Slot Wars - Frank’s Farm VS Fire Archer

Hacksaw Gaming has recently presented a new Frank’s Farm slot. Pragmatic Play followed with yet another amazing release named Fire Archer. Both games offer a big winning potential and thrilling features. In this episode of slot wars, they will battle for supremacy. 

There can be only one winner - start the slot war! 

The cute-looking slot representing life on the farm takes place on a 6x6 grid. It uses the scatter pays mechanism which rises the winning potential all the way up to 5,000x the stake. Playable from €0.10, the game offers medium volatility. 

Pragmatic Play’s release features a 5x5 grid with 25 paylines. The real money gameplay starts from $0.25, the volatility is at the highest level, while the maximum winning potential is up to 4,000x the bet.

Slots of both providers usually come with quite solid RTP and it's the same with these games as well. Their percentage is very similar since Frank’s Farm has an RTP of 96.31% and Fire Archer features a return to player percentage of 96.07%. 

As you can see, the difference in percentages is quite minor, but it could be used as a tiebreaker if needed. In this case, there’s no need for that, as Frank’s Farm is the absolute winner of the round due to its higher winning potential. 

The exciting bonus features in Hacksaw’s slot begin with Market Multiplier symbols that multiply all wins when they land. Multipliers land with values randomly selected from the predefined set - 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x or 10x. 

Three Scatters trigger the Order Rush bonus game with 10 free spins. Displayed next to the reels are orders that consist of 1 to 3 symbol sets, each consisting of 10 to 24 matching symbols. 

Each new order is harder than the previous one, while the minimum value of Market Multipliers increases by +1 after each completed order. No matter is it a winning symbol or not, whenever a required symbol type lands on the reels, it is collected in the order and leads towards its completion.

If there are four Scatters in the view, the Diner Dash bonus game with 10 free spins activates. Here special Diner symbol is added to the gameplay and remains sticky on the grid until the end of the feature whenever it lands. 

Any wins that occur are progressively collected by the Diner symbol, and its total is awarded at the end of each spin. In Diner Dash and Order Rush bonus rounds, the appearance of a Scatter awards an additional free spin. 

The Super Wild symbol is the star of the Fire Archer slot. Not only that it substitutes for all regular symbols, but it also shows 8 directions around its position. 

Whenever a Super Wild lands, 1 to 8 directions are randomly highlighted. Wilds are then added to the grid in the highlighted directions, replacing all symbols in their path, up to the edge of the grid. 

Three Quiver Scatters spread on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time trigger the bonus round with 5 free spins. During free spins, one Super Wild is guaranteed to be on the screen until the feature ends and it moves to a random position after every free spin. 

At the beginning of the free spins round, the walking Super Wild gets a random level from 1 to 8. This number shows how many directions will be highlighted on each spin. 

Every time 2 Scatters land together on a single free spin, the level of the Super Wild increases by 1, plus 1, 2 or 3 additional free spins are awarded. When the Super Wild reaches the final eight level, no more additional free spins can be won. 

Both games come with the Buy Bonus button, but the one in Hacksaw’s slot is more sophisticated as it offers multiple options. Therefore, you can either purchase Order Rush for 100x the bet, Diner Dash bonus round for 200x the stake or double your bet per spin to increase chances of triggering the bonus feature three times. 

On the other hand, the rival slot offers one option to buy free spins round for 100x the bet. Mostly because offers two free spin features, the winner of this round is the Frank’s Farm slot. 

When it comes to theme, Hacksaw Gaming has once again succeeded to make a theme seen so many times fresh and original. There are many farm-themed slots, but none of them feature the sloth as the main character and farmer. 

It provides a whimsical take, making the presentation quite original. Also, the visuals are detailed, yet adorable, making this slot quite charming and unique. 

On the other hand, Fire Archer has a bit more serious atmosphere, depicting the adventures of Robin Hood. This theme is also used in many releases, but Pragmatic Play did it justice with suburb graphics.

The winner of this episode is Frank’s Farm by Hacksaw Gaming. Compared to the rival slot, it comes with higher winning potential, more bonus features and a more elaborate backstory as well as visuals. With that in mind, Super Wilds that move during free spins are more than enough reason to also try Pragmatic Play’s Fire Archer slot.