All of us who love RTG games will be glad to hear that the company has released another 50-line slot with an unusual theme – monsters! So, if you’re a fan of Godzilla or Yeti comics, or perhaps movies in which monsters spread terror throughout a big city, crashing and smashing everything in their way, you’ll love RTG’s “Monster Mayhem” and its entertaining twist of the popular theme.

You see, this five-reel, 50-line progressive video slot introduces a couple of comical monsters, Smash and Crash, which go around the city and do precisely what their names imply. Trying to get away from them are pretty lady and a helpless policeman, who doesn’t seem to believe his eyes. In addition, on the reels you’ll see a bunch of crashed cars, helicopters, buildings on fire, torn papers and broken cameras, all testifying of the terrible wrongdoings of the two monsters, who actually look quite funny! The sounds are typical RTG sounds with a few monster roars, to complement the theme.

To make the game more interesting, the RTG developers introduced some special features – including two monster wilds, a scatter, and a rewarding re-spin bonus round. But to be able to get any of those, players need to think about their preferred bet amounts first. There’s no need to worry whether you can afford to play “Monster Mayhem”, as it supports a whole range of coin amounts, starting from the minimal 1 cent and moving up to $5 per payline, enabling highrollers to enjoy the game with a maximum bet amount of $250. In return, the game offers you the possibility to win one of the two random progressives – Minor and Major, whose amount you watch growing as you play.

Special Features:

As mentioned before, “Monster Mayhem” offers only a few features, which are generous, but aren’t enough to compensate for the somewhat stingy base game. Nevertheless, the special features are very cute and involve Crash and Smash wilds, which appear only on reels 1 (Smash) and five (Crash) and replace all other symbols, including scatters, in order to bring more winning opportunities.

In combination with each other, i.e. when they both appear on reels 1 and 5 in the same spin, they will award up to 10 re-spins in which reels 1 and 5 are held, and the others re-spin, awarding a +1x multiplier to each re-spin. This feature can be highly rewarding, and it appears fairly often, so it’s worth hoping for. Finally, the burning City scatter has its basic role – to pay any, but an unusual benefit of the game is that it can be replaced by a wild symbol if needed.

Looking back at “Monster Mayhem”, one cannot really complain about the game. Its base game payout rate could be better, that’s true, but the overall impression is that it’s fun, occasionally rewarding and, generally speaking, a title one should give a shot.

- reviewed by Latest Casino Bonuses, last updated 2012-07-26