Silver Fang Pokie Machine
One of the more popular themes that Poker machines follow is the American West, specifically the wildlife that lives there, and Silver Fang from Microgaming, takes a bite out of this market by featuring wolves, caribou and wintery scenes of the region.
Stacked Wilds, a free spins round where payouts are multiplied in value and the classic Gamble game that features in so many Microgaming pokies are all here, while an impressive 50 paylines means that lots of winning spins should be possible.
How To Play Silver Fang
A chilly background image of a frozen forest sets the scene, and many of the symbols are clearly set in this cold landscape. Despite this, it's a good looking pokie, with crisp and clear graphics, subtle animations and a soothing soundtrack to accompany it all.
Players can bet from 0.01 to 0,50 per line, giving a maximum potential wager of 25.00 per spin, and can choose to have from 1 to all 50 lines activated. By having so many paylines, there are more opportunities for symbols to line up favourably, although the effect of this is slightly smaller wins when it occurs, but we can’t have it all can we.
Silver Fang
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Silver Fang is presumably the name given to the Wolf who turns up a couple of times in this game, firstly as one of the highest paying symbols, with 500 coins paid out for a full line of 5, only beaten into second place by the Silver Fang game logo icon that’s worth 750 coins.
The only other picture symbol is the Caribou, and the high card icons 10 , J, Q, K and A make up the rest, which is a shame, as personally I like to see more images that enhance the theme even if they are relatively low paying, rather than the same old ones that 90% of pokies seem to feature.
Still, at least they are designed to look suitably frozen, except when they make up a win when they become animated and there are a couple of bonus symbols to enjoy as well.
The Howling Wolf is suitably given the task of being a Wild symbol and in normal play when it appears in the right places it will complete winning combinations of symbols and reward the player with a prize. However in the free spins round, the Howling Wolf will be stacked one on top of another to cover whole columns, which can greatly improve the chances of completing lines, while the Wild on its own can equal the biggest standard payout of 1000 coins when it runs right across all 5 reels on a line.
That free spins game is triggered by the Paw Print Scatter whenever at least 3 of them appear at once. As the ‘Scatter’ suggests, there’s no need for it to be across a line and can be dotted around anywhere to start the round, plus there is a Scatter prize awarded that will be a multiple of the total bet amount. 3 Scatters equals a win of 5x the bet, 4 Scatters will pay out 20x, and if 5 of them land at once, the result will be a prize of 50x the total bet amount.
With the stacked Wilds, extra wins should be possible throughout the 15 spins of the round, and to make it even more appealing, all wins are multiplied in value by 3x, based on the amount being staked when they were triggered. 3 or more Scatters will re-trigger them, with the new spins added to the end of any remaining ones.
Like many Microgaming pokies, Silver Fang has a Gamble game that players can opt to try out after any win; although like all of these games, winning or losing is totally guess work and quite literally the luck of the draw. The aim is to correctly pick the colour of a face down playing card, for a doubling of the win, or suit, for a quadruple payout, with correct guesses giving players the chance to gamble over and over until the limit is reached.
Will Players Be Howling For Joy?
A popular theme will certainly attract players to Silver Fang, as will the realistic graphics and wide range of bet options. Many people like the high card symbols, so perhaps I shouldn’t grumble about them being so prolific here, and like all the others, there are some pleasing animations that accompany wins.
The potential for big payouts in the free spins game is an added treat in this appealing pokie which is featured at many online casinos that run on Microgaming software.