Besides the great investigator, in the game appear the usual company of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel: Irene Adler, Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade, and the perfect counterpart to Holmes – Dr. Watson. Like in the classic stories, Sherlock (the constant Wild card) will use his habitual disguises and will transform – here into Connecting, Double, Extending Wilds, and Wild Re-Spins.
Murky Victorian London, Baker street, Clock tower, flickering street lamps, tobacco pipe, and magnifier (Holmes’s special sign) – the game design perfectly depicts the story of the dauntless detective.
If you are willing to help unravel clues that will lead Sherlock into capturing the outlaws on the run and unknot yet another twisted web of murder, deceit, and prison break, then don’t hesitate to launch this Medium Volatility game first in DEMO mode here on our site. You can profit from payouts across 25 lines, a standard RTP of 96.03%, and the solid maximal prize of 100 000 CAD (2000x the total bet).
Personal testers’ opinion about Sherlock of London slot
- Impeccable graphical job as we are accustomed to this Vienna-based software developer. We love all other Rabcat productions: Castle Builder II slot, Robin of Sherwood slot, and Mining Fever slot are certainly on our favourite list. Once again, we have nothing but words of appreciation for the magnificent design, animation, and audio qualities of the game on all different devices: PC, Tablet, and Mobile.
- Wilds bring 40x the total bet for 5OAK, Scatters that don’t pay, and the other symbols with overall payout between 20x and 1x the total bet all for 5 symbols on a payline. Altogether not very generous paytable. This statement would’ve been true if it wasn’t for the superb performance of the multiple Wilds. Their functionalities combined with 36+% hit frequency, and more than sufficient (for a medium variance game) potential, is what makes Sherlock of London a notable slot.
- We weren’t lucky enough to obtain big wins during testing. However, we still had a blast playing at this machine, chiefly because of the abundance of Wilds, acting differently, which is both – challenging and urging for attention with each spin. We booked the best results in the base game from the various functions via the merge of 1 Re-spin and Connected Wilds. Via this combo, we received a few times over 20x the total bet. The maximum win reported by the testers was 118x the total bet, while the average outcome of the Free Spins was not surpassing 35x the total bet, i.e. not a very lucrative result.
In conclusion: the slot is highly entertaining, so if you are not an epic win ‘foxhound’ and you are content with mid-size prizes, you should be on the right address playing the Rabcat detectives. The bonus rounds come with very reasonable intervals, so our advice is to wait for 1 of the Free Spins rounds, which pays lavishly (100x+ the total bet). After that, you better wind up your session and come back another time. For the bonus hunters, we will leave neutral recommendations.
Having said all that, we remain Rabcat fans and trust that anybody, who recognizes the full precision and mastery of this game studio, will love this superb addition to Microgaming/Rabcat library.
Bonus Features
- Regular Wilds – The Sherlock icon acts as Wild. It is employed with the usual replacement function for all other symbols but Scatters.
- Scatter symbol – The icon with both protagonists together is the Scatter. It brings no value; it only acts as a bonus instigator.
- Connecting Wilds – If 2 or more Wilds are present on the reels, these Wilds will get linked. Even the passageway between them will become filled with Wilds.
- Double Win – In the case of 2 neighbouring (horizontally) Wilds included in a winning combo, the payout will be doubled.
- Bonus Re-spins – In case 1 Wild (only) drops on reel 1 or reel 2, a Re-spin will be triggered. The Wild will remain on its location, while the other symbols will take one spin.1) Connecting Wilds or 2) Double Win – will follow.
– If at least 1 more Wild drops during this Re-spin, playing: – If no additional Wild drops during the Re-spin, a second Re-spin will start. - Free spins – 3+ Scatters trigger 10 Free Spins, with a possible re-trigger (via an additional 3+ Scatters inside the bonus). Both functions: Double Win and Connecting Wilds are also on tap, but the Re-spin feature is swapped with Expanding Wild feature. Whenever only 1 Sherlock Wild is present on the grid, he will expand to an entire reel. Again during the bonus round, Dr. Watson’s icon operates as Extra Wild, but with limited possibility – only substituting – without any extra functions.
Settings
- Provider – Rabcat (Microgaming)
- Payment lines – 25 (fixed)
- Volatility – Medium
- The default range of bets – 0.25 to 50 CAD
- Playing field – 5х3
- The maximum winning is – 2000x the total bet
- Bonuses – 5 types of features with Wilds and Free Spins
- Free Spins – Yes, plus possible re-trigger
- Progressive Jackpot – No
- Gamble feature – No
- RTP – 96.03% (allows getting a positive expectation of winning at the casino)
