Name: Eye Of The Panda
Item: Eye Of The Panda
Rating: 7.0
Author: Nigel Hall

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Provider	Hacksaw Gaming
Reels	5
Rows	5
Paylines	27
Bonus Rounds	2
Bet Range	0.10 - 100
Volatility	Medium
Max Win	10,000x
Bonus Buy	Yes
RTP	96.26%
Our Rating	7.0

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Game Overview

You might just want to double check the name of this online slot game before you break out in full verse and start reenacting the Rocky training montage. Yes, this is, in fact, the Hacksaw Gaming slot Eye of the Panda slot, so put your boxing gloves down and tune in for the game stats instead. We’ve got ourselves a 5-reel slot featuring 27 fixed paylines, an RTP of 96.26%, and a maximum win of 10,000x bet.

There are plenty of bonuses and modifiers to tell you about, starting with the Super Cascades that remove all instances of winning symbol types from the reels. Then we have the Wild Multiplier Pandas that can land with values of up to 10x. The game also features two free spin features, triggered when three and four scatter symbols land, respectively. First up is the Never Say No To Panda Spins, where multiplying Pandas are collected and added when a winning combo lands, and the second is the Jumping Panda Bonus, featuring sticky Panda wilds that move to a new position on each new spin and winning cascade.

It’s not every day you come across an online slot with a Panda theme, so this is undoubtedly a title you’ll want to explore further. We’ve got the perfect solution to that problem. It’s our free Eye of the Panda slot demo, which you can take for a spin below.

Eye Of The Panda Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols

Eye of the Panda paytable

I guess if you were looking to categorise Hacksaw Gaming’s Eye of the Panda slot, you’d have to put it in with the rest of our Asian slots collection, although it does look to be a bit of a mash-up of themes, to be honest. If Panda’s are your thing, there a few other options out there for you to take a look at, with the most credible mentions going to Slotmill with their fun Cash Panda’s slot and Push Gaming with their impressive Big Bamboo slot that has a huge max win of 50,000x bet. The jackpot doesn’t quite reach as high as that on Eye of the Panda, but I think we should dig deeper into what it can reward, and that’s where we’re heading next.

We have two symbols at the top of the paytable, with the Panda (also the games wilds symbol) and Burger paying 10x the bet for a winning combo of five. Next, we have the French Fries and Doughnut with equal payouts of 7.5x, with the Bubble Tea and Ice Cream finalising the premium section and both returning 5x bet for a completed line of five. Five royal symbols represent the low pays, and the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten will all pay 1x bet for a five of a kind win.

When it comes to choosing your bet size, Hacksaw has its usual stake selection in place. So, the minimum price to join the action starts from €0.10 a spin, with the highest possible standard bet on the slot game reaching €100.

Eye Of The Panda Slot Base Game

Eye of the Panda base game

Eye of the Panda has a reel matrix of 5×5 with 27 paylines active throughout. This is a bit of an odd amount, but if you’re familiar with Hacksaw slots, you’ll be aware they often have peculiar line pays on their games. Players will be awarded a win if at least three matching symbols connect on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel first whilst also landing on one of the 27 ways to win,

Super Cascade

Whenever a win occurs, all symbols of the winning type are removed from the reels, and new symbols drop down to take their place, giving additional chances to win from the initial spin.

Wild Panda Multipliers

The Panda Symbol will substitute for all other regular symbols and will apply their multipliers to any winning combinations that the Panda symbol is part of. If more than one Panda symbol is part of the same winning combo, the multipliers will multiply each other before being applied to the win.

Landed Wild Panda Multipliers are persistent during the round until they are part of a winning combination. Once a Panda symbol is part of a win, it is removed on the next cascade together with the winning symbols.

Eye Of The Panda Slot Bonus Features

Eye of the Panda free spins feature

There are two bonus rounds on the Eye of the Panda slot. These are the Never Say No To Panda Bonus and the Jumping Panda Bonus, triggered when 3 or 4 scatter symbols land in view, respectively.

Never Say No To Panda

The bonus will begin with 10 free spins, and when a Panda is not part of a winning combo, it will be saved in one of the five Panda Collector Spaces to the side of the reels. If there are no empty spaces in the collector when a Panda lands on a non-winning spin, it will not be collected.

When a win occurs with at least one winning payline, Pandas in the Panda Collector will jump down onto the reels again to randomly selected existing winning positions in a winning combination and apply their multiplier to any wins they are a part of, in the same manner as in the base game. Only the number of Pandas that can fit within the existing wins will jump down from the Panda Collector. If there are no winning positions to fill, the Pandas will be saved in the Panda Collector.

Since Pandas are wild symbols, they can create new wins when they have jumped down from the Panda Collector. These wins will also be multiplied by the multiplier. On the last spin of the feature, all saved Pandas that were not part of any win will jump down to randomly selected losing positions on the reels. If they create winning combos, those wins will be multiplied by the Panda’s multipliers and then cascade.

Jumping Panda Bonus

Starting again with 10 free spins, this feature keeps all of the mechanics from the base game, but the first 5 Wild Panda Multiplier symbols that land become sticky and stay on the reels until the end of the feature. The sticky Pandas will jump to a new random position on each free spin and cascade and get a new multiplier value on each jump. The Panda multiplier activates whenever the Panda symbol is part of a winning combination.

Bonus Buy

The bonus buy menu comes with five options for players to choose from:

BonusHunt FeatureSpins: Each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a bonus game for the cost of 3x the bet.

Panda-Licious FeatureSpins: Each spin guarantees that at least 5 Panda symbols land at the cost of 50x the bet.

Never Say No To Panda Feature Trigger: Costs 100x bet.

Jumping Pandas Feature: Cost 200x bet.

Pros

Two bonus features that can be triggered.
Wild multipliers can also land in the base game.

Cons

Potentially super difficult to trigger the Jumping Panda Bonus if the feature buy option isn't available in your jurisdiction.
Some RTP models reach as low as 88.31%.

Eye Of The Panda Slot Review Final Thoughts

Hacksaw likes to offer a variety of slot games for its fans, and we've been treated to a few Asian themed titles from the provider lately. Granted, Eye of the Panda isn't in the same league as their Densho slot or Vending Machine slot, but it's still a decent filler slot from the developer.

7.0

Reasonable

Author Bio

Article by Nigel Hall

23 years Gambling Industry Experience

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