Fresh from the development studios of Net Entertainment is this online slot machine based on the adventures of Hansel & Gretel, the Grimm Brothers’ tale of siblings captured by an evil witch who lives in a gingerbread house. It’s joins Red Riding Hood as part of Net Ent’s Fairytale Legends series of games and it’s packed full of bonus features.

Hansel & Gretel is a five reel slot with three rows and twenty fixed paylines; the large symbols spin on transparent reels behind which there’s a hazy, dreamy forest scene with Hansel & Gretel watching over the action from either side.

There are only three high value symbols – the game’s logo, Hansel & Gretel – while the lower values are red, yellow, green and purple stones. Wins can be formed anywhere on the reels in this game as long as there are three symbols in a row.

There’s no wild symbol in the base game but there is a treasure chest bonus icon which activates one of the main features.

Bonus Features

Treasure Chest Bonus

This is triggered by landing three of the treasure chests on reels one, three and five; now pick one of three chests on display to determine which of the following features are awarded:

• Candy House Bonus – pick three of the fifteen candies to reveal three unseen multiplier values between 1.2x and 120x the total bet; now you can accept the average of the three values or just pick one.
• Free Spins – awards ten free spins which can be retriggered by landing one, two or three chests for two, four or ten spins respectively. A stacked wild which covers an entire reel will award a respin with that wild frozen in place.
• Coin Win – a coin win of 15x your total bet.

Stacked Wild Respins

If a stacked wild covers reels two or four in the base game you’ll receive a free respin with that wild frozen in place; the feature repeats if another stacked wild lands on the respin.

Random Features

• Fairy Wonder Spin – a group of between five and nine game logo symbols appears, starting from reels one. two or three to help you out with a big win.
• Fairy Surprise – awarded randomly after a non-winning spin and one symbol on the reels will be selected; other symbols starting from the lowest values will turn into that one until a win is formed.
• Fairy Wild Spin – two stacks of wild symbols can appear on reels one, two, four and five; after any payouts a wild respin is awarded.

Verdict

Hansel & Gretel easily lives up to Net Ent’s high standards – it looks great, it’s atmospheric and it comes with loads of potentially lucrative bonus features to enjoy. It comes with an RTP of 96.72% and is definitely worth a pop.

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