Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded: Slot Overview

After some internet searching, it appears that riding in a blimp is more akin to sailing a boat than flying a plane. Imagine the sensation of silkily floating over the ground, as cities and the countryside lay spread out as far as the eye can see. Now picture doing it in a fantasy world, full of brass and eccentric characters. Actually, there's no need to push your mind too hard as developer Yggdrasil provided a taste of this very thing in one of their most iconic slots Cazino Zeppelin, an imaginative tour de force released in 2015, masterfully mixing steampunk with a thrilling Dead or Alive-inspired bonus round where sticky wilds dominated. Now, fast forward six years or so, and we've got our hands on the remake, the aptly titled Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded, which holds fast to the past while making major adjustments to its rules with staggering results.

Graphically, almost as much has stayed the same as has changed. What has changed are the side decorations, where the older patterned borders have been replaced with whirring cogs, sprockets, and buzzing electricity. A blurry view of the outside world can be made out behind the 5-reel game grid, lazily drifting by as the zeppelin soars the skies. None of these represent major design advances, but they're more than enough to reinforce the steampunk industrial atmosphere and for anyone wowed by the original to set hearts aflutter, again.

Like the outer wrapper, what takes place behind the scenes is also a case of new and old. Old being things like the return of a highly volatile math model and an RTP of 96%. Potential has been blown completely out of proportion (we'll get to that) while 20 paylines are provided to land winning combinations across. When you're ready to step aboard for the flight, base stakes of 20 p/c to $/€20 may be set, with the voyage possible on any device.

The paytable will be familiar to fans, too, with the same four high roller characters making up the premium symbols, where a line of five is worth 25 to 100x the bet. The already elaborate card suit low pays have been made even more elaborate this time around, pulling in wins of 5 to 8.5 times the stake for five a kind. Wilds are where the reloaded version of Cazino Zeppelin starts to leave its predecessor in the dust. Landing on any reel, wilds substitute for any pay symbol and can have multipliers of up to x5 in the base game. Whenever more than one wild is used in a win, the values are added together.

Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded: Slot Features

Zeppelins might be known for their smooth sailing in good weather, but someone's decided to clap booster rockets on this one because all sorts of madness is possible during free spins. There are two ways of triggering them: wait for at least 3 scatters to land naturally or buy them using the feature buy option. When 3, 4, or 5 scatters land in view, players win 2x their bet plus 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively.

Any wilds appearing on the triggering spin are transferred over to free spins when the round begins. During free spins, wild symbols are sticky for the full duration of the feature. In a major new addition, each new wild that lands increases the multiplier of all sticky wilds from previous spins, including from the base game, by +1. Should at least one wild be collected on every 5 reels, then +5 additional free spins are awarded. This can happen only once per round.

Golden Bet

In the base game, players have the option of switching on the Golden Bet feature. This increases the cost of each paid spin by 25% and doubles the chance of hitting free spins.

Buy Bonus

With all the sticky wild multiplying available in free spins, it makes sense players will want to trigger it asap. For those willing and able to buy them, Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded presents three choices. For 100x, 300x, or 700x, players can buy 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively.

Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded: Slot Verdict

Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded is sure to charm fans of the original game while possessing the sort of features and potential to lure newbies in for a crack. A fair amount of time has passed since Cazino Zeppelin was released, and graphics, in general, have moved on since then. However, credit to Yggdrasil for making only modest cosmetic changes, thereby giving Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded an extra vintage feel that should ignite memories of the older game. At the same time, the looks are good enough to attract players who might not have even tried the original.

The light-touch approach also goes for features, to a degree, which are mostly the same as before – with a few mighty additions. Like some driven 19th-century inventor/adventurer adjusting the knobs on their dirigible to achieve new airspeed records, Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded's free spins have been significantly boosted. The new multiplier element is capable of producing vastly greater thrills and winning potential than Cazino Zeppelin, or most other slots out there for that matter, theoretically speaking at least.

It's no secret sticky wilds go down a treat, and we've seen multiplier versions of them go crazy in games like Dead or Alive 2 or Top Dawg$, helping players smash their way to epic wins. Now, take those games, open up the winning potential, and you've got an idea of what to expect in Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded.

As far as reloads go, Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded is exceedingly difficult to fault. Some might have wanted more modern visuals or extra ingenuity in terms of features, but let's not nit-pick. What's come out of the reload process is a game which retains the atmospheric magic of the original while pumping up an already lethal bonus game with the sort of multipliers that would make a steampunk polymath blush.