No fruits and other classic symbols: bars, diamonds, or card suits. Each symbol here is attuned to the motorcycle club members on the road. So, much unhealthy fast food, beer, bike parts, and the Roadhog as the macho protagonist. It’s all in good fun, and the bike roaring sound effects plus heavy metal guitar chords are the icings on the cake.
Back in the day, Free Spins were an oddity, and they’re also not on the menu in this slot, but to compensate, there are Engine Block Scatters, Winged Heart Wilds, and a Jackpot of 90 000 coins when landing five Roadhogs on a win line.
Maybe this classic is not all that sophisticated, but with its Low-Medium Volatility and RTP of 96.95%, the Reel Thunder slot machine is a reasonable choice for the players who love to re-live the good ol’ days. Check it out for free in the DEMO version on this page. No registration is required.
Personal testers’ opinion
We often think that somebody should create a ‘graveyard’ for slots. Yes, a burial place, where all the aged and unfashionable games should be gathered in a slot-trash-pile, or for the more sentimental players there can be a tombstone with the title of each machine that has been ‘put to sleep,’ and every now and then the nostalgic person will read the name and sigh about the good old game!
Why are we pondering about this now? Because this is one of the games that have to go to the mausoleum immediately! We wonder why it is not terminated yet. What is Microgaming still waiting for? Counting the pros and cons, OMG, only flaws are what we see.
- Unsympathetic (rather pathetic) design
- Unlovely sound
- Deficient paytable, where Wilds don’t pay, and all the symbols have insufficient value, except for the 5OAK of the Roadhog, which pays 1111x the total bet.
- Poor functionality: no multipliers, no bonuses, no Free Spins.
- Very low hit frequency.
- Incapability to keep the balance (even though it is supposed to have a short to average cycle and is built with plentiful RTP), i.e. still not appropriate for bonus hunters.
- High minimum bet (2.25 CAD per spin), i.e. not fitted for players on a limited budget.
- Not high enough max bet (18 CAD), i.e. not suited for high-rollers even if the potential according to the provider is 5000x the total bet, via max stake.
In summary: this is one uninteresting slot (consisting only of base spins), which will also not make the player affluent. Thus, even a modest balance increase on this Reel Thunder is highly unlikely.
Hidden parameters of the slot (data from the testing team)
- The distribution of the winnings is 100% in the usual spins.
- The maximum payout during the tests was 185x.
- Volatility is 4,83 out of 20 (low to average).
- The cycle length is short to average.
- The rating of the slot machine for the wagering is 6,12 out of 10.
- RTP of 96,95% allows getting a positive mathematical expectation at the casino.
Features
- Winged Heart Wild – not paid, but replaces all other symbols, other than Engine block Scatters.
- Engine block Scatter – pays from 3, anywhere it lands (50x the bet for 5OAK).
- Roadhog – Land 5 of them on a pay line, and you can upgrade your lifestyle right away (maybe pimp your Harley) with the 90 000 coins you scored.
Settings
- The pay lines are from 1 to 9.
- Available stakes are from 2.25 to 18 coins.
- The maximum winning is 10 000 coins, which the Pig biker symbol gives out.
- The largest payout is 90 000 coins per spin.
- The bonus features are absent.
