Raging Rex – Introduction

With a long list of standout releases like Banana Rock, Battle Royal, Dragon Maiden, Imperial Opera, Legacy of Egypt and Rise of Olympus, Play’n GO has been among the industry’s top-performing providers this year, and they don’t look like they’re easing off. If anything, everything we’ve seen and heard suggests even more strong releases are on the way next year.

Raging Rex is a dinosaur-themed slot from Swedish studio Play’n GO, built with 6 reels and 4096 payways. It’s loaded with big-moment potential and striking mechanics, including a Rampage feature featuring stacks of walking wilds, plus Raging Spins that can, in theory, re-trigger without limit. Rated 8 out of 10 on Play’n GO’s volatility scale, it’s a high-variance game—though thankfully not quite as savage as a hungry T-Rex.

Available across all devices with stakes from 0.20 to 100 EUR, Raging Rex takes place in a prehistoric forest—specifically the thunderous domain of the Tyrannosaurus, a species that once lived across what is now the western part of North America, back when the region formed part of the island continent known as Laramidia. The presentation is easy on the eyes, with dragonflies drifting across the screen and a background waterfall adding motion and atmosphere. Overall, it feels strongly influenced by other dinosaur slots, especially the Jurassic series by Microgaming.

Raging Rex – Symbols, Paytable & Features

As you’d expect, the lower-paying icons are made up of 6 insects preserved in amber fossils, including scorpions and spiders. The premium lineup also features some of the best-known dinosaurs in history—Triceratops, Parasaurolophus, Dilophosaurus and Velociraptor—with the Velociraptor sitting at the top of the regular symbols, paying 7.5x times your stake for 5 of a kind. Ruling the food chain is the T-Rex, naturally, which acts as the wild and substitutes for every symbol except the scatter.

In the base game, the Rampage feature is triggered when a full stack of T-Rex wilds lands on reels 2 to 6. That wild stack becomes sticky and then “walks” one reel at a time toward reel 1 on each following spin. Ideally, you’ll want the stacked wilds to first show up on reel 6, since that grants 5 re-spins. Sadly, this feature cannot be re-triggered.

The main goal in Ragin Rex is to reach the free spins mode, where the biggest potential is concentrated. Landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 Meteor scatter symbols anywhere on the reels starts the free spins round, awarding 8, 15, 20 or 30 free spins respectively. On top of that, hitting 2 or more scatters during the bonus grants additional spins, allowing for unlimited free spins in the best-case scenario.

Once free spins begin, players must choose between two paths: the Wild Hunt feature or the Primal Rage feature:

• Wild Hunt – The stacked wilds are removed, and instead, x2 or x3 multipliers are added to the Rex wild symbols that can combine to multipliers up to x243.
• Primal Rage – Stacks of wilds appears on reels 2 to 6 on each spin and walks to a new reel with each spin.

Raging Rex – Conclusion

Raging Rex is yet another excellent release from Play’n GO. It doesn’t just deliver a set of exciting features—there’s also serious upside here, with a top prize of 5000 times your stake available in the free spin feature. Volatility is high but far from punishing, making the overall experience feel fairly well balanced. It may not be the most fashionable slot out there, but it plays extremely well—and that’s the part that counts.

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Make sure you take a look at the sequel too. Using the same 6-reel setup and coming in a bit less volatile, Raging Rex 2 offers huge potential of up to 30,000 times your total bet.