Great Bear

Game Review

This year's gaming event had many new games, and one of them was the Great Bear slot. It has interesting features like Symbol Upgrades, Multipliers, and Free Spins, which can lead to wins of up to 2,500x the bet.

Game Overview

Great Bear is set in nature, in green woods where the 5x3 20-payline reel set is. The visuals might seem a bit old, but the gameplay is good. The background image changes color during bonus features. The music fits the wildlife theme well. It's a classic forest theme with little originality.

Playable on any device, the Great Bear slot has a betting range of €0.4 to €4,000 per spin, for all players. The volatility is medium, and the RTP ranges between 89.02% and 96.07%. The maximum win is 2,500x the stake.

Symbols pay from. There are 8 animal symbols: fish, mice, rabbits, raccoons, owls, eagles, lynxes, and wolves, worth from 0.25x to 2x your bet. The bear is the most important, paying 2.5x the stake for 5 on a win line. It's also a Wild and substitutes for other symbols. Multipliers can increase wins during bonus features.

Bonus Features

The Great Bear slot has features that can appear randomly in the base game and the free games bonus. The symbol upgrade feature is key to success.

The Symbol Climb feature is on any win during both the base and bonus games. Winning symbols may upgrade to the next level. The trail is on the left, and matching symbols upgrade until they fail or reach the Wild bear symbol. Wins are evaluated, and the upgrade ladder resets.

If symbols fail to upgrade, a Gift of the Bear feature may resume the interrupted level-up process. It's available after at least two successful symbol upgrades that haven't reached the Wild symbol.

If there's a 5-of-a-kind win, the Great Bear Multiplier may appear. Wild symbols on the center reel can upgrade and get a 2x Multiplier. They upgrade through 2x, 3x, 5x, and 10x Multipliers until they fail or reach 10x. Winning combinations are multiplied by the last achieved Wild Multiplier.

Landing 3 Scatter symbols on the three middle reels triggers the Great Bear Bonus. Players get 5 Win Spins that decrease only after a win. During the bonus, symbol upgrades persist, and the upgraded symbols are removed. The bonus game cannot be retriggered.

Game Verdict

Great Bear is an enjoyable slot. The gameplay is engaging with random modifiers and multipliers, available in both the base game and bonus, so wins of up to 2,500x are always possible.