Game setup for the Butterfly Staxx slot
The NetEnt control system has long been the benchmark for other slot providers. Here on the Butterfly Staxx slot, it’s better than ever. There is something about the latest HTML5 slots, in that they are so much sharper graphically than the old flash games and it makes everything so clear and easy to use. With semi-transparent reels, the game is deceptively compact but this is a 5×4 expanded reel grid. This means more lines available, the Butterfly Staxx slot is a 40-fixed-line slot in total. To get spinning you simply use the coin system to select a wager between 0.40 and 400.00 credits. That isn’t a misprint – the max bet really is that big, we can’t think of one bigger in the whole NetEnt game range.
Variance is towards the upper end of mid-level and the RTP is 96.8%, this just about keeps the game on the safe side even if you are a high roller playing that ludicrous top bet. That doesn’t mean to say you should ignore bankroll management but, this isn’t as hard on the wallet with the stunning regularity that Jack and the Beanstalk is. Somehow, despite the relative tameness, hours of test play have left us with the feeling that this is a very high paying slot game indeed. Don’t be surprised if it gets excluded from wagering in the long term like other NetEnt player-biased games such as the infamous Bloodsuckers slot.
Gameplay and Theme for the Butterfly Staxx slot
Whether you like collecting them or not, there is no doubt the creatures on the Butterfly Staxx slot are beautiful to look at. Much like the fairy in the
Little Red Riding Hood slot they are wonderfully rendered and animated. They sway and sit gently on the backlit night sky and surround the lower pay icons of flowers and outshine even the scatter. In fact, it might be a bit much. The sound effects are good, the music is good, everything is well… good. Barring the butterflies themselves – which are incredible. It isn’t just the visuals which bias heavily towards these insects either, almost all the win potential revolves around them too.
The Butterfly Staxx slot will drive you completely mad by being so inoffensive as it peacefully spins away achieving nothing much until the butterfly’s land on the reels. When this happens the game wakes up, with the winged insects flying to the leftmost reel and instigating a reel re-spin. If more butterflies appear, this repeats again, and on until no more appear. This accumulates progressively bigger wins using the top payout symbol on the game at the expense of frequency of other icon combinations.
Incredible Free Spins
We aren’t sure if NetEnt were aiming for clever metaphors in the free spins feature game on the Butterfly Staxx slot but, they certainly managed it. Three scatters trigger a mere 7 spins however, they may be some of the most exciting in your life. Just as the base game evolves into the free spins feature, the spins themselves have new icons – cocoons which can evolve into butterflies. The same mechanic applies as in the base game, only this time the insects remain in place till the last free spin has been played. Full screens and five of a kind combinations are well with grasp here, our second play on the slot we hit well over 100x our stake in the feature – twice! Combine
this win potential with the high max bet and it is clear that when you get lucky on the Butterfly Staxx slot, you get very lucky indeed.
Summary
Some players will love this game, others won’t. That is always the way when a new slot game has a very niche appeal. To the
real money gambling crowd, the Butterfly Staxx slot is going to be either very cruel or highly rewarding depending on your streak and bet size. If you want low variance entertainment, the Drive slot is still much better for that and even older titles like the Aliens slot make for better free play fun. As a cash slot though, this really is a very tempting game indeed.
Butterfly Staxx written by Garry Edgards average rating 5/5 - 1 user ratings
