It doesn’t matter whether you love fishing or not – The Angler pokie game is ready to wow you with some amusing and powerful features. It’s in 3D, we can tell that much from the second we arrive. Yet there is way more we can share, so we’ll begin doing just that right here. Get some warm clothes on and get down to the water’s edge to see what’s what.
Who came up with The Angler?
The game is another 3D hit from Betsoft, as you might have worked out. Many of the top 3D pokies come from their collection.
Don’t risk your budget just yet – play the demo first
When there’s a demo waiting for you, it makes perfect sense to check out its features. Look around without risk once you’ve read this review.
An angling theme in action
Angling is not the same as fishing, although you’ll find some fishy characters in this game, of course. That sets the scene, as the design does too…
Roping in a wonderful design
We love the detail in this pokie – there are ropes between the reels and on either side of them. All the creatures look cute and have lots of detail too, and the angler himself stands ready with a bucket. Find a prize and he celebrates with you, as all the prize-winning icons appear inside bubbles.
Let’s play The Angler
This is a game offering five reels and three symbols on each. You’ll soon realize there are no progressive prizes in store here. The octopus holds a sign that says wild, which is made out of rope stuck to some wood. He can appear on reels two through to five, so the first one is out of bounds for this guy.
There are just two icons the octopus cannot replace. One is the scatter, which is a pearl inside a shell. This also has a scatter sign on a piece of wood in front of the shell. The other symbol the wild doesn’t replace is the bonus symbol, which is a bucket of fish labeled as the bonus symbol.
Choose how many lines you want to bet on
There are 20 in all, and they’re all active when you load the game. We always cover the lot, often playing with cheaper coins to make this possible.
Choose your coin before you play
You can start as a penny slot with a 20-cent overall bet. A dollar is the largest coin amount you can work with. There are five bet levels too, with each numbered level telling you how many coins you’d bet per line.
Find the question mark to reveal the paytable
There is a lot to spot when you’re playing this pokie. The paytable shows you what everything looks like and guides you through all the features in The Angler. Look for that question mark near the bottom of reel five.
Find the Time to Fish bonus symbols
Three of these reveal this bonus round. The symbols must appear on the first three reels to unlock it. You’ll receive a prize for triggering it, but you then need to see how good you are at fishing by grabbing the fish or trying to use your fishing rod to reel in as many as possible.
Free spins
Finding the pearl scatters on the final three reels is your task here. They can land anywhere on those three reels to give you the free game feature. Once there, you play the free games and watch for the wild octopus to appear. Whenever he does, you can expect him to stay in that spot as a clingy wild until the free spins finish. Find more wilds and they’ll all stay in place.
A decent RTP
This game offers a return to player value of 97.1% - very good.
Our rating for The Angler
We liked this game and enjoyed the bonus round when it triggered. Certainly, we can give it nine out of 10. A progressive jackpot would make it perfect.
What does the biggest prize look like?
The loading screen for this pokie reveals that the maximum prize in just one spin could be as high as 130,000 coins…
Demo action is the perfect introduction
The Angler does have some cool elements in it and offers lots of enjoyment even for those who never fish. Try the practice pokie and see what you make of it.
Does the real game give you everything you’re looking for?
Use the experience gained from the demo to decide if the real version should join your other Betsoft favorite pokies.
You can always play on the go too
Look for this game in various mobile casinos offering Betsoft games, always on Android and iOS.
