First, the spooky path will lead them straight to the witch’s cottage with the sweets and treats, but then eventually, after burning her in flames, they will find their witty way (with crumbs or pebbles- however, you know the story) through the thick forest in the murky nights, returning home safely.
This Fairytale Legends: Hansel and Gretel’s slot is standing out not only with its superb graphics and cinematic/dramatic soundtrack, but also with its enticing bonus features: Free Spins, Stacked Wild Re-spins, and Wild substitutions.
The exciting gameplay encased in this NetEnt’s magnificent visual production brings this classic fairytale to life. Be sure that such a happy ending as Hansel and Gretel’s is waiting for you, too, even if you play for free!
This fairy tale slot is built with Low-Medium Volatility with an initial RTP of 96.71% (which allows obtaining a positive mathematical expectation of winning in the casino).
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Personal testers’ opinion about Fairytale Legends: Hansel and Gretel slot (Review and recommendations from the testers’ team)
Similarly to the other Fairytale Legends, Hansel and Gretel’s slot also has:
- The same stretching winning cycle and the same method of gradual selection of balance with increasing intervals between the large winning.
- Our conclusion: neutral recommendations for playing for real money.
- The same small number of active lines and the payouts you get on them are mediocre.
- The same is not only a bonus game but also extra features in the regular base mode.
- In fact, here, the whole paytable is a bit “cheap”- 40x the total bet for the 5OAK top symbol of the ‘FL’ logo, and the brother and sister – payment of only 10x the total bet.
Throughout our game test period, we made the following observations:
Regarding the base game
In the usual spins, it will regularly drop the Stacked Wild, but you will not get a big win from them in most cases, as it usually gives 2x, sometimes 3x the bet.
The first Fairy feature, ‘Fairy Wonder Spin’ where she awards a cluster of 5 to 9 ‘FL’ logo symbols randomly on 3 reels, delivers some payouts but they are disappointing, although the ‘FL’ logo is the best-paid symbol in the paytable, and the matter of: “the betting line wins pay if in succession starting anywhere on the betting line.”
Now, left to right, right to the left plus in the center – this we thought is the most exciting characteristic of the slot. Unfortunately, nothing is further than the truth- the slot still managed to find a way not to give massive wins with this option.
In theory, the feature ‘Fairy Wild Spin‘ when the Fairy appears in the center of the screen and randomly triggers 2 extra Wild reels, gives a big chance to hit a big win while expecting the other Wild reels and the top symbols to appear. However, in practice, during our tests, several times, we managed to get Wild reels on the sides, but as a rule, it does not give top symbols between them.
The other Fairy random feature, ‘Fairy Surprise,’ that appears when changing the symbols after the reels stop, can definitely transform symbols across all 5 reels, which can deliver decent winning. Sure the symbols must be on an active line, but still- this feature has good potential. Regardless, this option renders lower than in the Mirror Mirror slot payments.
You better remember that the high winning potential is in the Free Spins feature.
Regarding the bonus round
The chance to get a bonus game is quite low. It is not difficult to select a map to get the bonus you want, and you may easily guess the maps after the second or third bonus. As in other series slots, you may choose the Coins Value, the Map Bonus Game, or the Free Spins.
Unlike the Red Riding Hood slot, where the player has no control over the action, here you can make your choice. The maximum winning is 120x the bet. During our tests, we managed to guess the Coin Value several times. Perhaps you don’t like to risk; then you can choose the average value of 3 choices. Unlike the last slot of the Fairytale series, this slot is more generous and gives 120x bets quite often.
The Free Spins here are different. You can get re-trigger after re-trigger, sometimes a string of even more than 100 Free Spins with this slot. This chain of action is typical for the games produced by companies like Novomatic and Amatic, but not something usual for NetEnt.
Regardless of the huge amount of spins awarded, the winning from them is usually small, again due to the small number of lines and the unremarkable payouts you get on them.
Hidden parameters and settings of Excalibur slot (data from testing)
- The frequency of triggering of the bonus free spins feature is statistically every 52nd spin (1.92%).
- The probability of a hit (any winning) is 34%.
- The winnings distribution is 40% in the usual spins and 60% in the bonus.
- The maximum winning during the tests was 176x.
- The average winning from the bonus was 22x.
- The Volatility is 6.78 out of 20 (low to average).
- The game cycle length is low to average.
- The rating of the slot machine for the wagering is 4.66 out of 10.
Slot’s symbols and features
- This is a slot with a simple 5×3 layout and 10 fixed paylines.
- 3 or more symbols form wins on adjacent lines.
- The low-paid symbols are the 4 different colours of candies
- The high-paid symbols are the Fairytale ‘FL’ logo and the images of the siblings.
- Good news – the game forms win combinations left to right and right to left.
- More good news – the game forms win combinations even on the 3 central reels (2, 3, and 4).
Special and bonus features
Wilds
Reels 2 and 4 can randomly drop Stacked Wilds during the base game – a brown paved path (from 3 pieces) with flowers and bird decoration. A Regular Wild – is a piece of this path- substituting every other symbol except the Chests. When Stacked Wilds fall in the winning pay line, they first pay the reward, and after that, they trigger Re-spin- with new possibilities.
Chests
During the base game, on any 3 reels randomly can drop a bonus of 3 Chests. This triggers the bonus game with 3 options:
- Free Spins-10x; or
- Coin Win – instant payout up to 15x stakes; or
- Candy House – pick 3 out of the 15 various lollipop prizes from the sweet house and reveal multipliers. The average of the 3 multipliers then becomes the awarding multiplier for the staked amount.
Fairy Bonus
- The reels become inactive at any point in the game – the Fairy comes and appoints Random Features.
- Fairy Wonder Spin – several symbols with the game logo appear on the screen. Further, the combinations are formed in a standard way.
- Fairy Surprise – the Fairy picks one symbol and duplicates it in different locations.
- Fairy Wild Spin – the Fairy shows the brown paved path and launches the Re-spin. At the same time, stacked Wild may fall on the other reels.
Settings
- Provider – NetEnt
- Paylines – 10 (all 3+ adjacent on a payline win)
- Volatility – from Low to Average
- Hit rate – 15.58%
- Default range of bets – 0.10 to 200 CAD
- Playing field – 5×3
- The maximum winning is – 400x
- Bonuses – Wilds, Sticky Wilds, Scatters, Random Re-Spins, Mini-game, Coin Win, Free Spins
- Free Spins -Yes
- RTP – 96.71%
How to win at Hansel and Gretel slot? (Conclusion)
- As usual, our first advice is to test the game in DEMO mode before starting to play for real money.
- We noticed that the game is not much sensitive to changing denominations and bets per line (we believe it does not change the cycle).
- The slot machine has many bonus features that can be lucrative with a little bit bigger bets but do not rush to the max bets. That’s why the recommended bet balance reserve is around 200 bets, enough to wait for a few triggers of the free spins feature.
- We leave absolutely neutral recommendations for bonus hunters to fulfill the wagering requirements.
