Loco the Monkey slot review (Quickspin)

Loco the Monkey by Quickspin – Easy-to-play with a touch of humour

The new year is about to start, and Quickspin kicks off with Loco the Monkey. Loco in means crazy. And that’s what describes this Quickspin slot best.

The idea is dead simple: a monkey loves to eat fruits and, above all, bananas. You need to spin as many of these as possible, on top of the monkeys, of course.

It looks a bit like a 10-year-old slot, but fortunately, we have a more modern win potential!

Loco the Monkey: you can land up to 7,000x the bet

6.829x, to be exact. That’s pretty loco, should you manage to grab such a win!

SLOT: LOCO THE MONKEY | SOFTWARE: QUICKSPIN   Number of paylines: 5×4 setup. 50 fixed paylines. RTP and variance: 96.15%, Medium to High Maximum win: 6,829x the total bet Betting range: $€0.25 – $€100 Bonus features: Free Spins Pasadena Pinot Fest Casinos verdict: It’s not bad to kick off 2021 with this slot. But if it were 2011, I would have believed it as well.

Loco the Monkey slot – Gameplay and Features

Loco the Monkey has 5 reels with 4 symbols each. There are no less than 50 fixed paylines.

The five high-paying symbols are tropical fruits: limes, pineapples, blueberries, mangos, and bananas.

As the most lucrative symbols, we have the bananas, and a five-of-a-kind of bananas gets you a 10x win. Given that you have 50 paylines, simple maths tells us that a full screen of bananas yields a lovely 500x win.

The low-paying symbols are the 9, 10, J, Q, K and A.

The crazy, brown-coloured monkey is the Wild symbol, and the gold-coloured monkeys with diamond eyes are the Scatters. 

The More Monkeys! Respin

The main game is spiced up, thanks to the More Monkeys! Respin feature.

You get a free respin if you manage to spin at least four Wilds. In that case, reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 will spin again. The good news is that the Wilds remain sticky. You’ll get another free respin if you get one or more Wilds in the respin again. It stops once you fail to spin new Wilds.

The trick is simple: land many bananas in combination with the sticky monkeys. Party time guaranteed!

How do you activate the free spins?

The party can become even more significant, thanks to the free spins. You’ll need 3 Scatters (Gold-coloured monkeys) to activate 10 free spins.

If you manage to spin the 3 scatters during the free spins, you retrigger another 5 free spins.

The Monkey Frenzy! Free Spins

The main advantage of the free spins is that the wilds are sticky for the remaining free spins. I bet you’ll do the monkey dance if you spin many monkeys at the beginning of the free spins.

But there is more in the tank.

If you land a Wild on top of a sticky Wild, you’ll get a total multiplier of x2, which doubles all subsequent wins.

Do the same again, and the total multiplier becomes x3 (which is also the maximum).

If you manage to spin many bananas combined with the many sticky monkeys, it can become incredibly lucrative. Remember that you have 50 paylines!

Payout percentage (RTP) is 96.15%.

The RTP is 96.15%, which’s more or less the RTP of the average online slot. No reason to complain, even though it’s not exceptional.

The variance (volatility) of Loco, the Monkey, is medium to high

The slot has a medium to a high variance if we are to believe Quickspin.

Assume that most top wins will be around 500x to 1,000x.

Pros en Cons Advantages: √  An entertaining and cheerful theme and tropical fruits are very healthy √  The gameplay is not too complicated, and that suits novice players √  Pretty hefty win potential Disadvantages: χ  It feels a bit like a 5 to 10 years old slot So, who’ll like the slot? And who won’t? This slot is made for those looking for fun and those in a happy mood. It may not have the most innovative or spectacular gameplay, but, hey, it doesn’t always need to be.

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