Reel Fear Slot
Think twice before turning the lights in your room off while launching this peculiar slot from Booming Games (BG), because it’s terrifying!
Many of BG slots are given to fun and laughter or even dark in a comic way like Dark Spin, but ‘Reel Fear’ is something as different from other slots in the catalogue of BG as chalk is from cheese. Good graphics, scary sounds planted all over the slot like surreptitious landmines, bonus rounds, special symbols and enviable payouts – Reel Fear has all the ingredients of a good slot.
However, we would seriously think twice or thrice before recommending this particular slot to players who aren’t quite adept at handling ‘horror’ stuff. So, spin these deathly reels with the wind of caution in your sails. Remember – you’ve been warned!
Take Your Time – Scurrying Has No Place Here!
We don’t say this often while assessing and reviewing a slot, but even before you switch on Reel Fear, you need to be absolutely sure that you want to go ahead. The game loads with gory graphics and when it launches up, things take a turn for the worse with scary music backing things up.
But since that’s the whole point of this slot, we must go on to say that BG has done incredibly well to round this slot off with such good design and intent. It sets out to scare you and scare it does indeed – full points to them for outdoing even the most realistic halloween slots!
But That’s Not All…
That’s not nearly all. If being scary was enough to be a good slot, there would be plenty of contenders out there vying for that coveted top spot. Where Reel Fear really takes a poll position ahead of its direct competitors (some Microgaming slots can be named here) is the ease with which it fuses the gameplay with graphics.
Brilliant graphics are furthered in effectivity by gameplay that has a correct balance of familiarity and creativity.
Bring the Scary Stuff ON!
Every turn that it takes and every twist that it springs, the gameplay of Reel Fear is all about getting you unhinged and force you into submission. But good slotters would know these tactics very well – you cannot afford too much of entertainment, especially if it comes at the expense of your wagers!
Talking of wagers, let’s dwell a little over what the reel-line structure looks like. 5 reels and 10 paylines, in themselves, do not inspire much surprise. But the way they stack up with those spooky symbols is effective enough to make them matter in the scheme of things.
Wagers here are controlled and capped just like they are in most slots you would come across – nothing unusual there. To recover your wagers (and, of course, to pile on some profits), however, you need to confront the legion of scary symbols of Reel Fear. So, buckle up and face the music – it should be worth your while.
Regular Symbols of Reel Fear
These are regular only in terms of the payouts associated with them. On the fear meter, they fare no less than the special ones.
If you are a big fan of slasher movies, symbols like a gouged eyeball, torture machine gears and creepy ants should give you a solid kick, and up to 10 coins to boot. A bloody nurse, a hostile bunny rabbit and a slashed persona of a ghost further take the needle of fear higher up, allowing you a shot at 40, 30 and 100 coins respectively (for 5-on-5 kind of combos).
But hold on – this is just the regular drill here. The real scary stuff still awaits us. In case you wish to know, just read on.
Special Symbols of Reel Fear
These pay a touch better than regular symbols, but they do exact their price quite religiously. The wild of this slot is a bloody crucifix that helps you get past frustratingly stale combos that neither pay out nor take the game forward. The substitutions, however, will be limited to regular symbols mentioned above. The wild will also splash a splodge worth 400 coins for the 5-of-its-kind combination.
The scatter here played by the ghost of a young girl. It can trigger up to 15 free spins once it appears for at least thrice anywhere in view.
Give a Cheer to Real Fear
In all fairness, Reel Fear manages to achieve what it aspires to do – to strike some fear in the player’s heart. It does not really pay out as well as it should – especially considering how trying the whole gameplay experience can be. But for those who enjoy this sort of stuff, Reel Fear should be a top slot choice, and just as well because there are not too many slots to compete in this micro-niche.
