Reviewed on Tuesday 4. October 2016
This game could well have been entitled with another name, like Lucky Golfer, or ALotaGolfers, or Golf Star, or Golfer's Cash, but Lucky Shot? Hmm, I wouldn't know what this game would be about if I haven't seen it before. A lucky shot could be on anything, could refer to anything too. Ah well, that's typical of Microgaming for not sticking to the theme of the game itself.
If the game title could veer off its course, then the paytable could too. Why? Because this is one game that doesn't have a Wild symbol! Maybe the game designers forgot to put it in or something. A game without a Wild symbol is a game with much reduced chances of winning, and this is never a good thing. There are 2 types of Scatter symbols in the game, namely, the Gopher Scatter symbol and the Golf Buggy Scatter symbol, both paying 50x the total bet for 5 of them. Getting 3 or more adjacent Gopher Scatters anywhere on the reels award The Gopher Bonus' game. Getting 3 or more adjacent Golf Buggy Scatters award 9 or 18 free spins, randomly selected, with all wins doubled. During the Free Spins game, both the Gopher and the Buggy Scatter symbols pay much higher, up to 300x the total bet for 5 of them. The other symbols pay from 2000x the line bet down to 100x the line bet for 5 of them. Wish I could say that this is an average paytable, but it is not. It's a low one.
In the Gopher Bonus game, there are 2 rows of gopher targets, one row in front, the other row at the back. Pick 3 out of the 15 gophers holding those target boards to win cash prizes. Also, watch how the golfer swings his club and hits the gopher on the head each and every time. Wish there are perfect-hit golfers like that around! But the thing is, no matter which gopher you choose to hit, it won't change the outcome of the payouts. All this animation is purely to thrill you and to provide entertainment, that's all. My wins from this game have all been around the 25x - 50x my bet amount, which is pretty decent.
If the game title could veer off its course, then the paytable could too. Why? Because this is one game that doesn't have a Wild symbol! Maybe the game designers forgot to put it in or something. A game without a Wild symbol is a game with much reduced chances of winning, and this is never a good thing. There are 2 types of Scatter symbols in the game, namely, the Gopher Scatter symbol and the Golf Buggy Scatter symbol, both paying 50x the total bet for 5 of them. Getting 3 or more adjacent Gopher Scatters anywhere on the reels award The Gopher Bonus' game. Getting 3 or more adjacent Golf Buggy Scatters award 9 or 18 free spins, randomly selected, with all wins doubled. During the Free Spins game, both the Gopher and the Buggy Scatter symbols pay much higher, up to 300x the total bet for 5 of them. The other symbols pay from 2000x the line bet down to 100x the line bet for 5 of them. Wish I could say that this is an average paytable, but it is not. It's a low one.
In the Gopher Bonus game, there are 2 rows of gopher targets, one row in front, the other row at the back. Pick 3 out of the 15 gophers holding those target boards to win cash prizes. Also, watch how the golfer swings his club and hits the gopher on the head each and every time. Wish there are perfect-hit golfers like that around! But the thing is, no matter which gopher you choose to hit, it won't change the outcome of the payouts. All this animation is purely to thrill you and to provide entertainment, that's all. My wins from this game have all been around the 25x - 50x my bet amount, which is pretty decent.
Well, besides the low paytable, the Free Spins game tend to be rather poor at times. The worse win I got was 3x my bet amount, with only 1 spin paying out of the 9 free spins. The 18 free spins were not much better, with 3 paying spins out of the 18. All because there are no Wild symbols in this game, and that makes a big difference in the overall performance of this Lucky Shot game. I certainly would have liked this game so much more.
