Gorilla Chief 2 Pokie Machine
Players clearly went ape for the Gorilla Chief pokie, so WMS Gaming have followed it up with the imaginatively-named Gorilla Chief 2, which comes with improved graphics and some interesting bonus features, including Hot Hot Super ReSpins. Filled with the flora and fauna of the African jungle, the Gorilla Chief video pokie has a classic 5-reel, 50-payline format, although symbols are over 4 rows, rather than the more usual 3.
Those paylines are all active, so there’s no option to play just a few of them, but many casinos have a free Gorilla Chief video pokie version, where the game can be tried out, although obviously, there’s no real winnings to be had this way. A low limit of 0.40 can be staked on a spin, while the upper limit is 200.00 per spin, and players should be aware that activating the ReSpins feature means staking a little more, but the returns should ensure that this is money well spent.
The jungle theme extends to a simple image of trees, bananas and vines that run along the top of the reels, and joining them is a little cartoon flame with a smiley face that marks Gorilla Chief 2 out as a Hot Hot pokie, which is emphasised by the flames running up the sides and underneath the main reels area.
Playing Gorilla Chief 2
Once bet sizes have been decided, a click is all it takes to get the reels spinning, and anyone who just wants to sit back and watch them spin over and over can choose the Autoplay function, which sets them off for a number of games, or until pre-determined win or loss limits are reached.
In order of value, the pay table start with some red berries, a flower, bunch of bananas, then there’s a blue butterfly, colourful toucan and a bright green lizard. Red parrots, a majestic-looking leopard and baby gorilla are up next, all topped off by a silverback gorilla, and all of these symbols will need to appear across a payline on 3, 4 or 5 connected reels running from the left side to be worth a prize.
A slightly eerie-looking gorilla face, half in shade, acts as a wild symbol, so it’s able to substitute for any of the standard icons to complete winning lines. It can fill in the gaps between matching symbols and also extend a line across extra reels, or even do both at once, although it won’t appear on reel 1 on the left, so isn’t worth any real cash wins on its own.
Gorilla Chief 2
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Bonus Features
If players have opted for the special Hot Hot Super ReSpin feature, any time reel 1 is filled with the same symbol type, it will stay locked in place while the others spin twice, with any example of the triggering symbol, and any wilds, also becoming locked in place, which hopefully will lead to a big payout once the spins have finished. Hot Hot Super Respins don’t actually guarantee that winning lines will be formed, but in practice they tend to, and this feature has proved to be very popular across a number of online pokie games from WMS Gaming.
The wild symbols won’t be able to substitute for the picture of an African landscape at sunset, as this will launch a free spins bonus round any time it stops in 3 or more places on reels 1, 2 or 3. An initial 10 free games will play out, during which, extra wild symbols will be added to the reels, and there’s 10 more spins to enjoy if 3 scatters appear at any point before the free games are over. Once again, there’s no guaranteed win, but with the richer mix of symbols on the reels, players should be pretty confident that once the free spins have been triggered, they are going to get a few payouts before they finish.
The Verdict
The Gorilla Chief 2 video pokie has lots of colour, some attractive images that have been well-designed and impressive bonus features, especially those reel re-spins and potentially high-paying free spins games. Some players will be deterred from this game because of the relatively high entry point of 0.40 per spin, and the feature bet that’s needed to trigger all those bonuses, but there’s no way around this and gamblers working to a very small budget is probably going to have to look elsewhere.
Like all casino pokie machines from WMS Gaming however, the return to player percentage is quite high and everything is fully certified for reliable fair play, with all results determined by random number generator software, so hopefully players won’t be going ape over a lack of winning spins.