Great Rhino Deluxe: Overview
Look out players, a stampede's a coming courtesy of
Pragmatic Play's African wildlife slot Great Rhino Deluxe. ⚾️ That great rhino, he's
getting a whole lot of mileage. This is the third iteration in the series which started
⚾️ with the Great Rhino, followed by Great Rhino Megaways, and now, the deluxe version.
Don't expect masses of change though. ⚾️ Not a heck of a lot is different between this
version and the original. Respins are still there, as are ⚾️ free spins plus the two
modest jackpots.
Visually, the game has moved on from the original Great Rhino slot.
The deluxe ⚾️ version actually looks a lot like the Megaways version, albeit on a reduced
grid. Now, we are back to the ⚾️ 5-reel, 20-payline format, set in the majestic African
countryside. If you've played one, you'll know the drill - wavy grass, ⚾️ Acacia trees,
wide-open vistas, all that sort of thing. Oh and plenty of wildlife on the reels of
course.
The soundtrack ⚾️ is a lot nicer than you usually find in an African themed slot.
When you start to play, it begins ⚾️ with a rhythmical drum track, but when the chorus
vocals kick in it gets quite uplifting. It's like when Rafiki ⚾️ held Simba on Pride Rock
on the Lion King – it produces tangibly good feelings. Altogether, the visuals and
effects ⚾️ give Great Rhino Deluxe a strong physical slot feel.
Great Rhino can be played
on any device, with stakes from 20 ⚾️ p/c toR$/€100 per spin available. Default RTP is
above average, at 96.5%, but can be found at lower settings, while ⚾️ volatility hovers in
the medium spectrum. It's not exactly a rampaging rhino, but the somewhat lenient math
model is boosted ⚾️ by a respectable potential.
Tapping the game's potential begins by
landing combinations of three to five matching symbols. The 9 regular ⚾️ symbols are all
the same symbols we found in the Megaways version, minus a couple of royals and a
general ⚾️ reshuffle.
Now, the line-up starts with Q-A symbols, followed by flamingos,
hyenas, crocs, gorillas, and cheetahs. This time the rhino is ⚾️ the most valuable regular
symbol (rather than the wild as was the case in Megaways), worth 20 times the stake ⚾️ for
five of a kind. He also pays out when just two land on a payline. The golden rhino coin
⚾️ is the wild, paying out on two of a kind, or up to 25x for five of a kind. In ⚾️ addition,
the golden rhino substitutes for all other symbols except the scatter.
Great Rhino
Deluxe: Features
Great Rhino Deluxe keeps it simple ⚾️ with just two features to dive into
– super respins, and free spins.
Super respins are triggered when two stacked reels ⚾️ of
rhinos land on the same spin. The two stacks get locked in place, and three respins are
awarded. During ⚾️ respins, only rhino symbols appear, and any new ones which land add
another respin.
New rhino symbols may, or may not, ⚾️ also display an x2 multiplier which
gets applied to the line win. More than one multiplier on a line has ⚾️ their values
multiplied together. When respins run out, all win combinations are paid. If at the end
of respins 14 ⚾️ Rhinos are in view, the Major jackpot worth 375x is paid rather than line
wins. If all 15 positions are ⚾️ covered in Rhinos, then players win the 500x Grand
jackpot.
The highlight is the free spins feature which activates when 3 ⚾️ scatters land
on reels 2, 3, and 4, rewarding 10 free spins. During free spins, whenever a rhino
symbol lands, ⚾️ it is collected. Then, on the last spin, all rhinos collected are dropped
on the reels in random positions. You ⚾️ better make the most of those spins as the
feature cannot be retriggered
Great Rhino Deluxe: Verdict
In many ways Great Rhino
⚾️ Deluxe is the love child of the two slots that preceded it, taking the original's
gameplay and marrying it to ⚾️ the graphics of the Megaways version. On paper, that might
not sound uber-deluxe, but in practice, the game plays out ⚾️ quite well, for what it is.
The Deluxe is certainly a more holistically enjoyable experience than the
original.
Taking a cynical ⚾️ view, Great Rhino Deluxe could be viewed like the director's
cut of a movie where 3.5 seconds of unseen footage ⚾️ has been added. Superfluous fluff
for diehard fanatics compelled to buy everything they can to expand their collection.
There's no ⚾️ denying the changes are fairly modest - a few graphic upgrades, a different
audio track, and a tweak to the ⚾️ features. It's simply riding on the wave of brand
awareness. Yet, enough has been changed or altered to warrant the ⚾️ 'Deluxe' label.
Then
again, for fans of the original it probably won't matter anyway. The game exudes so
much positivity it ⚾️ cuts through much of the criticism. A huge factor is the music,
combined with the physical slot feels from the ⚾️ graphics and sound effects, to create a
game which is easy to like.
Potential has certainly increased - Pragmatic Play claims
⚾️ wins of over 6,000 times the stake are now possible. Okay, it's not a third of what
Great Rhino Megaways ⚾️ is technically capable of. Still, it's not a bad haul, though with
what players get to work with, it does ⚾️ seem a bit of a pipe dream.
Great Rhino Deluxe
probably won't shake the slots world. It's not a high powered ⚾️ thrill machine or even
hugely different to the first, but for an enjoyable African slot packing an outrageous
feel-good factor, ⚾️ Great Rhino Deluxe isn't a bad choice for those into this style.
