The Chicken Road is a fruit-themed casino slot developed by InOut, a relatively new software provider in the online gaming industry. As one might expect from such a theme, this game comes with traditional symbols and a classic gameplay experience that has been polished to cater to both casual players and seasoned gamblers.
Theme and Design
The Chicken Road Canada Chicken Road takes place on a bustling farm road where chickens are roaming freely. The background of each reel is painted with an idyllic countryside view while the reels themselves seem embedded in wooden signs typical for rural areas. With such simplicity, there’s little to say about this slot being visually appealing or particularly immersive; its goal lies elsewhere.
Symbols
Reels 1 and 6 display classic low-pay fruit symbols like cherries, lemons, plums, watermelons, grapes, and a Bell of Happiness which serves as the game’s Wild. Players familiar with such games will also be acquainted with Reel 5 hosting a High-Pay Cherry.
The only uniquely themed icons are the Road Map (scatter) and three animal characters: Piggy Bank, Dog, or Sheep as Collectors that appear on reels 2 through 4 in random order during each spin. These symbols function according to their designated roles within game mechanics explained later.
Payouts
Winning combinations are created by getting consecutive icons starting from the leftmost reel with all line wins multiplied by a bet multiplier (Bet Multiplier) displayed above each symbol and adjusted based on the active line count and current stake level. As for payouts, they’re paid in accordance to an expanding Paytable that starts from 1x – 5x total bet for three-in-a-line combinations of regular fruits while their multipliers can reach up to a generous 50 times when playing with maximum allowed lines (max. bet).
Wilds and Scatters
The Bell symbol functions as a Wild replacing any other icon except the Road Map scatter in winning combos, thus contributing towards an ever-increasing Total Win amount on the left side of each reel.
Road Map acts solely as a Scatter unlocking 5 free games with increasing multipliers starting at x2. The multiplier doubles after every two spins during the bonus round until it hits up to twenty five times for ten consecutive games; the last spin guarantees no additional Multiplier but pays all wins 25x and applies any collected Bonus Symbols.
Bonus Features
Upon each winning combination involving three or four animal Collectors across adjacent reels, these icons lock in place with other non-paying symbols disappearing on that reel. In such cases, it is possible to earn new combos containing bonus animals which would accumulate within a round but get carried over into Free Games as ‘Collect Bonus Symbols.’
As stated above, landing the Road Map three times unlocks 5 free games; an additional two maps give one more spin.
Free Spins
This particular game has a unique feature allowing for 2 to five additional bonus rounds with accumulated Multiplier carryovers in case of non-winning spins during each round that would otherwise end early. These can also be used independently from the main free games which are initiated by Scatters appearing at least three times anywhere on reels.
The Chicken Road comes equipped with a fixed RTP rate (98%) since no adjustment is available, but given the volatility level (Medium-High) it’s essential to have realistic expectations about winning frequencies and size of payouts for every session played.