Hitman Pokie
Based on the original video game rather than the movie, Hitman is a blood-splattered online pokie from Microgaming that has symbols like garrotting wires, knives, sniper rifles and poisoned syringes across its 5 reels. Death and violence can lead to lots of bonuses however, such as a free spins round and 2 side games as well as payouts of up to 270,000 coins, so grab your nearest bag of assassin tools and head over to the many sites that feature this popular pokie.
Taking a Stab at the Game
It’s been designed to look like the video game, with the same style and images, along with a black backdrop to the reels and some red highlights to remind players of the blood and guts that Hitman is famed for.
This is one of those pokies where players can just try it out for a minimum stake of 0.01, which activates 1 of the 15 paylines. Of course this means that most winning combinations landing on the reels won’t count, so to cover all of them, a minimum bet of 0.20 is all that’s needed, and they can adjust up from that.
Coin values can go up to 0.20 and between 1 and 20 coins can be placed on a line which all adds up to a maximum bet of 75.00 per spin.
Clicking the View Payout button shows players what they will win each time the symbols line up favourably, with Hitman’s various tools of the trade making up the lower value ones. Moving up the paytable they will find an envelope stuffed with Dollars and several images of our anti-hero getting ready to slaughter a few more of his victims.
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The classic image of Hitman with crossed guns is the wild symbol, and although he only appears on the middle 3 reels, he will substitute for other symbols if that helps to complete a winning combination and even expand across a reel to help players out even further, plus there’s a nice animation to accompany this feature.
Hitman is an 18 certificate game in the UK where Microgaming is based, and the 18 logo acts as a scatter symbol, triggering a free spins game when 3, 4 or 5 of them land anywhere on the reels at once. Players get, predictably, 18 spins during which any wins will be automatically doubled in value and 3 or more scatters will be enough to re-trigger the round, with the new games added to the end of any still remaining from the current round.
A couple of bonus symbols take players to side games, with the Hitman insignia stopping on reels 1, 2 and 3 being the key to the Insignia Bonus game. All that’s needed is for players to click on any of them to uncover a prize that can be up to 6,000x the value of a coin.
The Contract Bonus game starts when the laptop symbol comes to rest on reels 3, 4 and 5. Players are taken to a screen showing 5 potential targets and picking 1 of them reveals a prize value. They then need to pick a weapon to use against their chosen victim and this reveals a multiplier amount that will be applied to the prize.
During this round anyone lucky enough to get the perfect combination of prize and multipliers will find that this is where the games’ jackpot of 270,000 coins can be won. It’s worth pointing out that players will need a coin on each line to qualify for these bonus rounds, which isn’t made clear on the payout table.
A Successful Hit for Agent 47?
Hitman has been designed with care to look as close as possible to the video game and so attract the many people who are familiar with the murderous antics of Agent 47. The whole look of the game is very atmospheric and moody, just as players would expect, and it really works well.
As for the gameplay itself, it’s pretty good, with some of the features being a little different from standard. The Contract Bonus in particular deserves a special mention, as there’s a little bit of skill involved in picking the right victim, while the free spins multiplier comes in handy and the quick Insignia round may not be too exciting, but can pay out quite a lot.
Any faults? Well it would be nice for the wilds and scatters to have values of their own rather than just being the triggers for other features, but we’re not complaining, as overall Hitman is an excellent game from a trusted and reliable developer.