Cricket Legends - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Cricket Legends is one of the many free play demo games available from the always reliable Woohoo. If you are having any trouble finding other Woohoo free slots then you can pay a visit to their own site but it’s always worth checking Slots Temple. Sport-themed slots are growing in popularity and it is good to see Woohoo going up against something like Microgaming’s Cricket Star slot. 
 
Cricket Legends uses a 5-reel grid with 3 rows. The minimum bet level is 0.5 and the maximum is 100. There are 9 regular symbols: Batsman, Wicket Keeper, Bowler, Coach, Umpire, then the four highest playing cards. The scatter is the trophy. The wild is a cricket ball.

Theme, graphics and soundtrack

The graphics have been designed with a serious look - no cartoon athletes here. It’s a very appropriate approach to an important international game (although it probably won’t fly with an American audience). The stadium background is a vast, sweeping arena, the stands packed with spectators. In the foreground a valiant batsman is bowled out. The symbols spin on invisible reels so we remain connected with the cricket ground. The animation is fairly modest and it’s a shame Woohoo couldn’t stretch to the Test Match Special theme, ‘Soul Limbo’, but the existing soundtrack is adequate.

Cricket Legends RTP and variance

According to the makers Cricket Legends has an RTP of 95.86 per cent which is slightly above average. However, some sources measure it at 96.48 per cent. The variance is medium.

How to play Cricket Legends

1. Click the Spin button or press the space bar to start playing at the current total bet level. 
2. Click on the bet display box to bring up a full table of available bet levels.
3. Select Auto play to enter the auto-play settings menu. This allows you to set the number of spins from 10 to 100. The number of auto spins is displayed on the spin button.
4. In the Auto play menu you can also set a maximum loss level and a single win level.
5. Press Stop Auto-play to exit auto-play mode at any time.
6. Click the settings menu to bring up the lightning bolt for fast play.
7. The balance meter at the bottom left of the screen displays your current balance which is constantly updated.
8. Only the highest win is paid per winning combination.
9. The game is a 243 win ways game in which winnings are awarded left to right for the same symbol appearing on adjacent reels, except the scatter which pays in either direction.
10. Wild symbols can appear on all reels except reel 1 and can substitute for any other symbol except for the scatter. In the base game they can appear stacked in reels 3, 4 and 5. In free games they stack on reels 2, 3 and 4.
11. Scatter wins are multiplied by the total bet and are added to win ways. Scatters pay in any position and appear only during the base game.
12. Tumbling reels feature. After a winning spin, the winning symbols disappear from the play screen and new symbols will fall from above to fill the empty spaces. This gives the player the chance to win more from the same bet. This continues until there is a non-winning spin. Tumbling reels can also occur during free spins.
13. Always make sure to play online slots responsibly and if you play for real money at an online casio, ensure you set yourself limits of what you can afford to lose. When it stops being fun you should stop playing.

Bet sizes and paytable wins

The bet size ranges from 0.5 to 100. Maximum payout is 5,000.

The paytable values run from 3x to 5x and the top pay-outs are as follows:

• Batsman x5 = 30
• Wicket Keeper x5 = 15
• Bowler x5 = 12.50
• Coach x5 = 7.50
• Umpire x5 = 6.25

• Ace x5 = 6
• King x5 = 5
• Queen x5 = 4
• Jack x5 = 3.50
• Scatter x5 = 625

    
Cricket Legends bonus features

Expanding Wild Feature

Reels 2, 3 and 4 can turn at random into wilds with an animation that fills the whole reel and substitutes for any regular symbols which gives the option of getting more win ways. This can happen in a maximum of 2 reels at a time and cannot occur during free spins or in the tumbling reels mode.

Free Spins Feature

3, 4 or 5 scatters will award 15, 20 or 25 free spins respectively. Each consecutive winning spin will trigger an increasing multiplier, 2x, 3x, 4x 5x or 10x. Within the same free spin each winning combination increases the multiplier until there is a non-winning spin. The multiplier is applied to the winning amount to give the total win. After a losing spin the multiplier value resets to 1x. During free spins wins are awarded according to the current bet level.

Cricket Legends review: our verdict

With good graphics, plenty of win ways, tumbling reels and a decent pay-out we can perhaps forgive the fairly limited features in the game. Not ground-breaking but certainly entertaining for a while.

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