x when the A symbol appears and the top payouts are awarded when the picture symbols stop on a line, A brain in a jar is worth up to 500x and then we have Fritz the assistant (what happened to Igor?), then Dr Frankenstein himself and finally the monster who will pay 40, 150 or a massive 1500x when he lurches on to 3, 4 or 5 reels of a payline.
Frankenstein
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Bonus Features
A wild symbol that’s able to act as others will help to complete winlines, but to boost the odds of this happening, there’s a special Linked Wild feature that sees it spread across to 2 or more nearby symbols. This Lightning Wild won’t actually be able to make up a line on its own though.
A windmill is central to the story of Frankenstein and it acts as a scatter symbol in the pokie. While this is another image that isn’t worth anything on its own, any time it stops in 3 or more places at once players are given 10 free spins. If 2 scatters land in a free game there’s an extra 5 bonus spins, while 3 at once retriggers the whole round and 10 spins are added on to the end of any left to play out.
There’s a couple of ways that Net Ent have ensured that the bonus round is a more rewarding feature, with special Fire Wilds that are guaranteed to appear in each spin and spread across the reels in the same way that Lightning Wilds do in the base games. On top of this, a multiplier will apply to any wins, rising from 2x to 5x with each, although once it gets to the top level it resets back to 2x.
The Verdict
It looks like Net Ent have done it again, releasing a classic themed pokie that has a built-in fanbase of horror aficionados. It’s got the soundtrack to go with the images on the reels and even in the normal games there should be a reliable stream of winning combinations spun up.
Lightning Wilds are not actually certain to create extra winlines although in practice they usually do, but this game comes to life more effectively than a set of body parts zapped with electricity when the free spins bonus round is triggered.
It’s in these spins that players will get extra wilds and a valuable multiplier in effect, so anyone looking for a popular theme and potential for good returns should enjoy spinning the scary reels of the Frankenstein video pokie.