African Theme Park

Going on a safari in Africa is on many people’s bucket list, the combination of seeing exotic animals in their natural habitat and gazing at amazing natural wonders is something you can not find anywhere else. 

The developers at Mancala Gaming have most likely dreamed of the same thing as they created African Theme Park, a video slot that is meant to take you right next to the legendary and breathtaking Mount Kilimanjaro. 

Theme

The “reels” of this video slot are not really spinning, the tiles are stone blocks with symbols painted on them and they drop from the sky with each “spin”. Behind the tiles we see a couple of giraffes relaxing, with the snowy peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro as a background. 

The pay table is populated with all sorts of African animals, from hyenas to giraffes and zebras, while on the left side of the reels we see a colourful toucan keeping an eye on the action. 

Your African adventure is accompanied by some lively music, but for me it got annoying pretty fast and I ended up turning the sound off for most of this game’s test session. 

Betting Options and Functions

There are 5 reels and 3 rows in this slot, with 10 fixed paylines. You will need three consecutive matching symbols on a payline to win, like in most slots with classic mechanics, but this game offers the possibility of forming winning combinations starting both with the leftmost reel and with the rightmost one. 

Moreover, the symbols that make up a winning combination will disappear from the reels and others will drop in their spots, potentially leading to avalanche wins. 

The biggest win you can land in this video slot is a substantial one, no less than 5,000 times the stakes. The return to player for this title has been calculated at a bang-average 96%. 

Features

Your safari adventure should have been quite intense up to this point, but you should keep a rifle close by because things might get dangerous: 

• Multiplication Game

This is an interesting side-quest that actually involves hunting. Whenever you hit a winning combination you might see a X2 symbol pop up on the reels, when it does you will enter this special game. 

Basically the game is a confrontation between a female explorer and a lion, and you will have to predict which side will win. If your prediction is correct, the prize will get doubled. Winning will keep you in the game until you multiply your prize by 32, losing will get you back to the base game with nothing. 

• Wild

The question mark symbol is the Wild in this game, it can replace any other symbol on the pay table and increase your chances of winning. 

Conclusion

African Theme Park is a fairly enjoyable game from Mancala Gaming, the graphics are decent and the vibe it creates is pretty energetic. However, the whole setup indicates a distinct lack of creativity or maybe a rush to get the title online before it was actually finished properly. 

Having a question mark symbol as the Wild is probably the most flagrant aspect of that lack of creativity, and the rather annoying soundtrack is another clue. Moreover, the game doesn’t have a Free Spins feature, and that can be quite a drawback for some players.

However, the simple gameplay could be an asset, and the pretty high potential winnings could also be a good enough reason to give this slot a spin.