Jade of the Jungle

Most developers in the slots industry continually push for novelty in an effort to entertain players hungry for new ideas. Sometimes a new concept works, and a studio hits it out of the park, creating the next big thing. Other times it lands somewhere in midfield to entertain for a while, or, a new feature utterly misses the mark, passing by on its way to the great slots garbage compactor never to be seen or heard from again. Jade of the Jungle hovers around the middle while teetering dangerously towards the compactor. Its six reels provoked a minor stab of interest, as did the Super Stake feature and symbol removal free spins, causing the game to start on a positive note. Interest wanes once you realise Jade of the Jungle is just two 3x3 slots spinning at once. There is little interaction between the two-game panels as well, which is surprising but not a requirement of using multi-grids to power the action. If you were waiting for synced reels or symbol swaps, there's none of that. Nor do they link up in the bonus game into one large 6-reel grid, which is what we first suspected before checking the rules. No, it's just two-reel sets spinning next to each other. Two for the price of one? Kind of, though not really, since the RTP is a little lower than usual and getting hits on both reel sets at once doesn't always happen. The duel reel method might work for players who prefer a longer spin time though we could be grasping at straws now. One exception was when the Super Stake feature triggered and wins generally hit on both grids, sometimes producing better payouts than what we squeezed out of free spins. It's interesting, Jade of the Jungle's home screen advertised a bonus game that consisted of five win spins a la Pimped with a x5 multiplier on hand boosting payouts. However, Jelly or Stakelogic must have changed their mind during the construction phase and switched to the symbol upgrade system instead. This free spins system works okay when you've knocked out a bunch of the lower-paying symbols - just don't expect Jade of the Jungle to really step up, as the most you can win here is2,976x your bet. In the end, Jade of the Jungle was okay for a few spins, a quick trip back to Central America and all that. Yet there's nothing which quickened many pulses. Despite supplying two simultaneously spinning grids there's no major advantage over having just one, creating a gimmicky, 'look at me' impression as much as anything else.