NetEnt have released many a slot series over the years that have found huge popularity with players, from the NetEnt Rocks trilogy to the Cluster Pays slots, but it is fair to say that, thus far, the Staxx series has been less impressive.Neon Staxx and Butterfly Staxx both fell a bit short of expectations, but NetEnt are attempting to fix those issue with the latest addition, Strolling Staxx.
About the slot
With five reels and 10 paylines, Strolling Staxx: Cubic Fruits is playable from 15p to £300 a spin on all compatible desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.An old school video game feel is present throughout here, with classic fruit machine symbols including cherries, lemons, and melons appearing on the reels, but in cubic shapes to add a modern twist, which is a nice touch.The melon is the most lucrative symbol and will pay out 500x your stake for five on a payline, this payout will also be given for five wilds, which also act in the more traditional wild way, exchanging for symbols to help with winning combinations.The lower values are, as always, represented by the J, Q, K, and A playing card symbols, which are also cubes.
Gameplay
Any symbol can appear on the reels in 1×1, 2×2, or even 3×3 form to add more chance at winning combinations, and making it very possible to fill the whole screen with a single symbol for some huge wins.As with its predecessors, the re-spin feature is the main event here, with a symbol, selected to appear stacked on the reels with each spin, if one or more reels are covered by identical symbols, the stack will stroll across the screen for re-spins, which, again, can be lucrative if you’re lucky.Strolling Staxx is the best Staxx slot to date, but whether that’s enough remains to be seen.
