As you'd expect given the Hoff's career back catalogue, the visuals in Hoffmania come with a certain amount of cheese. Likewise, the sound which includes snatches of dialogue from the Hoff to celebrate big wins. As well as the usual playing cards are symbols featuring the Hoff's autographs, a pair of lovelies and the Hoff himself.
5 consecutive Hoffs will earn you a payout of 400 times your line bet. The Hoffmania logo is the wild, substituting for everything bar the scatter when it appears on any or all of the middle 3 reels.
That scatter is the Oscar-style Hasselhoff Statue - land 3, 4 or 5 of these anywhere on the reels and you'll trigger the Hoffmania feature and be awarded a minimum of 5 free spins. At first glance, that award seems a little on the skinny side - there's plenty of scope to add though.
Every time the scatter symbol appears during the feature, you'll be awarded another 1 or 2 free spins or it will boost a multiplier by 1. Get on a roll with the scatters and the multiplier can boost your wins by up to 5x.
Like many Novomatic slots, the feature is quite tricky to trigger so some caution is recommended if you're playing with a limited bankroll with the overall variance is in the medium range. Despite the 243 ways to win game engine, you'll find times in the base game when precious little happens.
The action really steps up in the feature though, both in terms of the gameplay and the sound which is a big step up from the base game soundtrack. The multipliers and extra spins in the feature can quickly get the coins flowing. It may not be much to look at, but the quirky bonus round makes Hoffmania a very playable, if a little corny, slot. I suggest you also try the official Baywatch slot by Playtech which sadly doesn’t feature the Hoff.