Sherlock Bones Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Sherlock Bones Review

Clever titles are a dime a dozen in this industry, and sometimes the title is pretty much the only thing a game has going for it. Sherlock Bones is balancing on a razor’s edge in this regard, as it comes with only one real bonus feature. The dog detective being “thrown a bone” via the horizontal bonus reel is a nice enough idea, but it can take a while to trigger the Rolling Reels feature.

The base game doesn’t really contain much engagement, even though you can win decent payouts (at least theoretically). It’s not too often you see a walking wild that expands together with the reel set, so there is a bit of novelty to be found here. It gets old pretty soon though, and the single expanding walking wild you usually get is seldom enough to make a real impact.

A screen of the Sherlock Bones playing space

Sherlock Bones slot Features

The Sherlock Bones wild symbol can land on reels 2 to 5, and it will step in for all regular pay symbols. It will also trigger a bonus reel spin whenever it lands. Below the regular reels, you’ll see the horizontal bonus reel. If a bone symbol lands directly underneath the wild that activated the bonus reel, you trigger the Rolling Respins feature.

The triggering wild will then expand downwards as it moves 1 step to the left, and you get a respin. You are guaranteed at least 1 win via this feature, and the triggering wild moves one step to the left as 1 extra row is added for each respin. You can add up to 4 extra rows this way, and this will also increase the number of win ways from 243 up to 16,807.

You can get new walking wilds during the Rolling Reels feature, if you land a bone underneath the new wild on the bonus reel.

The feature will go on as long as you have walking wilds left on the reels, and regular wilds will also be expanded when they land without a bone underneath on the bonus reel.

The 200 Spins Sherlock Bones slot Experience

We had some smaller initial wins before we finally triggered the Rolling Reels feature. This happens around 45 seconds into the highlights video you can check out below. We also landed a second expanded wild, but the bonus reel didn’t “throw us a bone” to make it sticky and walking.

Review Summary

Sherlock Bones is a rather simple, cartoon style game from Electric Elephant, and the base game offers payouts up to 2,430x your stake. This potential will increase in the Rolling Reels feature however, as each respin expands the number of win ways. The combination of walking wilds and expanding reels is somewhat interesting, but you’ll probably need more than 1 walking wild at the same time to really get anywhere in terms of bigger wins.

Pros

• Rolling Reels respins with walking wild and expanding reels
• Win up to 2,430x, or more, via the Rolling Reels feature
• Medium to high volatility

Cons

• Base game gets boring rather quickly

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