Girls With Guns - Frozen Dawn Slot Machine
We’re not gonna lie, we loved Girls With Guns. That controversial Microgaming slot – starring alluring femme fatales toting huge guns – didn’t just prove a hit with us, but also with fans – hence the sequel, Girls With Guns II: Frozen Dawn. It sounds like a big-budget blockbuster, and in a way, it kinda is. Microgaming no doubt employed a bigger budget in an attempt to ensure the sequel beat gamers’ expectations.
As the title suggests, the landscape has changed from the first slot. In the original Girls With Guns, our well-armed heroines were busting caps in the jungle, a la Predator . In Frozen Dawn, they’re packing heat in the snow-capped Arctic. Who knows why they’ve relocated? Maybe Microgaming took feminist opprobrium on board and decided to cover the gals up (their outfits in the original left little to the imagination). Whatever the reason, it’s easy to get on board with the frozen theme.
243 Ways To Win
Just like the first game, Girls With Guns II: Frozen Dawn is a five-reel slot with 243 ways to win. Basically this means that as long as you have matching symbols on adjacent reels, you’ve got a winning combination. To have a chance of claiming the 9,000 jackpot, you’ll need to stake 30 coins per spin of the reels. You can wager up to 15 credits per payline (450 in total); the three available coin denominations are 0.01, 0.02 and 0.05.
Arctic Tundra
The backdrop of the reels features snowy peaks and valleys in the pale light of the afternoon. The Alps? Maybe. If its that important to be authentic try playing it at a Swiss Online Casino! The heavens have opened, snow is falling and the girls are armed to the teeth.
The minor icons in the game are the standard playing cards, from 10 through to Ace. Needless to say, the girls make up the more valuable symbols. The cool thing is, the same cast from the first game signed on for the second. Thus, we have Katherine, the squad’s leader, Maria from Artillery, Kira, the sniper, Alex from Demolition, Zoe from Tactical and Jess, the Infiltrator.
Once more, the game’s wild symbol is the Girls With Guns logo. Like most wilds, it substitutes for all symbols except the scatter, which in this case is the satellite icon. There’s not just one wild, though. In addition to the plain old logo wild, the game has a special wild – a silhouette of the six girls. It occurs only in the base game and expands to cover the entire third reel. The regular wild appears on all reels, though.
Free Spins And Shootouts
There are several bonus features included in Frozen Dawn. One is the randomly awarded Shootout Bonus, which comes into play after you strike out with a non-winning spin. You’ll know you’ve been picked for the Shootout Bonus when one of the girls cocks her weapon; you’ll need to choose which one of three targeted symbols she fires at. The shot-up target will then reveal a prize amount, which is added to your winnings. The prize results are generally modest, though: expect an amount on par with your total bet size.
The game’s main bonus feature concerns free spins. Simply land three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels to activate a dozen free spins. This isn’t a normal free spins round, however. During your spins, you’ll be given one or two extras: frozen wilds or magnetic wilds. You’ll also receive a 2x, 20x or 100x stake prize.
Sticky wilds are held in place for three spins, at which time they melt. Thus, while they’re in play, you have more opportunities to hit winning combos. If you’re lucky enough to hit wilds on an entire reel, they won’t thaw for the rest of the round.
Magnetic wilds are different. If a wild appears on the fifth reel, during the subsequent spin it will move to reel one and remain there for the duration of the round. As you use up the rest of the free spins, you’ll doubtless be hoping to stack up more wilds to maximise your earnings.
Just like in the first movie – ahem, we mean slot – Frozen Dawn dispenses with the cascading coins and helps you celebrate your win with an animated sequence – the girls snowboarding, riding snowmobiles etc, all the while shooting their firearms.
Girl Power
Girls With Guns II: Frozen Dawn is a fantastic slot game. There’ll be a bit of debate about whether the sequel trumps the original, but with 243 ways to win, a combination of regular wilds and special wilds, and several bonus features, you’re spoiled for choice. While some of the wins can be small, the potential is there to turn a sweet profit.
