Platooners: Overview

Dive into the jungle combat setting of ”Platooners” – a fresh action movie theme that follows a squad of energetic recruits as they fight their way through an exciting bonus game, doing everything they can to take down three gold-stuffed snakes and reveal their hidden riches.

The cast of characters bumbles about and can’t be controlled, yet they’re always ready to put on a show. See them launch rockets, spray heavy machine-gun fire, and toss grenades, adding an extra layer of entertainment that’s rarely seen in a slot game.

Platooners is 5-reel, 4-row video slot by ELK Studios with 178 paylines. It runs smoothly on all devices, offers a bet range of 0.20-100 EUR, and includes 3 different randomly triggered Action Spins in the base game along with the Platooners vs Snakes of Fortune bonus game.

The reel symbols feature A, K, Q, J, 10 plus premium icons like medic bags, binoculars, knives, and plates, with the last of these being the most valueable, paying 10x for 5 across a line.

Platooners: Features

Action Spins! are random features that can appear between regular spins. After any spin, a Platooner may show up and start firing as the reels spin again. Each of the 3 Platooners affects the reels in their own distinct way:

• The green Rockets Platooner fires rockets at reels 1 and 3, stacking them with matching symbols to create strong winning opportunities across many paylines as the other reels finish stopping.
• The red Grenades Platooner is completely unpredictable and hurls grenades everywhere, creating random wilds on reels 3, 4 and 5 while the reels are spinning.
• The yellow Bullets Platooner unloads his heavy machine gun at reel 2 to 5 after the first reel stops, ensuring at least one 5 of a kind payline. With enough luck, the spin will produce a payline of 5 bonus symbols, granting instant access to the bonus game with all three Platooners active every round.

Landing three or more bonus symbols anywhere on the reels activates the Platooners vs Snakes of Fortune bonus game, beginning with 15 rounds. Throughout these rounds, the Platooners rotate turns attacking the snake. However, each additional bonus symbol you hit will enable extra attacks right from the start.

Entering with two Platooners doubles the damage, while entering with three triples the damage! The objective is to defeat the snake in full. When you succeed, the Platooners’ weapons are upgraded, which increases the damage dealt. During the bonus game, you can also be rewarded with extra attacking Platooners and additional ammunition. On very fortunate hits, bombs are unleashed that damage larger sections of the snake.

Beating a snake advances the player to the next level, which also brings significantly higher payouts.

Platooners: Verdict

Platooners is a medium variance slot with a max win of 2500x and a 96.3% RTP. It’s essentially Bloopers II, but with sharper graphics, extra features, and higher potential. If you enjoyed the original Blooper slot, you’ll almost certainly have fun with this one.

Overall, it feels like a classic ELK slot and doesn’t deliver any big surprises, either visually or mechanically. We’d call it a solid, average release that should keep most players entertained for a few sessions before they move on. In our test sessions we played over 50 bonuses and didn’t hit a single 100x+ win, which caused our interest to fade pretty quickly.