Get ready to be otterly amazed by Slammer Studios' (formerly known as Blue Guru Games) latest release - Otterly Amazing slot! Arguably the cutest marine creatures are the stars of this game, and you get to help them clean up the ocean from sea urchins and whatnot to keep kelp forest alive.
Kelp forests have been disappearing since, and your mission, apart from trying to win cash playing the game, is to assist the otters in getting rid of urchins and restoring the natural flora of the ocean.
You will also get to stack as you engage in this environmentally noble activity. A lot! You name it: stacked wilds, stacked multiplier wilds, stacked mystery symbols! Stay with us as we walk you through the Otterly Amazing review.
Overview of Otterly Amazing Game
Once you hit the Play button, you will be greeted with a semi-transparent grid floating in the sea, sporting 5 reels and 3 rows with 40 fixed paylines. The grid can be expanded up to 7 rows, in which case 70 paylines will be activated.
You will have the regular pay symbols split into two categories: otters and garbage. Trashy items comprise 5 symbols and will pay 1 to 1.5 times your initial bet for 5 of a kind. On the other hand, the 4 otters are premium symbols, paying out 2 to 5 times your bet for 5 of a kind. You also get Wilds which substitute for regular paying symbols or serve to make wild wins of up to 10x the bet.
Otterly Amazing Game Characteristics
Otterly Amazing is a medium volatile game with a range of RTP settings: its highest setting comes in at 96.09% for 20 p/c - £/€40 per spin, whereas you will be playing with the lowest RTP of 96.03% when activating the bonus buy feature for 100x the wager. Suppose you place a £/€40 bet and score the max win: the otters would give you 17,752x the initial bet.
Of course, to do that, you would have to score some Wilds and Scatters, too, so read on to see what these symbols can get you.
Otterly Amazing Bonus Features
Playing the game in demo and real money versions, we learned it's brimming with features. As most online slots would have it, the Wilds in Otterly Amazing allow you to form additional winning combos by replacing other symbols, with the exception of Scatters.
Scatters, however, trigger Free Games when 3 or more are landed, giving you up to 20 free spins. As you use up your free spins, you will also collect new Pink and Blue Scatters, unlocking more awards.
3 Pink Scatters will unlock another 10 paylines, give you another free spin, eliminate 1 type of symbol, and insert 1 position for the Stacked Wild Multiplier Kelp and Stacked Mystery Kelp. You can progress to a total of 70 paylines, and once you get rid of all low-paying symbols, the game will give you another free spin any time you enter the Free Games feature. Meanwhile, Blue Scatters work by giving you 1x extra multiplier to all multiplier levels and an additional free spin when 3 of them are collected.
Stacked Wild Multiplier Kelp lands randomly during free spins and can contain multipliers with values of 2x, 3x, and 4x, and will also substitute for other paying symbols like a regular Wild, while Stacked Mystery Kelp appears in base and free games and is the slot's mystery symbol: it will reveal a random symbol whenever the spinning stops.
Finally, for anyone impatient to play a Free Game, Otterly Amazing gives a chance to activate the Bonus Buy for 100x the bet for up to 20 free spins.
What Are the Pros and Cons of Playing Otterly Amazing?
Pros:
- More than a hefty max win of over £/€700,000
- Plenty of lucrative features keep you on your toes
- Bonus Buy
Cons:
- Some features may not be available in all jurisdictions
Summary of Otterly Amazing - progressively cute
You will love this game if you have ever watched a video clip of otters. When we first played it, we thought this slew of features might burden the game experience. But as we progressed, we realised that Slammer Studios did something extraordinary: they managed to mimic otters' behaviour by slowly progressing the game to higher wins, just as otters slowly but steadily keep the kelp forest alive.
On top of that, the max win of 17,752x the bet is more than generous. You will have to progress slowly before being offered the chance to reach, but the game will eventually open up and let you explore the ocean's riches.
