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6 August 2024 
Lion Thunder Slot Overview
We’re Africa bound in Blueprint Gaming’s newest instalment Lion Thunder Slot. Once again, we’re in awe of the King of the Savannah as we centre our adventure around the mighty Lion and the big cats of Africa.
Lion Thunder Slot is the second game in the Spin Boost series where players may try to win extra spins in the bonus.
Blueprint Gaming are renowned for their quality games and fondness for Wildlife inspired slot games, having brought out several in the past from Wolf Legend Megaways Slot, Big Cat King Megaways, Safari Gold and Buffalo Rising, as well as a vast portfolio of other captivating games.
Into the Lion’s Den
Lion Thunder Slot shows the scenic and golden plains of Africa, and comes with a catchy tune and a tribal tone that perfectly compliments and captures the personality of Africa.
It looks to have been designed really well, and it’s a picturesque portrayal of the beauty of the wild.
The scene changes a little when you get into the bonus round, where the orange sky aptly changes from a picture of beauty to a thunder storm during the Thunder Spins round.
You can’t help but feel that Lion Thunder was inspired by the Buffalo Blitz game, which has a similar design and some similar features.
Betting and Symbols
Betting options for Lion Thunder Slot are extensive enough so that everyone may have a go. The lowest option is £/€0.40, so those usually comfortable playing at lower stakes than this may be a little bit out of their comfort zone,
The top symbol in Lion Thunder Slot is unsurprisingly the Lion, followed by the Lioness, Cheetah and Black Panther. A, K, Q, J, 10 & 9. There’s also a Wild symbol which substitutes for all symbols except for the Thunder Spins Scatter.
The Base game
Lion Thunder Slot is simplistic in nature with 4,096 ways to win. At least 3 symbols (or 2 in the case of top symbols) need to match from left to right to form a win, starting from the left-most reel.
Lion Thunder Slot is capable of some okay hits during the Base Game if you manage to connect some high paying symbols all the way across, but it’s nothing spectacular, The Wild will help, but it’s not until the Free Spins where you’ll see true potential with the addition of the multiplying Wilds.
It’s a shame that there aren’t any Base Game Features to trigger, and it feels like it would be a lot more compelling if there were features that injected a lot more top symbols into the game for a bigger chance at hitting a considerable win.
Thunder Spins
To land the bonus in Lion Thunder Slot, you’ll need to land at least 3 or more Thunder Spin Scatter symbols.
- 3 Scatters – 8 Spins
- 4 Scatters -15 Spins
- 5 Scatters – 25 Spins
- 6 Scatters – 100 Spins
During this round, Wild symbols will hold either x2, x3 or x5 multipliers, which will exponentially increase the chance of reaching wins that were otherwise impossible in the Base Game.
Connecting two wilds in a winning combination can bring in some very nice wins, and the game is quite prone to re-triggering.
- 2 Scatters – 5 Extra Spins
- 3 Scatters – 8 Extra Spins
- 4 Scatters -15 Extra Spins
- 5 Scatters – 25 Extra Spins
- 6 Scatters – 100 Extra Spins
If the initial amount of spins that you were awarded weren’t satisfactory, then you’ll actually be able to ‘buy’ more with the Spin Boost Wheel
Spin Boost
Before the Bonus commences, you’ll be taken to the Spin Booster, where you can spin the wheel for the displayed cost.
You may increase the cost of the spin, which increases the chance at landing within the Gold Segment of the wheel, while also increasing the amount of spins that you may potentially win.
The red segment of the wheel doesn’t leave you without a bonus, as the amount of spins that you triggered the bonus with are secured. The process may be repeated until a maximum of 50 spins are won, or you decide to take the spins.
Bonus Buy
Lion Thunder Slot is a Bonus Buy Slot. Non-UK players have the option to buy their way into the bonus, which guarantees at least 3 scatters, and this will cost a reasonable 40x your stake.
Our Verdict
Lion Thunder Slot has a great theme, and the design and gameplay seem flawless and modern, yet it’s pretty evident that the game can get boring quite quickly.
For one, there’s no base game features, so you’ll be spinning away wanting of a bonus pretty quickly, and the wins that can materialise from the Base Game can be extremely mediocre.
The bonus is where things really improve with the introduction of the multiplying Wilds, and lots of these present can surely result in some big wins, wins of up to £250,000 in fact.
The only problem is that it seems like Lion Thunder Slot very often dishes out a disappointing bonus, even with all the spins that are on offer and the re-triggers, and the gameplay itself in the bonus is a little bit boring too.
Overall, it’s not a bad game, but Blueprint gaming have so many absolute god tier Megaways Slots that you’d be much better off with them instead, both for potential and playability.
Lion Thunder Slot is available to play on selected Online Casinos now.
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