Chicken Man

Chicken Man: Slot Overview

'Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Chicken Man!' So says the blurb accompanying Backseat Gaming's superhero slot, Chicken Man. Not only is the protagonist of this slot a chicken dude, but he's also insanely buffed, so all the better to stop dastardly villains stealing eggs or whatever crime-busting our overpowered fowl friend gets up to. On the gaming side of the coin, Chicken Man swoops in with 2 bonus rounds, which are split between a collection/accumulation phase and a single solitary spin to dump the goodies on.

Downtown in, umm, Chickenville? is where Chicken Man's base game is held before moving to a bank vault situation or a rooftop for the bonus games. As mentioned, Chicken Man himself is buffed as all heck and stands guard over a gaming grid, poised and ready to be the line between the city's population and its nefarious bad guys. Backseat Gaming has gone for a bright choice of colours to match the bright, out-there personality of its budgie smuggler wearing lead chicken.

19 paylines cross Chicken Man's 5x5 gaming area, and sticking to the number 5, the volatility has been rated 5 out of 5, so it's high, in other words. Of the two available RTP configurations, the most desirable is the 96.31% edition, keeping in mind the return value varies when buying features. As well as three bonus buys, the stake range goes from 10 c on the low side up to $/€100 at the high end.

On the table of pay symbols, we find 10 - A card ranks as the lowest value set, accompanied by a globe, a trophy, a gem, and a bag of dollars as the highs. Lines of 5 matching royals are worth 1 to 2.5 times the bet for 5-of-a-kind; the rest pay 7.5x to 25x for 5-of-a-kind. Wild egg symbols are able to link winning combinations together by substituting for any regular pay symbols. A line of 5 wilds pays 50 times the bet.

Chicken Man: Slot Features

Chicken Man has 2 main bonus round features - Eggvenger's Assemble and Super Eggsplosion. Both bonuses involve a collection phase and a single spin where collected wilds and multis are set loose. The game also has three options from its bonus buy.

Eggvenger's Assemble

The Eggvenger's Assemble feature is triggered in the base game when 3 Safe scatter symbols land. The bonus game starts with the collection phase, where non-pay symbols or wild symbols may appear on the grid. It starts with 3 lives, and one life is lost each time no wilds land. Landing one or more wild symbols refreshes the spin count to 3. Wilds are collected, and the positions they land on get an x2 multiplier. The multiplier doubles each time a new wild lands in an already highlighted position. After 3 consecutive dead spins, the collection phase ends.

After the collection phase, one single spin occurs where all available wilds appear randomly on the grid and receive the multiplier from any highlighted position they land on. When more than one multiplier is part of the same win, the multipliers are added together.

Super Eggsplosion

The Super Eggsplosion is triggered from the base game when 3 Bank scatters land. This bonus has the same mechanics as the Eggvenger's Assemble Feature, with an exception. The bonus starts with a super spin, where only non-pay or multiplier symbols may land. Each position has a chance of receiving a starting multiplier or x2, x3, x4, x5, or x10.

Bonus Buy

Three bonus buys are available from the buy menu. They are: BonusHunt FeatureSpins (2x the bet) - Each spin is 3 times more likely to trigger a bonus game, Eggvenger's Assemble (100x the bet), or Super Eggsplosion (200x the bet).

Chicken Man: Slot Verdict

The first superhero to hit pop culture was said to be 1936's The Phantom, who arrived on the scene a full 2 years before DC's Superman debuted. However, heroes have been around for a lot longer than that, since at least the dawn of literature if you count entities from antiquity like Achilles or the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh - both of which possessed powers far greater than normal men do, such as super strength or near invulnerability. For some reason, humans have long fantasised about extraordinary individuals to look up to, feel protected by, and maybe, just maybe, pretend they are one of them. If only for a brief amount of time.

On the subject of brevity, Chicken Man is a slot that can squeeze a whole lot of tension and suspense into one solitary spin. This is, of course, after the accumulation phase has occurred in either bonus round, where multis and wilds have a chance to blow up the grid. A chance, let's not forget. If there are no fireworks on the final single spin, forget about it. Better luck next time. Chicken Man, for sure, is able to drop a bundle on that one spin, though, up to a cap of 12,500x the bet. However, it's also just as talented, probably more so, at dropping more modest wins. At times, it might seem like Kryptonite has been draped around the game's neck, thereby watering down its payout powers.

By no means are the two games the same, but Chicken Man did ring a few memory bells for partner Hacksaw Gaming's Alpha Eagle, specifically, the latter slot's Eagle Link bonus round, as both are split into an accumulation and action phase. If you like that idea and can stomach a sort of go big or bust in a moment type mentality, then Chicken Man's got the ability to chuck all its eggs in one basket, so to speak and let the chips quickly fall where they may.