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Play’n GO Launch Graffiti Inspired Cash Vandal Slot
By Shane Addinall Mar 20, 2019 Game ReleaseCash Vandal is a whirlwind slot adventure by Play'n GO that has you tagging the greatest cities in the world while on the hunt for a €500,000 jackpot win!Play’n GO have the almost supernatural ability to turn any theme into a winning slot machine. Cash Vandal is further proof of their prowess and excellent slot creators in a niche that is becoming more and more competitive by the day!
Their latest offering sees you adopt a Banksy like persona. You are an underground graffiti artist who is jetted around the globe to tag some of the best known cities in the world, turning spray paint into winning gold in the process.
Gorgeous Audio and Visual Design
Play’n GO have really pushed the creative envelope with Cash Vandal. Not happy to simply create the visual experience one would expect from a slot themed on the street art genre but they have chosen to tie in two additional themes as well. Not only is it about the art, but also the city in which the art is found. To push the boundaries even farther, not only is each city visually distinct but they have also crafted a soundtrack specific to each of them. Melding all these elements into one slot creates a real sense of movement and change as you spin the reels in either Paris, London or Berlin!
The base game is overlaid with a deep house track, with amazing bass and soulful ambient sounds. Depending on whether you’re hitting winning paylines in Paris, London or Berlin will determine where the underlying track is enhanced with distinctly Parisian accordion piece, a London DJ scratching on the ones-and-two’s, or are treated to a jazz flavoured sound-fest!
The game environments are masterful in their own right. Sticking to street art roots of graffiti each game screen is styled after the side of a subway train, and adorned with art specific to the region. Is the side of the train covered in weird teapots baring their teeth and a red bus crawling with delicious monsters? You’re playing in London mate. Is there a beret wearing pug and an arm wielding a glass of red wine? Welcome to Paris mon chéri. And finally you could only be in Berlin if the graffiti artist sprayed jugs of beer on the train-siding.
The key symbols in Cash Vandal are, as one would expect, the graffiti Wild, and two Scatters – a Gold Spray Can and a regular red Spray Can. These are going to come in handy when we look at the features!
The balance of symbols, while all well designed, could have been more inspired by the genre it relates to. The higher value symbols on reels are artistic renditions of diamonds, gold bars, and rolls of cash. While the lower value symbols are almost surrealistic impressions of oranges, watermelons, cherries, blueberries and raspberries.
Artsy and Entertaining Bonus Features
While the theme are design of Cash Vandal are impressive Play’n GO have not focused solely of the ‘Vandal’ aspect in detriment to the ‘Cash’ part of the title. In fact this video slot with its 10 paylines, and unusual 4x3 game grid, is carrying around a backpack filled with €500,000 just waiting for someone to hit that winning combination!
While Cash Vandal is highly volatile it does offer a healthy 96% RTP and plenty of gorgeous design and 3 cool bonus features to keep you entertained while you spin to win that max return of 5000x your stake (with the maximum stake per spin being €100).
1. Re-Spins
It is always great to get something for free, and landing a Golden Spray Can, which is only seen on the 4th reel, will immediately award you one free re-spin. One caveat is that there can be no other spray cans on reels 1-3 as that would in fact trigger the City Feature.
2. City Feature
The City Feature is the game mechanic that sees you moving between cities to take advantage of their individual bonus features in search of that big win. There is one constant in each city, the fourth reel will always be filled with Stacked Wilds:
- Paris: The 1st and 2nd reels combine to create a mega reel, and will always contain a massive 2x2 symbol to help you grab a winning combination.
- London: Up to nine (3x3) randomly selected mystery symbols will be emblazoned onto the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reels. In combination with the Wilds on reel 4 this can see you grabbing some major wins.
- Berlin: Reels 1-3 will be tagged with up to 3 additional Wilds. This could mean up to 6 Wilds total on a game screen comprising only 12 symbols!
3. Free Spins
Once again the Golden Spray Can is the anchor to this bonus feature. In this instance pairing it with two regular sprays on reels 1-3 will award you with 5 free spins, while getting 3 standard cans on the reels will offer you 10 free spins!
The best part of this feature is that you get to choose which city to play your free spins in. Understanding what each city offers, and which suits your play style best, is the key to potentially unlocking that massive 5000x your stake jackpot win!
Feeling Inspired?
Play’n GO deserve to be recognised for the fantastic way they have layered the elements found in Cash Vandal. They took a theme, that frankly has been done before, and made it their own. Layering sound design on top of visual design, spicing it up with cleverly themed bonus rounds, and finally finishing it off with a potential €500,000 jackpot makes Cash Vandal a slot not to be missed.
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