The Chicken Road slot machine is a game developed by InOut, a relatively new name in the online casino scene, but one that has already made quite an impression with its engaging and quirky games. Chicken Road is no exception to this rule, offering a unique blend of humor, excitement, and entertainment that will keep players Chicken Road UK hooked for hours on end.
Theme and Design
As soon as you start playing Chicken Road, it becomes clear that the game’s theme revolves around rural life in France. The background image features rolling hills, sunflowers, and red-tiled roofs, while the symbols are all related to the farming industry – think chickens, ducks, tractors, and sheaves of wheat. The overall design is colorful and vibrant, with a playful feel that will appeal to players who enjoy light-hearted games.
The game’s graphics are not particularly sophisticated, but they’re more than enough to get the point across and create an immersive atmosphere. The sound effects are equally on point, with realistic sounds for each symbol as it lands in place. You can hear the clucking of chickens, the quacking of ducks, and even a French-inspired soundtrack playing in the background – all designed to transport you to rural France.
Symbols
The symbols used in Chicken Road are a mix of high-paying animals (chickens, ducks) and lower-paying farm equipment (tractors, sheaves of wheat). There’s also an egg-laying chicken symbol that acts as both Wild and Scatter, which is discussed further below. Here’s the full list of regular paytable symbols:
- 10-Ace: These are the basic playing card values, paying out according to their respective multipliers.
- Chicken (Wild/Scatter): As mentioned above, this special egg-laying chicken symbol substitutes for all other symbols on screen and also triggers free spins when three or more appear anywhere in view.
In terms of payouts, these high-paying animal symbols offer a decent return compared to the lower-paying farm equipment. Chickens pay out 1x-100x your total stake for five matching symbols across any win line, while ducks offer a slightly higher payout range of 2x-200x for the same combination. Don’t get too excited about these values, though – as you’ll see below, the maximum win is capped at 3000 coins (or approximately €50 based on our standard bet).
Payouts
The payouts in Chicken Road are relatively modest compared to other online slots available today. While it’s nice to have such a wide range of winning combinations, each with its own multiplier attached, you’ll find that these values can quickly become too low to make your money back if the game doesn’t produce any big hits.
Here’s a breakdown of what we observed during our playtests:
- Wild (Chicken) 5: x100 – x200
- Duck: x2 – x50
- Chicken, Tractor and Wheat Basket 4 or more: 10x-80x total bet
- 3-4 9-Ace symbols in line: 1-20x stake
While it might seem like the payouts are slightly high for certain combinations of animals, do keep an eye on your losses. We found out that our overall hit rate was pretty low during these sessions.
Wilds and Scatters
As we mentioned earlier, Chicken Road features a wild chicken symbol that takes care of any other icon when 2+ appear in sequence from the left-hand side to create wins. As this animal can be one or more than two symbols wide it does also serve as the game’s Scatter symbol. However since InOut’s take on things they’re just calling them Wilds, our attention stays focused.
You see with all other games using the traditional ‘Wild/Scatter’ terminology you are accustomed to seeing a 3rd distinct Scattered image pop in place – not this time folks. This is what happens at times when new studios still figuring it out break with tried-and-true methods (for now).
Bonus Features
Now here’s where things get interesting – and exciting! Chicken Road features two distinct bonus rounds that can be triggered using the aforementioned chicken symbol.
- Egg-stravaganza Feature
- When you land 3 or more chicken symbols on your reel anywhere, you’re taken to a new screen. This triggers what we’ve come up with as "The Great Scramble Bonus". On this page you see multiple empty slots available for our eggs – you collect them & store within a large basket icon located at the top part.
- As more wins and additional chickens occur on your reel it’s game after game increasing egg value (between 0 – 150 points) with bigger clucks landing into an area giving maximum possible of three to seven slot values.
- Flock Feature
- Landing a chicken symbol anywhere in view then any appearing afterwards becomes Wild. These wilds stick around throughout next five reels giving your combinations even more boost and making you feel free like no matter where they may go they just keep landing & being replaced on subsequent spin (think of it as an instant Re-Spin).