Reviewed on May 6, 2016
LIKED
First of all, let me say that I've never been a real fan of any football game. I have not found any one game that has caught my interest for long, and they all lasted for just a while only. 'Football Stars' was pretty good, but that too withered out in the end. Now there are two versions of football stars game from Playtech, one, the oldie and the original, the second, an updated one, with 2014 football stars as the icons. I have played both versions, both played in exactly the same way, except for the changes in the players icons. So what goes for the original game, goes the same for the newer one too.
As always, my first stop and first comments have always been regarding the paytable of any game being reviewed. This is simply because the paytable forms the backbone of the game, determining how the game would play and pay, whether for good or for worse. For this Top Trumps Football Stars game, the paytable has some good points and some not-so-good points too. 5 Wilds pay the usual excellent 10,000x the line bet, but 5 Scatters win has been lowered to just 125x the total bet. The Free spins game awards only 12 free spins, with only one team players appearing on the reels, but doesn't have any win multiplier. This is not good at all!
There is also a 'Pass The Ball' Bonus win, awarding 3x the total bet for each player who gets the ball passing, and also a 'Mixed Team Players' win with 120x the line bet. Overall, the paytable isn't as exciting and it doesn't really offer much big wins possibilities. Playtech has made this game a medium volatility game, so players could have lots of extended play time on it, but barring any really huge wins from it. Nonetheless, probably football fans would love playing Top Trumps Football Stars, but it isn't so for me. The extended play time was okay, but I'm more interested in the big wins! Hahaha.
As always, my first stop and first comments have always been regarding the paytable of any game being reviewed. This is simply because the paytable forms the backbone of the game, determining how the game would play and pay, whether for good or for worse. For this Top Trumps Football Stars game, the paytable has some good points and some not-so-good points too. 5 Wilds pay the usual excellent 10,000x the line bet, but 5 Scatters win has been lowered to just 125x the total bet. The Free spins game awards only 12 free spins, with only one team players appearing on the reels, but doesn't have any win multiplier. This is not good at all!
There is also a 'Pass The Ball' Bonus win, awarding 3x the total bet for each player who gets the ball passing, and also a 'Mixed Team Players' win with 120x the line bet. Overall, the paytable isn't as exciting and it doesn't really offer much big wins possibilities. Playtech has made this game a medium volatility game, so players could have lots of extended play time on it, but barring any really huge wins from it. Nonetheless, probably football fans would love playing Top Trumps Football Stars, but it isn't so for me. The extended play time was okay, but I'm more interested in the big wins! Hahaha.
DISLIKED
There are quite a few things that I don't really like. The free spins without any win multiplier, the Wilds that doesn't double, expand or move across the reels, and the lower 5 scatters win value. All these add up to a rather mediocre game, sad to say!
