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A Fisherman's Tale Review

Fishermen used various methods to catch fish, including hooks, spears, nets, and traps. This fishing themed slot stands out in the crowded genre with its unique premise and bonus features.

Instead of simply copying existing games, this slot offers a unique fish prize catching multiplier bonus round system. During the feature, Viking Walking Wilds catch fish prizes and award respins to prolong the bonus round. They can also add multiplier values to the total prize win multiplier, for payouts up to 4,000x your stake. This innovative system is a breath of fresh air, and this fishing expedition is one you don’t wanna miss.

Slot Features

You can turn on the ante bet between any given base game spin, and it will cost you 2x your regular stake to keep it on. The paytable simply says “extra chances of hitting insanely valuable winning combinations”. The premium symbols pay between 50 and 200 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while all the low-value symbols award 10x your stake for the same.

The Fish Symbols come with cash prize values between 0.5 and 12 x your stake, and these symbols can also form line wins. They pay 20x your stake for 5 of a kind, and the cash prize values cannot be collected in the base game.

The Bonus Round triggers from 3, 4, or 5 scatters anywhere in view, and this gives you 6, 8, or 10 free spins, respectively. The Wild symbol can land on all 5 reels in the bonus round, and more than one instance can appear at the same time. As a wild, the symbol steps in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve line wins, and landing 5 wilds on a payline awards 200x your stake.

Wilds trigger a respins feature where the wild (or wilds) move one step to the left per respin, and the respins don’t subtract from your free spins tally. The Wilds will collect all fish prizes in view as long as they are present, and they can sometimes appear with a multiplier of x2-x5 or x10 attached. The multiplier can appear at any given respin, and the multipliers accumulate to boost the total fish prize win. The feature can be retriggered as well.

The Buy Bonus feature is available in some jurisdictions. If eligible, you get 4 choices from the menu. You can pay 100x, 150x, or 200x for 6, 8, or 10 free spins, respectively, or you can pay 170x your stake to get the randomized option.

The Experience

You get to see a larger fish symbol win in the base game, before purchasing the top-tier bonus round. Plenty of fish prizes are caught, including a few larger multiplier-boosted catches.

Review Summary

The fishing slot genre has been saturated lately. For this reason, developers have to get even more creative to stick out. The game comes with some original and interesting twists in the feature department.

The moving wild respins concept not only prolongs the bonus round, it also increases your chances of catching fish prizes. The multiplier system is clever as well. The 4,000x potential is decent for this genre.