Not Now Norman - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Not Now Norman Slot Review

It seems five-reel slots are no longer just modern games but also the slots of the future. At least, that’s one explanation for why the four rows of the Not Now Norman slot are full of UFOs and aliens. This isn’t an invasion - it’s all delivered in good humour, and a progressive feature trail or the bonus ladder could lead to increasing numbers of free spins and other features.

Fun in Space

Slots can choose different ways to represent outer space. Sometimes it’s dark and cold. Then there’s the Not Now Norman slot, which has a look that wouldn’t be out of place in a children’s cartoon (though, of course, children shouldn’t be playing slots at all). 

Symbols include not just little green aliens but little green alien dogs, both wearing fishbowl helmets. Every character has a delighted smile. Friendliest of all is Norman, the overexcited alien child with four arms, striped helmet and curious expression. As the title suggests, the poor boy wants to help, but responses are frustrated. Also intriguing is the scatter symbol, the badge of a post office worker, except it’s the Mars Post Office, plus a robot delivering the post.

Across the Planets

One of the Not Now Norman bonus features is the feature trail, where you journey from planet to planet: Pluto (no controversial reclassification here), Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury. Representations of these planets bounce in the background against the blue-black sky, and the green card symbols on the reels appear chopped out of planets or moons.

Not Now Norman RTP and Variance

In the Not Now Norman slot, the RTP is 95.56% and the variance is medium to high. 

How to Play Not Now Norman

1. If you want to know about payout potential or how features work, the best thing is to check the paytable and rules - found by clicking info.
2. There’s another link to info in the settings menu, where you’ll also find the mute button and possibly other controls.
3. Look at your current balance. Remember, even if you use demo play, you still need a sustainable budget.
4. Decide an appropriate bet accordingly and adjust with the arrow buttons. 
5. When you’ve sorted your settings and you’ve decided on limits, you’re ready to press that big spin button.
6. Winning symbols are never guaranteed. Stay in control of your game, and know when to stop, even in demo mode.
7. Always play responsibly. 

How to Win at Not Now Norman

Not Now Norman does have its unique features as a Games Lab free slot, but the basics are similar to many slots in casinos across the internet. There are paylines, in this case 50 of them, and if you can line up matching symbols across one of them, you win. Smaller wins come from three winning symbols, but find five across all five reels for the biggest payouts.

Top Wins

• Ten regular paying symbols are divided into four levels of value.
• Bottommost are the 9, 10 and J; then the Q, K and A are together.
• Themed symbols are worth more. First there are the robot and the dog, but the highest paying are the adult alien and planet surface, both with a top win multiplier that’s 500x your bet.
• You can get payouts from the wild and the scatter symbol too. The wild even pays from two matches and has a five-of-a-kind win multiplier of x750.
• Overall, the max win available is x2286.

Bet Range

Minimum bet: 0.5.

Maximum bet: 100.00.

Not Now Norman Bonuses

One of the things that makes the Not Now Norman slot distinctive is the unusual nature of its bonuses. You have more control than in most games, able to choose when to claim free spins, but you also risk losing them. There are also multipliers and bonus prizes that could up your total win.

Feature Trail

Norman is the wild, but he also appears in the base game whenever you find three scatters. That’s your chance to join the feature trail You start at Pluto, with four free spins, but then you have to make a choice. Claim the spins, or say, “Not now, Norman!” and gamble on reaching Neptune with its five spins. Every planet adds one spin, up to the 12 found on Mercury.

Norman’s Cascading feature can occur anywhere between Neptune and Venus and always occurs on Mercury, causing some or all previous features to cascade. Not to be confused with cascading symbols/avalanche features in other slots.

Bonus Ladder

You’ll see the bonus ladder at the start. It has six rungs that light up until they land on your prize:

• Double spins: double your free spins.
• Pick a prize: pick three prizes of up to 500x.
• Prizes x2: adds a x2 win multiplier.
• Prizes x3: adds a x3 win multiplier.
• Wild reel 3: the third reel becomes entirely wild symbols.
• Start free spins: pretty much self-explanatory.
• Norman Goes Postal will trigger all ladder bonuses.

Max-win 2,286x

Volatility High

Top RTP 95.6%

Not Now Norman Review - Our Verdict

Aliens and robots delivering post out in space is not an obvious video slot theme, but it works well. The Not Now Norman slot tries to make you smile in its base game, and when you add that to the innovative features, you have something distinctive. Admittedly, innovative features can also lead to confusion, and you may need to reread the rules, or our Not Now Norman slot review, a few times for clarity.

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