Reel Force 5 Slot
It’s 2016 and superheroes have never been bigger. Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman, X-Men Apocalypse – the list goes on. With this in mind, there’s never been a better time to play a superhero-themed slot game, a fact that Core Gaming have realised. The UK-based casino developer has launched a range of HTML5 video slots for Ladbrokes, with Reel Force 5 chief among them.
The 25-line, low-variance slot unites a cast of superheroes, each able to affect the reel spins in different ways. Telektra, Magnetron, Celcia, Fireblade and Herculeon are the fearless crusaders in question, and in Reel Force 5, they’re up against their mighty nemesis Baron Lightfinger. New players can expect comic book style graphics, entertaining animations and top-notch gameplay.
Holding out for a Hero
In a landscape awash with Egypt and Asia themed slot games, Reel Force 5 stands out for all the right reasons. The theme is one everyone can get on board with, from comic book nerds to movie buffs and gamers who simply love a good bonus feature.
The game itself is fairly simple – the standard 5x3 reel grid appears in the middle of the screen, with a random superhero floating aside it. Upon the reels you’ll find many symbols including a shield, a pile of gold bars, a stack of cash and playing card icons from 9 to A. There’s also a Reel Force 5 logo, showing all five heroes, a couple of gemstones and a bunch of bonus award symbols. The maximum bet-per-line is 20, for a total bet of 500, while the minimum is 0.01, for a total bet of 0.25. The maximum possible win, therefore, is 250,000 (500x maximum bet).
All wins pay left to right, and the theoretical RTP is 94.36%.
Shield Scatters and Free Spins
The shield is the scatter. Land three, four or five anywhere on the reels and you’ll get to choose between five different free spins options.
Each free spin option is linked to a separate superhero wild and a different level of risk. The Telektra bonus, for instance, is low risk. It is linked with the eponymous female hero, who, we are told, “has the ability to mentally control thoughts and functionality via my mind’s energy.” Whatever – all you need to know is that her special bonus feature awards 10 free spins and that she’ll, er, use her telekinetic powers to modify the reels, ensuring each spin is a winning spin.
The Magnetron bonus (low to medium risk) works like this: Magnetron, the hulking red cyborg hero, will award 15 free spins and use his magnetic ability to enhance your win, ensuring winning and wild symbols stick to the screen.
The Celcia bonus (medium risk) provides eight free spins (or “freeze spins”, as ice-cool Celcia calls them), and any wilds that show up remain stuck for the duration of the spins. As such, your chances of hitting a win are increased.
Fireblaze (medium to high risk), the curious green superhero, has perhaps the best free spins feature. He awards an unlimited amount of random free spins with a random multiplier applied to any and all winning combinations. The reels will spin until a stop symbol (represented by the dastardly Baron Lightfinger) arrives anywhere in the window on reel three.
Finally, we have the Herculeon bonus feature, which is the riskiest proposition of all. You’ll only win three spins, but up to three fully wild reels will form on the grid. Because of the high-risk nature of this feature, you could win nothing – but you could also hit the jackpot.
Superhero Wilds
As well as playing a key role during free spins, the superhero wilds help you form winning combinations during base play. Use any of the five heroes to help you form winning combinations – just be aware that they cannot stand in for the shield symbols.
Watch out for the Baddie!
Baron Lightfinger is “a light-fingered villain who loves to battle and be a REEL pain”! When the diminutive, besuited villain appears on the reels, he can change wild hero symbols to his own and terminate certain bonus features. Still, his presence helps add some risk to the gameplay.
A Reel Fun Slot
Reel Force 5 is a thoroughly entertaining slot game. Players of all kinds are catered for, given the sliding scale of risk associated with the free spins round. With multiple wilds, a gamer-friendly bet range and plenty of fun comic book animations, this one’s not to be missed.
