The Game's Theme and Design
Chicken Road 2 is a sequel to the popular Chicken Run online slot game, developed by Iron Dog Studio in collaboration with Microgaming. This farm-themed slot promises an entertaining experience for players who enjoy light-hearted games with engaging features. Upon launching the game, players are greeted by a colorful and vibrant design, reminiscent of classic cartoons. The visuals feature various characters Chicken Road 2 from the original game, including Ginger the chicken, alongside other animals living on Chicken Road.
The game's background is set in a beautiful countryside landscape, complete with rolling hills, green pastures, and an old barnhouse that serves as a central hub for the gameplay experience. In terms of design, Iron Dog Studio has made significant improvements since its predecessor, making it more visually appealing and engaging to play.
Symbols and Payouts
The game features a range of symbols that pay out various amounts when matched in combinations across adjacent reels from left to right. These include standard lettered high-value symbols (10-12), which offer payouts ranging from 1x-20 times the initial wager, while low-value symbols represent farm-related objects, such as tools and equipment (0.25x-5x). Scattered Chickens act as a special symbol that triggers free spins when three or more appear anywhere on reels.
High-value symbols take center stage in Chicken Road 2 and offer higher payout potential. Ginger the chicken appears at different levels of sophistication – simple, medium, and complex designs to signify different base game rewards for landing multiple instances (5x-50x). Other main characters are represented as standard high-payout icons: Colonel Rickenbacker, Mausie (the cat), and others.
Wilds
In Chicken Road 2, the Rooster serves as a wild symbol that replaces any of the regular symbols to form winning combinations. This feature is beneficial in creating extra opportunities for players to score additional wins within each spin cycle.
When it comes to landing multiple wilds on consecutive reels (known as "consecutive stacks" or clusters), rewards can be quite substantial due to their multiplicative effect upon standard pays when not part of an instant win combo occurring alongside one or more Scatters or in the Wild Chicken Bonus feature.
Scatters
Three Chick Scatter symbols anywhere across three adjacent reels activate ten free games. All prizes won with a Chick symbol are doubled while in Free Spins mode, which contributes to higher average returns compared with regular pays only achievable if there isn't enough risk taken during the initial game rounds where no scatter features were triggered yet.
Bonus Features
The Wild Chicken Bonus is activated by landing three or more Roosters on adjacent reels. The number of triggering roosters determines how many free games players receive: ten, fifteen, twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five, one hundred and twenty-five, two hundred & fifty (2x) plus an extra 25 FS if needed – adding up to maxing out available rounds when played at full stack (wild chicken Rooster mode).