Sahara Nights review
Theme and Storyline
Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Sheherazade had a thousand tales… but the one we keep 🏵 retelling is that of Aladdin and the magic lamps. Here it is rendered in a slightly more realistic looking vein 🏵 than the traditional Disney knockoffs.
The characters of Aladdin, the Shah, and the Princess still appear, as does the bright blue 🏵 Djinn.
It’s a familiar tale, given new life by a new take. It’s just a shame slot makers don’t try one 🏵 of the other thousand Arabian Nights.
Win with the Expanding Wild symbol in Sahara Nights slot
Graphics, Sounds and Animations
The graphics have 🏵 a charming medieval Arabian look to them, stylised to fit in with the fantasy setting. They have all the usual 🏵 attention and care that Yggdrasil Gaming slots are given. The characters are individual and have clear silhouettes.
The animations add to 🏵 the effects of the graphics, adding personality and weight to the game.
They also blend well with the spin and win 🏵 sounds which have been custom designed to give this slot its particular feel, that of desert romance.
Gameplay
The gameplay is more 🏵 or less what you would expect from a standard slot.
There are five reels with three rows each in the base 🏵 game. With 20 win lines playing out on the reels.
The main event is the bonus (details below), though this turns 🏵 out to just be a straightforward free spin bonus. There are no random features or gamble features.
Gameplay video
Wilds, Bonuses and 🏵 Free Spins
The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Free Spin symbol. They appear only on reels two, three 🏵 and four. Wilds expand to fill the reel whenever they are going to make a winning combination by doing so.
Three 🏵 or more Free Spin symbols trigger a Free Spin bonus. This consists of 8 free spins for three symbols, 12 🏵 for four and 16 for five. Three or more symbols also come with a cash pay out of x1, x10, 🏵 or x100 the total bet for three, four and five symbols respectively.
During free spins, Wilds are sticky. Filling all three 🏵 middle reels with Wilds triggers an additional two free spins. Extra free spins are also awarded for two or more 🏵 Free Spin symbols (whereas you need at least three of them to trigger the free spins in the base game).
Player 🏵 can retrigger Extra Spins during the Free Spins bonus feature
Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance
The return to player of this game 🏵 is 96.20%, a little over our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.
The range of bets on the site we tested 🏵 ran from a minimum bet per spin ofR$/£/€0.10 up to a maximum ofR$/£/€100.00 per spin.
The volatility of this game is 🏵 medium, which makes it a poor match for our preferred slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible 🏵 volatility.
Paytable for the high paying symbols
Conclusion
Sahara Nights is a straightforward slot. Especially for something coming out of Yggdrasil Gaming, a 🏵 company that tends to innovate with even the simplest of ideas.
But it does everything it sets out to do well. 🏵 Perhaps a little too solidly, we could have used higher returns for the player and much higher volatility.
Still, taking it 🏵 on its own terms it is a pretty good slot.
