Lordi Reel Monsters Slot Review

Lordi Reel Monsters Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Lordi Reel Monsters slot is played on a 7×7 grid and uses a Cluster Pays engine. 5 or more matching symbols appearing in a cluster will result in a winning combination. The more symbols in the cluster, the bigger the payout.

Available to play from 10p to £100 a spin, you’ll see the usual 5 bet options below the grid. There are arrows which allows you to change your stake accordingly. In countries outside the UK, you can opt for the Turbo Mode for faster spin speed and Auto Play functionality which comes with single win, win and loss limits.

The Lordi Reel Monsters RTP is 96.2% which is the go-to rate for developer Play ‘n GO. However, it is above the 96% industry average for an online slot game. You need to check at the UK slot site you’re playing at as there are other return rates such as 94.2% and 91.2%.

The volatility is just north of medium and classed as 6/10. The maximum win is 4,000 x your total bet which will happen on average every 1 billion spins.

Theme – the monsters are out to play

With a rock band theme, the Lordi Reel Monsters slot is based on the Lordi Finnish heavy metal band who are best known to us Brits as Finland’s 2006 Eurovision entry with Hard Rock Hallelujah. The soundtrack features some of the band’s most popular songs.

The artwork is dark and reminiscent of The House of Hammer comics. Set in what appears to be a graveyard, you’ll see lead vocalist Mr. Lordi to the side of the grid. The story is that the monsters are out to play and Mr. Lordi and his band of monsters rise from their slumber and call on trolls, monsters, creatures and demons to join them on their rock rampage.

Symbols on the grid include 5 lower value band member coins and 5 members of the band. You have Mana (drums), Hiisi (bass), Amen (guitar), Hella (keyboards) and Mr Lordi (vocals). Mr Lordi is the highest paying symbol which 15 or more in a cluster awarding 250 x your total stake.

There’s also a gold devil ram wild symbol which substitutes for all symbols mentioned above. There is no traditional scatter or bonus symbol.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Mana Coin	15+ pays 10 x stake
Hiisi Coin	15+ pays 20 x stake
Amen Coin	15+ pays 30 x stake
Hella Coin	15+ pays 40 x stake
Mr Lordi Coin	15+ pays 50 x stake
Mana	15+ pays 100 x stake
Hiisi	15+ pays 120 x stake
Amen	15+ pays 150 x stake
Hella	15+ pays 200 x stake
Mr Lordi	15+ pays 250 x stake
Wild	Substitutes for symbols

Lordi Reel Monsters Mobile

Lordi Reel Monsters was producing using the latest HTML5 technology. This allows for play across all devices such as mobiles, laptops, PCs and tablets. The 7×7 grid lends itself well to iPhones and Androids but for the full visual and audio experience, a larger screen is always recommended.

Lordi Reel Monsters Bonus Features

The Lordi Reel Monsters slot has 5 bonus features. Winning symbols fill the Monster Charger and 15 charges will bring a monster feature into play. Based on each of the band members, you can benefit from added wilds, destruction of symbols, transforming symbols, symbol builders and wild transformations. These apply in the 2 free spin modes with a cascade multiplier and added wilds your options.

Cascade feature

When you land a winning cluster, the Cascade feature applies. Winning symbols are removed with new symbols falling down to fill the gaps. This allows for the chance of successive wins. The cascades continue as long as winning clusters are created.

Monster Charger features

Every winning symbol counts as 1 charge towards the Monster Charger which has 2 charge levels with up to 4 charges each. 15 charges activates a monster which is chosen randomly. Each monster member of the band harnesses a unique feature. Here’s what each monster gives you:

Free Spin feature

The Free Spin feature is triggered with 40 charges. A single free spin is awarded with 1 of 2 features selectable. Here’s what each choice gives you:

The Reel Monsters feature adds a cascade multiplier. This means successive wins sees the multiplier value increase by 1. More importantly 2 Monsters are added which are chosen randomly.

The Better Hate Than Never feature adds a wild collector. Winning wilds are collected with 3 monsters guaranteed. After the monsters, wilds are added back onto the grid, but only 5 to 10 wilds at once. With more wilds added, this continues until all wilds are used.

Lordi Reel Monsters Review Summary – all-action grid slot

The Lordi Reel Monsters slot is certainly very well designed with dark and twisted imagery. The soundtrack is, as you can imagine, loud and sets the tone.

When it comes to the gameplay, it’s all about landing winning clusters as this fills the Monster Charger. With 5 band member features, I quite like the Mr Lordi feature as up to 8 wilds are added. Saying that, I found the Mana feature to be the most lucrative as a low value symbol changed into a wild resulting a huge win.

The bigger wins will undoubtedly come in the Free Spin feature. I would always opt for the Reel Monsters feature as successive wins will see the multiplier increase each time by 1. Combine this will 2 Monster Charge features as the potential for 4,000 x bet max wins is quite probable.

Lordi Reel Monsters may look and sound great but bigger maximum exposure would ensure this is a smash hit. Play ‘n GO has plenty of other rock band slots with ZZ Top Roadside Riches and Def Leppard: Hysteria offering 40,000 and 10,000 x bet max wins respectively.

If you compare to other grid slots, the win potential in Lordi Reel Monsters is lower than most. Play ‘n GO’s most popular cluster pays game, Reactoonz, comes with 4,570 x stake max wins. The internet’s most played grid game, Jammin’ Jars (Push Gaming),  offers 20,000 x bet max wins.