Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition Slot Review
Ink blots crawl up both margins of a scorched, rust-orange wasteland, a snarling berzerker is stamped across the top in slanted red lettering, and there isn’t a single clean surface anywhere on screen. Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition is one of the rare slots that doesn’t need features to justify itself: almost everything it has to say is said by the return and the artwork.
Thunderkick drew every inch of this one by hand, grime and all, and it sits in a catalogue alongside Midas Golden Touch and Pink Elephants. It runs on a 5×3 grid with 20 fixed pay lines at an RTP of 97.3%, comfortably above the norm, with one wild and one bonus round carrying the rest. Fewer moving parts than nearly anything on the shelf, and a better return than almost all of it.
Base Game, Paytable and Symbols
Wins land in the conventional way: three or more matching symbols from the far left reel across one of the 20 fixed lines. Only the highest combination per line is paid, and all line wins are added together at the end of the round. The paytable values below are multiples of the total bet.
- Woman with purple claw hand (yellow frame): 3x, 7x, 50x
- Green monster with trident: 2x, 4.5x, 25x
- Red snake/tentacle creature: 1.5x, 3.5x, 15x
- Pink horned furry beast: 1x, 2.5x, 10x
- Gold coin with axe-like emblem: 0.4x, 1x, 4x
- Green coin with club-like emblem: 0.4x, 0.9x, 3.5x
- Blue coin with Q-like emblem: 0.4x, 0.8x, 3x
Four character symbols sit above three coin symbols, and the drop from top to bottom is steep. Five claw-handed women at 50x the bet is the ceiling of the standard table, while the coins barely cover the spin at the bottom end. A three-of-a-kind coin win pays 0.4x, which doesn’t even return the stake; the coin tier exists to keep lines ticking over, not to pay them.
The middle of the table is where the real steps are. The second and third characters pay 25x and 15x for a full line, and both clear the top coin’s best result at just three of a kind. In practice that means the character symbols are the only ones worth watching for, and the coin wins function mostly as change.
The wild is a gold-framed face that substitutes for the paying symbols. The purple-faced bonus symbol is a scatter, which means it doesn’t need to sit on a pay line to count. Every scatter that lands anywhere in view goes towards the bonus trigger.
Visually the character symbols carry the theme: the green trident monster and the red tentacled thing look pulled straight from the same splattered sketchbook as the backdrop. The coins, by contrast, are plain emblem discs. They do the job, but they’re the quietest thing on the reels.
One housekeeping rule worth knowing: no bets can be altered during a game round. Whatever stake is selected when the reels start spinning is the stake that stands until the round finishes, and the same stake carries over into any bonus it triggers.
The Expanding Wild
The expanding wild is the game’s signature modifier, and its reach changes between modes. In the base game it appears on reel 3 only, and it stretches to fill the whole reel whenever it forms part of a pay line win. That single-reel limit keeps it a treat rather than a routine.
There’s a condition buried in that first rule that matters. The wild has to be included in a pay line win to expand, so a wild landing on reel 3 that completes nothing stays as it is. In the base game the expansion is always earned, never given.
In the bonus game the wild’s territory widens to reels 2, 3 and 4, it substitutes for everything except the bonus symbol, and a wild landing on reel 2 always expands, whether it’s part of a win or not.
That reel 2 guarantee is a small rule with a large effect. Because the expansion there is unconditional, every free spin carries at least one fully wild reel in the middle of the grid, and it’s the reason the bonus round plays so differently from the base game.
The Bonus Game and Free Spins
Three or more bonus symbols anywhere in a spin award the bonus game, and the count of scatters sets the spin count:
- 3 bonus symbols: 10 free spins
- 4 bonus symbols: 15 free spins
- 5 bonus symbols: 20 free spins
The round is played at the same bet as the triggering spin, so the stake set before the scatter lands is the stake the whole bonus runs on. Additional bonus symbols during the round grant additional free spins, up to a hard cap of 20 spins. A three-scatter entry can therefore climb to the same ceiling as a five-scatter one.
The entry count still matters, though. A five-scatter start sits at the cap from the first spin, which means every one of its spins runs with the full three-reel wild territory and nothing left to add. A three-scatter start has to earn its way up, and each scatter that lands mid-round buys more time in the mode where the game pays best. The cap is the same either way; the route to it isn’t.
With expanding wilds live on three reels and reel 2 expanding unconditionally, the bonus is where the paytable’s upper rows become realistically reachable. The 50x five-of-a-kind for the top symbol is a long shot in the base game; in free spins, it gets genuine help from stacked wilds across the middle of the grid.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Playing this one is a lesson in economy: one wild, one bonus round, and the best return you’re likely to see this year. The base game is a patient watch, and the berzerker’s splattered world does the entertaining while you wait. What makes it worth picking is that bonus round: the unconditional expand on reel 2 means every free spin opens with a full wild reel, and the climb from 10 to 20 spins gives a three-scatter trigger somewhere to go.
The weakness is the ceiling. A 50x best line means even the perfect bonus pays like a solid base win in bigger games, and no amount of wild reels changes that. For players who want their money to last, their maths honest and their artwork hand-drawn, this is easy company. Chase four-figure lines elsewhere and the axe will feel blunt.
Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition FAQs
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What is the RTP of Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition?
The RTP is 97.3%, which is well above the typical online slot and one of the more generous returns you’ll find. -
How do you trigger the free spins bonus in Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition?
Landing three or more bonus symbols, which are scatters, in a single spin awards the bonus game. Three scatters give 10 free spins, four give 15, and five give 20. -
Can free spins be retriggered?
Yes. Any additional bonus symbol that lands during the bonus game grants extra free spins, up to a maximum of 20 in total. -
What does the expanding wild do?
The expanding wild fills its entire reel whenever it forms part of a pay line win. In the base game it only appears on reel 3, while in the bonus game it appears on reels 2, 3 and 4, and a wild on reel 2 always expands. -
What does the wild substitute for?
The wild substitutes for all paying symbols. During the bonus game it substitutes for everything except the bonus symbol. -
How many pay lines does Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition have?
The game has 20 fixed pay lines across its five reels, with wins paid from the far left reel to the right. -
When is Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition released?
Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition’s release date is 7 March 2018. -
Who makes Brk The Berzerker Hack ‘N’ Slash Edition?
Thunderkick, the Stockholm studio behind titles such as Midas Golden Touch and Pink Elephants.
