TACO FURY XXXTREME

HOW TO PLAY TACO FURY XXXTREME

You’ll quickly find that the heart of the Taco Fury slot game is quite simple. It functions on a classic 5×3 board with only 9 active paylines. These paylines cover standard positions going from left to right, so no surprises there.

However, you’ll also notice a separate row above the regular reels. Normal symbols don’t appear in this row, which is instead reserved for special features that interact with the Wild Explosion mechanic.

While we’re on the topic, Wilds are the most important special symbol in Taco Fury XXXTreme. They work as Wilds usually do in slots, with the addition of some features we’ll explain below.

Wild Explosion

As we just mentioned, three types of special symbols may appear above the regular game table on any spin or re-spin. These include symbols called Wild Reel, Wild Row, and Random Wilds.

If one of these symbols appears above a reel that contains a regular Wild, the Wild Explosion feature triggers. Once this happens, you get an automatic free respin and a single effect is triggered based on the symbol which triggered it. Whenever you trigger a respin, all Wild symbols remain in place until the next time you hit ‘spin.’

These special effects include:

• Wild Reel covers the entire reel with Wild symbols
• Wild Row covers the entire row with Wild symbols
• Random Wilds covers 2-3 random positions with Wilds

Regular Wild symbols that trigger the Explosion feature or are covered by Wilds during an Explison receive a random multiplier between 2x and 5x. Any winnings from winning combinations that include this particular Wild symbol are multiplied.

XXXTreme Spins

The game’s title refers to Taco Fury’s unique ability Buy Features. Essentially, you can opt to trigger a Wild Explosion on the next spin. All you have to do is spend some cash in a relatively large upfront payment.

Options for buying XXXTreme Spins include:

• 1 spin with 1 guaranteed Wild Explosion for 20x the stake
• 1 spin with 2 guaranteed Wild Explosions for 60x the stake

Click on the flashing ‘Activate XXXTreme Spins’ button at any moment to purchase XXXTreme Spins.

Casino Bloke Best tips for Taco Fury XXXTreme

• 1Buying XXXTreme spins reduces the game’s RTP to 96.04% and 06.03% for 1 and 2 guaranteed explosions, respectively. All in all, it’s not a significant decrease, but it’s something to keep in mind.
• 2Note that NetEnt offers several versions of Taco Fury XXXTreme with varying RTP rates. Check the in-game info panel to make sure you’re playing the one with 96.05% RTP.

PAYOUTS & RTP

Netent Taco Fury stands out from most modern online slot games due to the way its payouts are structured. More importantly, it stands out due to the practical effect such a structure has on the game. Let’s explain.

On the surface, Taco Fury XXXTreme is not very volatile. NetEnt said as much, and the maximum payout only goes up to 533x. However, the base gameplay has a relatively low hit rate. At least it feels that way. Most of the experience of playing this title boils down to waiting for the Wild Explosions to trigger.

As a result, we have a slot that feels fairly volatile even though the math is on the safe side. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but at least the Buy Feature allows you to directly experience more excitement.

OUR VERDICT

There’s no doubt in our minds that the NetEnt team spent plenty of time and effort on Taco Fury XXXTreme. The detailed hand-drawn graphics and unique math model are evidence of that. However, the resulting game feels like it fails to deliver on its premise.

Namely, there’s nothing really “extreme” about Taco Fury. In fact, it’s less volatile than most modern slot games, its maximum payout is quite modest, and the multipliers and special prizes aren’t particularly rare or rewarding. So why market the game as part of the “XXXTreme” series?

We’ll never know the answer to that, but we can at least say that this game targets a very specific niche of players. It’s a very narrow niche – it’s for people who enjoy low statistical volatility but feature-heavy gameplay. It’s an unusual combination which leaves Taco Fury XXXTreme feeling quite strange to play, but we can’t deny its uniqueness.