Dang another fishing-themed slot titled Ice Lobster from Pragmatic Play. Looks like the bigwigs at Pragmatic Play love fishing. We don’t blame them since we’re fishing nutters ourselves.
So, what’s up with Ice Lobster, and does it take a leaf out of the Big Bass Slots Series? You’re off to colder climes with this slot and the volatility stings like a scorpion fish.
Zipping into the features the jackpot is 5,000x and the RTP is 96.53%. RTP ranges as low as 94.03% can spoil the hunt for lobsters, do keep an eye on it.
The bonus rounds are Free Spins and a feature Buy Option for a quick jump into the free spins.
Once you spin the reels you’ll find yourself in an underwater world looking for lobsters. An Arctic Ocean with a blue color palette serves as the backdrop for the reels.
The Scatter is a lobster holding an anchor and the Wild is the goldfish. Starting with the low-value symbols from 10 to Ace they pay as much as 5x.
The top symbols are the fishing pole, life buoy, fishing net, and the fisherman. The premium symbols award a cash prize of 100x the stake when 5 of them pitch.
Finally, the betting range is 40 cents up to $240 per spin. If you play for the maximum you can win $1.44 million on one free spin.
Gameplay and Features
Free Spins
The free spins feature is an interesting one because the scatters become sticky lobster traps. They trap the lobster symbols when they land on the reels with multiplier values up to 1,000x.
When three lobster scatters appear on the reels they initiate 8 free spins. Moreover, new scatters transform into lobster traps awarding extra free spins.
A progressive win multiplier springs into action too with a starting multiplier of 2x. That’s to say when at least 6 lobster traps pitch. When you play with 10 lobster traps they bump up the multiplier to 3x.
Bonus Buy
The feature buy option grants you instant access to free spins for a fee of 100x. Use it with discretion because we have reason to believe that 1 in 7 buy options delivers a big win.
Paylines
Paytable
What We Like About Ice Lobster
The simplicity of the slot and the free spins with a multiplier of up to 1,000x make it a winner. The lobster symbols that transform into traps snag any lobster symbol. Thus making it easier to land bigger wins.
Tips & Strategy
Each slot has something special you must “find” to unlock its treasures. In this case, it’s wise to play the slots online for free. Keep tabs on the average payout you got in the base game.
As well as the betting range at which you got those wins. If you’re lucky enough to trigger the free spins feature. Remember the number of spins it took you to trigger it. That will help you put together a budget.
We tested the slot with a budget of $100 at BitStarz Casino at an average of $2 per spin. Triggering the free spins wasn’t as hard because we triggered the bonus within 30 spins.
Now, the payout we got was $53.76 after 11 free spins. Yet, we still had a loss of $15 despite the quick trigger. Not very encouraging. How did it go at a betting range of $192 when we played it for free?
Much better! We bought our free spins which dropped 5 scatters for 15 free spins. We ended up with a top win of $30,105.60 after 22 free spins. It pays to go high roller with Ice Lobster.
Verdict: Ice Lobster Slot
When we played the slot for $2 per spin we lost $15. That’s an indication that it’s not “worth” it to play it for low stakes. Ice Lobster is one of those slots you can try for the maximum. Take what you can, and get the hell out of Dodge.
Stop playing if you’re lucky enough to land a big win. Any slot that drops a huge win tends to clam up for a while unless you’re lucky. One bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.
What we like about the free spins feature is that the lobster symbols have their cash prizes. They’ll combine and depending on the multiplier they’ll multiply with it.
The biggest multiplier we could muster was 2x. Furthermore, the lobster scatter appears often awarding an extra free spin. Despite the lack of features, Pragmatic Play strikes a fine balance with the slot.
