Join a group of wild animals hosting a forest World Cup in Hot Shots. This football-themed slot game comes from iSoftBet and is played using a 5 reel, 243 ways to win game engine. Look out for wilds that expand vertically and horizontally whenever they hit and a free spins round where all payouts are trebled. Stakes range from between 25p and £125 per spin.
There’s a cartoon feel to the design in Hot Shots - the reels are set against a woodland clearing where a sandy football pitch has been created. Joining the A to 9 playing cards are 5 higher value animals representing a footballing country.
There’s a cockerel wearing a beret representing France, a bulldog in a deerstalker for England, a bull with a fan for Spain and a big cat with a Samba drum wearing the famous yellow of Brazil. The most rewarding symbol is the fearsome looking Russian bear who offers 8 times your stake if you land 5 symbols on adjacent reels.
Appearing on the middle 3 reels only, the football is the game’s wild - it replaces everything apart from the scatter. Whenever the wild lands, it expands vertically and horizontally in a cross formation and a payout is made.
Land 3, 4 or 5 of the Hot Shots logo scatters on the same spin to trigger the Free Spins feature. As well as a payout of 4, 6 or 10 times your total stake, you’ll also be given 10, 15 or 20 free spins. A 3x multiplier is applied throughout the feature with all payouts trebled. The expanding wilds hit more regularly here too.
Simple it may be but we found Hots Shots to be a surprisingly entertaining game. The cartoon imagery is nicely crafted and the roars of the crowd certainly add to the atmosphere. Your best winning chances will come in the free spins round where the 3x multipliers and expanding wilds can create some cracking results.
The countdown to the 2018 World Cup is well and truly on and Hot Shots is a pretty good place to begin if you’re looking for something to whet your footballing appetite. I also recommend you try some of iSoftBet’s other offerings with Legend of Loki and Eye of the Amulet my 2 favourites.