With a release date of 23 May 2017, Copy Cats looks to be a very strong addition to designer NetEnt’s catalog. An outstanding five-reel slot with 25 paylines, this game offers whimsical, sleek design, solid gameplay, and a delightful, jazzy soundtrack.
Theme
Cat ladies and cat gentlemen, prepare for your catnip in slot form: non-feline-lovers need not apply. All gaming symbols are of the feline persuasion – pink, red, blue, and gold cartoon cats, each with attitude to spare, are the highest value symbols, with the gold cat acting as the wild. As a nice change of pace, there are no playing card-valued symbols muddling the theme. Rather, the four cats have a paw print symbol in their corresponding color, and bottles of milk, mousey cat toys, and fish bones round out the collection of symbols. A kitty bell toy acts as the scatter symbol; it appears on reels one, three, and five only, but launches the free spin bonus game feature when appearing on all three. The background depicts a friendly-looking town with big clouds floating in the sky. Rounding out the interface is a very charming soundtrack of a jazz combo with walking bass, several notches above the usual auditory accompaniment of online slot gaming.
Betting Options, Functions + Features
Bet size ranges from .25 to 125 of the play currency in Copy Cats. This can be manipulated by the player changing bet level and/or coin value. There are also auto-spin, max bet, and detailed information features available.
Gameplay is both straightforward and smooth in Copy Cats, and with 25 paylines, one doesn’t have to wait terribly long for wins to appear. There’s a surprisingly intricate bonus feature (for which the game is named) however, available both in the base game and in bonus play. When the first reel holds three cats of the same color, the copy cat feature is triggered: suddenly, every cat symbol on the reels is transformed into the same color as the initial three. Depending on the initial makeup of the reels, this can trigger multiple paylines at once, resulting in big wins. Even more enticing, though, is that this can occur with the gold cat wild symbol also, lighting up the screen with wilds and filling a player’s bankroll to the proverbial brim.
There is also a free spin feature, launched by the appearance of bell scatter symbols on reels one, three, and five. A new screen launches and ten free spins are awarded; since the bells continue to appear within the free spin game, it’s possible to win ten additional free spins while already playing in the bonus game. The titular Copy Cat bonus is also in play in bonus mode, including golden cat symbol multipliers. As one might imagine, this is when the largest payouts can be won.
Our Take
With Copy Cats, NetEnt has a hit on its hands. The many paylines and bonuses would be worthy of attention on their own – with solid gameplay, enjoyable design, and a lovely soundtrack in the bargain, this title comes highly recommended.
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 25Pay lines
- $1,000.00Max cash jackpot
- 96.76Payout Percent
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.25 - $125Betting Range
- 0.01 - 0.5Coin bet range
- 10Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 2000Max coins jackpot
- 250Max coins
- NoScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- Animals Game theme