Chaos Crew

There’s an inner-city adventure waiting to be had, through graffiti-filled alleys choked with dirt and grime. Far away from sorcerers, helmeted Vikings, and shiny, wrapped sweets you can explore an online casino slots theme quite unlike any other, courtesy of developers Hacksaw Gaming.

The designers in this team started their journey as specialists in online scratch cards, but they’ve since turned their hand to some incredible online slots, challenging the boundaries of what’s considered appropriate and normal when it comes to themes and content. That’s just part of the context for Chaos Crew, a game that feels like you’re in gangland rather than the slick, sophisticated world of an online casino. One thing’s for sure, the way this game is presented makes it stand out from the crowd.

Chaos Crew introduces Cranky the cat and his sidekick Sketchy as the stars of the show in this quirky but engrossing game, flanked from all angles by an oddly eclectic mix of symbols across the 5x5 reel setup. This edgy slot is deadly serious, but that makes it all the more fun to play, especially since it comes with chances to score some big wins. Read on to see what Chaos Crew is all about with Wildz Casino.

Design

Neon colours flash erratically across the screen in a gloomy backdrop that appears to be the industrial side of town. The background comes with a night scene packed with boarded up buildings and rusty roller doors, with the dark, grey tones providing an ideal counterpoint to the bright symbols. You’ll find glowing brains, day-glo skulls, rotten apples, moths, eight balls and letters, framed by green paint in the manner of a poster. There’s no apparent link between the symbols, but they are interesting to look at.

Disembodied tentacles provide the highest payouts in the base game - worth 12x your wager for 5 of a kind across one of the 15 paylines. There’s a chilled back track that seems out of place with the gritty feel of the slot, but then nothing in this weird cityscape is designed to make sense.

Gameplay & Features

Despite the outlandish look of this game, the base game comes with typical gameplay: line up 3 or more matching symbols starting from the left-most reel to snag a win. Cranky steps in as the game’s Wild symbol, substituting for all other symbols except the Scatter to fill in, potentially creating winning combinations. Cranky may also add to the flair of this game by contributing mystery multipliers to winning lines of up to 5x your stake. If more than one Cranky Wild is present in a combination, this multiplication factor increases dramatically.

Free Spins

The action really heats up when the Free Spins round comes into play, activated by landing 3 Free Spins symbols. This takes you into a separate screen where you enjoy a minimum of 3 Free Spins. There’s an added benefit to this screen: Every time you land a new symbol in a Free Spin, the counter resets to 3, continuing in this way until 3 spins in a row take place without landing a symbol. There’s more, though: each symbol landed during this round comes loaded with multipliers, with each one being added to the total at the top of its respective reel. At the end of the round, these are added up to boost your bankroll. Some of these multipliers and additions can create massive hauls:

• Sketchy skull – adds a number to the reel’s multiplier, from +1 up to +20
• Epic Sketchy Skull – adds a number from +1 to +2 to the multipliers attached to all reels
• Cranky Cat – multipliers the reel by 2x, up to 20x
• Epic Cranky Cat – multiplies all reels by 2x up to a max 20x

Feature Buy

If you want to see how the potentially-lucrative bonus round works and you lack the patience to wait for 3 Free Spin symbols you have the option of a feature buy. This comes in at 129x your stake - a touch higher than average for most online slots offering the feature - but you get immediate entry into the Free Spins round which can create stunning wins if the multipliers all fall into place at the right time. There is the risk, of course, that you may not win back the buy-in amount, but that’s all part of the challenge.

Chaos Crew on Mobile

Hacksaw Gaming has made sure that this game is playable across as many formats as possible. Optimised for mobile, you can enjoy Chaos Crew on your desktop machine or via a mobile device such as a smart phone or a tablet; it’s up to you how and where you prefer to play.

Volatility

Chaos Crew comes with a high volatility setting, so you can expect to go for a few winless spins every now and then, although the wins, when they do come, tend to be bigger, making the wait worthwhile. You’ll need a bit of patience and a decent bankroll, but it can be enjoyed by high rollers and casual players all the same. Bear in mind you could secure a win worth as much as 10,000x your stake!

The Verdict

Hacksaw Gaming has introduced a fun slot with Chaos Crew that challenges preconceptions regarding content and appearance, although the gameplay more than makes up for the outlandish feel. It has interesting features that jump out at you and the Free Spins round can drive up wins in a jaw-dropping way if the multipliers kick in. The inner-city theme comes across as having a rock ’n roll mood that is energetic and amusing. The overall feel is that this is an entertaining online slot that is accessible and easy to play, so there’s plenty to amuse leisure gamers.

If you enjoy scratch cards and you enjoy this game, you’d be pleased to know that there’s a scratch card version of this game available to play at Wildz Casino, too.

Chaos Crew at Wildz

You can play Chaos Crew and many other terrific online slots at Wildz Casino, with most of the games being available for free play in Demo Mode, should you prefer to know how a game works before playing for Real Money.

FAQs

When was Chaos Crew released?

The online slot hit the shelves in September 2020.

Does the game feature Free Spins?

Free Spins are obtained by landing 3 Free Spin symbols, and can also be purchased instantly in exchange for 129x your bet.

Can I play Chaos Crew for free?

Yes, the slot is offered in free play mode at Wildz.