Awesome 5 - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

There are very few children who don’t go through a bit of a superhero phase. Platipus tap into that with Awesome 5, but they also add their own distinct style to make sure this 5-reel slot is about more than the 30 paylines. It’s full of character as well as having more than one exciting bonus round.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

The Fantastic Four. The Secret Six. Comic books are full of superhero teams with exciting names, often including a reference to the number of members. Now there’s the Awesome 5 (not to be confused with the parody team the Inferior 5), a humorous team of caped crusaders based in a futuristic city. These aren’t necessarily your typical heroes - an old man in a wheelchair, a man with a fishbowl on his head and a man whose symbol is a hamburger are just some of the faces - but there’s no doubt their hearts are in the right place. Around them are the rooftops and machinery of their city, complete with the noise of the traffic and other appropriate sounds. 

Awesome 5 RTP and Variance

Is the RTP as awesome as these heroes? Well, 95.36% would generally be considered below average, but not by much. When you factor in the standard deviation that often makes spins swing wildly high or low, it still leaves you room for decent returns. As for variance, there doesn’t seem to be any official figure, which means the best way to get to know the game is to try out the free demo, where you don’t have to risk your hard earned cash but you can experience the thrills of the real money version.

How to Play Awesome 5

Suit up and here we go:

1. If you’ve tried our Platipus free play slots, the layout of Awesome 5 may seem familiar. It’s all the same sort of controls, though moved round a little. For instance, there’s a vertical row of buttons at the top tight, rather than horizontally at the bottom left.
2. Top of these buttons is a gear that will take you directly to sounds. Unlike the speaker on the main screen, which is just fpr mute and unmute, here you can separate music, sound and dialogue. You can also increase or decrease the volume using the slider.
3. From here you can also see a link to the game rules. There’s a basic guide to gameplay and features, including a version of the paytable that shows bet multipliers for every symbol. If you want to see precise values based on your current bet, you’ll have to go to the in-game paytable, which is behind the question mark button.
4. The fourth button on the righthand side is the simple and self-explanatory full screen control.
5. Now go down and left, to your current bet display and its plus and minus adjustor symbols. Choosing a bet means balancing the thrill of the risk with a sensible consideration of how much you can afford.
6. In that line, don’t forget to watch your balance at the bottom of the screen, and make sure it stays within your responsible budget.
7. Finally there are 2 lower buttons on the right. Spin is the biggest, and clearly labelled. Below it is autospins, which allows you to pick between 5 and 100 spins to keep going automatically, though if you want to establish loss and single win limits, you can’t do that here.

Remember, you want to have fun, and slots are more fun when you’re responsible. Regular timeouts are also a good way to stay in control and make the most of the time you do play.

Bet & Win Sizes

A bet per line of between one and 100 means this 30 payline slot has a fairly impressive total bet range of 30 to 3000, though some may wish it went lower.

We’ll look at the multiplier paytable rather than the dynamic paytable to assess symbol values, as this remains consistent regardless of your bet and can be used to calculate the in-game scores. Just times them by your bet per line.

Lizard Man - x4, x8, x24

Fishbowl Man - x8, x15, x50

Mouse Woman - x25, x50, x75

Television Man - x30, x60, x120

Green Man - x2, x40, x75, x150

Wheelchair Man - x5, x50, x100, x200

Hamburger Man - x7, x75, x150, x250

Strong Man - x10, x100, x200, x300

With the scatter, you can multiply it by your total bet:

Scatter - x10, x20, x30

Awesome 5 Bonus Features

Free Spins

We all love a good free spins round, and the one in Awesome 5 is pretty (you’ve guessed it) awesome. The free spins symbol is handily labelled, and all you need to do is find it 3 or more times anywhere on the screen once your reels have spun to a stop.

Three symbols - 5 free spins

Four symbols - 10 free spins

Five symbols - 20 free spins.

Superhero Bonus Minigame

Find the Minigame symbol at least 3 times and you trigger this feature. All you need to do to win credits is save the world by destroying meteors. Just a standard day’s work for a superhero. There will be 3, 5 or 7 meteors depending on your number of triggering symbols.

Awesome 5 Review

Just opening this slot will bring a thrill of excitement to all those of you who poured over superhero comics and cartoons in your youth (and indeed your adulthood). It’s fun and full of character, with its own distinct style and some nice bonus features. Like Platipus' Legend of Atlantis slot, it’s full of things to love.
 

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