We spend the whole year working hard, watching the time go by and looking forward to the summer holidays. Oh dear, those wonderful sunny days when we are able to hang out with our friends as much as we want, when we can forget all about timetables, clocks, busy schedules – that is something a person always wants to last a day longer. Well, now, whenever you want to get that familiar summery feeling, there’s an easy way: just go to your favorite Rival casino and click on a “Summer Ease” video slot. Just a click and you’re in the middle of a summer holiday.

The action on the five reels and 20 paylines is quite intensive – “Summer Ease” features barbecuing, beach, sports, gardening, cycling, fishing, driving around countryside. Its graphics are colorful and cute, but a bit sloppier than what we’re used to in Rival slots. However, an abundance of features will serve as compensation for this little flaw – with expanding wilds, scatters, free spins, multipliers, and a bonus round, there are quite a few chances to get at least a minor balance booster.

For those with bigger ambitions, there is also a jackpot symbol, which can award up to 8888 coins when five of them appear along a payline. But before you start dreaming of an ideal summer holiday you’d buy with this money, you should consider how much you’re willing to invest into this bright and sunny game. You have various coin denominations at your disposal - from $0.01 to $0.25, and if that’s not enough, you can place multiple coins per line, up to 10 of them. What this means is that this slot is available to virtually everyone, and that its bet amounts are able to feed all playing tastes.

Special Features:

“Summer Ease” is a slot that by no means lacks interesting features, but in reality, they could be awarded more often. First of all, there are expanding wilds, which appear on reels 1, 3, and 5. They are crucial for winning big prizes, as they appear far more often that other special features and they sometimes award some really massive rewards. Then, there are bicycle scatters, two or more of which anywhere multiply your bet, and three, four or five of which award 10, 20 and 75 free spins respectively. What’s good about free spins is that they carry a 3x multiplier, but on the other hand, you rarely get more than two scatters, which makes this feature very hard to get.

And finally, the bonus round, awarded by three or more yacht symbols. Even though the symbol acts like a normal scatter, the bonus feature is rarely triggered, even if you try the game in free play.

If these couple of flaws could be ironed out, “Summer Ease” would have a really bright future as a potential player favorite. Its theme is vivid and lovable, and with only a bit more generosity, this slot would deserve the warmest of recommendations.

- reviewed by Latest Casino Bonuses, last updated 2011-11-02