Stompin’ Gold

Stompin' Gold: Slot Overview

After being added to legacy titles like Book of Dead and Wild North Radiant Skies, Play'n GO's GO Collect feature branches off on its own path, serving as part of the engine behind the wildlife slot Stompin' Gold. Not just any old wildlife, either. In this game, we're tracking a creature that is part myth, part legend, part pop-culture fantasy: Bigfoot. Or Bigfeet in this case, since there are two of them, each connected to a specific wild feature, which are also combinable. As for the GO Collect part, this links to a hold 'n' win within a hold 'n' win round, with four local jackpot prizes on the side.

Players who enter the world of Stompin' Gold enter a nature game of camping, hiking, and wildlife spotting. More specifically, a young fellow by the name of Jack Tracker, who is on the hunt for the two Bigfoot characters. Not to shoot them and drape their fur on the floor, but to take pictures and observe them going about their daily business. Jack spends the base game moving across the top of the grid, peering through binoculars, while the two Bigfoot characters Biggie and Boogie turn up from time to time, striking poses. The bonus round moves to the Bigfeet's house, which overflows with gold coins, oddly enough. Stompin' Gold strikes a light-hearted tone through Sasquatch characters who are more concerned with acting all silly and hoarding shiny objects than hiding from the humans.

Stompin' Gold is a 5x3 game with 20 paylines evaluating winning combinations of 3+ OAK. It provides a medium-high volatile session with a maximum RTP in the 96.2% region, though lower return models are something to look out for. When choosing a stake, the options vary from a minimum of $/€0.10 up to $/€100.

The pay symbol hierarchy includes wooden 10-A royals, flasks, cameras, backpacks, and tents. Landing 5 matching royals pays 1.2x the bet, or landing 5 matching premium symbols is worth 2.5x to 3x the bet. Wilds substitute for all symbols except Bounty Coin. Wilds may be revealed by mystery symbols or land on the reels in the base game. Wilds pay 4x the stake when five wilds create a winning combination.

Stompin' Gold: Slot Features

While spotting Bigfoot, keep an eye on the features, which are made up of mystery symbols, Biggie & Boogie upgrades, Bounty Coins, and GO Collect triggered bonus rounds.

Features

• Mystery Symbols - Mystery symbols can land at any time in the base game. If regular symbols are revealed by mystery symbols, they will all be the same, but there is a chance individual mystery symbols reveal a wild or Bounty Coin.
• Biggie & Boogie Upgrade - Biggie and Boogie may appear in the base game, where they can upgrade the wild symbol. When wilds and Biggie are both present, all wilds become expanding wilds. When wilds and Boogie are both present, all wilds get a multiplier of x2 to x100. If Biggie and Boogie are both present with wilds, all wilds become expanding wilds with a multiplier. When more than one multiplier is part of the same payline, the values are added to create a final multiplier.
• Bounty Coins - Bounty Coins may land at any time or be revealed by mystery symbols. They possess a value of 1x to 5x the bet. Special Bounty Coins may carry the Mini (10x), Minor (25x), Major (100x), Mega (250x), or Grand (1,000x) Bonus. Landing 4 or more Bounty Coins triggers the Hold'N Grow round, and the triggering Bounty Coins are carried over to the feature. When 1-3 Bounty Coins land, they are collected by the GO Collect Meter.
• GO Collect - If a Bounty Coin is collected by the GO Collect meter, there is a chance the Hold'N Grow is triggered. If the Hold'N Grow is triggered by the GO Collect Meter, 1 to 3 random Bounty Coins are awarded at the start of the feature as well as the triggering Bounty Coins.

Hold'N Grow

The Hold'N Grow is a standard hold & spin round with 3 respins. The size of the grid during the round depends on the number of Bounty Coins present, from 4-6 Coins on a 5x3 grid up to 24-40 Coins on a 5x8 grid. Landing the required Bounty Coins unlocks the extra rows after the spin. The Hold'N Grow ends when spins run out or all positions are filled.

Bonus Bounty Coin & Hold'N Spin

The Bonus Bounty Coin may land in the Hold'N Grow, and it triggers the Hold'N Spin when it does. The Hold'N Spin is a 3x3 bonus with 3 respins. When this feature ends, the game goes back to the Hold'N Grow. The sum of all Bounty Coins becomes the value of the Bonus Bounty Coin when returning to the Hold'N Grow.

Stompin' Gold: Slot Verdict

With big names like Book of Dead or Wild North Radiant Skies attached to the GO Collect project, Stompin' Gold has to try that little bit harder to grab attention and then hold onto it. The graphics are pleasant, and the human-Bigfoot interactions have a feel-good factor, if a little annoying after a while, but there wasn't much about Stompin' Gold which initially stood out and demanded attention. The most shocking aspect was winning potential, which at 50,000x dwarfs the previously mentioned GO Collect slots. However, like other big potential Play'n GO slots released around this time, Nugget N' Nonsense, Colt Lightning Inferno, for instance, spotting Sasquatch seems more likely to happen.

Still, positive results are possible in the base game when Biggie and Boogie transform regular wilds into expanding or multiplier, or better yet, expanding multiplier wilds. The way the two characters pop up above the reels rather than on them is kind of cute. Bonus rounds are kind of cute as well, mixing grid expansion with a bonus within a bonus feature. Otherwise, the Hold'N Grow is a simple case of just landing Bounty Coins, and that's about it. Special Bounty Coins carrying named prizes may hit, but there are no modifiers or anything like that, so the action is quite basic. As noted, winning potential is theoretically high, so bonus rounds have plenty of room to evolve should they be flowing well.

All in all, Stompin' Gold is a charming game that has something to offer gamblers who like it light, breezy, and leaning on the humorous side. It'll help too, if cutting-edge gameplay isn't a must, since Stompin' Gold relies on rather standard mechanics, though some have been smartly linked to the theme, and having a two-level hold 'n' win round is quite novel. GO Collect isn't anything extraordinary, but familiar gaming components and a grin-inducing skin should be fine and dandy for gamblers who prefer mainstream familiarity over anything challenging.