Respin Rhino - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

With their dinosaur-like appearance, fierce horn and unique look, rhinos are one of the most popular wild animals around. Sadly, as their numbers are dropping fast you may never get to see one in person, but there’s no chance of rhinos becoming extinct in this slot.

The rhino is obviously the star of the show, but the supporting cast of other animals popular in that area are equally cool to look at. It’s clear the designers put thought and effort into how the different elements fit together, and it works.

Many of us enjoy playing online slots at home on a laptop, but Respin Rhino offers more, as it is designed to work great on all devices, including phones and tablets. That’s handy when you are bored but away from your computer or have time to spare, like when commuting or on a work break.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

Respin Rhino is, as the name suggests, an animal-themed slot with the main focus on the magnificent rhino. Wildlife lovers will appreciate the range of creatures which feature here along with the sights and sounds of Africa, which add that extra something to the game’s atmosphere.

A Sight for Sore Eyes

There’s plenty of scope when it comes to illustrating animals for an online slot, and here the Lightning Box designers have gone for realistic hand-drawn images which are classy and professional. Watch out for some of the ‘big 5’, plus birds and monkeys, along with a glamorous local female leader (also the wild). Meanwhile, the background is images of grasslands bathed in that special dusk light and with a stunning mountain range on the horizon.

Musical Melodies

The soundtrack and effects of many slots can make you scramble for the volume-muting button, but Respin Rhino avoids that fate by sharing a delightful, entirely appropriate set of sounds. African songs, instruments and animal sounds are the ideal accompaniment for this worthy example of Lightning Box free play slots.

Respin Rhino Variance, RTP & Payout

Respin Rhino is considered by players to be between a low- and medium-variance slot, so there should be enough prize pot action to satisfy most folk! Meanwhile, the 95.26% return to player figure indicates how generous and potentially lucrative this slot is.

Payout Data

The top-paying symbol here is, of course, the rhino - 2000kg of shimmering gold muscle which offers between 30x and 105x your line stake. Close behind are the monkey and big cat, with 15/20x - 100x for two to four matches, then the bird and elephant with five matches bringing in 75x. Unusually, the playing card symbol values are pegged quite closely to the special icons, offering players from 75x (for five matches), to 5x for three.

How to Play Respin Rhino

1.     Get familiar with the control panel. In this slot it has a slightly unusual design, being quite basic and uncluttered.

2.    Decide on how many coins you want to stake each spin. There are two clear buttons for bet up and bet down, sandwiched around the ’max bet’ option for the high-rollers. Bets sizes increase gently between 0.40 (the minimum) and 2, then more drastically up to the max level of 200 coins.

3.    The small i symbol on the right above the +/- buttons leads to information on the game rules, payouts and bonus options, and is always something worth looking at if you like to play with a strategy.

4.    Once you are familiar with things and have decided on your stake, it’s just a matter of clicking on the spin symbol and enjoying the slot.

Min & Max Bets + Top Wins

Coin sizes range from 0.01 to 5.00, which, with the 40 fixed paylines, means the actual bet sizes available range from 0.40 to 200 coins per spin. A tasty 21,000 coins are on offer as the maximum win per spin.

Respin Rhino Bonus Features

The major bonus game on offer here is the (unimaginatively named] ‘Rhino Respin’. To trigger the glorious sight of respins you must first cross your fingers for reels 1 and 5 to completely fill with images of the golden rhino.

While the three respins awarded are in progress the stacked symbol and reels 1 and 5 show rhinos and are locked. Land a wild and everything resets to three and begins again. This can happen up to three times in total, which makes a win of nine respins possible.

The only other extra feature involves the female African village leader, who appears in her tribal costume and acts as the wild. She can be seen only on reels two and four, where she dances down them and subs for all other symbols there.

It may seem underwhelming to have so little bonus action going on, but the rewards are decent overall and at times can even be very generous.

Overall Review

This isn’t the flashiest of slots, but it is a solid choice for anyone interested in safari- or animal-themed games. Personally we enjoyed the extra touches to the graphics, which are most obvious in the woman’s animated twirl. Watch more closely, though and you will also see the rhino toss its head, the ape act like King Kong and the big cat lazily flick its tail. Another fun game which also features wild animals is the Respin Racer slot. This time they are on bikes and cuter, but some features will be familiar.

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