Novomatic are best known for their classic brick and mortar fruit machine conversions so Chicago is something of a departure. The setting is the Prohibition era Chicago so look out for a cheeky kid, grumpy cop, gangster's moll and the mobster and sheriff on the reels. The latter 2 are the top payers, giving jackpots of 2,000 times your line bet if you can hit 5 in a payline. The symbols are rounded out with playing card symbols from A to 9.
The visuals have a washed out, sepia tinge and hark back to the 1930s - very nicely done they all are too, especially when compared to some of Novomatic's stripped back fruit machines. The visuals may be impressive but expect the usual Novomatic base game soundtrack - the music picks up in the feature where the jazz age backing nicely complements the speakeasy style visuals.
The Chicago skyline symbol is the wild - it substitutes for everything apart from the scatter. 5 wilds in a payline will net you an enormous payout of 10,000 times your line bet.
The mobster's car is the scatter - land 3, 4 or 5 of them anywhere on the reels and you'll trigger the Free Games feature. You'll be awarded 12 free spins with the Bottle Shooting Bonus feature. After every winning spin, a selection of bottles will appear above the reels - they offer multipliers of 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x.
The bottles will be shot with the last 1 standing being applied to your winning spin. Needless to say, if you land a quality combination then match it with a 10x multiplier, the coins can quickly start to flow. You can also re-trigger more free spins if the scatters land again with 24 possible.
The variance in Chicago is on the high side of medium with the best results coming via the free spins game naturally. With it's better than usual imagery and quality feature, there's plenty to like about Chicago and one of Novomatic’s better offerings.
Get lucky with the multipliers during the feature and results fit for are Godfather are possible. If you like the theme, Net Entertainment’s Scarface is worth trying as to The Sopranos by Playtech.