King Kong Fury

The classic story of the giant gorilla is the focus of the King Kong Fury online slot, available at NextGen online casinos. The graphics look like something out of a graphic novel, and the gameplay is action-oriented with a strong hit-rate and a lot of different types of features. This game is a good example of NextGen taking a theme that has been used by several providers, more or less, and handling it in a way that it stands out both visually and from a gameplay perspective, and that's pretty impressive.

Format and Layout

The layout of this game is designed for action from the ground up. Five reels and four rows create a 20-symbol grid of visual real estate, and there are 50 paylines available to play on. However, to make the betting a little more accessible, they have bet sizes that go as low as $0.25 per turn since everything is based around having 25 coins wagered on each spin. Along these lines, you can't change the number of paylines that are activated, but bet sizes worth up to $500 are built into the game. With that having been said, some casinos may lower the maximum wager available to be in line with whatever their casino-wide maximums are, so super high rollers will want to check before committing to playing.

Wild King Kong Symbol

A key focus of many of this game's features is the King Kong wild symbol. He shows up on the second, third and fourth reels only, and he will give you substitutions for everything but the bonus woman symbol, which we'll take a look at below. You can't get winning combinations that only consist of this wild symbol, but he gives you value in a few other ways.

One of those ways is with the Kong's Call feature. Triggered at random after any given spin (whether you're in the free spins or the regular game mode), you'll hear the natives chant and bring out Kong. He'll add as many as 12 random wild symbols to the reels, which is obviously a big value, and that makes it really easy to take down some tremendous prizes.

King of Skull Island Bonus Round

When you get the bonus symbol on the first and fifth reels at the same time, no matter their positions on those two reels, then you'll trigger a set of re-spins. You can pick up as many as 100 free spins in this way, but your exact number is chosen at random by a spinning statue before the free turns actually begin. You'll also be given a 100x scatter win right away as well, and she only appears on the first and fifth reels.

During these free spins, you'll have access to the Raging Re-spins feature. Whenever you get a stack of wilds that completely covers a reel during the free spins mode, you'll trigger the Raging Re-spins. This basically gives you a free re-spin with that wild reel held in place, and that obviously makes it worth more than a regular free spin.

Lightning Reel Feature

At random during the regular game mode and the free spins, you can trigger the Lightning Reel feature. This will add up to 15 beast symbols (the top tier of regular-paying symbols) to the reels. This basically makes it easier to get winning combinations, and it makes it easier to get winning combinations that are in the top end of the pay table.

Other Payouts and Prizes

Five different giant monsters and dinosaurs take up the top level of the pay table. You can get 250x for five of the t-rex, 100x for five of the triceratops or 75x for five of the green monster. The red and purple monsters each get you 50x or 30x, respectively.

Card rank wins are available too. The pays for the purple A and red K are 20x apiece. You can also score 15x for five-of-a-kind wins of the orange Q or blue J symbols. At the bottom end of the pay table, you can score 10x for five of the yellow 10 or green 9 symbols.

Our Thoughts

The key thing to understand about the King Kong Fury slot by NextGen is that action is the name of the game. As you can see from the above, it's jam-packed with features, many of which center around the King Kong wilds, and that means a high hit-rate and tons of ways to get paid on every single spin. This leads to an exciting experience that's just what lots of players are looking for.