Fantastic Four Slot

Intro

As with the saying “practice makes perfect”, CryptoLogic have once again improved the extremely high quality standards they have set themselves by updating the Marvel Slots catalogue with the notorious Fantastic Four. Just like Spiderman, Fantastic Four is a 5 reel, 25 line monster of an online slot. With wilds, scatters, bonus rounds, free-spins and of course the characteristic randomly-dropping progressive Marvel Jackpots, you have all the ingredients to make the Fantastic Four slot a staple part in your online gaming repertoire.

Review

As with all the Marvel Slots available, you will be hard-pushed to find any disappointments with the Fantastic Four online. Just like the Spider-Man franchise that has been a big hit in the modern forms of media, this comic-book foursome has gone the same way and even had a video slot released at the same time as Spider-Man. The constant animations, bigger library of sounds, beautiful illustrations and numerous additional gameplay devices make the Fantastic Four an unbelievable outing in an online casino, evidence that the gap between video-games and slot machines is narrowing.

Expect the usual smooth animated spins and a immersive slots environment you’ve become used to with the Marvel Slots. There are a fabulous SIX main symbols that you will want to hunt from every spin; any of the Fantastic Four members, (Mr Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, the Thing, and their arch enemy Dr Doom (whom all fall on reels 1 – 5 respectively) and the Fantastic Four logo. The character icons each have their own reels they can fall upon and can help produce you the biggest prizes possible from a spin…not forgetting they are each wild symbols too! The Fantastic 4 logo alternatively can win you multiples of you complete wagered bet providing you reveal more than one from a spin. The other icons of the high values from a deck of cards, and other Fantastic 4 paraphernalia are also available. (Hint: the DNA chain icon drops the highest prizes out of all the regular symbols).

The Fantastic 4 video slot must be one of the first types of themed game (aside from the other Marvel slots) that is so comprehensive that a review will only touch the surface. It is arguably one of the most complete games available making it a highly recommendable choice next time you decide to visit your CryptoLogic casino.

Progressive Jackpot

As with all Marvel slots, you have the opportunity to randomly win one of the three progressive jackpots; the Hero, the Super Hero and the Marvel Hero jackpots. The Hero jackpot starts from 50.00, the Super Hero from 500.00, and the Marvel Hero from 5,000.00 and all rapidly accumulate into huge pots. Being random, there is no combination to drop them from a spin, however the higher your wager, the better your chances to drop one.

Wild Symbol

The wild symbol is split into five parts; one for each reel. You have Mr Fantastic (reel 1), the Invisible Woman (reel 2), the Human Torch (reel 3), the Thing (reel 4) and Dr. Doom (reel 5). Although the Fantastic 4 usually like to stay away from Dr. Doom, you’ll want all of these guys to end up on a single payline to drop you the top award of a 5,000 times line multiplier. If you spin, 2, 3, 4 or 5 across a payline (starting from reel 1) you can drop line multiplying prizes of 10, 150, 1,000, or 5,000 times respectively. Alternatively don’t forget wild symbols can still help to create winning combinations from seemingly empty spins.

Scatter Symbol

The Fantastic Four logo, first and foremost is a scatter icon. Reveal 2, 3, 4 or 5 across the reels to multiply your total spun bet by 2, 5, 20 or 100 times respectively. Spin three or more across the reels and after you collect your prize, you will be transported to the Fantastic Four Feature.

Bonus Round

After hitting the correct combo (three or more scatters across the reels), you will be sent to the Fantastic 4 Bonus Feature. You can choose one of five games to grant you extra prizes. These five games are fundamentally different amounts of free spins and relative multipliers, hosted by one of the characters from the game. If the host’s icon is revealed during a free spin you will see them cover the whole reel whilst still acting as a substitute to win you even more prizes!

Free Spins

As mentioned above, by entering the Fantastic Four Feature you can choose one of the following five characters to win you free-spins:

Mr Fantastic: 15 free games with a 2x multiplier

Invisible Woman: 10 free games with a 3x multiplier

Human Torch 10 free games with a 3x multiplier

The Thing 15 free games with a changing multiplier for all prizes (between 2x and 10x)

Dr Doom Unlimited free games until Dr Doom appears on reel 5 with a 3x multiplier

Keep in mind that if the character you have select for free spins has their own icon falling on its own reel, the entire reel will recalculate as if the entire reel was one big wild symbol! But remember, this is in direct contrast to Dr Doom who will end you free spin time.

With such a unique mixture of traditional aspects of slots play with plethora modern devices, CryptoLogic have achieved a wonderful balance especially when you consider all the intricate details this game possess. If you fancy a new slots experience, the Fantastic 4 is definitely the way to go.

(Note: check out the cool change of background during the frees-spins)