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Frightening Frankie Slot Review

Everyone thinks that actors have a cushy job. You get to kiss 😚, or get intimate with, hot babes, you make tons of money, you have adoring fans, and you’re not really working for a living – not like regular folks.

But that doesn’t mean acting isn’t tough. For his role as the monster in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi spent up to 10 hours in the make-up chair. Sometimes, he’d get there at 10 pm and sit all night to be able to make his early-morning call time. ⏳

As for me, I want all of the glory, but I’m a lazy shi,t so working 20-hour days is not as appealing as playing Frightening Frankie slot from Pragmatic Play and making $350k! 🎰

Gameplay

Frankenstein’s monster looks a little bit hungover – he’s green in the face, and those droopy eyelids show that he hasn’t been getting quality sleep. I know the feeling.

You’ll find him to the right of the traditional 5x3 grid with 20 paylines. The game’s RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.

RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.
is 96.53%
, the volatility rate is high, the max multiplier is 2,800x, and the max win is $350,000. The only currency you can’t play with is the yen.

Our hungover monster is Wild, and he replaces all symbols that aren’t Scatters, Lightning Bolts, or Test Tubes. I’ll describe what the symbols do when we get to the relevant parts in the Features section.

The game looks stunning on a mobile phone in either orientation. As we’ve come to expect from Pragmatic games, you can position the SPIN button anywhere you want.

Features

FREE SPINS:

This is where Lightning Bolts come in; whenever 1 or more of these land, the Free Spins feature kicks off. Now, a random low-paying symbol will be removed for each triggering Lightning Bolt.

As for how many spins you get, it could be anything from 2 to 6; the spins are assigned randomly. However, every time a new Lightning Bolt hits, the feature re-triggers and you’ll again be assigned 2 to 6 spins.

With each Lightning Bolt symbol hit, more low-paying symbols will be removed – up to a max of 5. After the fifth lowest-paying symbol is removed, no more Lightning Bolts will strike.

If 3 or more Scatters hit during the round, this will trigger the Monster Trail Free Spins round and the remaining spins from Free Spins will be carried over to the new feature.

MONSTER TRAIL FREE SPINS:

This feature starts with the lowest-paying symbols from the regular Free Spins having been removed, if it was triggered via the regular Free Spins.

An alternate way to get into this round is to land 3, 4, or 5 Scatters. That will award you with 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins, respectively. If you only land 2 Scatters, it could happen that the third one that you need will randomly appear.

This feature starts with a 2x multiplier, which is applied to all wins.

The Test Tube symbol only appears during the Monster Trail Free Spins feature. Whenever one of these symbols hits, they’re collected in a meter.

Collecting 7 Test Tubes re-triggers the round, and 10 extra spins are awarded. In addition, a random multiplier (1x, 2x, 5x, or 10x) is added to the multiplier for the round.

ANTE BET:

This option doubles your bet per spin, but in return, your chances of triggering the Monster Trail Free Spins round are improved. Also, more Scatters will land than normal.

BUY BONUS:

Pay 100x your bet for immediate entry into the Free Spins round.

Performance

I tested this game on my tablet, phone, and laptop and it did its thing perfectly.

Maximum Win

Betting starts at $0.20 and is capped at $125. The max multiplier is 2,800x, and the max win is $350,000.

Conclusion

Frightening Frankie slot’s 1 in 4.08 (24.51%) base game hit frequency is exceptional for a highly volatile game.

Another exceptional thing is only needing one Lighting Bolt to access regular Free Spins; usually, it’s at least 3 Scatters. Granted, in this case, you only get 2 spins, but it’s still impressive.

I seemed to be able to trigger Free Spins quite easily. The info on Pragmatic’s site says that the aggregate Free Spins trigger rate is 1 in 56.78, so we need to take things in context.

Lightning Free Spins (the regular one) likely activates 65 to 70% of the time. Monster Trail Free Spins take a bit more work (3 Scatter), so it likely represents 30 to 35% of the aggregate hit rate.

The max win hit frequency is 1 in 410,837 – now that might seem amazing (usually it’s 1 in 1 million or even many millions, right?), but again, we need to look at the big picture.

The max win frequency must be evaluated in relation to the max win size (2,800x). If we compare this against a game like Mental slot from Nolimit City, we get the following:

Frightening Frankie slot: 410,837 á 2,800x = 146.7
Mental slot: 500,000,000 (win probability) á 66,666x (max multiplier) = 7,500

The frequency of Mental slot is 1,217x worse than Frightening Frankie slot, but the reward is 23.8x better. So yeah, the max win hit frequency looks better in this case but the rewards are drastically lower.

As for the Ante BetAn Ante Bet is an option that costs a percentage of your bet but increases your chances of landing triggering symbols that initiate a feature., it’s only viable for time-restricted sessions (there’s too much number crunching to list here, so you’ll have to trust me). In terms of the Buy Bonus, the 2,800x ceiling vs the 100x cost creates a 28:1 ratio that’s among the worst for high-volatility games.

If it were my money, I’d opt to grind away at the base game and leave the Ante BetAn Ante Bet is an option that costs a percentage of your bet but increases your chances of landing triggering symbols that initiate a feature. and Buy Bonus alone. But that’s just my opinion.

Slot Details

Game Provider: Pragmatic Play
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 20
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.

RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.
: 96.53%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).

The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.
: High
Bonus Round: No
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Free Spins x2
Max Multiplier: 2,800x
Max Win: $350,000
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