Battleship Slots

Battleship Slot Machine Online

This is the latest in IGT's online offering and unusually, this is a game that is unique to the online world as it has not yet appeared in Vegas casinos.

The game is also unusual as it factors in a certain degree of skill in the bonus round, whereas other slots from IGT have relied purely on random, non-skill events. That said, the skill involved in playing battleships is not taxing and so this should not put off anybody for playing. If anything, the skill element of playing the battleship bonus games enhances the player experience

Battleships slots has a few common trends that have been seen in many of the latest games from IGT, including stacked wilds that are similar to games like Wolf Run and Lil' Lady. The graphics and sound of this game, are as you would expect, absolutely top-notch and give the game a superb atmosphere that is half like a hollywood film and half bringing back all the excitement and tension of when you played battleships as a kid

Battleship slots Bonus Rounds

One of the interesting aspects of this game that is quite unique for an IGT slot, is the fact you can choose the type of bonus round you get. When you get the bonus symbols aligned on the first three reels you will find you are presented with a choice. The options you get are to either go on to the battleship bonus round, called the 'Sink the Fleet' bonus or go on to the free spins bonus

Free Spins Bonus

Although this bonus sounds just like any other free spins, it is actually quite different. At the bottom of the screen there are two battleships, one representing the player and one the enemy.

As the reels spin, they do so (and at the same time amassing bonus money for the player) indefinitely. However, if one of the reels has a missile symbol on it, that will act as a hit. If it's a green missile it will damage the enemy ship, if it's a red missile it damages your (the players) ship. Get five hits on your ship and your free spins end. Get five hits on the enemy and you get a massive extra bonus.

It's a great twist on the free spins feature that keeps it really interesting and we think it could represent the future of slots in that players now demand more complex games and much more interactivity. We now have a generation brought up with high-end video graphics and this slot takes us in that direction. This is very much in tune with the bonuses we are seeing in Vegas that come from WMS, like the Wizard of Oz slots and Top Gun slots

Battleships Slots Bonus Round

As you can imagine, the battleships slot machine bonus round features the exact same board you played as a board game at home. You have to select squares and you will either get a 'hit' or 'miss'. Should you miss, you lose a life, but if you hit, you keep going.

The idea of the bonus game is to try to hit and sink as many of the war ships as you can. You get more bonus points and money if you can sink the bigger ships. If you hit all of the ships (sinking the fleet), you go on to take the main prize that can be up to 2,500x multiplier of your stake. The total maximum win on the 'sink the fleet' bonus round is 160,000 credits on max bet

Summary

Overall, this is a very enjoyable slot and a welcome addition tot he IGT Wagerworks range, with it's innovative gameplay and superb, interesting bonus round. With the way it includes the classics of slot play as a 5 reel, 25-line video slot with stacked wilds and a strategic bonus game, it will give hours of enjoyable gameplay and entrainment.

The payback of this slot is 92.08%. It might be that Wagerworks have to tweak this game a little to make it a real hit. For us, we would like it if they could increase the pay-back to say, 96%, like some of their other slots and use those few extra percentage points to allow players to see the bonus game just a bit more.