Zombie Carnival

To stand out from the other circus-themed slots on the market, Pragmatic Play has used an undead angle to add individualism. Zombies and carnivals have been combined before in books and video games, but not a lot, so the combo doesn't exactly leap immediately to mind when dreaming up new ideas. It works well too, and while Zombie Carnival might not reach the magical heights of Cirque du Soleil, it has everything needed to provide a solid bout of entertainment. It's not just the amusing theme either; the team has jammed together a set of mechanics and features to create the sort of package that resulted in a nicely playable testing session. As mentioned in the features section, the base game can feel a little sparse at times, though the ways to win system and mystery symbols act as a warm-up act for the main event. The main event is free spins, of course, and some good things have been stuffed in there. It should be said, though, that the opportunity for scoring a lot of wild multipliers on screen at the same time isn't as great as it can be in other, bigger games that use them –Top Dawg$, for instance. In part, this is because the bonus round can be triggered by just two scatters, so, often, there'll be 'just' two sticky wilds on the reels at the beginning of the bonus round. Technically, it is possible to add more, but landing more scatters than there are wilds on the reels is unlikely to be a common occurrence. Multipliers do multiply each other, though, and single scatters did land fairly frequently enough to grow values. Not that we got anywhere near it during testing, but Zombie Carnival max win has been capped at5,000x the bet, which feels fair enough, all things considered. If Zombie Carnival was a real circus, it probably wouldn't be the sort of show that flitted for decades between the great cities of the world, leaving audiences open-mouthed with wonder each time. However, it is capable of letting off a few fireworks, thanks to a pleasant mix of charmingly odd theme and useful features.