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Creature from the Black Lagoon Review

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a branded NetEnt game based on the classic 1954 horror movie by the same title. The slot has been developed in collaboration with Universal Studios, and it comes in vivid colors even though the movie was a black-and-white production. The main attraction is the free spins feature, as this is where you can rack up the really big wins.

After the scary intro featuring the Gill-man is over with, the game plays out on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 ways to win. You can place bets between 20p and £100 per spin across all platforms and devices here (thanks to NetEnt’s recent revamp of the game), and you will benefit from sticky wild respins during the base game.

The RTP is a very decent 96.47 %, and this is a highly volatile game that might take you for a bumpy ride depending on your bet level. When the young woman, Kay, is kidnapped by the fish-monster, your mission becomes to save her during the game’s exciting bonus round. This is where you can expect big total wins, but the feature is not all that easy to trigger.

What symbols are there?

The 4 main characters from the movie are the most valuable symbols in this game, and the young women, Kay, is the highest value symbol of them all. The lower value symbols are all items needed for an expedition into the unknown, and you need to land 3 to 5 matching symbols on a payline to win. Here is the paytable for Creature from the Black Lagoon slot:

• Kay - pays 37.5x for 5 on a payline
• David - pays 30x for 5 on a payline
• Carl - pays 25x for 5 on a payline
• Lucas - pays 20x for 5 on a payline
• Binoculars - pays 6.25x for 5 on a payline
• Oxygen tank - pays 6.25x for 5 on a payline
• Camera - pays 5x for 5 on a payline
• Knife - pays 5x for 5 on a payline

What are the bonus features?

The wild symbol is the game logo, and it can step in for all symbols except for the scatter symbol and the target symbol. We will talk more about these symbols soon, but let’s first explore the very exciting base game bonus feature you can benefit from here.

You can land wild symbols on any given reel, and whenever you land a wild it will become sticky. This also triggers the respin feature, which means that the wild symbol becomes frozen in place on the reels, while the rest of the symbols spin again. As long as you keep landing new sticky wilds, you will also get more respins. The feature only ends when you fill the screen with nothing but wilds, or you don’t land any more wilds.

Free spins in Added reviews

The main attraction here is undoubtedly the free spins bonus round. You’ll see the amphibious-humanoid creature kidnap Kay, and bring her to his underwater cave. You need to land at least 3 scatter symbols to trigger this feature, and 3, 4 or 5 scatters will give you 10, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively.

Your job now is to take out the creature, and this is done by collecting the target symbol that you’ll see only on the 5th reel. The monster will appear to the right of the reels, and you’ll also see a health meter in the bottom right corner. As you shoot the creature, its health will decrease, and the health meter comes with 4 different levels:

• Level 1 (0 - 2 target symbols collected): any wild becomes sticky for 1 respin.
• Level 2 (3 - 5 target symbols collected): wild symbols spread to the left, and remain for 1 respin.
• Level 3 (6 - 8 target symbols collected): wilds spread to the left and right, and remain for 1 respin.
• Level 4 (9 target symbols collected): gives you 10 extra free spins, and spreading wilds to the left and right for each spin.

What is the jackpot (max win)?

There is no progressive or fixed jackpot to be won on Creature from the Black Lagoon slot, and the game’s max win is not really that impressive either. You can win up to 750 times your stake if you fill the reels with nothing but the Kay symbol. This is in no way a very solid potential for a high volatility slot. On the upside, this means that you will usually rack up quite impressive combined winnings when you finally trigger the free spins feature.

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Being a somewhat dated game, Creature from the Black Lagoon is actually playable on mobile and tablet devices. This is due to NetEnt revamping this game in mid-January 2020. It now runs smoothly on all handheld platforms via NetEnt Touch and HTML5 technology. This is good news if you like to play on the go, and all you need is your Android, iPhone or iPad.

SlotCatalog verdict

NetEnt is no stranger when it comes to producing branded slots, and Creature from the Black Lagoon is a well-made game that does justice to the classic movie. You cannot really win big on a single spin here, which might be a game-stopper for some players. The game only does justice to its high volatility by combining bigger wins during the all-important free spins round.