Sizzing Hot 7 Slot Machine
With so many games offering a theme, fancy visuals and a set of mysterious symbols, ever feel you just want a classic no-nonsense slot game that offers high variance, real cash slots and great bonuses that allow you to win big? Sizzling Hot 7 by Novomatic may just be for you. After all, fruit is said to be good for you.
Purple (and red) reigns
Here, 2 colours really dominate, purple and red. They are two you don’t often see together so it does grab your attention and adds to the not having a theme ideology. The red provides the background colour for the game’s name, which is in yellow letters. This game is sizzling after all.
Either side of the reels is a nice plum purple shade with the game’s 5 paylines neatly highlighted. While the bottom part is in red, the buttons are either green, yellow or blue. It’s all very different.
The aspect of simplicity applies with both the reels and music. While there was an introduction that had a burning flame as the game loaded up, there was no music involved. And there isn’t any before gameplay, only the traditional sounds when the reels are playing and when you’re victorious. The fruits aren’t filled with detail and being cherries, lemons, oranges and plums, aren’t different to your usual set. In fact, there aren’t any diagrams for the paylines either. This is all about the simplicity of the gameplay.
Looty Fruity
Keeping to its maverick colour theme, the best symbol is a 7, though the 3 different colours represent 2 different scores. While green and blue version have a maximum of 1,000, the red and yellow one is worth 5 times that.
It may seem odd to have an up and down button when the lines are set at 5, but they are greyed out. What really stands out is the great range of betting options.
You can bet from 12 options for 10 credits and below (including some decimal point ones). As these are all x5 for the number of lines, it’s always easy to know what you’re betting.
As well as the Max Bet button, you can also keep to the adventurous attitude by using the Auto button. And it is really adventurous as there’s no numerical setting on it. It’s either start or stop.
A little hidden away are some awesome options. The settings symbol allows you 3 different speeds of spin, as well as two forms of how the symbols fall down. Going for the second one means it goes quicker than you can click your fingers. While you can mute the game, you can also change the volume.
Card Sharp Bonuses
Rather unusually for fruit slot games, there is a Scatter here. It’s a star symbol that actually has its own value too, worth up to 500 credits, more than everything except the 7s. But the real bonus is the Gamble option.
After any winning bet, you get the chance to Gamble. You guess if the card is going to be red or black. Guess right and you can either Collect or keep gambling. It’s not on all fruit machinesso it’s good to see it here. Especially for the more adventurous player.
While the Gamble isn’t provided on the main screen when playing automatically, the button still lights up. If you’re quick enough to hit it just after winning, you can still Gamble.
It’s also useful to note that the ease of gaming stretches to your fingers. Rather than mess around with a mouse or cursor, you can use the keyboard. Space bar for play, left and right arrow for changing the betting number and even cooler you can use the tab button to see the Paytable. Because not all fruits are created equal.
Sizzling Good Fun
There may be plenty of fruit slot games, and more than a few good ones within them, but there’s a reason they continue to be successful even among a climate of modern innovation.
There are no distractions or complications here. It’s solid gameplay, and while some Free Spins would be nice, there are other rewards for the more adventurous player.
