NetEnt: The New Kings of Fantasy Slots
Hey guys, Jules is back! After a busy December and a sick (literally, I got the flu) January, it’s time to get back to fantasy slots! However, this time something else has caught my eye – an entire game studio! You probably don’t pay too much attention to the developer logos on your favourite casino games, but there seems to be a complex world hidden there. I was wondering which fantasy slot to talk about this time, when I noticed that all the games that I liked in the past few months were made by one and the same company – so, why not just talk about the game-makers this time around?
NetEnt – that’s the name of the gaming company – comes from Net Entertainment. It turns out that this is a Swedish studio specialised in making games for online casinos. It’s no wonder that I stumbled upon so many of their slots, because they are wildly acclaimed as the best thing since sliced bread – or sliced cards, I guess. Honestly, it was a neat little Robin Hood slot (expect a review soon!) that got me interested in them, and then I noticed that Dragon Island is also theirs… well, long story short, I started browsing for more NetEnt slots, and I found a rather useful site (http://slots.info/netent/) which had a ton of titles listed.
Many of those appear to be fantasy-themed, so I am planning to try some more during the rest of the winter – keep your fingers crossed that I manage to stay flu-free this time around! I hope that they keep the great level of graphics throughout the rest of their titles. There are 3D animations, different special effects, and even the semblance of a story from time to time! True, other things are important as well, but when you are trying to give something a fantasy feel, graphics are by far the best way to do it! NetEnt slots seem to have huge potential for that, I can see so many possibilities to expand the genre with the visuals that they are producing!
Honestly, I am still a little unsure in what order I will be posting the next few reviews. To be frank, while browsing through slots, I was a little tempted to try out some non-fantasy titles too – the twin spin slot just looks so retro! However, I will try to stay true to the theme of this blog, and resist the temptation of more mundane games! The plan is to cover only the NetEnt titles with a fantasy theme, though I might be a little more lax with what counts as fantasy – I noticed several steampunk posters that looked rather alluring.
I am planning to remain an online player for the foreseeable future, by the way. Not that there aren’t any real casinos near my place, but I am not even sure whether their games would be any good – most of the online slots that I like just wouldn’t cut it if they made them for real! Besides, stories like the one about the poor shmuck who got cheated out of his winnings because of a stupid casino rule just kill off my desire to experiment. Online slots seem to suit me more, especially if they give me reason to do some reading on background and lore, rare as this is.
Oh, I’ve also taken up a creative writing class! Hopefully this will start to show in the next reviews that I will be posting. Looking forward to our next meeting – Jules, out!