NetEnt’s long-awaited Gordon Ramsay: Hell’s Kitchen slot is finally here, and it feels like forever since they announced it in the 2020 London Ice conference. Based around the volatile personality of the multi-Michelin starred celeb chef, NetEnt does not disappoint when it comes to the audiovisual presentation (at least not if you can tolerate the no-swearing policy that’s been implemented).
The reels are filled with rather delicious looking dishes, and the red and blue colored lighting hints at the Team Challenge free spins waiting to be triggered. Casual gamers and fans of the show will find plenty of entertainment here, although the base game comes with nothing but some random wilds once in a while. The math model is not exactly impressive, but it gets the job done for players who care more about having low-risk fun than winning big.
The game logo wild can land on all the reels both in the base game and during the bonus round. It will step in for all regular pay symbols like wilds usually do. ARamsay’s Wilds featurecan trigger at random times, dishing out5 to 7 wildsrandomly placed on the reels. This might sound like standard stuff, but all the features are spiced up by Gordon’s vivid action commentary and raw animations.
The big highlight of the game is theTeam Challenge Bonus Round. You trigger the feature by landing at least3 flaming Gordon Ramsay scattersanywhere in sight. The scatters can land on all reels except the middle reel, and you get10 or 15 free spinswhen you land 3 or 4 in view, respectively.
You will then see the screen divide itself into2 separate 5×3 reel sets, one for theRed Teamand one for theBlue Team. Before the bonus round starts, you get to decide which team you want to root for. Each free spin comes with1 to 3 Order Up featuresthat slide in below the reels in the form of fancy looking dishes.
These features are2x and 3x multipliers, as well as3 to 8 wildsrandomly placed on the relevant reel set. The feature dishes come in either red or blue color, and will only benefit the Team/Reels with the matching color. If you get more than one multiplier with the same color, the multiplier values are added together.
Don’t worry, you get the winnings from both teams in the end, but the team that won the most is declared the winner. If you picked the winning team, or if there is a tie, Gordon’s Bonus Game is triggered. This is aPick’em game with 15 menuson the screen. You pick the menus one by one to reveal cash prizes of2x, 3x or 5x, multipliers of 2x or 3x or the ‘X’ symbol. The feature ends when you’ve revealed 3 ‘X’ symbols.
Being fans of the show, we had waited a long time to test this game, and it didn’t disappoint except for the lack of cursing. We’ve put together a brief highlights video you can check out below, and it will give you a nice visual overview of what to expect from this game.
The world famous and foul-mouthed chef might be somewhat of an acquired taste, but you get a toned-down version of him here, meaning no f-words. This might disappoint die hard fans a bit, but it’s an understandable choice by NetEnt. You do get tons of fun action commentary though, and you also get the feeling that Gordon himself enjoyed being part of this project.
Gordon Ramsay: Hell’s Kitchen is obviously aimed at casual players and fans. Hardcore gamblers just won’t bother with a math model like this. The low volatility means that you will see plenty of features without having to worry too much about your bankroll. The Team Challenge Bonus Round serves up plenty of entertaining moments and excitement, and we hope this is just the first game in what will become a series.
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Gordon Ramsay Hells Kitchen
