The Fantastic Four slot sits within Playtech’s Marvel Slots range which includes the Incredible Hulk Slot, and Iron Man 2 slot. Unlike their Great Blue slot machine, which sits firmly in the high variance camp (the Marilyn Monroe Slot is another), this game is somewhat less volatile- we’d say it was medium variance (there’s nothing like sitting on the fence). Which means that you’ll see a fair amount of action (not too many dry periods), but with a chance of getting some nice runs in the free spins round.

The Fantastic Four slot machine is a favourite of ours- it strikes just the right balance on the entertainment front. You get notch up some pretty decent wins in the base game with the Wilds (Fantastic Four symbol),  but what floats our boat is the free spins round (you’ll need 3 or more blue planet Earth symbols). There’s some innovative stuff in here more akin to some of Microgaming’s 243 Ways to Win slots (eg the Game Thrones slot machine) and some of the better Net Ent slots we have come across.

Once you are in (with 3 planet Earth scatter symbols), you will 12 free spins- no big news there. But, the middle reel may show blocks of the Fantastic 4 characters. When one of these fills the reel – which happens quite a lot, you get more spins- kind of like a retrigger-  3 or 4 extra spins will come your way, and they all have their own features depending on which character is filling the wheel- so expect expanding wilds, increasing multipliers, sticky wilds and wild reels. Lots of goodies, and lots of action in other words!  END

Free Spins
Once you are in to the Free Spins bonus, a hero covering all the reels will trigger an extra Fantastic Feature. You can’t retrigger the free spins with more scatters (shame eh?!)
Mr Fantastic
4 extra spins with an expanding wild Mr Fantastic

Invisible Woman
4 extra spins and she increases your multiplier

Human Torch
4 extra spins when he lands anywhere- kind of like a free spins scatter

The Thing
Freezing Wild- this has to be our favourite. The wilds are locked in and the money flows in.

Base Game Wins
5 Mr Fantastic nets you 2000x your bet
Even better, 5 Fantastic 4 slot wilds bags you 10,000 x your bet.

Summary
The Fantastic Four slot gets the delicate balance between entertainment (frequency of wins) and chunky payouts. It’s our favourite Marvel slot.