Sherwood Forest Fortunes is a 20-payline video slot running on the Rival software platform. All of the symbols feature characters and items related to the famous Robin Hood legend, one of which is Robin Hood himself, as a stacked wild, Maid Marion as the scatter and the Arrows symbol which triggers the Bonus game. Players are welcome to try the slot on this page for free or play the game for real money in any of the featured Rival casinos.
Prior to roaming Sherwood alongside the legendary robber, players should regulate their wager. “Select Coins” alters the number of coins wagered and the +/- buttons beneath the coin adjust the coin size, ranging from 0.01 to 0.25. The “Select Lines” button allows players to choose the number of active paylines. “Spins” starts the game, “Bet Max” spins the reels at the highest wager and “Auto” rotates them automatically without interruption.
3 or more Maid Marion symbols trigger Free Spins. 3 Marion symbols grant 5 Free Spins, 4 Marions equal 10 Free Spins and 5 Maid Marion icons award players 25 Free Spins. All wins in the feature come with a x3 multiplier.
If 3 or more Bonus icons appear on the reels, the Bonus round is triggered. In this game players need to shoot arrows at a target in order to win prizes.
When 5 symbols featuring the Sheriff of Nottingham emerge on an active payline, a jackpot of 10,000 coins will be awarded.
Game Play
Coin: Adjust the coin value.
Select Lines: Choose the number of paylines played.
Select Coins: Regulate the number of coins to bet.
Spin: Play the game at one’s preferred wager.
Bet Max: Spin the reels at the highest wager.
Auto: Spin the reels a number of times without interruption.
Why is it that I can never find any good Robin Hood themed game? I have played various such games, from various game providers, but none have managed to grab my interest to keep me going back to play. Take this game from RTG for example - the graphics aren't that bad, but everything else about the game and the paytable sucks!
What? You don't agree? Okay, I do admit that the highest paying symbol, the Sheriff, pays a wonderful 10,000x the line bet, or 500x the total bet, but other than this one win, everything else pays lowly and poorly. And then again, just how many times, or how often, can any player expects to get 5 of that Sheriff symbols? Maybe once in a lifetime, who knows, so that doesn't make my any happier about this game!
I have always said that I hate any game that doesn't pay anything for getting 3 or more of the main symbols - the Wild, Scatter and Bonus symbols - and this is one more of such game. It is really disappointing to get 4 or 5 of such symbols with no payouts at all, and these simply waste a lot of winning chances. Imagine getting 5 Scatters during the free spins, and all you get is just additional free spins...sheesh! Safari Heat would pay 1500x the total bet for getting it, but Supe It Up would pay an incredible 3600x the total bet, and needless to say, I have gotten such wins before too! Getting 5 Scatters with a zero win is absolutely ridiculous!
Nope, that's not all of it either...getting 3 Scatters in this Robin Hood game not only would pay nothing, but it also awards only 5 miserable free spins with a 3x multiplier! Why the heck only 5 free spins I just cannot figure out - it's totally illogical! The very few free spins games that I have gotten so far all paid incredibly low! I simply hate it! Then there's also that 'stupid' Stacked Wild, which only stacks in twos most of the time, if not all the time...gees!
Sorry to say, but this Sherwood Forest Fortunes game is more a disappointment for me. I couldn't get any excitement from playing it, and the free spins games totally sucks big time!