Hugo Goal Introduction
Hugo Goal is a 3-reel video slots played on 5 fixed paylines. It's playable on all devices from 👄 as little as €0.05 all the way up to €100. A combination of three matching symbols along any payline constitutes 👄 a win. This is quite a simple game so there really isn't much explaining needed.
With the football world cup fast 👄 approaching, casinos and game developers are in a hurry to launch football theme campaigns and slots, just as they always 👄 have in the past. Other examples are Yggdrasil's Bicicleta and NetEnt's Football: Champions Cup, both launched during the 2024 UEFA 👄 European Championship.
Hugo Goal Symbols
Hugo Goal includes 5 low paying symbols represented by the following items: footballs, whistle pipes, football shoes, 👄 timers and referee flags. The best one, the football, pays 6x for a full screen. The 3 premium symbols are 👄 represented by characters - The Goat, Don Croco and Afskylia, with the latter one being the most valuable of all 👄 regular symbols, giving a return of 25x for a full screen. The wild symbol carries the face of Hugo and 👄 is the most valuable one being worth an impressive 80x for a full screen (insert irony here).
As you might have 👄 guessed by now, this is not enough to get you anywhere at all, so what you need is the Penalty 👄 Shoot-Out feature. More on that below.
Action Replay Feature
Trigger the Action Replay feature on non-winning spins, when there are two full 👄 stacks of the same character (premiums) visible on the reels. The Wild (Hugo) symbol can be used to replace all 👄 character symbols when triggering the feature. The reel without the full stacks will then perform free re-spins until you are 👄 provided with a winning combination. If there is a possibility of two different reels to re-spin, the reel that provides 👄 the biggest potential will remain in place.
Free Kick Feature
Trigger the Free Kick feature on a non-winning spin, when there are 👄 two full stacks of the same item (low value symbol) visible on the reels. The reel without the full stacks 👄 will perform only one free re-spin, giving you a second chance to win.
Penalty Shoot-Out Bonus
Trigger the Penalty Shoot-Out bonus game 👄 when all symbol positions on the reels are filled with the same symbol. You play as Hugo, who is now 👄 acting as the goalkeeper, attempting to save as many penalties as possible in order to multiply your winnings from the 👄 game round that triggered the feature.
You have exactly 5 attempts to save. Pick and click the position on-screen where you 👄 think Hugo will make a save. Each save will increase the win multiplier by one. Saving all 5 penalties will 👄 award the highest multiplier of x10. The available multipliers are x2, x3, x4, x5 and ,x10.
Conclusion
The Hugo slots have proved 👄 to work well for Play'n GO, even though the theme, which is childish to say the least, certainly divides people. 👄 This game is not for everyone and definately not if you're into high variance, high potential slots. Our guess is 👄 that this was meant more as a light hearted, feel-good sort of game, directed towards the recreational gambler and not 👄 the hardcore group of players.
According to the provider, Hugo Goal is a high variance game, but it's obviously low potential. 👄 The max win is 800 times the stake, and the only way to achieve this is by saving all 5 👄 penalties in the Penalty Shoot-Out bonus. Unless you do that, there won't be much to gain here to be honest. 👄 The standard RTP is 96.49% but could be different depending on casino, so always make sure to have a look 👄 in the help file.
