Fat Lady Sings is a 25-payline video slot, operating on the Microgaming platform. This opera- themed slot features fat ladies as its main symbols. There are 5 reels which are white and set on the decorative wooden frame. Give this slot a spin here for free, or visit any of the listed Microgaming Casinos to play for real money.
In order to start spinning, you are advised to set your bets first. “Coins” option displays the number of coins staked per line and can be adjusted from 1 to 5, whereas coin value varies from 0.01 to 0.25. “Lines” range from 1 to 25. “Bet Max” shows the value equal to the number of paylines selected, multiplied by the bet per line value. “Autoplay” is used to regulate the number of times the reels spin without interruption. Once you are ready, simply hit “Spin” to start the game.
The Wild is the “Fat Lady Sings” logo. It helps to form a winning combination by acting as a substitute for all symbols, except the Scatter. Extra wilds are added during Free Spins, including the stacked ones on the reels 2 and 4.
The Scatter is the Masks symbol. When at least 3 Scatters land anywhere on the reels, the Free Spins bonus game is activated. Players can win a random number of Free Spins, a random multiplier value and random bonus win amount. There is a possibility of winning up to 30 Free Spins with up to x5 multiplier value.
Once the Free Spins bonus game is activated, players need to pick a tone for the Fat Lady to sing, in order to win prizes. After you pick a pitch – High, Medium or Low, the lady sings and breaks the glasses. The amount of the broken glasses decides on the number of Free Spins, ranging from 5 to 30. Then, players need to reveal the multiplier value by breaking the jugs. Finally, you need to break beer glasses in order to reveal the number of your bonus credits.
The Gamble feature can be activated each time there is a winning combination. By clicking on the "Gamble" button the feature is activated and players have a chance to increase their winnings. If you guess the colour of the card you will double the win amount, whereas if you guess the suit your winnings will be quadrupled. If you make a wrong guess, you will end up losing everything, and return to the main game.
Game Play
Lines: Set the number of paylines.
Coins: Set the number of coins per line to bet.
Bet Max: Set the maximum bet that the slot allows.
Autoplay: Set the number of times you wish for reels to turn without interruption.
Spin: Set the reels in motion
Oh boy...the fat lady sings. Can I have something more to my taste please? Like Taylor Swift for example. Or Beyonce. Or perhaps Kim Kardashian. Oops, that Kim doesn't sing does she? Hmm, I guess not, but I would certainly prefer to look at Kim than at these fat singing ladies here. None of them are to my taste. I don't care if Microgaming guys love them, but I don't, and that alone is a deterrent for me to play this Fat Lady Sings game. Put Taylor Swift there instead and see how I just wouldn't shake it off, or switch it off. Yeah, right, those fat ladies are staying, like it or not.
The Fat Lady is the Wild symbol, 5 of her pay 3000x the line bet, but she doesn't double any wins. That's probably because she's already double in size. Hmm. During a Free Spins game, the Wilds become stacked on reels 2 and 4 and you can also get some Extra Wilds to create more winning chances. The Scatters, on the other hand, work differently in this game, not like the way scatters usually pay. In the base game, 3 Scatters award 5 up to 15 free spins plus a Bonus Win of 5x up to 30x the total bet. 4 Scatters award 5 up to 20 free spins plus a Bonus Win of 20x up to 70x the total bet. 5 Scatters award 9 up to 30 free spins plus a Bonus Win of 70x up to 120x. Multipliers are 1x up to 5x. All awards are randomly activated. In the Free Spins game itself, 3 Scatters pay 15x the total bet, 4 Scatters pay 50x and 5 Scatters pay 100x the total bet. Confused? Hmm, not surprising, but it'll turn out clearer when you've played the game.
For those who are still confused, here's a quick summary. The Wilds do not double any wins, they do not come Stacked in the base game, Stacked only during the free spins. The Free Spins game cannot be retriggered, getting 3 or more Scatters during the free spins only pay the corresponding win amount, and the number of free spins and multipliers awarded are all randomly activated. All clear now? Good.
How are the awards given when you get 3 or more Scatters then? Hmm, okay. When you get that, a first screen pops up, you pick the fat lady to sing in a high, medium or low pitch, and the glasses would break to award the number of free spins won. Not all glasses would break of course, unless you get very lucky to win the maximum award. On the next screen, you pick the fat lady to sing again in one of the 3 pitches, the glasses would break, and voila, you have your win multiplier. The Bonus Win award works in the same way too. I don't feel like repeating, unless you want me to. All these may sound interesting at first, but after many plays, it doesn't excite anymore. Whay? Because the awards are usually non-adrenaline pushing, if you know what I mean. If you don't, sorry, no repeating, hehehe.
Firstly, the paytable isn't that good at all, resulting in mediocre wins most of the time. Secondly, the randomly awarded number of free spins really suck at times, mostly awarding not more than 8 free spins for 3 Scatters. The payouts are the final blow. Free spins wins are usually very little. What I've had ranged from under 10x my bet up to just over 50x, but this win only came after more than 700 useless spins! Can you imagine getting such a small win after so many useless spins? Reminds me of the sickly way most Microgaming games would pay! And those are the reasons why Microgaming games can never make into my favourite list anyway.