Bigfoot Mountain - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Arrow’s Edge has only been around since 2014 but is already known as a creator of high-quality casino games and slots with excellent graphics and a wide range of themes. Most players like to try out a free play demo before jumping into the real thing, and since Arrow's Edge free play slots are widely available on the company’s own site and elsewhere, there’s ample opportunity for this. You may already have come across their work in a game like the Zimba and Friends slot from Arrow's Edge or fantasy slots like Pot of Gold. If so, you’ll have an idea of the kind of quality to expect from Bigfoot Mountain.

Bigfoot Mountain uses five reels, each with four columns. It has 75 pay lines. The minimum bet size is 0.75 and the maximum is 200. There are twelve symbols: Bigfoot, the Man, the Woman, the Warning Sign, the Binoculars and the six playing cards from Ace to 9. The Wild is a Polaroid snap that is either blank or not yet developed to reveal its secrets.

Theme, Graphics and Soundtrack

There is no big introduction at the start of the game - just a brief view of a welcome page giving shots of the features. Then you’re straight into the game itself, with the grid set into a vine-covered wooden frame against a gloomy green forest background. A shadowy profile of Bigfoot roams across the screen, which can be a little alarming as it’s easy to mistake this for the reflection of an intruder in the room behind you.

The animation isn’t spectacular, but the soundtrack is very nicely judged. There’s no music - just an echoing atmospheric soundscape and individual symbol sounds like the camera shutter of the Polaroid wild symbol. The exaggerated cartoonish characterisation suggests that this is all tongue-in-cheek and the theme was chosen as it’s a modern myth rather than because anyone seriously believes the legend.

Bigfoot Mountain RTP and Variance

According to Arrow’s Edge, Bigfoot Mountain has an RTP of 94.37 per cent when the jackpots are included but 93.97 per cent in the base game and low variance.

How to Play Bigfoot Mountain

1. Click the Spin button or press the space bar to start playing using the current total bet value. Click again to stop the reels.
2. Select MaxBet Amount or use the Total Bet panel to adjust the bet level..
3. The Auto spin function allows you to select from 5 to 50 or 100 spins in increments of five.
4. Click the cog settings button to switch between normal and fast speeds.
5. The balance is displayed at the bottom right of the screen and the total win to the left of this.
6. Always play gambling games responsibly, and if playing for money make sure you stay within the limits of what you can afford to lose. When it stops being fun, you should quit.

Bet Sizes and Paytable Wins

The bet size ranges from 0.75 to 300. Top pay-out is 4000.

The paytable values run from 3x to 5x, and the highest pay-outs are as follows:

Wild

5 = 1000

Bigfoot

5 = 500

Man

5 = 400

Woman

5 = 300

Warning Sign

5 = 250
        
Binoculars

5 = 200

Ace

5 = 125

King

5 = 125

Queen

5 = 100

Jack

5 = 100

10

5 = 75

9

5 = 75

Max-win 4,000x

Volatility Low

Top RTP 94.37%

    
Bigfoot Mountain Bonus Features

Wild Feature

Every time you land at least one wild symbol on one of the reels the entire reel will be covered with wild symbols, and you will receive a pay-out according to the resulting combination.

Big Spin Feature

During the course of any spin, footprints left by the Bigfoot may randomly appear to highlight any of the positions on reels 2, 3 or 4. When at least one of the reels is fully highlighted, the big spin feature is activated.

A big wheel then appears on the screen, showing instant prizes, expressed as multiples of the total bet. The player is allowed one spin of the wheel for each fully highlighted reel. When the wheel stops spinning, the prize which is shown at its centre will be paid out. There is one prize for each big spin. The bonus feature ends when all the big spins awarded have been used.

Progressive Jackpot

There is one jackpot in the game: Super Slots Jackpot.

 
Bigfoot Mountain Review: Our Verdict

Arrow’s Edge have created a game with plenty of charm and atmosphere. The gameplay is not ambitious - there are no multipliers or scatters - and the subject matter offers opportunities for things like a bonus game which haven’t been exploited, but it’s diverting enough. What is disappointing is the low RTP. Even at the higher level it’s well below the average.