Fantastic Four Slots

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The Fantastic Four slot machine game is an older release from
Internet gambling software provider Playtech. They offer several
slots games based on Marvel Comics. Besides this Fantastic Four
game, they also have games featuring The Avengers, Ghost Rider,
Iron Man, and the X-Men.

The Fantastic Four have been featured in 3 different feature
films over the last decade or so. The first of these was
released in 2005, and it was the start of a 2 movie franchise.
The third Fantasy Four movie was a reboot in 2015, and it
featured different actors and a somewhat different look for the
characters on the team.

The slot machine game is based on that 2005 iteration of the
franchise. We’re not especially big fans of that movie or the
sequel, and we would have preferred to see a slot machine game
based on the characters from the actual comic books. But at the
same time, we’re comic book fans, and we’re happy to try any
slot machine game based on a comic book franchise.

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Game Overview

It’s hard to pick a better franchise for a slot game than The
Fantastic Four. This is the superhero team created by Stan Lee
and Jack Kirby that began the entire era of Marvel Comics.
Unlike other superhero teams of the time, the Fantastic Four was
based around a family of characters who had superpowers. At the
time, it was an entirely new concept. In fact, if you’ve seen
the superhero movie The Incredibles, you probably realize how
influential The Fantastic Four has been on the development of
that story.

Unlike some of Playtech’s Marvel slots, Fantastic Four
doesn’t have an intro video. There is a splash screen, but it’s
just a static image of the team. The look of the team is clearly
based on the characters in the 2005 movie, but we felt like the
artwork was lackluster at best.

The game itself is a 5 reel, 20 payline slot with a couple of
nifty bonus games and features. We go into more detail about
those aspects of the game below:

Basic Game Rules

Fantastic Four slots have similar game rules to most other
slot machine games:

• You only get one payout per pay line, even if you have
  multiple applicable combinations. You get the highest payout
  possible.
• Winning combinations are read from left to right, like
  reading a book. The only exception is the scatter symbol. It
  pays off no matter where it is on the screen.
• Your winnings are determined as a multiple of the amount
  you bet per payline.

Fantastic Four Slots Pay Table

The game has the following symbols and the following payouts:

• • The Fantastic Four Wild Symbol

This is basically the
stylized “4” that the members of the team wear on their
uniforms. It acts as a wild symbol and substitutes for any
other symbols besides the scatter symbol. If you get 5 of
these in a row, you get a 10,000 to 1 payout. 4 of them are
good for a 3000 to 1 payout. You can get 500 to 1 by lining
up 3 of these, and you even get a 40 to 1 payout for just 2
of these.

• • Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic)

He’s the leader of the
team and the “paterfamilias”. In the comic books, his power
consists of being able to stretch and reshape his body. Line
up 5 of him, and you get a 2000 to 1 payout. 4 of him are
worth 500 to 1. 3 are worth 50 to 1, and 2 are good for a 10
to 1 payout. His character is also an “expanding wild”
symbol during the bonus games. He also earns you 4 extra
spins during the bonus games.

• • Sue Richards (The Invisible Girl or The Invisible Woman)

Her maiden name is Sue Storm, and she was originally
Reed’s girlfriend. They eventually married, though, and they
even had children together. That aspect of their
relationship is, perhaps not unsurprisingly, not covered in
this game. She’s good for a 1500 to 1 payout if you get 5 of
her on a payline, 300 to 1 if you get 4 of her, 40 to 1 if
you get 3 of her, and 8 to 1 if you get 2 of her. She also
provides 4 extra spins during the bonus games and provides
an increased multiplier to your winnings during bonus spins.

• • Johnny Storm (The Human Torch)

Johnny Storm is Sue’s
hot-headed younger brother. He’s also the flame-powered
Human Torch. He can fly and throw fireballs among other
fire-related powers. He’s good for the following payouts:
5x, 1000 to 1, 4x, 175 to 1, 3X, 25 to 1. You’ll notice that
he’s the first symbol in the game to not pay out if you only
have 2 of him on a symbol. He, too, provides 4 extra spins
during the bonus games.

• • Ben Grimm (The Thing)

Ben Grimm is Reed’s best friend.
As a result of the accident which gave the entire team their
powers, Ben has been transformed into a super strong
creature made of rock. He’s ugly but powerful, even though
he’s not as strong as the Hulk. He pays out as follows: 5X,
750 to 1, 4X, 100 to 1, and 3X, 15 to 1. The Thing gets
short shrift in the extra spins department; he’s only good
for 3 extra spins during the bonus games. He has the
“freezing wild” quality.

• • The Earth

The Fantastic Four has always been about big
science fiction stories, and the globe as seen from space is
an appropriate scatter symbol for this game. 5 of these pay
off at 200 to 1, 4 pay off at 25 to 1, and 3 pay off at 5 to
1. Since this is a scatter symbol, it doesn’t matter where
it appears on a pay line. It also triggers free games when
you have 3 or more of them.

• • A and K

These are the beginnings of the symbols based
on playing cards. We’re not fans of using playing cards as
symbols in slot machine games, although we try to be
tolerant of the practice when it comes to superhero games.
These are the best paying of this type of symbol, with a 250
to 1 payout for 5 of them, a 75 to 1 payout for 4 of them,
and a 12 to 1 payout for 3 of them.

• • Q and J

These each pay out 150 to 1 if you have 5 of
them, 50 to 1 if you have 4 of them, and 10 to 1 if you have
3 of them.

• • 10 and 9

5 of these pay out 100 to 1. 4 of them pay
out 25 to 1. And 3 of them are good for a 5 to 1 payout.

Fantastic Four Bonus Rounds & Games

If you get 3 or more of the scatter symbol (the Earth), you
trigger free games. There are 12 different free games available.
Each character has a specific role to play and special features
during these bonus games. During the bonus spins, one of the
main 4 characters will appear on the 3rd reel. At that point,
the character will trigger his (or her) special power.

Reed Richards, for example, is an expanding wild symbol. Sue
Richards increases the size of the multiplier by 1 every time
she appears on the screen. Johnny Storm causes reel #3 to stay
in place, and he eliminates the other 3 characters from the
reels. You get an increased number of Johnny Storms to
compensate, which improves your chances of getting a winning
combination. When the Thing appears on the third reel, his
symbols becomes wild and freezes—it stays in the position for
the duration of the extra spins, again, increasing your chances
of winning.

Progressive Jackpot

All of Playtech’s Marvel slot machine games have a unique
progressive jackpot aspect. This jackpot is a linked network
across all of Playtech’s Marvel games, too. It’s called “The
Marvel Multi-Level Mystery Progressive Jackpot”.

The prizes are called “mystery jackpots”, and they come in
the following varieties:

1. Power
2. Extra Power
3. Super Power
4. Ultimate Power

The jackpot game happens at random, and its appearance is
unrelated to the symbols on the screen. You’re taken to a bonus
screen that consists of 20 squares in a 4×5 layout. By clicking
on the squares, you reveal the jackpot symbols. Each of the 4
“powers” listed above has a corresponding symbol, and when you
match 3 of a symbol, you win that jackpot.

Summary

We thought that the actual sights and sounds of the gameplay
were a little dull on this game, but we were pretty excited
about the results we got when we played. We made 6 spins, and we
won nothing on the first 5 spins. But on the 5th spin, we got 4
of the wild symbol on the screen at one time. This resulted in
multiple wins on multiple paylines. We won $438.50 on a 50 cent
bet. This was a nice return on investment, as we’d only invested
$3 or so at that time.

We can’t guarantee that you’ll see similar results. In fact,
in good conscience, it’s hard for us to recommend this game to
Fantastic Four fans, and we’re not sure that the game is going
to have much interest to a wider audience. It doesn’t go a good
job of capturing the feel and flavor of the team from the comic
books. In that respects, it has a lot in common with the movie
on which it is based.