Play Gorilla Kingdom

While its title would suggest otherwise, Gorilla Kingdom is as slow and mellow as it gets. NetEnt builds a dense jungle, with water moving in the background, and waits for a massive gorilla to decide whether the reels are worth its attention.  

We find a 5x4 layout here, 1,024 ways to win, and a bonus feature built around turning the premium animal symbols into gorillas. The base game has its moments, but Gorilla Kingdom is mostly about waiting for the feature to start changing the reels into something far more useful. 

We get one of NetEnt’s better looking jungle setups in Gorilla Kingdom. The background is packed with jungle greenery, the waterfall moves the screen, all the while the transparent reel frame helps the game avoid boxing everything in. The animal symbols help a lot there as well. The gorilla carries the theme, while the leopard, hornbill, okapi, and pangolin give the premium side of the paytable some variety.  

The paytable is split between lower royal symbols and five animal premiums. The jungle characters carry the better returns, and several of them can pay from just two matching symbols, which gives the reels a little more flexibility than they first appear to have. 

Special Symbols 

• Scatter: The blue diamond scatter can land on any reel and three, four, or five of them will trigger the bonus spins. 
• Gorilla Mask: During bonus spins, the gorilla can appear as a mask symbol that moves to the animal panel below the reels and helps transform premium symbols into gorillas. 
• Animal Panels: These sit below the reels and track progress toward each premium symbol upgrade during the feature. 

Bonus Spins 

Three, four, or five scatters trigger 10, 15, or 20 bonus spins. That is already a decent start, but the feature gets more useful because scatters remain active during the round. If two, three, four, or five land in bonus spins, we pick up 3, 10, 15, or 20 more spins. 

Gorilla Mask Upgrade Feature 

This is the central mechanic. During bonus spins, the gorilla can appear as a special mask symbol. When it does, it behaves as a normal gorilla on the reels, then jumps down into one of the animal panels below. Each panel belongs to one premium animal symbol, and if six slots are filled, that animal is transformed into the gorilla for the rest of the feature. 

Expanding Gorilla Presence 

When enough mask symbols land and the panels fill, more of the premium symbols become gorillas. That is when Gorilla Kingdom starts to feel much more alive. The base game can seem a touch bare, but a bonus round with several upgraded animal symbols has a very different tone. 

Gorilla Kingdom uses a 5x4 reel setup with 1,024 ways to win. Matching symbols pay from left to right across adjacent reels, and the premium animals can start paying from just two of a kind while the lower royals need at least three. That gives the main grid a slightly different feel from standard online slots, even before the feature side begins to do its work. 

The overall flow is straightforward. We spin the base game, wait for scatters, and then try to make the bonus spins last long enough for the animal panels to fill. In the middle of the BetVictor casino experience, that puts Gorilla Kingdom in the more patient part of the range rather than the instant chaos corner.  

A few other titles fit if the appeal is animal themes or features that gradually improve the reel set. 

• Fat Panda: The title is the closest match for players who like animal led slots where the bonus round is far more important than the ordinary spins. 
• Mayan Waterfalls: A game with a softer mood, but one that also builds toward a stronger second stage rather than trying to do everything at once. 
• Gorilla Gold Megaways: While a Gorilla is still very much the main character, this one is much harsher in tone and much more intense once the Megaways mechanic comes into play. 

We think Gorilla Kingdom is one of those slots that does a lot of things reasonably well without ever turning into a truly wild beast. The jungle setting looks good, the bonus feature has a clear purpose, and the gorilla upgrades are satisfying once they begin to stack up.  

At the same time, the base game is doing a fair bit of waiting around. We are mostly spinning in hope of reaching the feature, and that can make the ordinary play feel a little too quiet. Still, when the bonus starts adding spins and turning more animals into gorillas, the game becomes much more convincing. We would call it a solid jungle entry for all online casinos, although not a classic in our opinion.