Cock-A-Doodle Moo

Cock-A-Doodle Moo: Slot Overview

Games Global partner Northernlights Gaming has gotten its hands dirty on a farm in the online slot Cock-A-Doodle Moo. Its clever name gives away two of the animals players are likely to encounter while playing, namely, cows and roosters. Each high-pay animal symbol is connected to a low-pay food symbol, which is a pairing that comes into play during the Chomp Chomp Wild Bonus, while other extras to be found on this farm are things like free spins and a pick 'n click Pot Bonus round.

A blue-skied sunny day greets players as they enter Cock-A-Doodle Moo. As does a red timbered barn, which houses the game's grid matrix, next to other staples of agriculture – a pitchfork, a watering can, hay, a windmill, etcetera, etcetera. All pretty standard slot farm stuff, including a group of animals that look like they're absolutely chuffed to have their eggs snatched, their milk drained, and their fleece shorn off for the benefit of peopledom. Then again, when free spins trigger, the troop literally get their disco on, similar to the way animals boogied on down in Pear Fiction Studios' slot Chicken Night Fever.

Northernlights Gaming has designed Cock-A-Doodle Moo to perform on a 6-reel, 4-row gaming area, which has 25 lines for landing wins along. It's been crafted with several RTP configurations in mind, where the highest return value possible is 96.01%. On this model, hits occur at a frequency of 30.53%, driven by high volatility. When selecting a stake, players are able to pick a wager of 10 c to $/€40, with various intervals in between.

Cock-A-Doodle Moo pays out when 3 to 6 identical symbols land on a pay line from the left side of the screen. What can be known as 'feed' symbols are the low pays – seeds, a carrot, flowers, and grass, while the high pay animals are a rooster, pig, sheep, and cow. Hitting 6 of the same low-pay symbol awards 2.5 times the bet, whereas 6 of the same animal symbol is worth 5 to 8 times the bet. Wild symbols substitute for all pay symbols in Cock-A-Doodle Moo, and since they appear on all reels, they can make wins of themselves worth up to 8x the bet.

Cock-A-Doodle Moo: Slot Features

The features in Cock-A-Doodle Moo are Oversized symbols, the Chomp Chomp Wild Bonus, free spins, Golden Horseshoes, and a pot bonus.

Oversized Symbols

Any symbol in Cock-A-Doodle Moo can land oversized in sizes of 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 during the base game or free spins. Only the segment of an oversized symbol in view may be part of a win.

Chomp Chomp Wild Bonus

Randomly, on any spin, a prized animal may appear on the screen to trigger this bonus. When this bonus triggers, the feed symbol associated with the prized animal is turned wild. This may occur in the base game or in free spins.

Free Spins

Landing 5 or more scatters triggers free spins. Each landed scatter grants 1 free spin. When scatters land during the feature, players get extra free spins. Nothing in the demo indicated anything new happens or is added to free spins. However, the barnyard transforms into a disco dance in the background.

Golden Horseshoe

Regular 1x1 symbols may land with a golden horseshoe overlay. Horseshoes are collected in the pot bucket. Horseshoe collections are saved per bet.

Pot Bonus

Collecting golden horseshoes randomly triggers the Pot Bonus. When it starts, 12 chickens with hidden pot eggs are displayed – 1 pot egg is hidden under each chicken. Selecting a chicken reveals its pot prize, which can be the Mini, Minor, Major, or Grand worth 30x, 200x, 1,000x, or 5,000x the bet, respectively. Revealing 3 of the same prize awards the value, and only 1 prize is awarded. This feature can be triggered from the base game or in free spins.

Cock-A-Doodle Moo: Slot Verdict

Since this is the second disco farmyard slot in a matter of weeks, you might be wondering what actually happens in a barn after a farmer switches out the lights. Okay, it's unlikely cows or roosters are cranking up Bee Gees hits and cutting a rug beneath a glittering disco ball, but it's fun to pretend. And it's probably best to adopt a spirit of having a jolly time when approaching Cock-A-Doodle Moo. It's a laid-back, easy-going game that turns on the animalistic charm but is rather uninspiring in the gameplay department. Put another way, Cock-A-Doodle Moo felt like a game where if you didn't fall for the presentation, it's unlikely anything else would come along to make you change your mind.

For starters, it's always too bad when nothing special has officially been added to a free spins round to encourage a good old scatter chase. At least, nothing was mentioned in the demo regarding augmented free spins abilities, and we didn't want to just pepper the review with eye-balled anecdotes. The Pot Bonus is clearer cut. Pick chickens to win a prize. That's where Cock-A-Doodle Moo's max win can be scooped too, for those lucky enough to reveal 3 of the Grand prizes, thereby pouring 5,000x the bet into your pocket. The Major prize wouldn't be shabby either.

And that's all folks. Cock-A-Doodle Moo is a light-hearted farmyard romp which may suit players looking for a slot supplying a straightforward pick me bonus round with a decent top prize. Mechanically speaking, Cock-A-Doodle Moo doesn't have a ton to offer despite coming across as a Gigablox alternative, not that Gigablox has a monopoly on oversized symbols. Fortunately, if Cock-A-Doodle Moo doesn't hit the spot, a ton of other rurally minded slots like Wild Yield, Rabbit Garden, or Rabbit Royale inhabiting the slot landscape might.