Fire Pig Push Ways: Slot Overview
In its quest to be all things to all gamblers, software provider Push Gaming has aimed to capitalise on the success of Big Bite and Big Bite Push Ways with the release of Fire Pig Push Ways. This is the second Push Ways slot, but instead of bravely breaking brand new ground, Push Gaming has chosen to take what some may consider the easy option by designing an Asian reskin rather than something freaky and new. In other words, beneath the pork rind, Fire Pig Push Ways packs the same gameplay as Big Bite Push Ways, a slot which didn’t garner a high score when it was reviewed. But you never know, maybe an Asian makeover is just the boost it needs. Let’s be positive.
According to the modern oracle of all knowledge, the internet, a Fire Pig is someone born under the Chinese zodiac sign of the Pig, between 1947 and 2007. Apparently, Fire Pigs are very extroverted, possess dynamic personalities, and feel lost without a bunch of buddies around them. The Fire Pig in this game is joined by two pals, a rabbit and a bull, who inhabit a pleasant Asian inspired place of curved-roof buildings, lanterns and such. The music isn’t exactly traditional, but it is exceptionally relaxing, like lazing around on an inflatable lilo in the pool on holiday relaxing, and was one of the game’s more memorable elements.
Judging by the stats, Fire Pig Push Ways would appear to be designed for broad mass consumption, being a medium volatile slot, with a max RTP of 96.27%, and solid if not astounding winning potential. Those that want to have a go can stake 10c to $/€100 per spin, and to increase the chance of winning free spins, the Push Bet does this by adding 50% to the bet. A 6×4 grid is Fire Pig Push Ways’ gaming area, and it’s got 4,096 to 262,144 ways to win.
On the paytable, cord entwined clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades are joined by fans, urns, firecrackers, and three character symbols. They pay 0.4x to 2x the bet when landing a winning combination of 6 OAK. Wilds help connect winning ways together by substituting any of the previously mentioned pay symbols. Fire Pig Push Ways’s cascade mechanic can trigger consecutive wins by removing and replacing winning symbols with a symbol drop that repeats as long as new wins keep hitting.
Fire Pig Push Ways: Slot Features
Fire Pig Push Ways does the collecting Cash and Jackpot prize symbol action, but it mixes things up with splitting symbol Hot Zones, a collection multiplier, and progressive free spins, which can be naturally triggered or bought.
Cash and Jackpot Symbols
Cash symbols may land with an instant prize of 1x to 100x attached to them on the middle four reels. Jackpot symbols may also land on the middle four reels displaying the Mini, Minor, Major, Mega, or Grand prize, worth 10x, 25x, 100x, 500x, or 2,000x the bet, respectively. Cash and Jackpot symbols can land during any phase of play.
Fire Pig Symbol
The Fire Pig is a collector symbol that lands on the leftmost and rightmost reels in the base game and free spins round. When a Fire Pig lands, it collects all Cash and/or Jackpot symbols in view on the reels. If the Fire Pig has a multiplier, it’s applied to any collected value. Possible multipliers in the base game are x1, x2, x3, x5, or x10. If two Fire Pig symbols land, both collect Cash and Jackpot symbols.
Hot Zones
Hot Zones come in stacks of 4, and may land anywhere on the grid that does not already have a Hot Zone. Hot Zones nudge down one position on each spin. Any symbol within a Hot Zone is split into 2 symbols, increasing the number of ways to win. Split symbols falling down and outside of a Hot Zone remain split.
Free Spins
Free spins are triggered by landing 3 or more scatters in the base game. The more scatters, the more spins and the greater the starting multiplier. Hitting 3 scatters awards 10 free spins with a starting multiplier of x1 and a starting multiplier of x10 when landing 12 scatters. During the round, two stacks of Hot Zones start on reels 2 and 5. In addition, when Fire Pig symbols land, they are collected by the pogression meter next to the reels. When a new level is reached, +4 extra free spins are granted, plus the multiplier becomes x2, x3, x5, and x10 when reaching levels 1, 2, 3, or 4, respectively. Split Fire Pigs contribute twice to the progression meter.
Feature Buy
Players may buy entry into the bonus round. There is one choice, costing 120x the bet, landing a random number of triggering scatters.
Fire Pig Push Ways: Slot Verdict
Fire Pig Push Ways is like a double whammy of successful mechanics and popular theme rolled into one easily marketable game. Big Bite Push Ways didn’t get pulses pounding when it was reviewed a few months prior, nor did Fire Pig Push Ways, but it’s not difficult to see it attracting a keen audience. It does look and sound rather agreeable, the theme treatment is generalised enough not to require a connoisseur to appreciate any subtleties, and the thirst for money symbol collector games with jackpots would appear to be insatiable.
With that in mind, it seems safe to say Fire Pig Push Ways should be able to capture the attention and coins of a good number of gamblers. Winning potential is just shy of 5Kx at 4,941 times the bet, and the splitting, collecting, and multiplier action does have a captivating flow at times. Interestingly, Fire Pig Push Ways turned out to be more enjoyable than expected. An Asian themed reskin of a game that didn’t score highly in the first place doesn’t tend to get blood pumping through the system in anticipation. And by reskin, we are talking about very similar to the point of almost exactly the same stats (this one is more volatile), features, and gameplay.
But despite all that, Fire Pig Push Ways turned out to be a fairly-ish entertaining game to review – perhaps because expectations weren’t sky high. Don’t get the wrong idea, this isn’t one of the studio’s landmark releases by a long shot, but you can see how a certain type of gambler might be drawn to what Fire Pig Push Ways has on offer.
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