PG Soft, a renowned digital mobile games company, has launched its latest video slot game, Shark Hunter, to kick off the summer season.
Casting the bait
Shark Hunter presents players with a 5×6 layout and showcases symbols of the Hunter and Shark, which play a crucial role in determining wins. When a player achieves one or more winning combinations during a round, a Shark symbol is introduced onto the reels, with a value ranging from 1x to 50x.
Following each spin, Hunter symbols may appear on the reels, indicating values equivalent to the current bet amount. At the end of a spin, if both Hunter and Shark symbols are present on the reels, any winnings corresponding to the total value of the Hunter symbols will be multiplied by the total value of the Shark symbols, resulting in the final payout amount.
During the Free Spins feature, players who amass four Hunter symbols will be rewarded with an additional five spins, subsequently increasing the value of the remaining Hunter symbols. The Free Spins round commences with three Scatter symbols, granting 10 free spins. Each extra Scatter symbol obtained triggers an additional two free spins.
The accumulation of Hunter symbols is tracked at the base of the screen after each spin. Upon collecting four, eight, 12, and 16 Hunter symbols, players earn five extra spins and elevate the Hunter symbol multiplier to 2x, 3x, 5x, and 10x, respectively. For every additional four Hunter symbols acquired beyond the initial 16, an additional five free spins are awarded, along with a multiplier set at 10x the ongoing bet.
In instances where a round does not yield any winning combinations but features five or more Shark symbols, these symbols combine to form a single Mega Shark symbol, consolidating their respective values.
PG Soft’s spokesperson commented:
Shark Hunter hits the market at the perfect time to celebrate the summer and this new title will certainly be reeling players in.
There are loads of engaging features for players to get their teeth into as they try to catch a winning haul.”
Review Overview
Summary
Shark Hunter slot is a grid based game of 6 columns and 5 rows awarding pays for scattered symbols of 7+ in amount. The theme is ocean fisherman as one would expect, with dramatic music and sounds. There's no Wilds but each winning combo is removed and replaced, leaving a shark of 1-50x on the grid and if there are 5 or more left, they combine to form a mega shark. If the fisherman appears, they are collected once for each occurrence of him landing. Three or more scatter offers up 10 free games with +2 for each over and each 4 fisherman collected increase the shark values multiplier to 2, 3, 5 and 10x, thereafter each retrigger accumulated adds 10x more to the multiplier. It's a true Big Bass type mechanic but now in a scatter pay format which can make hunting a 5,000x max pay here interesting.
The Pros
Plenty of base game wins Fisherman appears in base game Free games can pay bigThe Cons
May take a while to trigger bonus Old generic feature mechanic Free spins can fall flat- Gameplay6
- Visuals8
- Features9
