Wild Spinner Slot Machine
Remember those oh so popular one-armed bandits? At first glance this might look like your classic Novomatic fruit machine, but looks can be deceiving! This free to play online fixed-reel slot has some stand out features. First of all, it’s as if you’re playing 2 games in 1 as this video slot gives you the freedom to try your luck on 3 reels with 5 lines or 4 reels with 10 lines. I personally believe more is more as the 4 reel 10 line variation of the game definitely got me bigger wins! What else? You can even decide whether the Wild symbol will give you a helping hand with winning. Moreover, the game actually shows you how much you can win as the paytable increases when your bet changes. This is a very honest feature which I’m sure will appeal to many a gambler, especially if the game were available to play with real money.
Theme & Icons
As far as design goes, the graphics team have opted for a simple, no frills look making it extremely easy to play. The game features all your favourite tasty fruit symbols; grapes, oranges, melons and pears, all thrown in with classic bells and sevens icons. Surprisingly enough, there are none of the classical bar symbols anywhere in play. Being dubbed the Wild Spinner, the Wild takes the form of a Star which is the most important symbol of the game and can shine on any reel by substituting any icon except for the big red seven. The sound effects are also pretty basic and what you would expect from your standard fruit machine (especially from Novomatic!)
Gameplay & Features
The aim of the game is 3 of a kind, even if you’re playing 4 reels! However, it is important that the winning combinations are not interrupted by any other symbol. In this game you can adjust your pay in from 40 credits to 5,561 credits. The minimum bet you can play in this game is 10 and the maximum is a whopping 2,500 credits. All wins pay only on the lines in play and line wins are added together. The game has the following variants which make it more exciting to play:
- You can play with 5 win lines on the first 3 reels.
- You can play with 5 win lines on the first 3 reels plus Star symbol.
- You can play with 10 win lines on all 4 reels.
- You can play with 10 win lines on all 4 reels plus Star symbol.
Clicking the 'GAME' button allows you very easily to switch between the game variants. What’s good to note is that selecting another way of playing will not affect the paytable but might affect the actual bet. Furthermore, the stakes may vary depending on your choice of game. A feature which isn’t to my liking is unlike in other games, in this one you cannot set the amount of automatic spins you please when you hit ‘AUTOSTART’ which you must deactivate manually.
Summary
Although, this game gives you the freedom to customise the way you win, it feels like another high variance game very similar to other games by the same group. Power Stars and Spinning Stars come to mind. Something I noticed which can be a nuisance for some is that the game tends to disconnect you if you are inactive for a while and takes you back to that same old Novomatic selection page. Unfortunately, the game is not available to play for real money, but that doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen. Overall, the game plays well and I really enjoyed playing around with the different reel and Wild combinations which does set it apart from a lot of other video slots out there. The company’s UK casinos and German followers will go wild for the game!
