The Cipollino Slot Demo

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Here at JohnSlots, we’ve been writing informative and user-friendly video slot content for years and years. So, we’ve had enough experience to put together a great system when it comes to creating our factual reviews, as you’ll discover below.

We begin by assessing the game’s features and mechanics, looking at how each function works before focusing on how these different systems come together to create fun and rewarding gameplay. A special mention goes to any innovative or original features that truly push the boundaries of what we normally experience in a video slot.

The math model comes next, and we observe how the RTP, volatility, bet levels and max win cap contribute to the overall experience. To do so, we spin through hundreds of rounds, determining how these factors work in practice to ultimately deliver a balanced math model.

The video slot’s presentation is just as important, and we start by scrutinizing the game’s theme and setting. Apart from the choices made in this regard, we also look at how the video slot’s graphics, sound and animations come together to truly bring the game to life.

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Professional’s Tips and Tricks

The Cipollino is a low volatility video slot, so that means wins and special feature triggers are likely to land quite often. Even so, the wins themselves are lower than what you’d get with games on a higher setting.

So, in this case, I do recommend trying to push your bets to an even higher level than you usually would, as long as this is still in line with your gambling budget. I’ll warn you that the game has a slightly bizarre bet level setting where numbers go from £0.30 to £0.60, then £1.50 and so on.

The free spins bonus took me around 200 base game spins to activate for the first time, but after that, it hit quite often. So, you’ll still want to have a bet level that can buy you a substantial number of rounds, increasing your chances of activating the bonus several times.

The Cipollino, like all video slots runs using a random number generator which makes sure that every single round’s outcome is random and cannot be tampered with. So, there is no way to influence the outcome of any spin. Every round’s outcome is dependent too, so the result of one spin doesn’t affect another.

Ignore any ridiculous suggestions of bold strategy when it comes to playing video slots and instead stick to efficient bankroll management that is more likely to help you have a great time at the reels.

The Cipollino Slot Bonus Features

From the get-go, it’s clear to see that The Cipollino is quite loose with its interpretation of Gianni Rodari’s Tale of Cipollino. Although all of the anthropomorphic produce is still here, they’ve been merged with Mafiosi stereotypes straight out of a Mario Puzo novel.

There’s even a literal dead horsehead hanging on the bottom-left side of the grid. It’s a fun, even more ridiculous take on the story which is bound to strike you as absolutely bizarre if you play the game with no context about its influence.

Moving on, the game has a traditional five-reel, three-row structure with 15 paylines to look out for. To put together a win, you’ll need a minimum of two or three identical symbols (depending on which symbol) in a single round, starting from the leftmost reel. The more symbols you have in your combination, the better the reward.

Paying symbols are all thuggish potatoes (yes), with spuds for hair and an arsenal of weapons including a gun, crowbar and bat. They’ll be the most common symbols on the reels with wins starting at 2x your stake and capping at 75x your bet.

Further up the table, we get more named characters including Professor Pear, Ms Radish, the Cactus and Prince Lemon. These symbols have wins starting from 8x your stake and capping at 500x your bet. Our hero and his arch-rival are also included in the paytable, but we’ll discover more about them in the special features section below.

It’s also worth pointing out that The Cipollino has helpful functions like a turbo mode that speeds up each spin and an autoplay feature that can spin up to 1,000 consecutive spins, automatically. You can also set the autoplay function to spin indefinitely.

Wilds

Cipollino’s greatest enemy Lord Tomato serves as the game’s wild symbol and this time around he seems to be operating from inside a prison. Wilds step in for missing symbols on a payline and can also combine with existing wins to increase their symbol count. In any case, whenever they form part of a combination, they’re bound to lead to great rewards.

Wild symbols in The Cipollino are also the game’s highest paying tokens awarding up to 5,000x for five-of-a-kind symbols. Should a win contain a wild symbol, then it gets a win multiplier of 3x on its original value.

Scatter Symbol

Finally, it’s time for Cipollino himself to make an appearance and he does so holding… a machine gun. Cipollino is the video slot’s scatter symbol and you’ll need a minimum of three of these symbols to access the free spins bonus. The more scatter symbols you get, the more free spins you’ll have at the start of the bonus.

Scatter symbols can land on any given reel and they can also land during the free spins bonus, giving you even more rounds to add on to your existing ones. The Cipollino symbol also has a payout value, starting at 5x your bet and capping at 100x your stake for five matching symbols.

Free Spins

Once you have enough scatter symbols, you activate the game’s free spins bonus. But outside of some backdrop differences nothing much changes here and you simply continue playing with the same mechanics you have in the base game.

There are also no bonus buy options, so you will need to wait for enough scatter symbols to land if you want to access the bonus mode. Of course, because there are no boosts or additions in the free spins bonus, it wouldn’t make any sense for there to be a bonus buy option in the first place.

The Cipollino Slot Mobile Features

I tested Cipollino out on my Android phone using a Chrome browser and was happily satisfied with the results. The game works in both landscape and portrait mode and you can switch between the two simultaneously. Apart from some minor changes in the interface, the game remains identical to what you would get when playing on a desktop.

The mobile version of the game can also be enjoyed on iOS devices as long as they support modern web browsers like Safari, Chrome and Opera.

My Conclusion On The Cipollino Slot

I can commend The Cipollino on several fronts, especially in the visuals and math model departments.

The graphics are excellent here and they do a great job of very (and I mean very) loosely adapting the Cipollino story into a video slot. It’s a fun and whimsical theme that is nothing if not memorable. The math model is also very balanced and can lead to some fantastic wins that land pretty consistently.

On the other hand, the feature list is a letdown, particularly the free spins bonus which adds absolutely nothing in terms of mechanics and boosts. So, while The Cipollino is a fun and potentially rewarding game, it can easily get boring with its limited feature set.