Scary Friends is another slot that has been developed by a partnership of developers Rabcat and Microgaming. This five reel slot looks as though high budget animations, such as Monster’s Inc. and Megamind may have been part of the inspiration.
Theme
Scary Friends continues the monster theme suggested by its title with the symbols. There are four kinds of monsters plus the standard 10, J, Q, K icons that have been adorned with snakes.As for the game background it features a clean scientific space age style setting with a giant furry monster standing next to the reels; he dances and waves when you win. There are also some monster sound effects, which while true to the theme, did make us press mute during gameplay.
Wilds
The wild character in the game is the same giant monster who stands at the side of the reels. When he shows up on the reels he acts as a wild symbol and substitutes for all the other symbols (apart from the scatter symbol) to form winning lines.
Free Spins Feature
A symbol featuring the words free spins and a small orange monster is a fairly obvious scatter symbol in this slot and triggers the free spins feature. To activate free spins you need to land three or more of the symbols at the same time. The number of free spins can range from five to 14.
Pick ‘em Bonus Feature
The Bonus icon features four monsters and launches a feature called Pick ‘em. To play this feature you need to select a monster from the four presented to you and they will take part in a monster endurance race on your behalf. Depending on where your monster finishes you will win a cash prize, but you monster must come in the top three.
Verdict
Scary Friends is a delight to play, also Monsters Inc. immediately comes to mind. If you a fan of Microgamings So Many Monsters be sure to play Scary Friends, it offers great gameplay, superb graphics and animations and a highly entertaining bonus round.
