Joker Strike is 5 reels and 10 pay-lines video slot powered by Quickspin software provider. This slot is the revamped version of the Second Strike slot, which you must have played. Reels are simple-looking and filled with hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades plus some stars, bells, lucky 7s, and of course, the jester. Sharp colors, overall a great design and a gameplay intended for those who like to bet big. If you are one of those, then you should give this slot a spin here for fun or visit Quickspin Casinos to play for real.
Before you spin these upgraded reels, you should adjust your betting range. By clicking on "Total Bet" button you can set the bets which range from 0.10 to 100. By clicking on "Autoplay" you will set the reels turning automatically without interruption for a chosen number of times, and next to autoplay button you will see "Spin" button which will set the reels in motion. "Hi Roller" button will give you three options to choose one you prefer the most.
Wild symbol substitutes for all the symbols in the game when it is necessary to form a winning line. They are present on the outer ring only in the Hi Roller mode and it contains a Wild Strike feature where it is possible to hit 5 of a kind win with Wild symbol. Payouts for Wild combos differentiate in regular and hi roller game.
Joker Strike feature is triggered on any symbol line win. Once triggered, a marker will start circling on the outer ring of the reels. If the marker stops on the symbol from any initiating line win the symbols will be added to the reels. Between 6 and 10 symbols will be added to the game for additional wins. The number of extra symbols will be determined by the length of the longest paying line of that symbol. If there are 3 of a kind, you get 6 symbol, with 4 of a kind you get 8 extra symbols, and with 5 of a kind you get 10 symbols.
The Hi Roller mode enriches the experience by adding extra features on top of the normal game. There are 3 modes and each one offers 5 spins plus an added feature. For €20 you get a guaranteed Wild on the reels that will move clockwise with each of the 5 spins. For €30 you will get 2 Wild symbols on the outer ring, if a marker stops on a Wild, the Joker Strike feature will add Wilds to the reels. For €50 you get an extra marker spin on the outer ring which will double your chances of hitting the Joker Strike feature.
Game Play:
Total Bet: Change the coins size.
Spin: Start the game.
Auto Play: Turn the reels without interruption for a certain amount of times.
Have you played Quickspin’s Second Strike game before? If you have, then this game will not be unfamiliar to you, because it is a clone of that game, but with slight minor changes. I’ve played Second Strike quite a number of times before, managed to get a few decent wins, but generally speaking, it wasn’t a good game to play. So how about this Joker Strike game? Well, even before playing it, I have already presumed that it won’t be any different from Second Strike, but I gave it a go anyway.
The good point is, the starting bet is only 0.10 per spin, so you won’t need a big starting balance to play this game, unless you are the kind that wants only big good wins, by playing with big good bets. Ah, how I envy players that have big fat wallets! Hahaha. Anyway, the paytable and the win values of all the symbols are not that good, just average. Getting 5 Wild or 5 Joker symbols would pay 100x the total bet in the base game, but all the other symbols have much lower win values of 20x down to 2.4x. All wins during the Hi Roller feature are doubled, so this is what every player should aim for to get those nice big wins.
With each winning combination, the Joker Strike feature is activated. The outer wheel becomes active, and the winning symbol positions on the wheel are highlighted. The marker makes a spin, and if it stops on any of the highlighted symbol, 6 – 10 same symbols will be added to the playing reels, depending on the number of initiating symbols (3, 4 or 5). If the marker stops on a Wild Strike symbol, the Hi Roller feature would be triggered, and 1 of 3 of the extra features would be randomly activated, either the Guaranteed Wild (1 Wild symbol added to reels), the Wild Strike (2 Wild symbols on the outer wheel) or the Double Chance (2 markers on the outer wheel). It is only during this Wild Strike spin that 5 Wilds can be won on the reels, to get the maximum possible win of all 15 Wild symbols, for a nice 2000x bet win! This win isn’t possible at all in the base game.
All these may sound rather complicated at first, but after playing the game, you’d get to understand better how the different features work. Nothing complicated really, just hard to explain in simple words! Oh yeah, and damn blardy hard to get those big wins too! Hahaha.