Lighting Gorilla slot review (RTP: 96.18%)

If you’re a fan of King Kong then this mighty gorilla might catch your interest. Lightning Box introduced their powerful Lightning Gorilla slot that hides in the jungle. He has the power to deliver the Lightning Respins so watch out for this highly volatile slot!

Lightning Gorilla slot features

Lightning Gorilla covers most of the screen with its 5 reels and 3 rows. Its features include the Lightning Respin, Lightning Jackpot, Colossal symbols, and Active Reels to increase your chances of winning.

Wild Symbol

The Wild symbol shows the Jungle and the bright WILD logo. This functions as a substitute for all regular paying symbols except for the Scatters. Lightning Gorilla’s Wild is also a paying symbol so it can help you create more winning combinations.

Scatter Symbol

This game will not be complete without the Scatter symbol that shows up as the blue Lightning Bolt symbol. The Lightning Bolt Scatter is the special symbol that can trigger the Lightning Respin feature. Any Lightning Bolt Scatter that triggers the Lightning Respin awards values at the end of the bonus feature.

Lightning Respin

Landing 6 to 12 Lightning Bolt symbols activate the Lightning Respin. Whenever the Lightning Respin is triggered, the colossal jackpots and prizes also split. Each Lightning symbol that lands in Active Reels are collected and 3 initial Respins are granted. One to 5 Active Reels can be randomly selected as well on each Respin.

Moreover, this Scatter symbol resets the number of Respins to 3. If the Lightning Bolt Scatters landed on an inactive reel/s, they will not be collected and the Respins will not reset. Once the number of Respins reaches 0, the Lightning Bolt jackpots and prizes are given to the win meter. Also, this feature is played at the triggering bet.

Lightning Jackpot

The jackpot prizes in Lightning Gorilla are fixed and not progressive so they are not multiplied by the bet Multiplier either. However, getting higher bet Multipliers can increase your chances of achieving a jackpot or increase the jackpot prizes. You can collect the jackpot prizes after collecting a Mini, Minor, Major, or Grand Lightning Bolt that lands during the Lightning Respins.

• Mini Jackpot = £5
• Minor Jackpot = £50
• Major Jackpot = £250
• Grand Jackpot = £2,500

Most importantly, you can land these jackpot prizes more than once in each Lightning Respin.

Colossal Symbols

Colossal symbols with 2×2 and 3×3 sizes are split into multiple jackpots and rewards. These symbols can randomly appear on any spin and split into individual symbols. However, not all can appear as Colossal symbols since they are reserved to the Lightning Bolt Jackpots and Lightning Bolt Scatters only.

For instance, the Lightning Bolt Jackpot symbol can appear as a 3×3 Colossal symbol and split with the jackpot prizes. The Lightning Bolt Scatter can also appear as a Colossal symbol with 2×2 size and split values. If the Colossal Lightning Bolt symbols partially cover an Active Reel, the prizes within the Active Reels only are collected.

Active Reels

You can easily spot all Active Reels that are surrounded by electricity while the non-active reels are dimmed.

Lightning Gorilla slot RTP, betting and prizes

Lightning Gorilla is played with 40 lines and each spin costs £0.40 to £100. Regular winning combinations are formed with 3 to 5 low or medium-paying matching symbols. However, the premium and Wild symbols can form winning combinations with 2 to 5 matching symbols. Low-paying Royals like J, Q, K, and A symbols pay 5x, 15x, to 40x the stake.

Medium-paying animal symbols like Frog, Toucan, and Sloth pay 10x to 200x the stake. Premium Tiger and Gorilla symbols pay 2x to 300x while the Wild pays 5x to 600x the stake. Lightning Gorilla is a high volatility slot so Lightning Box paired it with a high return rating of 96.18%. Most importantly, this game can generate up to 2,500x maximum payout per spin.

Conclusion

Lightning Box did well in designing the Lightning Gorilla. It doesn’t have a lot of bonus features so the studio kept its gameplay straightforward. Also, Lightning Gorilla has its own features which is a cool move. If you’ve played other “Lightning” games, Lightning Gorilla might give that familiar feeling due to its style of Respin mechanic. Still, this slot offers an awesome gaming experience with a twist.