Fortune Llama

Fortune Llama: Slot Overview

Swedish casino game maker Fantasma Games is one of those outfits you really have no idea what the team will come up with next. Sure, you could say that about a lot of creative types, but Fantasma Games has a particular way of being surprising with its releases. A case in point is today's online slot, Fortune Llama. We're used to Fantasma Games doing something, as the name suggests, fantastical, be it games like Hades River of Souls or Prometheus Titan of Fire. Fortune Llama is like neither of them. Rather than mill about in a field, grazing, the llama of this tale and his animal pals are hosting a bright, brash event. Since players are invited, care to check it out?

We used the word bright, and Fortune Llama looks like the sort of game that would drive a convertible Ferrari around Miami, with the top-down, all the better to see and be seen. The sort of llama which really wants attention and doesn't give a hootenanny about the haters. It's heavy on purples, yellows, and pastel blues while packing in palm trees plus what looks like a blurred city scene. In other words, this ain't the sort of party that participants join half-heartedly. Either you bring it, or Fortune Llama's brash style might be, well, a little too brash.

Getting more technical now, Fortune Llama is played on a game grid with 6 rows holding 4 symbols each. It uses a 4,096-ways-to-win system rather than paylines, where matching symbols can land on any row as long as they start on the first column and land over consecutive reels. It's medium volatile and ties together numerous features that may reward long-term play as well as shorter blasts, should luck be in. With a return to player value of 96%, it can be played on any device and takes bets of 20 p/c to $/€100 per spin. Certain features are persistent at each bet level, so don't be shy to take a bit longer choosing the appropriate stake.

One way of collecting a few coins off this llama is by hitting regular ways wins. Linking a six-of-a-kind combo triggers a payout of 2 to 2.5 times the stake if made up of 9 to Ace symbols or 4 to 6 times the bet for the high-pay animal symbols. Appearing on reels 1 and 2 only is the game's wild symbol. One thing the wild is capable of doing is substituting for all regular paying symbols. What else it can do is covered below.

Fortune Llama: Slot Features

Llamas might not seem like overly complex creatures, though we could be totally wrong. Fortune Llama, on the other hand, is a rather well-stocked game when it comes to features. Here we've got the Fortune Meter, Wild Wild feature, the Big Spin, and free spins. Here's how they work.

Fortune Meter

Llama symbols can hit on reels 3, 4, 5, and 6. When one lands, a point is added to the Fortune Meter. When reaching 100 points, the Fortune Meter is filled, and the multiplier it displays moves to the next level, starting at x1 while maxing out at x100. After each upgrade, the meter resets back to zero points, though if more than 100 points were generated, the extra amount is added to the reset. No more points are added if the meter reaches x100, and after free spins conclude, the meter returns to x1.

Wild Wild Feature

Landing wild symbols on reels 1 and 2 in the base game triggers the Wild Wild feature. After any regular wins have been paid, any Llama symbols that landed in view reveal a cash prize of 0.25 to 20x the bet, which is added up and paid.

Big Spin

Whenever the Llama symbol lands, it also puts a frame around its position if it is not already framed. When all 16 positions on reels 3-6 are marked by frames, a Big Spin is triggered. For the Big Spin, wild symbols are guaranteed to land on reels 1 and 2. Reels 3-6 combine so that only the Big Llama symbol or blank symbols may land. The Big Llama symbol breaks down into 1x1 symbols after the spin, and each one on the reels reveals a cash prize of 0.25x to 20x the bet which is paid.

Free Spins

Landing 3 bonus symbols landing on reels 1, 2, and 3 in the base game activates the free spins round. Here, 3 free spins are initially awarded, with 3 Llama symbols on the middle four reels. Only Llamas or blanks land during the feature. Landing Llamas locks them in place, also resetting the spin count back to three. If Llamas cover a whole column, their prize values are collected, and the symbols are removed. At the end of the round, the total of all Llama prizes is tallied up, and the multiplier from the Fortune Meter is applied to the total before being awarded.

Fortune Llama: Slot Verdict

There was a fair amount to cover there, but if you are familiar with Fantasma Games' past releases, much of the gameplay in Fortune Llama will probably feel familiar as well. Building a multiplier on the Fortune Meter for use during free spins for one is a fairly common Fantasma Games motif, having popped up before in slots like Wins of Winter and Magikspell. Fantasma Games often tend to have a bunch of interweaving elements rather than a straight base game/bonus game transition, and Fortune Llama can comfortably count itself as one of those.

Framed positions are also popular with the studio, though the Big Spin, which results from having all 16 positions marked, is different. In saying that, requiring two wilds on reels 1 and 2 to collect Llama cash prizes did bring to mind Pragmatic Play's Wild Wild Riches and its ilk. Still, on the whole, Fortune Llama blends it all together in its own unique way, emphasised by the bold neon living large animals idea. Hit this shindig at its peak, and it's possible to collect wins of up to 5,000 times the bet.

Not everyone is going to be enamoured by a hip llama, just as not everyone will take to Fortune Llama's brand of gameplay. It's not uncommon for a Fantasma Games release to have a 'you get it, or you don't' feel to them, which Fortune Llama came across as. There's a real mix of all sorts going on here, from longer-term win multiplier building, to shorter/medium-term rewards. If hanging with a hip llama appeals, though, this is one of the few choices on the market right now.