5 Reel Fire Slots
There’s a fire burning upon those 5 reels from the intolerable heat that 5-reel Fire! is bringing its players. With a name like 5-reel Fire we were expecting a very classic looking game, as seems to be the tradition with anything with the word ‘fruit’ or ‘fire’ in it, but boy we were dead wrong. This slot machine is 25 winlines of uniqueness, packaged to look like a Pixar film, and if there’s one thing we adore, it’s Pixar.
A lot of MultiSlot’s games tend to have similar aesthetics, favouring 3D graphics over anything artistic and unusual, though Bank Robbery challenged that upon its release. When so many titles are churned out by the same brand, looking graphically similar, we can become bored. Fortunately with 5-reel Fire the boredom is removed; while the same design quality is utilised, the imagery is very specific to the theme of the game.
Fire! There’s a Fire!
Hearing those words in real life would have anyone in their right mind running away from the scene, whilst they called the authorities, but in this title it has you running towards the flames. That’s because they’re smoking hot… with money! All that cash we’re so desperate to get hold of is burning up in mere seconds, leaving us frantically throwing about buckets of water while we wait for the fire brigade.
The hottest of all the symbols? That’s the wild – look at it, it’s a picture of photorealistic flames. You can’t get much hotter than that. Oh wait, yes you can, for five wilds has a sweat inducing €15,000! Believe us, we kept re-reading that figure over and over before we finally trusted our eyes. MultiSlot have given out large cash wins in the past, but this is among one of its highest payouts.
Not as fired up, but more than ready to take on the flames, is the scatter symbol in all its protective glory. The fire brigade helmet casts aside petty money and instead gives you a blast of its free spins hose. In a sort of trade off with the wild, the number of free spins you can win (via the tiles) has been limited to just 15, however you can activate more during the free games.
I’ll Save You, Kitty!
Not every callout is for a massive house fire, sometimes it’s a smaller life or death situation, such as a cat being stuck up a tree. Many felines are renowned for making their way up but never successfully navigating their way down, and so a man or woman in uniform has to assist. There’s usually an old dear on the corner of the street, clutching her chest, filled with concern.
The cat symbol in 5-reel Fire is actually the lowest of the mid-level symbols, with a return of between 15 and 200 credits; saying this is low feels like a bluff as both of these rewards are good, but go with it. Unlike the cat, the dog upon the reels is a lot more relaxed about the whole thing, enjoying the time it has with its new friend. It can also be found in a group of three, four or five, and it can be worth up to 500 coins.
Between the dog and the next symbol, which is a fireman, there’s a dramatic jump in credits, going from a medium amount to a huge 2,500 of them! We can’t tell you why such a leap was made, but if we’re the ones reeling in that kind of money, quite frankly we don’t care.
The only thing that 5-reel Fire! is lacking, for us, is a bonus round - it feels like it’s going to be a big, juicy game and then it goes ahead and gives us minimal features. We’re not knocking the title as a whole, it’s amazing, but so much more could have been done to really make it dominate the online casinos.
Fire Damage
If playing with matches leads to burns, this one time we’re not complaining*, for the flames from this slot machine are too hot an opportunity to walk away from. 5-reel Fire! was so much fun to play, taking us back to playground games in the schoolyard and watching TV programmes like Fireman Sam. Fire has such a primitive hold on us.
*In no way, shape or form are we saying to play with matches or burn your house down!
