Queenie: Slot Overview
Queenie was a popular girls name in Victorian Britain, particularly in the East End of London and is 🍉 sometimes used as a chummy, affectionate version of the word 'Queen'. In today's review, it refers to one of the 🍉 most eccentric characters in Lewis Carrol's tale Alice in Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts. This Queen of Hearts is no 🍉 stranger to the reels, having starred in numerous slots before now. This one is brought to us by Pragmatic Play 🍉 and partner Wild Streak Gaming and gives players a moodier representation of the infamous Queen alongside such extras as a 🍉 feature wheel, jackpots, plus free spins.
Wild Streak Gaming slots tend to have a dated look about them, and Queenie is 🍉 no exception. It has a similar look and feel to other games of theirs we've crossed, Gold Party being one 🍉 example that came to mind. If they're built to look this way on purpose or not, who can say, but 🍉 the graphics will probably turn prospective players on or off within moments. If you like games to appear older before 🍉 their time, then Queenie may well delight. However, if you prefer a more contemporary look, then Queenie may well struggle 🍉 to catch your eye. The same goes for Queenie's gameplay too, which shares the same dated feel.
Lifting the curtain on 🍉 the machine driving the show, we find a highly volatile math model, producing a theoretical return to player value of 🍉 96.51%. Playable on any device, the action happens on a 5-reel, 3-row game panel, which provides 243 ways to win. 🍉 Stakes range from 25 p/c toR$/€125 per spin and comes with a feature buy function to skip the base game 🍉 - where available.
Starting from the leftmost reel, matching symbols pay left to right, and need at least three of a 🍉 kind to do so. For the low paying lot, we get 9-A card ranks, possessing the same value of 1x 🍉 the bet for five of a kind. Moving on to the premiums, there are pocket watches, crowns, top hats, the 🍉 Rabbit character, and the Queen of Hearts paying out 2-10x the bet for five of a kind. The big red 🍉 heart symbol is the wild and appears on reels 2, 3, or 4. One thing it does is substitute for 🍉 all other symbols, while its secondary function is to occasionally trigger the wheel feature.
Queenie: Slot Features
Following on from the previous 🍉 point, whenever a wild symbol hits, there is a chance the wheel feature activates. When it does, a wheel partly 🍉 hidden behind the reels comes into view and spins once, to award:
A money reward worth 8-200 times the total bet.
worth 🍉 8-200 times the total bet. A random multiplier of x2 to x100 that applies to the total win of the 🍉 spin.
of x2 to x100 that applies to the total win of the spin. A random number of wilds added to 🍉 the screen on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5.
added to the screen on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5. Jackpot 🍉 feature triggers.
triggers. Free spins trigger.
Jackpot Bonus Game
When this is activated, cards appear all over the screen, and players click them 🍉 one at a time. When 3 matching jackpots have been revealed, the corresponding prize is paid. The four jackpots are 🍉 the Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand, worth 20x, 50x, 200x, and 4,000x the bet, respectively. There is a chance of 🍉 revealing a Boost card. When this happens, the jackpot amounts are increased by a random amount of 5x to 800x 🍉 the total bet.
Free Spins
If the feature wheel stops on a free spins segment, the number of spins displayed is awarded. 🍉 The rules are pretty much the same as the base game, except when a wild symbol hits, it always triggers 🍉 the feature wheel. This means that free spins can be retriggered if won from the wheel.
Buy Free Spins
Where applicable, players 🍉 are able to buy free spins for the cost of 100x the bet. When bought, the feature wheel spins to 🍉 determine how many free spins are awarded.
Queenie: Slot Verdict
Queenie is not without some charm, but it will definitely help if 🍉 you appreciate Wild Streak's particular style to recognise it. For one, the darker, more grown-up presentation of Alice in Wonderland 🍉 makes a change from the psychedelic cartoon approach studios often take. Half the time, we kind of forgot we were 🍉 playing an Alice game; the steely-eyed unblinking gaze of the Queen was a tad unsettling. There are touches, though, such 🍉 as the Rabbit, the Card Soldiers and so on, making Queenie a minor celebration of Lewis Carrol's work.
One star of 🍉 Queenie is the heart symbol. It lands quite often but teases a lot in the base game since there is 🍉 no guarantee it will trigger the wheel feature. When it does though, the game steps up and most of the 🍉 prizes it awards go on to do something special. Not hugely special; this is no White Rabbit or Plunderland, after 🍉 all. Despite being able to win up to 50 initial free spins from the wheel, not to mention score some 🍉 pretty large multipliers and mid-range jackpots, Queenie payouts max out at 4,200x the bet. Still, there is amusement value here 🍉 for hardcore Alice fans or players into the sort of physical, older style of play the Wild Streak/Pragmatic Play collabs 🍉 often turn out to be.
Unfortunately, that doesn't really include us. Queenie simply failed to set our hearts a flutter which 🍉 may or may not be ironic given the subject matter. If you really like the idea of repeat wheel prizes 🍉 during free spins, fair enough; it's just there are better options out there in terms of both Wonderland theme and 🍉 Jackpot style gaming.
