Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar Review

Chasing chicken has never been some fun like with the Chicken Fox slot from Lightning Box, which gets an upgrade. Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar is a sequel to the original title, featuring a couple of exciting additions and most importantly a top prize of 18,950x of the bet!

Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar - Outlook

The original Chicken Fox title appeared to make some waves among slot enthusiast and took an honored place among other slots in Lightning Box's portfolio. Focusing around barnyard animals, it was the Free Spins feature that was the highlight there, which was leading to massive wins. Not to say that it was changed dramatically in the sequel, though, the above-mentioned feature got an upgrade, while another bonus game was added and the math model rethought. Thus, let's take a closer look under the hood to figure out what changes does the continuation bring.

Loading the game takes players to the familiar setting, which remained almost untouched with some slight changes to the reel set surroundings. The barn's roof was painted yellow, and racks now contain piles of precious gems instead of cash. Not the most drastic changes indeed, though, it hints us well that we are playing a different game.

Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar Reel Screen

The actions are still played across a 5x3 grid with 25 ways to play, though, when it comes to the figures, most of them did undergo changes. The volatility though remained high, so don't expect to be showered in wins, especially according to the payback percentage. The RTP was slightly increased to 95.61%, which is still lower than the average level, and the betting range was widened, so players now drop in by placing bets from 0.25$ to 325$ per spin. The most major enhancement was attained in terms of the maximum potential, which was bumped up to 18,950x.

Among the symbols that land onto the grid are all the same icons, including A-10 royals on the lower side, alongside various chickens, goats, pigs, and tractors making up the premiums. Helping you to form winning combos is a kind lady, which is Wild and acts as a substitute for any other regular symbols as well as being the most valuable symbol among the regulars. Landing a 5-of-a-kind combo of low-paying symbols will award from 4x to 6x of the bet, while premiums are worth 10, 12, and 16 times the stake.

Matching 5 instances of the Wild symbol will award 200x.

Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar - Bonus Features

As alluded to earlier, it's all about the Free Spins feature, which is the key to the success in Chicken Fox. You won't actually find anything lucrative here besides the above-mentioned bonus, even though you the title implies that there's a Skillstar bonus game involved. Let's lay everything our in order.

3 or more golden egg Scatters are required to trigger the Free Spins, with 3, 4, and 5 Scatters awarding 8, 15, and 30 spins to start respectively. Players will then be taken to a new empty grid, and during the bonus game, the only symbols that can land onto the reels are chickens, foxes, and eggs. All the chickens land with a random cash value of up to 32x of the total bet attached to them. Whenever a fox lands alongside any chicken symbol, it collects all the values on the screen and adds to the total win.

Free Spins Feature

Moreover, foxes can land with a 5x multiplier attached to multiply all the cash values collected. Landing a single fox without any extra symbols will grant 1 or 5 additional spins, as well as a fox landing alongside an egg symbol will add 1, 2, 3, or 5 additional spins. Meanwhile, any 5x fox landing with an egg gives 5, 10, 15, or 25 spins respectively.

All chicken symbols can also pay like regular symbols in case you manage to match at least 3 symbols starting from the leftmost reel on the same payline.

Foxes can also act as Wild symbols, hence, you can get additional prizes to boost the potential.

Skillstar is an optional bonus game preceding the Free Spins once it's triggered, so you can either try it or just skip. Players will take control of a fox with a basket to catch falling egg and prevent them from smashing on the floor. You'll have 3 lives with each fallen egg taking one life away. The Skillstar bonus game does not have any monetary value, so it's all limited to having fun and scoring up on the leaderboard. It neither affects the RTP and is just a nice addition to chill before plunging into the real action. Furthermore, ranking up on the leaderboard adds a touch of competitiveness to the gameplay, so those who appreciate chasing ranks will love it.

Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar - Verdict

We are not actually sure why does Lightning Box emphasize the addition of the Skillstar bonus game, even though it's absolutely pointless, though, the slot anyway seems to be a decent sequel to the first part.

It allows players to win greater rewards thanks to an upgraded Free Spins feature, plus the slightly enhanced math model makes it a little more pleasing.