Horse racing and riding fans will rejoice at the sight of Pragmatic Play’s latest online slot, the cheerily titled Happy Hooves! This machine features several horse-themed symbols and a matching wild in each of the four colours, although I have to say, none of these majestic animals appears to be smiling. Do horses smile? I honestly have no idea… perhaps it might be better to say they don’t look overly happy? Well, either way, I guess most players are likely hoping that the game will make THEM happy more than anything! With 40 fixed pay lines, a 5,000x stake jackpot, and a 96.49% RTP, this game looks like it has what it takes to make a splash in the online slotting scene.
The feature set includes the aforementioned coloured wild symbols, represented by double horses, a mystery symbol in the style of many Megaways games, PowerNudge, and PowerNudge re-spin features. The PowerNudge re-spin feature is the primary bonus round and is the one that you can opt to buy for 100x your current stake using the bonus buy feature.
Whether you are a fan of horses or not, I’ll bet there’s a decent chance you enjoy much of Pragmatic Play’s output – with that in mind, why not give our free demo slot of Happy Hooves a try below?
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Let’s talk a little more about the theme of the Happy Hooves slot game for a moment; there haven’t been many other online slots that use this specific theme as far as I am aware, but the mechanics of the game are a different matter. The hugely popular Razor Shark online slot from Push Gaming seems to have been a major influence for Pragmatic Play when creating this game, as many features work identically. I feel as if the name “Happy Hooves” would have suited a more cartoonish theme rather than the photorealism that was used for the horses here. It’s only a minor gripe – many of us aren’t that fussed about how a game looks as long as we enjoy it, and Razor Shark isn’t available everywhere, so it could well be that this clone appears at your favourite haunts before that game does.
Over on the paytable, the symbols are divided into four coloured groups: a horse, a royal, and a wild each. The red horse is the highest-paying symbol with a return of 3.75x your bet for each completed pay line of five-of-a-kind, followed by the green horse at 3x, the purple horse at 2.25x, and the blue horse at 1.75x. The coloured wilds will only substitute for other symbols in the same colour group, which seems quite unusual and makes it much more challenging to hit large numbers of winning pay lines simultaneously. It seems evident that the main pull to this game isn’t the numbers on the paytable, so let’s move on.
Low rollers may want to get their fix elsewhere today, as the minimum bet whilst playing the Happy Hooves video slot is a relatively large €0.40 per spin – it isn’t much, but if you are playing with a €10 or €20 bankroll, then it’s probably a bit too much. The high rollers should be happy, as the maximum bet seems like plenty at €100.00 per round.
The base game of Happy Hooves online slot plays a little differently from most games, mainly because of the use of individual colour groups to separate the main symbols. The game is played on a 5x4 playfield with 40 fixed paylines, perhaps explaining why the hits on the paytable feel a little on the low side, whilst all of the cash payouts are awarded for hitting three or more matching symbols from left to right.
The mystery symbol looks like a door with a horseshoe painted on it. When these symbols appear, they will trigger the POWERNUDGE feature, with one nudge for each mystery symbol that landed as part of the initial combination.
If the Mystery symbol reveals a Golden symbol, it will re-spin to reveal a random cash prize expressed as a multiplier of the current stake. The mystery symbol can also change into one or more additional scatters, triggering the full Re-Spin feature if three or more scatters end up on the screen.
The bonus round of Happy Hooves is a little bit unconventional; it is very similar to the mystery symbol and POWERNUDGE feature from the base game, except that you are guaranteed to receive at least eight mystery symbols.
During this feature, an ascending multiplier will increase by 1x for each nudge that takes place. In the bonus round, the mystery symbols may reveal a Nudge Up symbol instead of those previously discussed, which will move the symbols on the reels up instead of down at the end of the current spin. This prevents your remaining re-spins from being used as long as one of these symbols appears on each spin.
You can opt to buy your way straight to the Re-Spin feature if you wish, although the cost of 100x your stake felt a little bit steep to me. I didn’t make a profit when I was testing the game, which feels like a poor result to me. I know this is a high volatility game, but I would think twice about parting with lots of 100x chunks for this bonus round.
Gorilla Mayhem looks like various other jungle- and animal-themed games, but there is just something about the way that Pragmatic designs its releases that make this one more enjoyable. Excellent graphics and animations shine through, and the inclusive special features add even more appeal.