Vikings Go Berzerk

Whenever you first take a look at the Vikings Go Berzerk slot, you'll notice that the reels sit on a viking ship with the sea and sky in the background. This is because you're off to battle, but before you get there, you're going to need to contend with the sirens. While the sirens are more generally associated with Greek and Roman mythology, the inclusion of them with a viking theme makes plenty of sense. As such, Yggdrasil has put together a different spin on the viking concept and used it as the premise for the features in this game.

Format and Layout

This slot uses five reels with four rows. However, there are 25 paylines, which is atypical for a 5x4 format online slot, but it doesn't affect the gameplay in any weird kind of way. Players can choose coin sizes for the 25 paylines running from $0.01 to $5 apiece, and this puts the total betting range at $0.25 to $125 per turn. You cannot change the number of paylines from the maximum (not that you should want to), and you can't play with more than one coin on each payline. The wide range of coin values make that unnecessary, however.

Viking Rage Meters

One of the main things to pay attention to when you play Vikings Go Berzerk is the set of rage meters at the bottom of the reels. Each of the four vikings gets one, and whenever you hit a winning combination with those symbols, it increases the rage meter. Max out the rage meter, and you'll get a set of seven free spins with that particular viking in Berzerk Mode, which we'll explain further down below. This is the main game mechanic, but there are other ways to win free spins as well.

Siren Scatters and Free Spins

The siren symbol is scattered, and she'll give you a set of free spins if you pick up three or more. Three gets you seven free spins, four gets you 14 and five will earn 21 free spins. The key to all of the free spins in this game, including those from the rage meter for each of the four vikings, is that every one of the viking symbols have a chance to turn into a sticky wild. However, they have to fight off the siren to earn that, so they don't always.

The key to the Berzerk Mode from the other way to earn free spins is that the viking in Berzerk Mode always wins against the siren. That means more sticky wilds, which in turn means better chances for more big winning combinations.

During the free spins, you'll also earn one of five different extra features. You can have all vikings in Berzerk Mode, a random sticky wild, a wild reel, up to three extra free spins or extra treasure chests on the reels.

Chest Bonus Feature

The chest symbol shows up on the fourth reel, and whenever it lands, you get a random prize. During the regular game, it can be up to 1,000x and up to 21 free spins. During the free spin mode, you can earn the same prize worth up to 1,000x, but you can also earn up to four extra free spins along with other goodies like extra wilds or wild reels.

A golden chest shows up on the fourth reel sometimes as well, and it awards similar prizes as the regular chest except you can win up to 10,000x with the instant payout. These really round out the feature-heavy gameplay of this slot.

Overview

Vikings Go Berzerk is a good example of Yggdrasil going a bit outside of the box when it comes to putting together a lot with a theme that's been used before. Because they've tied every aspect of this theme into the actual features and gameplay, which is the type of thing they normally do, players will be given a very in-depth experience with a number of cohesive parts. All of these parts pull together to give you a lot of different ways to get paid in the form of several free spin opportunities and chances for extra payouts, so it's clear that you'll be in for an action-packed time in this game.