Shangri La Slot – a New Slot From Nextgen Gaming Packed With Bonus Features.
Videoslots Casino has several new batches of online slots to be added to their casino over the coming weeks which include some of the SGi (WMS, Bally, Barcrest) back catalogue of slots such as Epic Monopoly II, Wild Knights, Wonder Woman, Kooza, Ooh Ahh Dracula and the brand new Nextgen Gaming slot Shangri La scheduled to be added on the 25th of May 2017.
Shangri La Slot – Base Gameplay
Shangri La is a regular 5×3 reel slot that uses 15 fixed pay lines set in a beautiful Eastern Asian adventure setting, with the reels made up of various exotic animal and the highest paying adventurer wild symbol.
There are plenty of different bonus modes on offer, and these are all initially triggered by landing 3 or more the special scatter symbols, with a special “Added Scatter” feature also on offer, and extra wilds being randomly added to the reels.
The features triggered from the scatters can include a regular Free Spins mode, Super Free Spins Mode, Trail Bonus round, and a Treasure Chest Picking round.
The best results from our playtests are definitely the Super Free Spins Mode.
Shangri La Slot – Screenshots
| Shangri La Slot - Summary | |
|---|---|
| Paylines | 15 |
| Variance/Volatility | Medium/High |
| Free Spins | Yes |
| Multipliers | No |
| Re-Trigger Bonus Round | Yes |
| Special Features | Free Spins Super Free Spins Trail Bonus Picking Round |
| RTP (Return To Player) | 96.631 |
Shangri La Slot – Bonus Features
There are various mini-features that can activate in the base game and the free spins round which includes the following.
- Added Wild Feature – extra wilds randomly added the reels.
- Wild Reels Feature – Reels 2,3,4 can randomly turn into wild reels.
- Added Scatter Feature – Extra Scatters can be randomly added to the reels to help trigger the bonus.
On top of these features, there are the 4 main bonus rounds that are triggered when landing 3 or more scatter symbols.
- Free Spins – 8 Free Spins with increased Special Wilds
- Super Free Spins – 12 Free Spins with increased Special Wilds and guaranteed wild reels.
- Trail Bonus – Trail bonus round with up to 100x wins.
- Chest Bonus – Simple picking round with up to 15x bet wins.
Shangri La Slot
Overall Thoughts
Shangri La slot is one of the better releases from Nextgen gaming in the last year, the graphics and animations are all very well done and there is a broad range of bonus rounds and mini-features that keep the gameplay quite interesting.
In our playtests, it’s quite apparent that the Super Free Spins Mode is the best bonus that can be randomly awarded, with wins well over 100x stake achieved and re-triggers possible too, with the Chest Picking bonus being the worst (15x Stake max win).
The novel “added Scatter feature” is a very nice touch, awarding bonuses when you thought it was just a 2 scatter-tease on the reels.
Overall a much better release from Nextgen and worth a play or two.
