Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood Review

Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood is a video slot from NetEnt with 5 reels and 40 set paylines. You can play Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood at online casinos such as Guts Casino, Mr. Green or LeoVegas.

Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood is not NetEnt’s first fairy tale slot, but it’s the first in the Fairytale Legends series. We don’t yet know what else to expect here, but Red Riding Hood is a lovely start. This fairy tale needs no introduction and we’re off into the woods with Little Red, who wants to visit her grandmother, but has to evade the big bad wolf.

Red Riding Hood herself stands in as the wild symbol. And then there are some fairy tale related symbols such as a crest, a golden key, a rose and a book. The remaining symbols are made up of playing card symbols from 10 to Ace. The Fairytale Legends logo is the highest paying symbol with 400 coins for five-of-a-kind. The crest reels in 250 coins when you get five on a payline, whereas the golden key brings in 200 coins in a similar combination. The rose and the book offer up 150 and 100 coins, respectively, if you spin five of them on one reel.

Red Riding Hood has quite a range of bonus features on offer. A few of them can be found in the main game. For instance, if two or more wilds appear on the reels, they become sticky and will offer up a free re-spin. Get another free re-spin with each wild that will be added to the reels.

Besides that there are three random features in the main game that can be triggered at any moment. During the Fairy Magic Spin a fairy will appear beside the reels and transform 5 to 9 symbols into higher value symbols randomly for one spin. At other times the fairy might appear for a little Fairy Surprise. Here she may select one symbol at random and then change other symbols on the reels into that same symbol. Finally, during the Fairy Wild Spin you’ll get three or four wilds, which means a free re-spin is automatically granted.

There’s also a random coin win feature, when three treasure chests appear on the reels. Simply pick one of them and rejoice in a small boost in your funds.

One of the two main bonus features is the Beware the Wolf Bonus Game. Once again this is triggered by the appearance of the treasure chests. You may end up landing in this bonus game, where you’re looking at a trail bonus game. It’s not difficult and a little whirligig will spin to tell you how many steps on the trail you may take. You can collect coins and multipliers along the way, take shortcuts or get re-routed. Beware of the wolf for he is lurking around and may catch you. This game ends when you’re either at the final destination, hit a collect sign or get caught by the wolf.

Finally there are the free spins. They are, of course, triggered by choosing the right treasure chest. Ten free spins await and wilds will appear across all reels. In the main game wilds are only available on reels 2, 3 and 4. That makes sticky wild re-spins much more likely here. Also, finding additional treasure chests will add two extra free spins on top. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll only play those ten initial spins in this slot.

The return to player (RTP) rate of Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood is a theoretical 96.33%. That’s a little above average and nothing to get too excited about. Indeed, it’s all the bonus features in this slot that make things exciting. Red Riding Hood is utterly charming and wandering through the woods, encountering little fairies who offer random bonuses is quite nice. The two bonus games are a lot of fun, especially when you have to evade the wolf. Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood is utterly playable and won’t get boring anytime soon.