The set up in Joker Strike is pretty basic. You’ll see playing card suit symbols spinning around the reels alongside bells, stars and lucky 7s. The joker is the game’s wild. You’ll notice a wheel outside the reels. This becomes active following a winning spin. The symbols from the winning spin are highlighted on the wheel. If the light stops on 1 of these lit symbols, you’ll have hit a strike. More of the matching symbols are dropped onto the reels and a new payout is made.
What you’re really hoping for is to activate the wheel following a wild joker win and then hit on the Joker Strike. 2 wilds are added for each joker from the triggering spin which can lead to some potentially spectacular results.
In a first for Quickspin, you can also up your stakes and play in 1 of 3 Hi Roller Modes which last for 5 spins and bring extra goodies into play. This is known as the Hi Roller feature – here are your options:
- £20 Hi Roller - a wild is added to the reels which moves around clockwise on each spin.
- £30 Hi Roller - the wild is in place on the reels. You’ll also see jokers on the outer wheel.
- £50 Hi Roller - you’ll see the moving wild on the reels as usual. Extra markers are added to the outer wheel, doubling your chances of hitting a wild strike.
Simple it may be but Joker Strike delivers a very solid payout punch. This is a volatile game with maximum wins of 1,211 times stake on each spin. Joker Strike is a bit of a departure for Quickspin. The design is much more stripped back than we’ve come to expect but is still very nicely done. The same is true of the features.
It’s not overloaded with extras but the outer wheel can deliver. Get lucky with those wilds on the outer wheel and Joker Strike could leave you laughing. If you want something more involved, Quickspin has plenty of great slot games such as Northern Sky and Spinions Beach Party.