5 Flaming Dollars

You know someone clearly has too much money on their hands when they’re willing to casually burn those bills for the sake of making a point and, in fact, in certain countries, it’s actually a criminal act to deface and destroy legal tender through use of fire or acts otherwise…

Thankfully, in online slot studio 4ThePlayer’s latest rendition of “5 Flaming Dollars“, any mention of combustion simply relates to the game’s fiery tendencies and punchy volatility levels, as players are treated to plenty of scorching action, centred around the use of Prize Coins, Multipliers and those notorious Boosting Fortunes Jackpot awards.

5 Flaming Dollars Base Game Play

True to their name, the team over at 4ThePlayer are infamous for their numerically-focused titles, from “9K Kong in Vegas” to the recent and ferocious “5 Wild Wolves“, with each offering boasting an eye-bulging level of visual prowess and immersion; this latest addition to the roster, however, reigning in the depictions, somewhat, and proving to be one of the provider’s less vibrant examples.

A traditional 5 reel 3 row game grid takes centre stage, overlaying an ember-filled backdrop of red and orange swirls, as the 4 Boosting Fortunes prizes perch to the left of the reels.

Regular paying symbols take a backseat this time around, making way for Prize Coins to line the reels and able to land in various forms and values by means of a high volatility math model.

With a Hot Respins feature burning bright, the max win potential comes in at 5,000x bet, alongside an RTP fixed at 94% so, with that, let’s get straight into the heat of the action as we check out all of those core features and rules in more detail…

Land 3 or More Prize Coin Symbols to Win the Accumulative Total

5 Burning Dollars Base Game and Features

With traditional, regular paying symbols left out, the game’s main symbols consist of a variety of 3 Coins, each able to land during any standard game or Hot Respin round.

Each spin sees the reels activate, with the potential to land either Coin symbols or blank spaces…

Prize Coins

When a Prize Coin lands within the game grid, it will display a random cash prize value of between 0.1x to 100x the current bet level.

Landing 3 or more Prize Coin symbols, anywhere on the reels, during the same game round awards the cumulative total of all Coins combined.

Landing 5 or more Prize Coin symbols during the same spin triggers the Hot Respins bonus round.

Land Fortune Prize Symbols for the Chance to Win Dynamic Jackpot Awards

Persistent Prize Coins

Persistent Prize Coins act in a similar manner to standard Prize Coins, landing on the reels and displaying a random cash prize value.

Additionally, Persistent Prize Coins land adopting a number of lives, locking into place and losing a life with each passing game round.

Each paying spin sees a Persistent Prize Coin reveal a new, random value, until all lives have been used and the Coin leaves the reels.

When featuring as part of the trigger of the Hot Respins bonus round, Persistent Prize Coins continue to hold in place throughout, with the life counter removed.

Multiplier Coins

Multiplier Coins may also land within any of the 5 reels, displaying a random multiplier value.

The multiplier value applies to the combined total of all active Prize Coins and Persistent Prize Coins, currently active within the game grid.

Although not adopting a physical cash prize value, Multiplier Coins count as Prize Coins during any win evaluations and the triggering of Hot Respins.

Land 5 or More Coin Symbols to Trigger the Hot Respins Bonus Feature

Hot Respins

Landing 5 or more Coin symbols during the same game round triggers the Hot Respins bonus game.

Prior to the round commencing, all triggering Coins are locked into place, before the remaining reel positions spin to reveal additional Coins or blank spaces.

Beginning with 3 lives, landing a new Coin symbol during any respin round resets the counter back to 3.

All Coin symbol variations may land throughout the bonus feature, with Persistent Prize Coin values increasing with each respin.

When 14 reel positions have been filled with Coins, the final reel position may only land a blank space or the ULTRA Boosting Fortunes prize.

The bonus round ends when all 15 reel positions have been filled or when the life counter reaches zero, with the combined total of all prize symbols paying out as a win.

Boosting Fortunes

4 dynamic Fortune prizes are included during gameplay, consisting of the BIG (10x-100x), SUPER(20x-250x), MEGA (100x-500x) and ULTRA (1,000x-5,000x).

During any base game round, Fortune prize symbols may land within the reels, each one progressively increasing the respective prize value by between 0.1x and 1x bet.

Landing 2 or more BIG or SUPER Fortune prize symbols during the same round awards their current prize values, whilst landing 3 or more MEGA or ULTRA prize symbols awards their respective values.

Only one Fortune prize may be won during any single spin and, once awarded, the prize value resets to the default starting level, ready to be progressively built up again.

5 Flaming Dollars “Hot Respins” Play

First Impression

Whilst certainly arriving on the scene as snappy and straight to the point, 5 Flaming Dollars does come along, somewhat, in the form of the black sheep of the 4ThePlayer family, by comparison, boasting a simplistic gaming model, reigned in visuals and free of those much-enjoyed and powerful feature buys that players have gotten so used to in many recent releases.

It makes for a very strange concept, by and large, however with inclusions from dynamic Fortune prizes to a feisty Hot Respins bonus round, an apparent lack of complexity hasn’t completely sacrificed the game’s core potential.

In fact, to a certain caliber of player, this style of gaming model continues to grow in popularity, doing away with much of the bulk of countless in-game enhancements and features and opting for a more direct mechanic, making for fast, explosive action without beating about the bush.

Whilst it may not be to everyone’s tastes, there can be no denying that demand still remains and, clearly, the studio has done some homework within the field over the years to warrant the arrival of this latest addition to the roster.

Base game play requires 3 or 4 Coins to land in order for a basic win evaluation to take place.

The included Coins can land in any combination to one another, including Multiplier Coins with no prize value, in order to form a win.

Landing 5 or more Coins triggers the Hot Respin bonus round, with all triggering Coins holding in place prior to the round commencing.

The feature remains true to “hold and win” traditions, offering 3 resetting lives, with a touch of progress from base game play becoming apparent in the form of Persistent Prize Coin values increasing with each respin, rather than adopting a new, random value as found in standard play.

Filling 14 positions during the Respins can offer up some heart-in-mouth moments, with the final position only able to land blank or with the ULTRA Fortune prize…a worthy prospect to help bolster a balance, for sure.

Much else remains largely typical for a game of such nature; no thrills, punchy, volatile action with progressive Jackpot award opportunities along the way…

Could more have been included?  Of course, and admittedly, it is strange not to see even a basic feature buy option making an appearance, yet for those inclined towards traditional gaming styles and models, everything required can be found.

For those looking for a more feature-rich, action-packed gaming session, it is unlikely that 5 Flaming Dollars will whet the appetite, but the good news is that 4ThePlayer’s extensive back catalogue has more than enough mouth-watering offerings to keep you going in the meantime…

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