HOT SHOTS MEGAWAYS SLOT REVIEW
The Hot Shots Megaways slot powered by iSoftBet plays out on a 6-reel grid featuring 2 to 7 symbols, it has up to 117,649 ways to win, a 96.48% RTP and high variance level.
This slot is specifically designed to appease sports or to be more specific soccer lovers. Players will see all sorts of animals take to the field of play to showcase their football playing skills.
To help complement the beautiful theme, the Hot Shots Megaways slot comes with some rousing sound effects.
GAME LAYOUT
The background graphics for the Hot Shots Megaways slot are just simple as they depict an outer space portrait full of dimly lit and brightly lit stars. Beneath the playing grid is a spinning ball icon which helps in reminding players of the slot’s football theme. The reel grid itself is beautified by a simple but elegant green wall.
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| 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| A deer | 1000 | 400 | 150 | 50 | 10 |
| A dog | 200 | 80 | 30 | 10 | – |
| A rooster | 50 | 20 | 10 | 5 | – |
| A cheetah | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 | – |
| Ace | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | – |
| King | 30 | 16 | 6 | 4 | – |
| Queen | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | – |
| Jack | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | – |
| Number 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | – |
| Number 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | – |
SYMBOLS
The reel symbols featured in the Hot Shots Megaways include the golden ball, red and white ball, game logo icon, cheetah, rooster, dog, deer, and royal icons.
BONUSES
- Wild: The white and red ball icon acts as the substituting symbol.
- Scatter: The scatter icon comes in the form of the golden ball icon.
- Mystery Symbol: The mystery icon comes in the form of the game logo icon. Mystery symbols appear in all positions and when they land, they transform into either wilds or scatter symbols.
- Cascading Wins: Hot Shots Megaways slot uses the cascading wins mechanic meaning all winning symbols upon fetching their payouts disappear and their positions are filled by new symbols. These new symbols necessitate the evaluations of new win lines hence making it possible for players to scoop consecutive payouts.
- Cash Respins: The Cash Respins activate when players land five or more of the golden ball scatters at once. In the beginning, players start with three respins. However, any new scatter landing on the reels help in resetting the number of respins back to three. As the reels spin, only the scatters and jackpot symbols land on the reels. A reel that’s filled with any of these symbols will activate the multipliers for all scatters present on that particular reel. When all respins are depleted, the game sums up and pays the total of all scatter multiplier values and jackpot prizes on the reels.
- Modifiers: There are three modifiers which can activate at random during gameplay. These are as follows:
- Goal Scatters: A unique background animation pops up signifying the activation of the goal scatters modifier. The modifier enhances but does not guarantee the player’s chances of triggering cash respins on the next paid spin.
- Max Megaways: A unique background animation coming with a ‘MAX MEGAWAYS’ inscription pops up signifying the activation of the Max Megaways modifier. Upon activation, all 117,649 Megaways of the Hot Shots Megaways slot are activated.
- Hot Shots Cup: A huge golden trophy icon popping up on the reel grid signifies the activation of the Hot Shots Cup. Upon activation, players stand a chance of either triggering the cash respins or scooping an instant big win.
- Hot Shots Bet: The Hot Shot Bet is activated by clicking the corresponding button on the main screen. Upon activation, players are afforded the chance of picking the bonus feature they want to gain access to instantly. Players can choose to up their bet 100x to trigger the cash respins instantly. Alternatively, they may choose to up their bet 150x to trigger the VIP cash respins. When players opt for the latter that is, VIP cash respins, they play on a 7×6 reel grid that comes with maximum scatter positions.
- Hot Shots Cup Fever: The Hot Shots Cup Fever is activated by clicking the corresponding button on the main screen. Upon activation, players are asked to up their bet by 25%. Once they do this, they instantly increase their chances of landing scatter symbols on the next paid spin hence inadvertently increasing the chances of triggering the cash respins bonus round.
WAYS TO WIN
CLOSING
Though the football theme is quite popular in the online gaming industry, the football theme in the Hot Shots Megaways is quite different and innovative as it uses animals rather than humans enjoying the world’s most popular sports game.
Overall this is another fabulous Megaways slot from iSoftBet so it gets a big thumbs up from our review team.