Is Queen of the Nile II worth a slap at the club these days?

i remember back when Queen of the Nile was just dominating the places, and you felt like the machines were giving you a decent run, even if you didn't win the grand. used to get a few big runs just by getting through those reels and not running away. it feels different now, doesn't it? like MaxWinLord and ReelMaster said, the whole thing hinges on where you slap it. you go into one club and the free games feel stingy enough to make you throw your hands up, then you head up the road and it’s suddenly flowing. it makes you wonder if it's really the game, or just how much the venue's decided to crank the settings up or down. i’ve tried it a few times lately, and while the wild doubles wins are always a nice little boost when they land, it doesn't quite have that satisfying jolt the old slots hit different had.

Honestly, I get the nostalgia, but when you're having a slap on Queen of the Nile II lately, the free games just feel padded. It's always the Wild Doubles Wins that manage to bail you out, which tells you everything about the machine’s real character. Since each club controls its own RTP setting, you're just gambling on which machine is running soft that day.

Same experience here, the free games on Queen of the Nile II pay scraps at my local. Only trust a "hot" cabinet if the venue actually lists its RTP, which most never do.

What I've noticed at my local is the Wild Doubles Wins doing all the heavy lifting in the base game, then the free games spinning past with barely a rattle, which fits what Model_Sheet reckons about the machine's real character. On a small spin sample it's hard to say much, but two sessions in a row on the same Queen of the Nile II cabinet looked identical, feature lands late and pays peanuts. Makes you wonder what the venue dial is set to 📊

FreoDad, felt the same at my club last week, free games spun past like tumbleweeds. Unless the venue posts its RTP, I don't trust the "hot cabinet" talk.

Been keeping notes on this exact thing at my two locals. Same Queen of the Nile II cabinet, one has the free games actually rattling through the Wild Doubles Wins often enough to keep a session alive, the other spins them out like tumbleweeds and I'm digging into the A$20 in no time. Since each venue configures the pay within the state minimum, my working theory is the stingy one's set down near the floor. Worth a slap at the club that treats it well, skip the other one.

Grinder_Hunter's notes match mine to the letter. My club in the inner west has had a dead Queen of the Nile II for about a year now. Free games hit maybe once a session, and when they do it's a fiver back on a A$1 spin. Meanwhile a mate swears the same cabinet out at his joint "pays". Yeah mate, different venue, different setting. That's the whole con of these old Aristocrat machines, the RTP moves per venue so there's no fair comparison. One caveat to the hot cabinet theory though. Even if a venue posted its RTP, and none around here ever do, that figure is over the machine's whole life. Tells you nothing about tonight. The Wild Doubles Wins doing the lifting in the base game is the honest read, the free games are the nostalgia bait part. Believe the cabinet is flying when I see someone cash out, not before.

Keep your own notes on the free games across a few sessions and the pattern becomes obvious. Queen of the Nile II can feel like two different pokies depending on the venue config, and your tiny spin sample will gladly lie to you either way. On a small session at my club the Wild Doubles Wins carried the whole arvo and the feature barely flickered. 📊

Queen of the Nile II at my local yesterday, A$1 a spin, dug in early, walked when the free games didn't show by the A$20 mark. Discipline saved the arvo.

@ChrisFortune I kept notes on Queen of the Nile II at my local for a couple of months, same venue, same machine. Free games droughts went long enough that I stopped pretending it was variance having a bad week. If two cabinets genuinely behave like different pokies by venue config, someone should be able to show the RTP on the info screen, and nobody I've asked can. JackpotGirl, "saving A$20 is the win" isn't far off with this game, to be fair. Show me a recent withdrawal from it, any amount, and I'll soften my tune. Until then it's the same story as every club Queen of the Nile II I've sat at.

Nah, I think the lot of you are just being too negative about the droughts on Queen of the Nile II. I was slapping this beast at the club recently and it just pulled through with a massive win, so you gotta trust the system when it hits. It’s my all-time favourite provider hands down, ah well 🔥🎰🤑.

@JackpotGirlCasino walking after A$20 on Queen of the Nile II is a win in my book tbh, that pokie can chew through a payday quicker than me backing a trailer 😅 tho last Friday it actually paid for my whole arvo, hit the free games with pyramids stacked everywhere and walked out up. some nights it just decides to be generous, that's the whole appeal 🤑🎰