Joe Exotic slot by Red Tiger is based on controversial American zoo keeper Joe Exotic and it mystifies me as to why a developer would theme a game on a convicted animal abuser. Well, there ya go. The tigers he owned were tamed unlike in Microgaming''s Untamed Bengal Tiger slot or Nextgen's old classic King Tiger slot and the look is realistic unlike with Yggdrasils daft Time Travel Tigers slot. Here we have the reels surrounded by tiger stripes and the background is a collage of photos from his show and news items with soundbites from the same. So can we get some exotic wins for our bankroll or will it prove to be an ordinary joe?
On the reels...
There are 20 lines here over 5 reels of 4 rows on Joe Exotic slot with symbols stacked. The 5-of-a-kind pays range from 10x down to 2x for the five character symbols and there are four merchandise items from 1.5 down to 0.5 x. There are no Wilds at this stage but 3 different scatters which appear on only the odd reels, with one modifier the Dynamite which can on any spin explode the low-value symbols off of the reels.
Bonus Features
Election Time - apparently this imprisoned man stood as a presidential candidate once so Vote Joe scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 triggers a pick-me. You have 4 characters each needing 3 picks to award their fixed prizes which are 5, 20, 50 and 150x bet.
Tiger Bounty - 3 Golden Tiger scatters on 1, 3 and 5 to collect Joe's best offer for a fixed prize. It will flash between collect or reject and starts low, so you want to see 'reject' a few times to increase it, otherwise it's rubbish.
Exotic Spins - landing 3 Exotic Spins scatters on 1, 3 and 5 will award 8+ spins with a stacked Joe Exotic multiplier Wild sticky on reel 3. This increases by 1x each time it counts in a win and an Exotic Spins scatter on reels 1 and 5 adds +5 spins. Easily the best bonus.
Our View...
With a RTP of 95.70% Joe Exotic slot tries to be entertaining but is in reality dreary to play. The scatters are 2-rows high and repeatedly appear to block any decent base game wins, the Dynamite feature seldom pays much as is the case with 2 of the features. The only chance of decent wins lies in the free games which naturally are rare. It would have been a better game dispensing with the two trash features and just having that RTP allocated to the free games. Nothing exotic about this slot, more like Joe Excruciating...
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