Lava Loot Pokie Review
Imagine much more cartoonish version of Alley Oop, the old comic strip, before the time travelling stories. That’s essentially the entire theme of Lava Loot. Oh, and also a volcano, hence the “Lava” in the title.
The reel symbols in Lava Loot are a prehistoric couple (caveman and cavewoman), and a number of dinosaur-like creatures. The entire style of the game if incredible cartoon-like, to the point that some of the dinosaur-like creatures are simply unrecognizable as any type of dinosaur. They could be just ugly, flightless dragons, I don’t know.
Developer
Novomatic is the company behind Lava Loot. The Novomatic Group, founded in 1980 in Austria, is one of the world’s largest casino companies in the world.
They develop games for online platforms, operate online betting networks, they produce cabinets for physical casinos, and they even own and operate physical venues throughout the world. Novomatic may not be as well known in the online casino industry like IGT or Net Entertainment, but they’re certainly no strangers to the gambling business.
How to Play it
Almost all virtual pokie machines have roughly the same control layout, with all relevant buttons and displays along a bar at the bottom of the screen. Lava Loot does not conform to this model, having a much more simplified control scheme. The Spin button is located on the right-hand side of the screen. To do a regular spin, press it once.
To do an auto spin session, hold the button. Just above the spin button, there’s a menu button. In the menu you can set your wage level, the number of pay lines you’re betting on, and other minor settings. This layout is clearly meant to be optimized for mobile devices, but it works great on a computer, since it greatly de-clutters the game screen.
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Special features
Lava Loot has three noteworthy features: a gamble feature, the Big Wild features, and the Lava Loot Bonus feature. Lava Loot Bonus is this game’s name for its free spin rounds.
You activate just like in many other games, by landing enough scatter symbols, 3 or more. During Lava Loot Bonus, wild symbols can appear on reels 2, 3, & 4. These bonus symbols will expand downwards, like creeping lava, until they land on the bottom position on their reel; after that, they’ll disappear.
Big Wild is, well, a big wild symbol. This is a gigantic wild that can appear at random during regular play, occupying reels 2, 3, & 4. Needless to say, this will be a welcome sight for any player.
The gamble feature isn’t unique to Lava Loot, as many new games seem to have it. It works in a simple way; after each win on a regular spin, you have two choices: collect your earnings, or go double or nothing in a small mini game. The mini game consists in guessing the color of a random card, and if you get it right, you can go up to 5 rounds of that. That’s a great way to exponentially increase winnings for the bold and fortunate.
Maximum Payouts
Lava Loot’s jackpot is 10,000 coins, which you get by landing five bonus symbols. For those knowledgeable in statistics, Return to Player value (RTP) is 95.03%.
Summary
A prehistoric themed game that carries on the anachronism of humans and dinosaurs coexisting (assuming those are dinosaurs in the first place), Lava Loot has a visual design that may not appeal to everyone, especially the more demanding players out there. It has a respectable jackpot, and decent special features. All in all, it’s good enough.
