Overview
Dive into the thrilling world of Snakes & Ladders Snake Eyes, a high-volatility Pragmatic Play slot! Experience the vibrant 5x3 reel grid, boasting 10 paylines of exhilarating gameplay. This sequel enhances its predecessor with smoother graphics, transporting you to a lush waterfall setting. Match symbols across paylines to win, aided by Wild Dice multipliers (x1, x2, or x3). Land 3 or more Scatters to unleash the Snakes & Ladders Bonus round, where a monkey navigates a 12x12 board filled with multipliers, ladders, snakes, and bananas, aiming for a maximum win of 5,300x your bet! With a betting range of 20 p/c to $/€100, this game offers a captivating adventure for both casual and high-roller players, promising a unique blend of classic board game charm and modern slot excitement. The high volatility ensures the potential for massive wins, delivering intense gameplay for thrill-seekers.
Gameplay & Features
Landing3, 4, or 5 scatter symbolstriggers the Snakes & Ladders Board Bonus with12, 14, or 16 dice rolls, respectively. If triggered by 4 or 5 scatter symbols, there is a chance one of the symbols turns into aSnake Bonus symbol, awarding2 extra dice rolls. The bonus game is played on a12x12-sized boardwith144 squares. Players, represented by a monkey token, begin on square number one. At the start,random itemsare placed on the grid's squares, such asbet multipliersof 4x to 100x,total win multipliers,ladders,snakes, andbananas. Now,2 dice are rolled per turn, up to the number of dice rolls awarded, and players move around the board. If a1-1 is rolled, +1 more roll is awarded. When landing on a square with one of these items on it, the corresponding actions occur:
Money– adds the bet multiplier displayed to the total win value. Multiplier– a value that multipliers the total win value collected so far. Ladder– landing at the bottom of a ladder moves players to the square at the top of the ladder. Snake– landing on the snake's head moves players to the square at the tip of its tail. Banana– adds random money values to the board while all other bananas are removed. Final position– landing here awards 1,000x the bet. Randomly, a square may have ahidden rope charmer, which, when landed on, the monkey is moved to an arbitrary higher position on the board. The round ends when no rolls are left, or players make it to square 144. Then the total amount collected is paid. Moreover, the bonus round has aminimum win of 20x the bet. If less than this is achieved at the end, the monkey goes intoRage Modeand moves to the end of the grid, collecting all values and multipliers along the way. The total of all multipliers is applied to the final prize amount. In Rage Mode, the monkey ignores ladders, snakes, bananas, or rope charmers. When the monkeyreaches square 144, theround ends, but there is a chance of a retrigger. Two dice are rolled, and if they show a double (1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, or 6-6), the bonus isretriggeredwith the same number of starting rolls. Also, if any double is rolled during the round, a section of the snake at the top of the reels is filled. When all four sections get filled, one bonus retrigger is awarded
Final Thoughts
Your guess is as good as ours as to why Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom felt the need to create Snakes & Ladders Snake Eyes. Perhaps if it was radically different to the original game, it might have made more sense. Then again, maybe the studios were responding to feedback overSnakes & Ladders Megadice, which resulted in a follow-up with its slightly altered rules and new look. Was Snakes & Ladder Megadice so popular it warranted a lightly made-over sequel? It might be hard to envisage, perhaps, but here we are; however it is that we managed to end up here.
There isn't a whole lot to add that wasn't already noted down in the previous Snakes & Ladders review, really. The graphics have been modernised, if that's the right word, or let's just say the chunky 8-Bit thing is gone, giving the game a more refined look than they often have from Pragmatic Play/Reel Kingdom team-ups. What else? Wild dice dots filling the snake segments triggering the bonus round when filled has been shifted, so it now appears in the actual bonus round. Oh, and the skyscraper has been replaced by a rope charmer. Other than those things, this is more or less the same Snakes and Ladders with gambling experience as before; even max win has stayed unchanged at5,300x the bet.
Snakes & Ladders Snake Eyes might have been less puzzling if the makers had injected more obviously newer parts in while they were crafting it. The graphics are probably better suited to players unimpressed by the former one's retro angle, but other than that, Snakes & Ladders Snake Eyes delivers more or less the same sort of action as before.
