Frank's Farm: Slot Overview
With the world's population predicted by the UN to hit 11.2
billion in the year 2100, human 3️⃣ beings may have to assess our ways of producing food to
feed all those hungry mouths. Potential problem solvers are 3️⃣ conserving water, reducing
food waste, and even using robots. To our knowledge, one method which hasn't been
suggested is putting 3️⃣ food production in the hands of sloths. Huh, you might be asking,
how would that work? Well, it probably wouldn't 3️⃣ since sloths aren't exactly known for
their dynamic, high-output personalities. In fact, they're usually portrayed as taking
it easy, living 3️⃣ their best lives. However, for Hacksaw Gaming's online slot Frank's
Farm, players get to test the theory – how would 3️⃣ a farm run by a sloth perform?
Frank,
you see, is a sloth, and this is his farm. And what a 3️⃣ charming plot of land it is as
well. Hacksaw Gaming has proven once again it is as adept at creating 3️⃣ friendly,
chipper-looking games as they are at dragging players into some of the dankest, most
terrifying slot environments on the 3️⃣ market. Forget that for now, though and prepare for
a feel-good game jam-packed with all sorts of cheerful animals, jaunty 3️⃣ tunes, and
friendly food-to-table antics, all of which are grown right here on Frank's Farm.
It's
not all rib-tickling laughs, however. 3️⃣ Frank's Farm is also an all-business gambling
machine, running on a medium volatile math model, pushing out a variety of 3️⃣ RTPs
depending on the setting and whether you're playing the game through its bonus buys. On
the highest setting, players 3️⃣ can expect a theoretical return value of 96.31% when
playing normally and a hit rate of 36.1%. Any device is 3️⃣ suitable for use, and bets of
10 p/c toR$/€100 per spin may be selected.
Rather unusually for a Hacksaw Gaming slot,
3️⃣ Frank's Farm is a scatter-paying game, which awards a win when at least 8 matching
symbols are in view anywhere 3️⃣ on its 6x6 game grid. The most valuable scatter wins
consist of 15+ symbols and pay 15 to 25 times 3️⃣ the bet for the 10-A card royals or 37.5
to 75 times the bet for bees, fish, chickens, pigs, or 3️⃣ cow symbols. Entry level 8
symbol scatter wins pay 0.1 to 1 times the bet. Winning symbols are removed from 3️⃣ the
reels when they hit and replaced by new ones from above. Tumble wins continue like
this, ending when no 3️⃣ new win lands. Last but not least, Frank hasn't grown any wilds
for use on the farm; maybe in next 3️⃣ year's harvest?
Frank's Farm: Slot Features
Frank's
Farm's base game gets a fertilising boost from Market Multiplier symbols, while two
bonus games 3️⃣ may be triggered. On top, where available, players get three ways of
tackling the game from the bonus buy menu.
Market 3️⃣ Multipliers
Market Multipliers, as
the name suggests, are multipliers that multiply all wins while they are on the reels.
If more 3️⃣ than one Market Multiplier is in view, their values get multiplied together
before being applied to any win. Possible Market 3️⃣ Multiplier values are x2, x3, x4, x5,
x6, x7, x8, x9, or x10.
Order Rush Bous Game
Landing 3 FS symbols in 3️⃣ the base game
triggers 10 free spins in the Order Rush bonus game. Each FS symbol landing in the
feature 3️⃣ awards an additional free spin. During Order Rush, players are given orders to
complete. Orders are displayed next to the 3️⃣ reels and consist of 1 to 3 symbol types.
Each symbol type on the order consists of 10 to 24 3️⃣ symbols, and each time an order is
completed, the difficulty of the next order increases and the minimum value of 3️⃣ Market
Multipliers increases by +1. Whenever a required symbol type lands on the reels, it is
collected in the order 3️⃣ – it does not have to be a winning symbol.
Diner Dash Bonus
Game
Landing 4 FS symbols in the base game 3️⃣ triggers the Diner Dash bonus game with 10
free spins. As before, each FS symbol hitting in the feature awards 3️⃣ an additional free
spin. In this round, a special Diner symbol is added. When a Diner symbol hits, it
remains 3️⃣ sticky on the screen for the duration of the feature. The Diner symbol
progressively collects the value of any wins 3️⃣ that occur, and its total is awarded at
the end of each spin.
Bonus Buy
If buying bonuses is permitted in your 3️⃣ region, Frank's
Farm players can choose three options, all are medium volatile:
Bonushunt Featurespins
– 2x the bet where each spin 3️⃣ is three times more likely to trigger the bonus feature.
Maximum RTP is 96.28%.
– 2x the bet where each spin 3️⃣ is three times more likely to
trigger the bonus feature. Maximum RTP is 96.28%. Order Rush – costs 100x the 3️⃣ bet, max
RTP is 96.39%.
– costs 100x the bet, max RTP is 96.39%. Diner Dash – costs 200x the
bet, 3️⃣ max RTP is 96.34%.
Frank's Farm: Slot Verdict
Scatter pays is one of Frank's
Farm's focal points, and the studio has put 3️⃣ it to good use. As has often been the case
with other studios in the past, most noticeably Pragmatic Play, 3️⃣ Hacksaw Gaming has
paired it with a multiplier feature. Also, like Pragmatic Play's scatter pay slots,
Gates of Olympus, for 3️⃣ example, the multipliers here can get pretty lofty. You kind of
have to have more than one Market Multiplier in 3️⃣ view multiplying each other to generate
lofty levels, though, since on their own, they aren't massive, maxing out at x10.
3️⃣ Still, even on its own, a Market Multiplier can be handy when linked with a juicy
cluster win.
As for the 3️⃣ bonus rounds, the Order Rush proved to be the most enjoyable of
the two during testing. It wasn't a massive 3️⃣ challenge to fulfil a few orders, thereby
increasing the Market Multiplier minimum value in the process. It's worth reiterating
that 3️⃣ orders are filled when the required symbol simply lands; orders do not collect
only winning symbols. The issue with the 3️⃣ Diner Dash bonus game was, for us, that the
Diner symbol proved to be pretty darn elusive. It didn't first 3️⃣ appear until like the
fifth or sixth bonus round, though the way each Diner in view re-awards its accrued
value 3️⃣ on each spin was fun, and you can see what a hoot it would be if Diners were
regurgitating sizable 3️⃣ prize amounts on each game round.
Frank's Farm isn't one of
Hacksaw Gaming's biggest slots, maxing out in the payout department 3️⃣ at 5,000x the bet.
Combined with the medium volatility and the endearing visuals potentially means a
different audience will be 3️⃣ attracted to this one than a game like Wanted Dead or a
Wild, Hand of Anubis, or Chaos Crew. It 3️⃣ won't be for all players, in other words, but
in the right hands, Frank's Farm's charm should fulfil the order.
