Family Guy slot review

Slot game manufacturer IGT are known for their branded slots. A quick look at their portfolio reveals a number of tie-ins with movies and TV shows, such as Star Trek slot, Ghostbusters and Transformers – Battle for Cybertron. So when news came out in 2014 that there was going to be a Family Guy slot machine for land-based casinos, based on the cult adult cartoon show of the same name, it was little surprise.

The slot machine proved to be a big hit, so IGT decided to develop a Family Guy slot for online and mobile. Towards the end of 2015 Family Guy slot started to appear in online casinos in a slightly watered-down version of the popular slot machine – similar bonuses, similar features, just not so many of them. And that is the game I will be reviewing, having spent a good deal of time playing it over the past few weeks.

Love the show, love the game?
I am a big fan of Family Guy – the cartoon, so this wasn’t a hard sell on me. I may not watch it as often as I used to, but all the characters and the humor work really well on me. Therefore I went into this game with wide eyes and a big smile. All the family are represented on the reels, including Peter Griffin, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie and Bryan. There are also appearances from the likes of Quagmire, Cleveland, Joe and Ernie the Giant Chicken. All this was a real plus point for me and early signs were that this was going to be a real crowd pleaser. However, it didn't take long for a few things from the game to wipe the smile off my face. The constant Family Guy theme song playing over and over does get a bit tiresome. You can switch all sounds off, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to just switch off the background songs and keep the in-play sounds. This wasn’t the only problem with this game though as you will see in the bonus section below.

Bonus overload and not the good sort
So what do we know about branded slots? Well if we look at some of the most recent ones, which include NetEnt’s rock band-themed Guns N’ Roses or NextGen’s Hollywood-inspired James Dean, it’s that these games are jam-packed with bonus features. Most of these bonuses could be stripped out and replaced with one good bonus.

Family Guy Slot Machine Updated on September 5, 2019 Other Popular Slot Games Cash Coaster Slots. The base game itself is fun and jaunty to play, with the Family Guy topic as the ambient sounds and the primary characters the high images on the reels and different items put on the map in the show among the low images on the reels. Family Guy first aired in 1999 and centres around the antics of the Griffin family, consisting of parents Peter and Lois, their children Meg, Chris and Stewie and dog Brian. The show nearly came to an end after three seasons in 2001, but such was the popularity of the re-runs and the incredible DVD sales, a fourth series was commissioned in.

There is actually one good bonus feature in the Family Guy slot and that is the Lois’ Hot Free Spins bonus, which I will explain below with all the other features. The bonus features are triggered when you land 3 bonus symbols in the same spin on reels 2, 3 and 4. You then get taken away to spin a globe with Stewie to reveal which bonus you get:

Lois’ Hot Free Spins – As the name implies, this is a Free Spins bonus, but with a little twist. You get 10 free spins and as you play you collect hearts when they appear on reel 5 (Peter Griffin heart symbol). With every 3 hearts you collect you are awarded a new Lois wild symbol on reels 2, 3 and 4 (think IGT’s Kitty Glitter bonus and you are getting close). There is also a Quagmire retrigger on reel 3, which awards an extra 5 spins when it appears. For me this is the bonus with the most potential for a big win, but you need a lot of hearts and hopefully a few retriggers.

Chicken Fight Bonus – This one I seem to get a lot. Fight Ernie the big yellow chicken and collect multipliers and coin wins and you go through the rounds. There are three fighting rounds where you pick up prizes and typically you will win one round and lose two, it is however meant to be random.

The Drunken Clam Bonus – Slightly better than the Chicken Fight, The Drunken Club bonus puts you up against Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland in a drink off. As you top up your glasses, you get opportunities to increase your winnings. If you out-drink your buddies then you can also pick up multipliers. This bonus normally goes really well or really badly for me, but rarely in the middle.

There are also Griffin Family Features which can offer simple cash prizes or increase your chances of hitting the bonus feature more easily.

Our View…
The first thing to say about the Family Guy slot is that it’s fun. If you are a fan of the TV show then you are likely to enjoy the good use of characters, as well as clips and catch phrases. However this alone is not enough to make Family Guy a great game. One of the major downsides to this slot is the bonus round overload, reminiscent of other branded slots. It appears that when developers enter into these partnerships with TV shows or movies that they absolutely load these slots with bonuses and features, presumably in a bid to keep short attention spans interested. For a more serious slot player this generally means one thing – low volatility, so chances of winning big are much smaller. Family Guy fits this mold, making it slightly disappointing in terms of gameplay. There are a few branded slots that do have a higher volatility such as Iron Man 3 and Fantastic Four, both from Playtech. The vast majority though offer smaller wins in exchange for lots and lots of features and Family Guy is no different unfortunately.

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It’s off to Quahog we go in one of the most highly anticipated slots ever developed by IGT. Not only is Family Guy one of the funniest adult-themed cartoons, it is now one of the most fun online slots to play for real money boasting sensational bonus features that are sure to leave you pockets bursting!

Played across 5 reels and 30 paylines with a return to player percentage ranging between 92.50% and 96.05%, the theme tune rings out as you spin the reels and rather than having a static logo above the reels, IGT have been rather innovative by including each character with one of their famous quotes from the show - such as a frightened looking Chris who states ‘There’s an evil monkey in my closet’.

Go Wild with the Griffin’s

The bold Family Guy logo is the Wild symbol with five on a payline worth 500 coins and substituting for all others aside from the World Bonus – which is the Scatter. The family are all present with Peter, Lois, Brian, Stewie, Chris and Mega featured, plus instead of boring playing cards from online casino table games it’s Stewie’s gun, Rupert (his teddy bear), a TV and beer bottle that complete the line-up.

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Allow Stewie to Decide Your Fate

That might sound menacing as we all know what an evil little sod Stewie is, but don’t worry you can’t lose with the World Bonus. This is triggered by landing a Scatter (World Bonus) symbol on the second, third and fourth reels during the same spin – with Stewie then spinning a globe to reveal one of following three bonus features.

Chicken Fight: Relive the classic scene of Peter fighting the Chicken as you select one of them as your fighter and watch them battle it out over three rounds. There are benefits for every round your selection wins with a 1x to 5x multiplier on offer plus you are granted up to 7 picks which sees you choose sacks that contain between 5x and 1000x your coin value which is multiplied with the multiplier – huge wins are guaranteed here!

Lois’ Hot Free Spins: This rewards you with ten free spins with the added perk of a meter filling up each time Peter’s Wild Heart symbols land on the fifth reel. In addition to this Quagmire landing on the third reel adds five spins to your counter (maximum of 30 allowed) ad each completed Lois on the meter sees the symbol turn Wild for the duration of free spins.

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Drunken Clam: Based in the local drinking den, The Drunken Clam, you must select either Peter, Joe, Quagmire, or Cleveland to select beer taps with each one awarding a win of between 5x and 750x the coin value, plus as the other unselected characters collapse the multiplier is boosted up to a maximum of 5x.

Griffin Family Features

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The Griffin’s might be a family you’d want to avoid in reality, but in the Family Guy slot machine they are welcome faces as they provide the opportunity of huge wins. There is no tricky combination of symbols needed here, instead it triggers completely at random on any spin which does not contain a bonus symbol on the second reel, with one of four possible family members popping up to reward you handsomely.

Peter: You could have to endure Peter casually strutting onto the reels and letting off a fart, with the gas revealing a win of between 200x and 5,000x the coin value – certainly making it worth the stench!

Lois: Lois also brings big benefits (no, not her assets!) as one to three of the family member symbols are indicated and then sees the majority of their values altered to provide big wins on your next spin with each of them that appears. Megan’s value is one, Chris’s increases from 10 to 75, Stewie’s increases from 20 to 150, Brian’s increases from 30 to 225, Lois’s increases from 40 to 300, and Peter’s increases from 100 to 1000 – never failing to boost your bankroll!

Stewie: If it’s Stewie with his laser gun you could enjoy up to three Wild symbols being revealed on a single reel, with the Wild substituting for all symbols aside from the Scatter.

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Brian: Should Brian be the family member who pops up you could trigger the World Bonus is one or two of the symbols appear on the third or fourth reels.

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Off to Quahog We Go…

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The Family Guy slot machine was certainly worth the wait, and now that you can play it at sites like Sky Vegas Casino, you’ll find it certainly exceeds all prior expectations with bonus features that are pretty easy to trigger yet incredibly rewarding!