Bob The Epic Viking Quest Pokie
This is possibly the online casino pokie with the longest title on record, as its full name is Böb The Epic Viking Quest for the Sword of Tullemutt, but we’ll skip the second part for the sake of clarity. It’s clear from the name that this is going to be a pokie with humour, and it comes from those crazy Swedes at Net Ent who should know a thing or two about Vikings.
There’s 5 reels and 25 paylines of mayhem going on in this cartoon style game, where axes, horned helmets and Bob himself will see free spins, multipliers, wild substitutions and a pick-a-shield side game play out. There’s a simple background picture of a Viking village on a mountain top, while surrounding the actual symbol area, we have a frame that looks like a sword, within which the symbols float down against a clear backdrop.
Like all Net Ent games, the Bob The Epic Viking Quest video pokie is fair and reliable with a good return to player ratio and a wide bet range that starts from a low limit of just 0.25 per spin. Matching symbols will need to stop across a payline running in an unbroken sequence from the left side, and if anyone wants to see how it all works, then most casinos offer free Bob The Epic Viking Quest video pokies to practice on.
Playing Bob The Epic Viking Quest
Although the lower-value symbols are the commonly-used 10 through to A playing card icons, they have been given a suitably Norse makeover, and actually look quite nice. The 10 and J are each worth 2, 15 or 75x the line bet, while K pays a little more and the top value card symbol, the A pays out 10, 50 or 125x when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels of a line.
Bob’s shield and axe are both worth 15, 75 or 250x the line bet, while the classic Viking helmet pays 50, 100 or 500x. But all these values are dwarfed by the wild symbol, which is simply the word ‘WILD’ in gold with a nice inlaid pattern. When this stops on reels 1 and 2 across a payline players are awarded with 5x their line bet, but 3, 4, or 5 wilds pay 200, 2,000 or 7,500x
A golden longship is the scatter symbol here, able to pay between 2x and 100x the total stake when it turns up in any 2, 3, 4, or 5 places at once. If at least 3 ships are spotted, then 10 free spins will follow on from the win and during these any winnings will be tripled in value, which should be enough to get some decent payouts before they end, although the round can’t be retriggered from within, so once the 10 spins are completed, that’s it and players are returned to the main game.
Bob The Epic Viking Quest
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Bob’s Bonus Game
Any pokie named after a character is bound to have them turn up somewhere, and here’s our friendly marauder Bob, acting as a bonus symbol to take players to a side game when he appears on any 3 or more sequential reels from the left side.
It takes place in a great hall, where 12 playing stone-effect tablets are lined up, and all that’s needed is for players to click a tablet in turn to reveal a bonus payout. But there’s a strange squiggle symbol hidden in one, and when this is found the game ends, with all the uncovered prizes added up and paid out, while any that were not found will also be revealed, so players will know if they made good choices or not.
Wins are in the 50 – 250-coin range, so it can be quite a rewarding bonus feature to trigger, and nice animations of a sword add to the appeal.
The Verdict
Bob’s not a scary Viking at all, in fact he’s one of the friendliest and most generous that we’ve seen. It’s not a unique subject matter to be tackled by online casino games, but it’s certainly one of the most entertaining ones, done in Net Ent’s usual humorous flair.
While wins in the base game are perfectly reasonable, they are nothing special, so players will need to get those wilds lined up for the biggest rewards, and once the free spins, with multipliers attached start, or the bonus game is launched, there’s some serious cash to be plundered.