When Pigs Fly Slot Review

Net Entertainment have always had a knack for creating smooth games that have no rough edges whatsoever – and their 2016 When Pigs Fly video slot is a great example of what they’re capable of. It might not be the most epic of slots, but it’s most definitely one that shouldn’t escape your attention. Don’t rush in before you read our review, however!

Theme and Graphics

It’s not particularly easy to pinpoint what the theme of the game is supposed to be about. It’s about pigs flying to space apparently, but there doesn’t seem to be any story to care about here – and we guess that there aren’t many players that would care about that anyway.

The symbols of the game depict a duo of pig explorers and a nice range of their equipment, while the classic suite of A-K-Q-J-10 symbols also makes an appearance. With the technical quality of the graphics being top-notch, this is the only thing that we’d want to criticize as far as the graphics are concerned – after all, it shouldn’t be too hard to design five additional symbols given the quirky theme.

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The slot’s audio, on the other hand, is perfectly fitting and sufficiently chilling, so we’re happy to give the designers top marks in this particular department. We suppose that it could be slightly less repetitive, but digging into that would be nitpicking really.

Gameplay

As you can see, we weren’t able to come up with too many negatives on the audiovisual front. What about the gameplay, however? Is it as good as the slot’s audiovisuals? You might be surprised to hear this, but it’s actually even better than that, featuring plenty of quirks and interesting gimmicks.

To kick things off, there’s the mandatory Wild Symbol that can substitute for all the regular symbols in order to make winning lines, which naturally improves your chances of getting a payout.

The Wild Symbol is hardly what When Pigs Fly is about, however – its main feature is the combination of unorthodox paylines and re-spins. In fact, there are no traditional paylines to be found here – you just need to get matching symbols on three or more adjacent reels (and it doesn’t matter on what positions they’re found).

The kicker is that each winning combination triggers a re-spin and that the playing field expands during those. While the initial playing field has just 45 possible paylines, the first re-spin comes with 135 of them and that can increase to up to 1875 if you manage to string five re-spins together.

That’s not all, however! Your adrenaline will be at the maximum once you get to your fifth re-spin – and not only because you’ll have so many possible winning paylines. If you get a winning combination in that fifth re-spin, you’ll be rewarded with a grand total of eight free spins, each of which will be played with 3125 possible paylines! How cool is that?

Technicalities

There’s nothing orthodox when it comes to the slot’s setup and the different playing fields are actually hard to describe in words, so we’ll leave it to you to discover them.

We can tell you a bit about the betting levels, however – while you can play When Pigs Fly for as little as €0.50, it’s possible to stake as much as €100 on a single spin, so even high rollers have a lot to look forward to.

The slot’s RTP (return to player) stands at 97%, which is slightly above what you’d expect to see at a game like this. That said, the gameplay is quite streaky, so it is possible that you’ll have to endure a few win-less streaks here and there.

Summary

To be frank, we weren’t expecting much from When Pigs Fly when we first heard about the game, especially since NetEnt weren’t making a lot of fuss about the game. The result is a very pleasant surprise, however, combining splendid audiovisuals with fresh gameplay that gets more exciting the more you play and win.

Chances are that the most old-school of players won’t like the ever-changing number of paylines and it’s true that things do get quite confusing once you get to the higher re-spin levels, but the entire package is so much fun that we’re happy to recommend the game to pretty much everyone. It’s simply a brilliant experience that you shouldn’t miss!

Where to Play

When Pigs Fly comes from NetEnt, who are arguably the most popular games developer out there nowadays – and that naturally translates to their games being available at a large amount of online casinos, some of which we would even dare to classify as premium.

If you’re looking for a casino that falls into that very category, we’re going to point you in the direction of BetVictor, who already have When Pigs Fly in their games selection. Having NetEnt games on offer isn’t the casino’s only selling point, however. Apart from that, there’s also a huge number of live casino tables to play at and an excellent mobile casino that has all the important slot games covered.

All that is naturally coupled with an excellent range of bonuses and promotions that offer something for all kinds of players, which means that even those that don’t play on a regular basis always have something to look forward to.

We could go on saying great things about BetVictor, but we’re going to round it all off by saying that BetVictor are also very active on the sports betting front, having a service that’s almost unrivaled across the market. All in all, those who don’t have an account are missing out on a lot!

Overall

4.5