Yggdrasil is a games developer that takes its name from a tree in Norse mythology, so it is no surprise that the Swedish company has produced several games that use Vikings as a theme. One of their popular slots is Vikings Go Berzerk, an entertaining game that is packed with bonus features and great cartoon graphics.

This Vikings Go Berzerk slot review will take a closer look at this game, and give you the full rundown on its entertaining selection of bonus features.

The game is played on a grid of 5 reels and 4 rows, with 25 paylines. The minimum bet for UK players is 25p and the maximum is £125. The game deploys HTML5 technology, meaning that the Vikings Go Berzerk mobile options are excellent. HTML5 means that games can be played on mobile devices without there being any reduction in quality. The Vikings Go Berzerk release date was November 2016, meaning that it has had a few years to establish itself as a popular slot.

There is an autoplay option in place, if you are the kind of slots gamer who likes to sit back while the action unfolds. There is also a game history tab, if you want to check on what has happened while you have played. As well as English, the game is available in 25 other languages, including Korean, German and Polish.

What is the Vikings Go Berzerk Slot RTP?

The Vikings Go Berzerk RTP is 96.10%, which makes it pretty typical for a slot of this type. It is also pretty typical of an Yggdrasil slot. Dwarf Mine, for example, another Yggdrasil slot, has an RTP of 96.80%, while Baron Samedi, another of theirs, has an RTP of 97.00%. There are 2 other slots in the Vikings series. Vikings Go to Hell has an RTP of 96.10%, while Vikings Go Wild is set at 96.30%.

The slot is medium variance, which means that your chances of frequent small wins should be about the same as your chances of triggering really big wins less frequently. When we played the game we found that small wins came along pretty often. Triggering the game’s bonus features proved quite hard, though, when we played it.

The Vikings Go Berzerk slot certainly looks and sounds very slick indeed. Before you even get to the action on the reels there is a really impressive movie-style opening sequence to the game that features animated statues of a Viking adventurer and someone who looks like she might be his wife. It certainly gets the action off to a dramatic start.

When we get to the reels themselves, we see that they are presented as the sail in a Viking longship. The ship is sailing across a grey northern ocean, and clouds scud across an unsettled looking sky. The game’s graphics are cartoon style, but are very detailed and skilfully rendered. There is nothing rushed or slapdash about these beautiful images.

Epic Music and Charismatic Characters

Across the deck of the longship in front of the reels there are 4 Vikings, each with a rage meter. This will play an important role on one of the slot’s features, and we’ll tell you all about it later. There also some sirens sitting among rocks, and they look suitably seductive, even blinking their eyes as the reels spin. The 4 Vikings, 3 of whom are male and one female, are all very individual and charismatic, and there is nothing generic about the way they have been depicted.

The music is suitably dramatic and epic, and it sweeps along in the background as you play. As with the tunes on offer in many slots, though, it will start to grate on your nerves after a while, and we recommend using the mute button. The other sound effects are certainly impressive, and help to create a really immersive atmosphere.

As for the symbols on the reels, you’ll see the same 4 Vikings used as the game’s higher value symbols. The lower value symbols are coins of various colours. The game’s wild symbol is easy to spot, as it is the word ‘wild’. This will substitute for all other symbols to create winning combinations, apart from the free spins scatter symbols, which we’ll look at in detail in the next section of this review. There are also treasure chests to watch for, which award additional features.

There are 3 Vikings Go Berzerk bonus features for you to enjoy, so this slot is packed with great entertainment and chances to win. We’ll take a closer look at all 3 of these features here.

• Vikings Rage
  We have already mentioned the 4 characters who sit below the reels and their rage meters. Each time a winning combination spins in the reels that features them as a symbol, that character’s rage meter will fill up. When it’s full, you’ll get 7 free spins where that particular Viking will be in ‘berzerk’ mode.
  If one of the sirens appears, they will fight with the ‘berzerk’ Viking, who will then turn into a sticky wild for the duration of the spins.
• Free spins
  The Vikings Go Berzerk free spins are triggered when 3, 4 or 5 of the free spins symbols land anywhere in view on the reels. That will give you 7, 14 or 21 free spins, depending on the number of scatters that appear. For these spins, you can receive 1 of 4 randomly assigned modifiers. All Vikings can be in ‘berzerk’ mode, a sticky wild is placed in a random position, a sticky wild is placed on a random reel, you receive 1 to 3 extra free spins, or 5 extra treasure chests are added to the reels. Vikings can fight off sirens during these spins to create additional sticky wilds.
  You may manage to trigger Ragnarok free spins During this variation of the feature, all 4 of the Vikings are always ‘berzerk’ and will always defeat the sirens.
• Treasure Chests
  If a treasure chest lands anywhere on the reels, you can pick up a couple of additional prizes. If a standard treasure chest lands on reel 4, you can get either multiplier of your line bet worth up to 1000x. Alternatively, the free spins feature can be triggered. If a golden treasure chest lands on reel 5, you can benefit from a multiplier that can be as high as 1000x. Alternatively, you might also trigger the free spins feature, receive a 25% boost to each rage meter, or trigger Ragnorak free spins.

We were certainly impressed with this game when we played it. It looks and sounds really immersive and entertaining, as you would expect from an Yggdrasil slot. The characters have real individuality, and there is an attention to detail in the graphics and gameplay that deserves plenty of credit. The bonus features provide plenty of variety, even if it does seem frustratingly tricky to trigger them at times.

So, this Vikings Go Berzerk slot review will end on positive note, by us recommending that you give this game a go! If you enjoy Viking themed slots then you may also want to try Thunderstruck from Microgaming, or possibly Troll Hunters from Play’n GO.

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