Royal Potato 2

Review Royal Potato 2

For those who aren’t yet very familiar with Print Studios, Royal Potato was only the third game that was released by the Malta based provider. It didn’t take long though to surprise players from around the world, with Print Studios gaining immediate recognition amongst operators and players. As a highly successful game it didn’t come as a surprise that a part II was released just recently, requiring an in-depth review by the pokie professionals of CherryRed. This review is oriented towards New Zealand, but of course available for players from other countries to prepare themselves for their first spin on Royal Potato 2.

How to Play

The Royal Potato 2 is an online pokie game that works with a 5×4 grid. This casino game is loaded with 5 different bonuses, promising all the thrills you need as this part 2 is a bigger and better version of the first game. If that sounds good, then here is how to play Royal Potato 2:

• Go for your favourite online casino.
• Look up this pokie game in their game library.
• Load the game and select the menu button with the three lines. This is where you’ll find the paytable and the rest of the in-depth game.
• In the menu, you’ll also see the different options for the audio effects.
• Choose the bet amount making use of the left and right arrows above the spin button.
• Press the big spin button, this will start the game.
• Play responsibly, always.

Symbol Wins

Brought to you with a potato game theme, game developer Print Studios has definitely put some effort in coming up with a game that knows how to represent potatoes. There are a total of six standard symbols found in the game, all of them are potato characters. On the reels of the game, you’ll see flowers in the colours blue, green, orange and purple. The high value symbols are recognised by Kennebec, Russet, Yukon, Désirée, Queen and King potatoes and you’ll notice pretty quickly that all have their own character. Graphically more impressive than the original pokie, the King Potato is the most valuable symbol awarding payouts of 3, 10 or 50x the stake for combos of 3, 4 or 5 across a payline. A full screen of King Potato symbols will give you the top win of 1,500x the stake. These payouts are excellent, especially the two best paying icons. Here’s more information:

Bonus Features

The Royal Potato 2 pokie offers players a total of 5 bonus features. Interesting that one of these features is represented by 5 bonus buy options that are available for players who are located in New Zealand. Here is everything you need about the features:

SuperSpinners Feature

Seen in other Print Studios pokies as well such as Holy Hand Grenade, Royal Potato 2 comes with a SuperSpinners feature. This means that there are 14 SuperSpinner positions found between the reels. When a winning combo gets affected by the SuperSpinner, your win will be linked to the SuperSpinner value. In this case, multipliers will apply independently. This means that if multiple SuperSpinners are part of a win, that their values will be applied one at a time.

Royal Levy Feature

The Royal Levy feature can be activated randomly in the base game of Royal Potato 2.  This happens with 2+ King or Queen Potato symbols are found on the reels. Each King and Queen Potato symbol can award prizes up to 500x as well as direct entrance to the Spud Spins Bonus feature. The cash prizes are multiplied by the sum of the SuperSpinners.

Spud Spins Bonus feature

Landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols anywhere in view during the base game awards 10, 12, or 14 FS. It will also see players proceed to special reels with a 2×1 Jumbo Symbol locked in the centre of the playing field. This symbol serves as the game’s wild symbol, which basically means that it substitutes specific symbols shown on the symbol panel to the left of the reels. If a win is achieved with an active symbol, it will be highlighted on the grid. Once all listed symbols are highlighted, the Jumbo grows in size, awards extra FS, with more symbols being added, meaning that it will be able to substitute for more symbols.

At the start of the feature, there are only two low values found here whilst more symbols are added when a stage is completed. It will then grow to 2×2, 3×2, 3×3, 4×3, and eventually 5×4. In the final phase, it will cover the reels and act as the top-tier King symbol. Each completed stage awards +3 FS, except for the last one, awarding only +1.

Potato Sack

A new addition to the Royal Potato 2 game is a special Potato Sack symbol. This one is available in the Royal Potato 2 free spins. The symbol can only land on the 5th reel. Whenever this is the case, a random modifier will be applied. Here’s what this can result in:

• Golden Spinner: a random SuperSpinner has a minimum value of 10x for the rest of the feature.
• Extra Spins: awards 3-6 additional free spins.
• Synced Reels: awards a respin with reels 1 and 2 synchronised. Lands on stages 1 to 3.
• Symbol Activation: takes a symbol on the substitution panel and highlights it, awarding +1 extra spin. Lands on stages 4 and 5.

Buy Feature

The Royal Potato 2 bonus buy menu allows players to launch different features in the base game, as well as offers two different bonus bet options, as follows:

• Scatter Boost: increases the chances of activating the Spud Spins Bonus by 2.45x for a 50% increased bet.
  • RTP: 96.37%.
• Enhanced Scatter Boost: increases the chances of activating Spud Spins Bonus by 5.37x for a 150% increased bet.
  • RTP: 96.47%.
• Royal Levy: activates the Royal Levy feature for 31.7x the bet.
  • RTP: 96.67%.
• Spud Spins Bonus: activates the Spud Spins Bonus for 100x the stake.
  • RTP: 97.26%.
• Super Spud Spins Bonus: activates the Spud Spins Bonus with a guaranteed Potato Sack and Golden Spinner of the first spin for 340x the stake.
  • RTP: 97.48%.

Payout Metrics

The Royal Potato 2 RTP is set at 96.26% which is higher than the industry average of 96%, but lower than the first part (96.31%). There is also a 94.33% RTP which you may find at some online casinos that offer their products in New Zealand. Winning combinations in this game will land every 3.86 spins with the hit frequency set at 25.89%. Of course, Royal Potato 2 offers an impressive max win potential of 40,000x the stake. This is quite an increase from the already outstanding 30,000x as available in the first game. The biggest wins will come in the Spuds Spins Bonus feature where the Jumbo Potato Wild can grow up to 5×4 in size whilst different Potato Sack modifiers can find their way to the grid. Also, the average win is set at 96.94x the total stake.

Summary

As a part 2, the Royal Potato 2 pokie offers a lot of improvements in comparison with the original game. Those who liked the original game, will love Royal Potato 2. This starts with an improvement of the visuals which contain a lot more details. There is also a great soundtrack that will make you feel part of the game. As for the gameplay, there are more bonus features too, which include FS and potentially large prizes when you make it to the Royal Levy feature. We’re glad to say that this sequel outperforms its predecessor and comes with a better gaming experience than the first part. Not only is there a much larger max potential win of 40,000x the bet, this pokie offers a lot of extra winning opportunities through the many bonus features, which includes the Print Studios SuperSpinners feature. All together, this is a thrilling potato pokie that sets Print Studios apart from the rest.