Thunderkick are one of the best developers when it comes to design and they’re at the top of their game here. Tiger Rush looks terrific. With a jungle clearing in the background, you’ll see 5 colourful stone symbols as well as a pair of wildlife scenes that are done like an etching. The best of these pays 2.5, 7.5 and 15 times your stake if you land 3, 4 or 5 on a payline.
Appearing on the 3 middle reels the tiger is the wild. Whenever the tiger wild lands, it expands to fill the whole of the reel. The wild also awards a re-spin when it hits.
The main extra in Tiger Rush is the Bonus Game feature. You can trigger it in 2 different ways. Land the neon Tiger Rush logo on reels 1 and 5 on the same spin or land a tiger wild next to a scatter. You’ll then win 5 free spins. The free spins take place on a new set of reels.
The middle 3 reels expand from 3 to 5 rows which increases the number of paylines in play from 10 up to 25. A retrigger is possible meaning there’s up to 20 free spins to be played with in total. Finally, you can also land the expanding wild in the feature, just like in the base game.
You can usually rely on Thunderkick to come up with a lush looking game and Tiger Rush is certainly that. They’ve kept things simple on the gameplay front though. The expanding wilds deliver enough action in the base game and the free spins on the expanded game engine offer some decent potential – to the tune of 1,783 times your stake on every spin/free spin.
It might not offer the widest range of extras but for simple gameplay with lovely imagery you won’t go too far wrong with Tiger Rush. If you like tigers, Exotic Cats from Microgaming offers more in the way of features. However, Jaguar Temple from Thunderkick features another big cat is offers bigger potential payouts.