Greedy Fox

That bane of the barnyard, foxes, have been used to add a touch of comical excitement to an online slot from developer Stakelogic titled Greedy Fox. Well, foxes are probably not so much a bane anymore. With the way modern egg farming is often conducted on a massive industrial scale, foxes are likely to be eliminated before they can get their greedier paws on the goodies. They were probably more of an issue back in the day of 'mom & pop' farms where they could sneak into quaint little hatcheries and run amok amongst the hens. Such is the setting for Greedy Fox, an online slot filled with money symbol collections, expanding full reel wilds, and free spins with the added benefit of a progressive multiplier.

Quaint is one way of describing Greedy Fox's appearance, which proudly takes on a look typically adopted by casino game makers when representing farming in a slot. That means warm blue skies, well-tended rolling hills, lines of crops, happy animals, and of course, a big red barn. Maybe not dripping with innovative artistic ideas, yet Greedy Fox is certainly amiable to behold, and the animals dressed as people symbols add a light splash of humour. The bright, bold presentation feels like something Pragmatic Play might have done, but Stakelogic's influence starts to creep in further when it comes time to get serious.

The reason being is that as well as picking a regular stake of 20 p/c to $/€20 per paid spin, players also have the option of activating the Super Stake ante bet. Doing so doubles the stake size, thereby increasing the chance of triggering Greedy Fox's free spins bonus round. Whether the Super Stake is switched on or off, it appears the return value remains the same at 95.8% - even when buying a feature of which there are four options, in what is a highly volatile slot.

Greedy Fox is played on a 5-reel, 4-row gaming matrix, which has 20 unchangeable paylines for landing winning combinations across. Combos can be 3 to 5-of-a-kind in length and must start from the leftmost side of the board. Hitting a 5 OAK win made up of the low pay 10 to A card ranks is worth an award of 2.5 to 5 times the bet, while a line of 5 roosters, cows, horses, or bulldogs awards 10 to 50 times the bet. Activating the Super Stake does not alter symbol values.

Greedy Fox: Slot Features

For features, what's covered here in Greedy Fox includes Egg Scatter Symbols, the Wild Greedy Fox symbol, free spins, and the bonus buy.

Egg Scatter Symbol

Egg Scatter symbols land displaying a random monetary value. These values get awarded when a Greed Fox symbol lands on the grid. Also, hitting 5 or more Egg Scatter symbols triggers 10 free spins.

Wild Greedy Fox Symbol

When a Wild Greedy Fox symbol lands, it expands to cover all positions on its respective reel, creating a full reel wild which replaces any regular pay symbol. After the Wild Greedy Fox expands, it collects all Egg Scatter values in view. This is added to any other wins on the spin.

Free Spins

As mentioned, landing 5 or more Egg Scatters awards 10 free spins. During free spins, the Wild Greedy Fox acts the same as it does in the base game, collecting simultaneously landed Egg Scatters. Free spins also come with a global multiplier which starts at x1 and increases when Egg Multiplier Symbols land in view. This global multiplier is applied to the total win of each free spin. Free spins cannot be retriggered, but they do contain another symbol not found in the base game. This is the Bonus Win symbol, which possesses a value equal to the total value of the triggering Egg Scatter Symbols, which activated the feature. The Bonus Win symbol awards its value when it lands during free spins.

Buy Bonus

The Buy Bonus supplies four options. These are 100x the bet to trigger 10 free spins, 200x the bet for 10 free spins with a guaranteed Bonus Win symbol on every spin, 500x the bet for 10 free spins with a guaranteed Bonus Win symbol and Wild Greedy Fox on every spin, or 150x the bet for a random trigger of the previous three choices.

Greedy Fox: Slot Verdict

Have you ever been to a fancy cafe or restaurant or whatever and ordered your favourite egg dish, Eggs Benedict for example, then when served it was completely not what you were expecting due to the fact the chef had gone and done something creative, throwing out the rule book to be all unique and individual? Well, Greedy Fox isn't exactly like that. The game delivers one or two surprises, but deep down, it remains a cheerful farm-themed slot based around a fairly regular money symbol collection feature and a round of free spins where thrills have the potential to be seriously dialled up over the base game.

From a thematic perspective, players into the farm thing should feel right at home on this rural patch of land. Maybe one day, a software provider will bravely display a more realistic view of crop production or animal husbandry, but till that day comes, players will have to be content with the sunny optimism a game like Greedy Fox layers on. To be fair, the friendly animals make an ideal accompaniment to the gameplay, varying between full reel wild assisted line wins and Egg Scatter symbol collects. Using a full reel wild to collect money symbols is relatively unique and goes some way to preventing line wins from feeling irrelevant in the face of money symbol chasing. Free spins get a boost, too, from the addition of a global multiplier, though slots like those in Pragmatic Play's Big Bass range have used this sort of device for ages. It's not as numerically effective in those fish games as it can theoretically be in Greedy Fox, though, where the max win is an impressive 20,000 times the bet.

There is a sneaking suspicion Greedy Fox might be eyed more favourably by bonus buyers. Not only does buying one of Greedy Fox's bonuses eliminate wait time, but the bonus buy also provides access to free spin rounds that don't seem to be available to trigger organically. Despite one or two newer bits, Greedy Fox didn't come across as a money symbol collection paradigm shift, but entertainment is here to be had by anyone, really, if this sort of gameplay and/or barnyard antics are their thing.