The Angler is Betsoft powered video slot with 20 pay-lines and 5 reels. The main idea hiding behind this is the fishing expedition and the fishermen in general. The reels are slightly transparent and set against the lake surrounded by mountains backdrop with a fisherman standing left form the reels. The graphics is extraordinary and filled with cute looking fish and turtles. Give this amazing video slot a spin here for free or visit any of the Betsoft Casinos to play for real money.
Before you go fishing, you should set your betting range. By clicking on "Choose Coin" you will set coins size which ranges from 0.02 to 1. "Bet per Line" is used to set the number of coins you wish to bet per line, and "Select Lines" is used to choose the number of lines you wish to bet. "Spin" will set the reels in motion at the currently chosen bet, and "Max Bet" will set the maximum bet allowed and turn the reels automatically at that bet. "Autoplay" option will turn the reels automatically without interruption, and "Double Up" will start the Gamble feature.
Red angry Octopus is the Wild symbol and it can act as a substitute for all symbols except for the Scatter and the bonus symbols. Wild symbol can occur only on all reels except reel 1. During Free Spins, Wilds are clingy and after landing they will remain in place for the duration of Free Spins.
Pearl Clam is the Scatter and it can appear on reels 3, 4 and 5. If you win 3 of these anywhere on these 3 reels, you will trigger Free Spins feature. The number of spins depend on the numbers of the symbols you land. If you land additional 3 or more Scatter symbols, you can re-trigger the feature.
Bonus symbol will trigger Time to Fish bonus game if you land 3 of them anywhere on reels 1, 2 and 3. It is time to put your fishing skills to a test. You need to either reel the fish in or just pull it out of the water. The more you catch, the more you win. Initial award is 20 credits which are awarded the moment the bonus game is triggered.
Each time you land a win during base game you can choose to gamble your win by clicking on "Double Up". In this feature, you will play a coin toss. You will choose between heads and tails. Correct guess will double up your winnings, and a wrong one will cost you your win.
Gameplay
Choose Coin: Set coins size.
Bet per Line: Set the number of coins you wish to bet per line.
Select Lines: Choose the number of lines you wish to bet.
Double up: Start the gambling feature.
Spin: Set the reels in motion.
Autoplay: Turn the reels automatically without interruption.
Double Up: Start the Gamble feature.
Max Bet: Set the maximum bet allowed and turn the reels automatically at that bet.
Betsoft is taking me this time on a fishing adventure with their game that is released in 2017, The Angler slot that has 5 reels and 20 paylines.The game has impressive 3D graphics and high-level design which is expected when it comes to Betsoft, they almost never fail at that segment.
The high-value symbols on the reels all perfectly match the slot's theme, the best paying symbol is angler himself after him there are shark, turtle and green and red fish. J, Q, K, and A make up the low-value symbols which tend to be the most consistent ones while playing free spins and not letting me experience the full potential this game has.
To activate the free spins feature you need to land 3 Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels 3, 4 and 5 which means you are gonna be awarded 8free spins that seems like a low amount, but there is something very special and that is a sticky wild symbol(Octopus) that you can get on reel 2, 3, 4 or 5 and it will cling on the reel and stay there for the duration of the Free Spins play. Luck was really on my side this time as I managed to retrigger the free spins and received 8 more, as all of the sudden wild started stacking up and big wins started coming with every spin I did, it finished off with an amazing 150x even if the most of the time low paying symbols were connecting with the wild but I managed to get full Angler line once.
The game has a very original and fun bonus round that you activate by getting the bonus symbol on the 1,2 and 3 reels after which you will get to choose (reel or pull) to catch a fish and get cash prize every time you do so. The bonus game itself won't pay the enormous amount of money as it usually ends up with 3-5x your bet as angler fails to catch the fish, but if you are able to catch the fish 3 times in a row it will be a nice 20-25x.
Teasing in this game is unreal I cannot count how many times it teased me that I actually stop being excited seeing 2 scatters on the reel and started just stopping the spin so I can continue playing. Free spins tend to be very low rewarding if you don't get a re-trigger which is must need for some huge wins, to be honest as most of the time it will take around 4-5 spins to get a couple of wilds on the reel and they won't be connecting to any symbols.
There is not much to be said about the base game wins as nothing spectacular happened in 1000 spins I had the biggest win I could get was like 15x with an RTP being 97.1% it could be a lot better.