Royal Potato 2

Royal Potato 2: Slot Overview

One of the more left-field releases of 2021 has got to be Royal Potato from Print Studios. Matching its exciting feature set was a bizarre, in a good way, world populated by potatoes inhabiting various levels of a potato hierarchy. Royal Potato was the casino game maker's third release and really put the community on notice that the team was a force to be reckoned with. Just as it is almost impossible to be satisfied with a single potato chip from the bag or be content with just one French fry, Print Studios has returned to the potato-fied world and designed Royal Potato 2, which, true to sequel form, is a bigger game than the original in a bunch of different ways.

While some things have changed, one thing that has remained the same is the bizarre, in a good way (apologies for repeating ourselves here) gaming world players find themselves drawn into. If ever an online slot was going to inspire an animated film, it would have to be the Royal Potato slots. This is an absolutely charming game full of interesting and expertly drawn artwork and a crowd of uniquely individual characters. Needless to say, Royal Potato 2 is every bit as immersive as part one was, with excellent use of pixels and sweeping regal sounds like a ballroom dance.

Royal Potato 2 is a highly volatile tuber-filled game played on a 5-reel, 4-row reelset with 30 paylines. Playing in the regular mode generates a RTP of 96.26%, though this value alters when buying features. One of the core rules is that winning combinations must include at least 3 matching symbols, paying left to right from the leftmost side. To get the ball rolling, gamblers can pick a stake of 20 p/c to $/€25 per spin when digging in.

An equally charming group of pay symbols have been used in the game. These begin on the lower paying side with a blue, green, orange, and purple flower, then topped by 6 premium paying potato symbols. Hitting a 5 OAK flower win awards 1.5 to 3 times the bet, rising to 6 to 50 times the bet for a line of 5 potato symbol types. Royal Potato 2 does not drop regular wilds onto its reels, but the Spud Free Spins round does pack an entertaining wild element.

Royal Potato 2: Slot Features

As well as the Spud Free Spins round, Royal Potato 2's got SuperSpinners, a Royal Levy, and several feature buys.

SuperSpinners

A Print Studios special, SuperSpinners are numbers that can be made out between the reels of symbols. When wins pass through a SuperSpinner, the win is multiplied by the displayed SuperSpinner value. If more than one SuperSpinner is involved in a win, their values are applied to the win one by one.

Royal Levy

Whenever 2 King or Queen symbols hit in the base game (the two highest paying symbols) the Royal Levy feature can randomly trigger. When activated, each King and Queen symbol spins to award a cash prize of up to 500x the bet or a free spins award. Any SuperSpinner values active when this occurs are added together and used to multiply the cash reward.

Spud Spins Bonus

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols in the base game awards 10, 12, or 14 free spins, respectively. The Spud Spins Bonus starts with a locked 2x1 Jumbo symbol in the centre. The Jumbo symbol substitutes for all symbols active in the symbol panel next to the reels. If a win happens with all active symbols, the Jumbo symbol grows, extra free spins are awarded, and the Jumbo symbol will substitute for more symbols. On the last stage, the Jumbo symbol fills the reels and pays as the highest-paying symbol for each spin.

Potato Sack

Should the Potato Sack symbol lands on the rightmost reel during Stage 1 to 5 of the Spud Spins Bonus, one of these modifiers is awarded:

• Golden Spinner – one SuperSpinner turns golden, giving it a value of at least x10 for each remaining spin.
• Extra Spins – 3 to 6 additional free spins are granted.
• Synced Reels (Stage 1-3) – awards an additional spin where reels 1 and 2 are synchronised.
• Symbol Activation (Stage 4-5) – awards an extra spin and activates a symbol on the panel as if it were in a win.

Feature Buy

From the feature buy menu, payers can buy these features:

• Scatter Boost – increases the frequency of Spud Spins Bonus triggers by a factor of 2.45 for 1.5x the bet. RTP 96.37%.
• Enhanced Scatter Boost – increases the frequency of triggering the Spud Spins Bonus by a factor of 5.37 for 2.5x the bet. RTP 96.47%.
• Royal Levy – triggers the Royal Levy feature for 31.7x the bet. RTP 96.67%.
• Spud Spins Bonus – triggers the Spud Spins Bonus for 100x the bet. RTP 97.26%.
• Super Spud Spins Bonus – triggers the Spud Spins Bonus with a Potato Sack and Golden Spinner on the first spin for 340x the bet. 97.48%.

Royal Potato 2: Slot Verdict

Royal Potato 2 is a real classy act. If you close your eyes during the base game, you can picture being at some upper-crust ballroom dance or symphony - whether the participants are of the human or potato variety is totally players' choice. Then there's the EDM remake of Pachelbel's Canon, aka the wedding song, for a bit more energy during the Spud Spins Bonus. Not to mention a bevvy of quirkily intriguing potato characters going about their business in their quirkily intriguing potato world. Naturally, the shock of seeing all this is less than the first time, but Royal Potato 2's theme is no less interesting nor any less professionally handled a second time around.

Players familiar with the first Royal Potato slot will notice that much of the gameplay and features have returned for the sequel, but they are joined by a bunch of new stuff as well. The good news is that all the new stuff only enhances the experience. One new bit is the Potato Sack in free spins, which hit surprisingly more frequently than was first assumed. This thing wasn't no wallflower, but got stuck in with its modifying abilities. Another addition is the extra feature buys, providing players with a wide number of methods for tackling the game. Whilst the regular RTP has dropped ever so slightly compared to the original, the return values for the feature buys, the Spud Spins Bonus in particular, are appreciably rock solid. Winning potential has grown, too, now upping the number to 40,000x the bet at best.

As for the parts that have stayed the same, they're as good if not better than ever. The growing Jumbo symbol, done in a similar-ish vein to features found in Fat Drac and Fat Rabbit, for instance, is a hoot when it levels up to its larger size and is pulling in wins with SuperSpinnners on board. In summation, while Royal Potato 2 doesn't have quite the same 'what the fudge is this?' factor as the original, it's a commendable follow-up boasting old and new bits for players to unearth.