Secret Admirer Pokie
Pokie players of a romantic nature will enjoy this hearts and flowers adorned game from Microgaming, while those of a more cynical personality may be totally turned off by the pinks and pastel colours that it features.
But we’re not here to judge, just to see how it all works and what players can expect to find as they spin the 5 reels and try to land matching symbols across the 9 paylines.
Love is in the air when they trigger bonus features like a free spins round that can get re-triggered over and over, while there’s wild substitutions and scatter wins, plus an optional game that can either bring joy to a players’ heart by multiplying wins, or break it by losing the gamble.
So, if the sickly-sweet romance hasn’t put you off, read on and see how the game plays out.
Playing Secret Admirer
Bright colours that look like 1970’s wallpaper, complete with leaves and roses, form a backdrop to the reels. The game title sits on top of them and payline indicators to either side of the game show players how each line runs across the reels, from left to right, while beneath it all is the control panel.
Players can adjust their bets sizes from as little as 0.01 per line to as much as 5.00 and activate any number of lines from just a single one to all 9 for a maximum wager of 45.00 per spin.
To see what wins they can collect when 3 or more matching symbols come to rest on an active line, players should head to the paytable. This lists all the symbols and describes the bonus features, with the lowest value wins coming from landing the 7 or 8 across a line. These pay 6x the line bet when 3 of a kind appear, 20x when 4 land and 100x for full rows of 5 right across an active line.
The higher card values 9, 10, J, Q, and K are worth successively more, until we get to the A that pays 40x, 75x or 500x for 3, 4 or 5 on a line.
Although many of these symbols are decorated with roses, it’s the picture symbols that are directly related to the theme of love and romance and will reward players with more valuable prizes. In order of win values we have a rose, perfume spray, heart-shaped wreath of roses, (lovely), broach and the game logo that’s worth from 1x the line bet when just a single example lands on reel 1, through to 2,500x for a line of 5.
Secret Admirer
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A Bouquet Of Bonuses
One of those strange masks that people wear to fancy dress balls is a wild symbol and it’s worth 1x the line bet when just a single example appears, but landing 5 across a line pays a very nice reward of 5,000x. Being wild, it also acts as any other of the main symbols if it can complete a winning line by doing so.
An expensive-looking diamond ring that’s more likely to be bought by a stalker than a secret admirer acts as a scatter symbol. This will award 2x the total stake per spin when 2 land in any positions at once, while there’s a win of 50x when 5 of them appear.
It will also start what at first glance appears to be a very short free spins round, with 3 spins triggered by 3 or more scatters landing at once.
In fact it’s not as bad asit seems, because the triggering scatters remain locked in place during them, guaranteeing wins with each spin, while any further scatters that land will also stay in place, while also awarding 3 more. This can repeat until 5 scatters are on the reels so it’s actually quite a rewarding round.
If players like to take a bit more risk, then any win, either in the free spins or base game, can be gambled. It’s a simple matter of correctly deciding if a playing card will be revealed as red or black to double the win, with the option to double up again if correct until the gamble limit is reached, although a wrong guess loses the lot as well as the triggering bet.
The Verdict
Love is a many splendored thing and Secret Admirer has much to love about it. The design may be a bit flowery for some tastes, but there’s no denying the benefits of the bonus rounds, with guaranteed wins making it a more valuable free spins game than normal, even if just 3 spins are all that players receive.
They need to be careful with the gamble round however, as these can usually be tricky to get through without losing the bet.