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We both know that Aotearoa is a land of fertile soil. In New Zealand, people grow nectarines, apricots, cherries, as well as sheep and cattle. The Kiwis take great pride in endless open pastures, colourful orchards, and amazing vineyards.
Fabulous Farm pokie looks something like that. Set in a lovely meadow next to the blue river, the wooden farm is the home of various animals. The farmer does not appear here, but I know for a fact that he grows different types of crops.
As you already know, most farms in New Zealand raise cattle and sheep. Fabulous Farm has loads of cows but no sheep. Instead, they raise goats. Also, at this farm, you will find chickens and bunnies. In fact, one of the bunnies is your host.
Also, Fabulous Farm pokie grows crops, fruit, and vegetables. For example, you will have a taste of pumpkins, corn, peppers, cabbage, paprika, and tomatoes. The farmer is extremely proud of his apples, which act as the Scatter.
His wife makes a delicious apple pie. It is used as a Wild that substitutes for all regular symbols. The gloves represent the Scatter that triggers the Bonus Game.
The life of a farmer is extremely difficult. You have no working hours because you need to be available 24/7. However, when you get the results, you will be so proud because it was all made by you. Before you become a successful farmer, you need to learn the rules.
The Fabulous Farm pokie machine is played on a 5×5 grid, with 3,125 ways to win. It pays left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, with 3-of-a-kind being the minimum for landing payouts. Bet somewhere between $0.25 and $12.50 per spin and you are ready to go.
This high-variance pokie has a 95.05% RTP and offers an 18,000x max payout.
Action never stops when you are living on a farm. The good people of Mascot Gaming were aware of that fact when they developed Fabulous Farm, delivering loads of additional features. You will begin with the Rockfall feature, or cascading reels with win multipliers.
Next, there is the Free Spins feature, the Bonus Game, the Risk feature, and the Buy feature. So, you will have so much fun at the Fabulous Farm.
Just like with cascading reels, the Rockfall feature is activated after every winning spin. Winning symbols are removed and new icons appear on vacant cells. The win multiplier grows with every successive winning cascade and resets after a non-winning cascade.
In the base game, win multipliers go from 1x to 5x. In free spins, the win multiplier starts at 3x and goes up to 15x. The bad part of the story is that the multiplier resets even in the Free Spins feature.
I didn’t have much luck with cascades in the base game. The biggest multiplier was 3x and my biggest base game win was around 40x.
When you collect enough apple Scatters (4 of them), you trigger 10 free spins. During the feature, you also get cascading reels with win multipliers that reset after a non-winning cascade. To retrigger the feature, you need extra Scatters.
I triggered the feature 2 times and on both occasions, I was quite successful. I reached the 12x multiplier, and even retriggered the feature, earning 20 free spins. My biggest win was around 400x. Not bad, eh?
This is a classic Hold and Win feature. When you get 4 gloves Scatters on the reels, you trigger the Bonus Game. You get 3 respins and high-paying animals act as modifiers. When you land any of them, the number of respins resets to 3.
The cow will add a multiplier to the total multiplier. The goat adds a big multiplier. The chicken is a modifier that multiplies the total multiplier. Finally, the bunny gives you an upgrade. He adds more respins, up to 5 in total.
The Bonus Game comes with the Extra Bonus feature. If you fill all the cells with symbols and you still have available respins, the remaining respins will be used as modifiers. I triggered the feature once and got a total multiplier of 36x.
After every winning spin, you can play the Risk feature. You are taken to a board where you select a field. It can reveal an empty position, a multiplier up to 4x, or a bomb. It reminds me of the Minesweeper.
You can win up to 3,000x here. However, that is extremely hard. The most I got was 3 good fields in a row, with a 6x multiplier. In most cases, I lost everything.
The Buy feature allows you to buy both free spins and the Bonus Game, for a certain price. I tried both options and none of them is worth the money. As you know, I am strongly against buying features.
I have already tested several Mascot Gaming products and I dare to say that Fabulous Farm is the best game from this provider that I had the pleasure of playing. I love the visuals, the soundtrack, and the overall theme of the pokie.
Farming is extremely popular in Aotearoa, so I know the 2024 release will attract a wide audience among Kiwis. As an action junkie, I prefer pokies with a bit of action. Fortunately for me, Fabulous Farm is packed with extras. Even though I don’t like all of them, I am sure you will have so much fun.
My favourite is the Free Spins feature with an increasing win multiplier, up to 15x. What I don’t like is the fact that win multipliers reset after a non-winning spin. Mascot Gaming could have abandoned that rule at least during free spins. I rate Fabulous Farm 8.4.
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