Bizarre Slot Review

The Bizarre Slot Game

It’s not the first time that Nolimit City has ventured into a peculiar theme. In fact, games themed around odd topics are the studio’s speciality. So, it wasn’t surprising to meet an online slot called Bizarre from Nolimit’s production chain.

The backstory is about a doctor who believed he had cracked the code to genetically modify animals into mythical creatures. Surprisingly, the game’s design isn’t gory to look at. Instead, the background is an old farm that the doctor has turned into a crazy laboratory. Perhaps the scariest part of the visuals is the deranged creatures roaming the 5x4 reels.

It seems the doctor’s plan is working, which makes me wonder what his plan would be after his success. Create a humanoid? Or continue to reshape the normal state of living things? To conclude, he uses a high-pitched melody to celebrate his discovery.

Symbols and Payouts

The Bizarre video slot features 10 regular symbols and 20 paylines that determine how winning combinations are formed. When playing, aim for identical symbols to appear on 3 or more adjacent reels from left to right along an activated win line.      

The highest win per line is paid, and all the payouts are made based on the currently selected stake.

The low-paying symbols are the stitched 10, J, Q, K, and A royals, and they pay 0.15-1x, 0.15-1.2x, 0.15-1.4x, 0.2-1.6x, and 0.2-1.8x the bet, respectively. Then the top of the paytable includes the following deranged creations:

• Elephant: 1.1x, 2.2x, and 17x the bet.

• Ostrich: 1.2x, 2.4x, and 19x the stake.

• Billy: 1.3x, 2.6x, and 22x the bet.

• Cow: 1.6x, 3.2x, and 32x the stake.

• Rabbit: 2x, 4x, and 44x the bet.

The Bizarre slot also features a wild symbol, which substitutes for all the regular symbols to help complete winning combinations. The wild also pays as the highest possible winning combination.

Bizarre Slot Bonus Features

Even with its peculiar nature, this video slot manages to entertain you with several in-game features. Let’s comb them up one by one.

xSplit

This symbol can appear on reels 1 and 5 as a single symbol or as a 4-row-high symbol (partially or fully). Whenever it appears in Bizarre, it splits all the symbols on the same row, doubling their size except for itself. It acts as a wild symbol after splitting.

Chimera Spins

Land 3 scatters to trigger 3 Chimera Spins. A scatter on the middle reel becomes wild and sticky throughout the feature. Before the bonus begins, three middle reels will spin individually. This spin can have wild, extra spins, and empty symbols. When wild or extra spin symbols land, they remain in place and trigger a respin.

If an xSplit symbol splits a wild symbol, it’ll get a multiplier, which also remains sticky for the entire feature.

Super Chimera Spins

Manage 2 scatters and a super scatter in the Bizarre base game for 3 Super Chimera Spins. It retains the Chimera Spins mechanics and transforms all scatters into wilds, and remains sticky throughout the feature.

Extra Spins

You can buy an additional spin after the Chimera or Super Chimera spins end. The extra spin keeps the Wild symbol along with its multiplier value from the previous spin. The cost will be calculated based on the wild symbol multipliers.

Coinage

You can activate the Coinage, where only coins with 1x to 1000x multipliers and special symbols can appear, for 200x the bet. If any positions are empty after a spin, a respin is played, filling them with new symbols. In the end, the sum of all multipliers is added before multiplying the base bet. The Bizarre special symbols that can land include:

• xSplit: Splits all coins and used Collectors on its row, doubling their values. Once used, the xSplit disappears.
• Collector: Accumulates the total value of all visible coins before removing them from the grid. The used Collector remains on the grid, and if another one lands afterwards, it also collects the value of the previously used Collector.
• Scatters: After 3 scatters are collected, they trigger the Chimera Spins after the Coinage feature. If one of the scatters is a super scatter, it’ll trigger the Super Chimera Spins instead.

Nolimit Boosters & Buys

The game features two bonus boosters:

• xBoost: For 2x the bet, you’re guaranteed a scatter symbol, which may be a super scatter, on the second reel. It boosts the chance of triggering the free spins thrice.
• Bonus Hunt: For 30x the stake, you’re 49 times more likely to activate the free spins. During this mode, only the scatters or empty symbols can land, with at most one super scatter.

Finally, Bizarre lets you buy the Chimera Spins, Super Chimera Spins, or a Lucky Draw for 120x, 400x, and 190x the bet, respectively.

How to Win at Bizarre Slot

This game features 5 reels, 4 rows, and 20 paylines, a standard configuration in the online slot community.

To win, you must aim for three or more matching symbols along a predefined line and on adjacent reels from the furthest left column to the right. All wins are calculated based on the selected base bet, which ranges from €0.20 to €100.    

Press the Spin button to trigger a single Bizarre spin or use the Autoplay function to set and gamble many spins automatically. To make the reels spin faster, enable the Turbo function. You can find the rest of the game functions through the Menu button. 

Bizarre Slot RTP & Volatility

This video slot has a theoretical RTP of 96.09% and extreme volatility with a 24.59% hit frequency. A lucky spin could see you winning up to 20,000 times the stake.

Conclusion

There’s something about calling an online slot by a surprising name like Bizarre. It’s as if Nolimit City is preparing you for a freak show from the onset, even before you set foot into the main deal. And, as expected, this video slot didn’t disappoint with its peculiar theme and design.

Since the game focuses on a crazy doctor’s obsession with genetically modifying animals, the visuals weren’t as gory as most would expect. Instead, the visuals, albeit their oddity, are worth stomaching. Furthermore, they’re thought-provoking, as they’ll make you question what happens inside secret laboratories existing in the world today.

The gameplay isn’t wildly packed. But it’s enough to keep you entertained, even as you offer a helping hand to the doc. The xSplist symbol helps boost wins, and the Chimera and Super Chimera features elevate your experience with free spins.

However, the Coinage feature, which is essentially a Hold ‘n’ Win-style bonus, cannot be triggered naturally, yet it’s the most eventful. Instead, you must buy it for 200x the bet, which may not be ideal for low-ballers. After trying the game, I found it more humorous than scary, which made it entertaining and hard not to notice.