Jungle Books from Yggdrasil Gaming: Slot Review - forget about your worries!

The Jungle Book is a much-loved children’s book created by English author Rudyard Kipling and published all the way back in 1894. It is a collection of stories that are fables using talking animals as an intriguing way of giving morality lessons. This book was made into a smash-hit Disney animation and just recently a live-action version was released in cinemas last year to worldwide acclaim. Yggdrasil Gaming decided to release this slot which is heavily influenced by the book and cleverly called it Jungle Books to avoid any confusion!

It is a 5 reel slot with 58-68 paylines and features Stacked Symbols, Respins, Random Multipliers, Spreading Wilds, and Synced Reels.

Special Features

The first feature to highlight is that the game features 5 different game modes and each one has 2 different bonus features. This offers players an incredible 45 different feature combinations to play with. This is all thanks to Yggdrasil Gaming’s Fusion Gaming system which is able to compute complex maths instantly to let players make their way through all of the various game modes.

Jungle Books takes place in a mysterious jungle where a bear, a boy, a tiger, a panther and a snake reside. Each of these characters hosts their own realm in the game and can appear as guests in the other characters’ realms. In each realm, the host will appear on the left-hand side of the reels and will offer players 2 bonus features. At any time, a host can leave a realm which causes the realm to change and then that host will become a guest. Guests appear randomly on the right-hand side of the reels and offer 1 of their bonus features. The main objective here is to combine the guest and host features in order to land Triple Feature combinations. Here are the bonus features of each host:

• The Panther: The Brown fruit symbol will act as a secondary Wild symbol and multipliers of 2X, 3X, 5X are applied to random wins.
• The Tiger: Symbols become sticky after a win and you get 1 free respin plus Stacked Wilds are added to the tallest reels.
• The Boy: Adjacent reels of the same height become synced to give the same result and Spreading Wilds add extra Wilds to the reels when they pop up.
• The Snake: All lines pay from both sides and winning lines with Wild symbols get a 3X multiplier.
• The Bear: Honeycomb bonus symbols appear which can pay out up to 50,000 coins! Random symbols also appear stacked on the reels.

The realms of the boy, the bear, and the tiger feature a 58 payline structure but when you enter the realm of the panther or the snake then it changes to a far more lucrative 68 payline structure. It is definitely worth remembering this when playing the game.

Theme, Graphics and Sound

As you might expect from stellar software producer Yggdrasil Gaming, the presentation of the slot is absolutely fantastic. The backdrop of the game is a living breathing jungle complete with vines, plants, and old temple walls. Symbols consist of a variety of fruit and the hosts of each realm are displayed in amazing 3D detail as they stand next to the reels while the symbols spin. The animations are outstanding especially when the hosts switch realms as the reels traverse through the jungle to take you to the next location. It is a simple effect but a real visual treat for the eyes!

The music is atmospheric and features a range of different animal noises and jungle sounds. It complements the jungle theme of the game superbly.

Win lines, Payouts and Jackpots

The game has 5 reels, 58-68 paylines, a respectable RTP of 96.1%, and a fantastic maximum payout worth 5,000X your initial wager.

Below is a summary taken from the PayOut Table from the game. The amount won for each combination depends on the value of the bet when you spin the reels:

Bet Range: 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.50, 4.00, 4.50, 5.00, 10.00, 15.00, 20.00..100.00

• Brown Fruit Symbol: 50 for 3X, 100 for 4X, 300 for 5X
• Blue Fruit Symbol: 25 for 3X, 50 for 4X, 100 for 5X
• Purple Fruit Symbol: 20 for 3X, 40 for 4X, 80 for 5X
• Green Fruit Symbol: 15 for 3X, 30 for 4X, 60 for 5X
• Violet Fruit Symbol: 12 for 3X, 25 for 4X, 50 for 5X
• Orange Fruit Symbol: 9 for 3X, 20 for 4X, 40 for 5X
• Heart Symbol: 3 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 25 for 5X
• Spade Symbol: 3 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 25 for 5X
• Club Symbol: 3 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 25 for 5X
• Diamond Symbol: 3 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 25 for 5X

Our Verdict on Jungle Books

This game is created by Yggdrasil Gaming and although it might seem complicated at first when you start to spin the reels, thankfully it is quite straightforward to play. This game features a highly polished presentation and the bonus features will provide you with countless hours of entertainment. The most rewarding host in this game by far is the Snake as he pays out the biggest wins and if you manage to combine him with the Panther then you will land yourself a hefty payday! I found this slot to be of Medium variance so you will find that wins occur on a regular basis the more you play the game.

Swing your way to a huge fortune in Jungle Books!