Bloopers Slot Review

Bloopers is themed around show business. Hollywood is the alluring hotspot for the young, beautiful, and talented to try get some time behind a camera. We build actors up to massive proportions, and the illustrious Hollywood is the holy grail of the rich and famous.

Design

Bloopers is a 5×3 slot. The first thing you will notice is that it covers the entire interface. This means that there is no background image. It looks good but the flip side is that ELK have not had much space in which to develop the theme.

There is an intro sequence, which introduces the theme of the slot, and it is a well-crafted playful animation. Apart from the intro, all of the visual elements happen on the reels. It is a well-designed slot, with crisp graphics and small but well-made animations, to link the paylines. There is no panel, in this slot. All of the game’s controls are on the reels. The spin button is opaque white circle, found on the bottom right of the reels.

The games betting options are on the other side of the interface, and are similar button. The high value symbols further the theme. There is a male and female actor, some film rolled up on a reel and a clapperboard. The low value symbols are generic numbers and letters, with a light blue colour scheme.

How to play

There are 243 paylines in Bloopers. It has somewhat generic gameplay, which has you wager on a spin, and pays if the spin lands a win. Each bet is set to 100 coins, and altering the currency value changes the value of the coins. This makes it easy to calculate the value of potential wins. The game offers 12 bets levels, regardless of currency, and the highest on is to the value of £100.

The reels are spun by pressing the spin button, and there is an auto spin button, which will play the game automatically, a number of rounds that you can set. Winning combinations are paid out via the Paytable. Your preferences can be changed in the game’s options. The theoretical playback percentage is 96.1%. More info about the game, such as the symbol value, betting options and paylines, can be found by pressing the Info Button, in the top right of the interface.

Special Features

Bloopers has ELK Studios betting strategies. A betting strategy is a predetermined set of rules, which alter the bet by considering the outcome of your previous spins. This is a great feature for those of us, who are constantly changing their bets.

The outcome of every spin is completely random, and independent of the one, which came before, so we are trying to work out if there is a point. Regardless it is an interesting feature, which you can use to manage your bankroll.

Optimizer

The bet level changes automatically, adapting to the selected percentage of your balance.

Leveller

Raises the bet two levels after five consecutive losses. A repetition increases the bet 2 more levels and resets after a win.

Booster

Raises bet one level after a loss until reaching four levels above base bet and resets after a win.

Jumper

Raises bet one level after every winning round, until reaching four levels above base bet.
There is a free spins game, which is triggered by landing Bonus Stars. The Bonus stars look like the stars on Broadway, which furthers the theme. The Free Spins Bonus Game has gameplay that is more lucrative than the base game.

The free spins game is themed around the bloopers. They are the camera operators and mic holders, hidden away behind the camera. When you land three bonus stars. Everything from the music to the display picks up the tempo.

The bloopers take over the slot. There are 5 of them, in total, each with a different colour and purpose. They are the blue stunts man, the yellow sound tech, the purple fix-it, the pink makeup artiste and the green cutter. They each come with features that are lucrative additions to the free spins game.

Maximum Payout

Bloopers boast an impressive 185000 coins win, for a single spin. This is a serious payout for a smaller developer.

Summary

Bloopers is a great game, with a tonne of originality. It has a unique design, betting strategies and a free spins game themed around the bloopers. It is a novel take on a tried and tested theme, and we cannot help but feel that ELK is quickly becoming one of favourite developers.