Platooners is Elk software powered slot with 5 reels and 178 paylines. This video slot is inspired with war movie shootings, and entire slot is revolving around it. Both audio and visual effects are stunning, and the animation is amazing and fun. The reels are set against the lush jungle vegetation which is flanked with spotlights and cameras giving the slot real authenticity. You can give this wacky slot a spin here for fun or you can visit any of the Elk Casinos to play for real.
How to Play Platooners Slot
Welcome to Hollywood! If you want to become a director of this movie, you need to learn how to control everything before you take the baton in your hands.
- By clicking on Stacked Coins button you will open the separate betting panel which will help you get the bets increased or decreased, or help you choose the betting strategy.
- Spin button is used to set the reels in motion.
- Auto will set the reels moving in succession for a chosen number of times.
Slot Features
Apart from the regular Platooners slot features you will have the option to set the betting strategy which can be activated through the betting selector panel. The betting strategy will set the bets automatically for you.
There are 3 strategies: Optimizer, Leveller, Jumper and Booster. Optimizer will change bet level automatically adapting to the selected percentage of your balance. Leveller strategy will raise a bet after 5 consecutive losses, and repetition will increase the bet 2 more levels. This will reset after a win. Booster raises a bet by 1 level after a loss, and it resets after a win. All of these go up until reaching 4 levels above base bet. Jumper will raise the bet 1 level after every winning round, until reaching 4 levels above the base bet, and it will reset after a loss.
Action Spins
This is one of the main game features which boosts the excitement with each spin you make. After any spin one of the 3 Platooners might show up and randomly fire up weapons at reels producing different features.
Green Rockets Platooner launches rockets on reels 1 and 3, filling them with identical symbols which increases your chances of winning. The Red Grenades Platooner is completely uncontrollable as he throws grenades in all directions which will result in random wilds appearing on reels 3, 4 and 5. The Yellow Bullets Platooner will fire heavy machine gun at reels 2 to 5 after the first reel stops which will result in generating at least one 5 of a kind payline. With the Yellow Platooner a win is guaranteed.
Platooners vs Snakes of Fortune
When you land 3 or more bonus symbols anywhere on the reels, you will trigger this bonus feature which will start with 15 spins. The Platooners will take turns in attacking the snakes for the duration of feature. For every additional bonus symbol that you manage to hit, you will activate additional attacks.
Aim to defeat the snakes and keep in mind that 2 Platooners double the damage, and 3 will triple it. Upon achieving this the Platooners’ weapons will be upgraded resulting in additional damage. Activation of additional attacking Platooners and more ammunition can be awarded during the bonus game. Defeating a snake will take you one level up, and levelling up will increase the payouts as well.
Summary
Platooners slot is a mobile first slot which can be played in any display mode you choose and still provide a flawless gaming experience. The theoretical RTP is 96.3%, and the volatility is rather high. This means that this slot will surely test your patience at times, but they still guarantee loads of fun and a good laugh in the process which is why it is definitely worth a spin.
Platoons is powered by ELK Studios and has 5 reels and 178 ways to win. I remember there was a time that all slots came with 178 pay lines before Elk became famous and released different slots with different grids, pay lines, all ways pay etc. Now Elk is in the top 10 if I am not mistaken. I would prefer Elk anytime over Netent slots, unless I play the Old School slots from NetEnt.3 Platooners are fully armed and fire their weapons at the spinning reels to give you various features.
Set on a Hollywood set you will notice there are cameras and lights to add to the effect. Symbols on the reels include A, K, Q, J and 10 playing cards as well as binoculars, knives, medical bags, Platooners dog plates and totem masks. The plates are the highest value symbol giving you 50 times your stake for 5 across a payline. There’s also a wild which replaces all symbols but the snake scatter symbol.
Platooners activate 3 random features on any spin in the base game.
• Rockets Platooner feature – The green rockets Platooner launches rockets at reels 1 and 3 filling them with the same symbol. This increases your chances of winning across many paylines.
• Grenades Platooner feature – The red grenades Platooner throws grenades onto the reels which gives you random wilds on reels 3, 4 and 5.
• Bullets Platooner feature – the yellow bullets Platooner fires his heavy machine gun at reels 2 to 5 after reel 1 stops. This generates at least one 5 of a kind winning combination. If you’re lucky, you will get 5 bonus symbols which will trigger the main bonus feature with all 3 Platooners active on each free spin.
As usual the main attraction is the bonus feature. You land 3 snakes and you enter the game. You get a snake in the air and the Platooners needs to destroy from the tail to the head of the snake. As they destroy the snake coins come from the air. I actually dig this feature as free spins on this slot would be a mess, so this is a nice and out of the ordinary bonus feature. My first time I bonused this slot, I won just under 100x.
This game can bonus quickly at times but keep a steady balance. I would use it for wagering, but reaching level 3 in bonus game is difficult, I must admit.