Play The Slotfather Part II for Free

The Slotfather: Part II is a five-reel machine that uses a mafia theme. Many of the characters seen in this title are holdovers from the first slot, including a number of familiar gang members who are updated in a more detailed, sharper artistic style. You’ll get to explore the same world here, but in a bit more detail: it’s obvious (as it is in many of the company’s other creations) that their artistic abilities and technological prowess have improved over the years, and the payoff comes in the way of games that are absolutely gorgeous to look at.

One of the biggest changes this time around is in the format. While both of the titles in this series utilize a five-reel format, the older game is a 30-line machine, while this version uses the 243 Ways system. That means that you can win on any given left-to-right combination on the 5x3 layout, so players don’t have to worry so much about pay lines. Just pay one flat price (with plenty of variations available in how many coins you play, and how much each coin costs), and you get access to every possible winning line.

The game offers up a variety of thematic symbols that can be matched to earn prizes. Lower-value symbols include a portrait of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, cigars and brandy, and wads of cash. As you might expect, the Slotfather himself is the biggest winner, potentially earning you thousands of credits if you can match five in a row.

There are also a few special symbols that players will want to keep their eyes on while they play through this machine. First, there’s a wild, which can substitute for any of the normal icons in order to help make winning lines. There’s also a scatter (a truck), which not only offers increasingly large prizes should you hit two or more anywhere on the screen, but also earns players a number of free spins if they match at least three. This free play feature offers double the normal prizes, can be retriggered, and includes an extra instant credits bonus at the end of the mini-game.

However, our favorite feature is probably the Gangster Bonus. Three other characters are holdovers from the previous machine: Frankie, Fat Tony, and Snake Eyes Sammy. These gang members appear in special extended symbols that can cover an entire reel. Not only do they earn nice prizes, but they can trigger a respin: hit at least two full reels of one character, and the other reels will respin, potentially getting you earnings on a massive number of paylines.

In addition, filling three or more reels with one character will trigger the special feature. In this game, you’ll collect protection money from local businesses, because – well, because that’s just what the mafia does! You’ll pick from several options in order to reveal a payout. The most interesting part of this game, to us, was the fact that which gangster triggers this bonus round impacts the risk and reward potential. Fat Tony, for instance, offers the least volatility; Sammy offers a bit more, and Frankie has the widest range of possible outcomes.

One area in which Betsoft has really improved in recent years is their support for mobile play. Most titles that have been released by them in the past few years have been created with mobile devices in mind, and that includes The Slotfather: Part II, which is part of the “To Go” series of games that can be played on smartphones and tablets. We also like that this game is programmed in HTML5, making it cross-compatible with as many platforms as possible.

The bottom line for The Slotfather: Part II is that if you enjoyed the first game, you’ll also have a good time playing this second edition in the series. That said, the two machines are far from identical. Given that there have been several years of advances since the original release, you might expect there to be a lot of improvements here, and there are: the 243 Ways system is an exciting new way to play, the graphics and presentation have been taken to a whole new level, and the entire package is just a bit more polished than in the first wave of Betsoft creations.

That said, some people might still like the charm of the original Slotfather a bit more, especially since that game uses a little more in the way of animated sequences and voice acting, which might give you a bit more of a connection to the characters that populate this universe. Still, we don’t have any real complaints about this new addition to the Betsoft lineup, and we think just about any free slots fan will enjoy this title – with this absolutely being a must play for fans of the series.