Lovefool

Lovefool Overview

Lovefool is the latest slot from the developers at Playtech and it could not have come at a better time as Valentine’s Day (Sunday 14th February) is fast approaching if you really needed to be reminded. Especially for this several developers release event appropriate slots, and it is these type of slots that gives the casinos the opportunity to get together some marketing and special theme specific promotions for a few day in the year hoping that some romantic players will find their way to this title for some of their own indulgence.

This high-quality visual presentation will put a lot of players off from the start; however, you know the saying, “Never judge a book by its cover” as underneath the graphics there is a decent math model and features will certainly keep most players happy. There is also a great jackpot on offer which stands at 50,000x your bet and this would be more than enough to take the one you love on a dream date. There are also streak re-spins that are complete with guaranteed multipliers that will keep things nice and spicy.

Theme & Symbols

Absolutely everything in this slot revolves around the art of love with glossy styled graphics complete with huge, big hearts in the background and a romantic soundtrack that is perfect for a first date!
The reels are outlined in red, and across the dark red background there are big symbols that show two young men and two young women as well as the usual playing card symbols 10 through to King that are sparkly and befitting to the theme.
There is a giant bouquet of pink roses which is the scatter and the wild is represented by a large purple present. Finally, there are two diamond heart symbols that will land across the reels and reveal a specific value.

Gameplay

Lovefool is the ideal slot for Valentine’s Day as it captures the embodiment of everything that this day of love is famous for. The whole thing is cheesy and superficial, but it is one of the events in life where millions of pounds are spent by people trying to get the person of their dreams to fall head over heels in love! The pair of trendy looking characters resemble what you might expect from a set of D-list actors and actresses from a reality show. with a pair of glossy hipster couples that look like D-list wannabe actors from a reality show thrown in for good measure. After all there is nothing that spells out romance more than the hard cash values which will appear right in front of you.

This slot is saved from being an absolute disaster thanks to the math model. The 50,000x jackpot is more than acceptable even though it is not that easy to land the three matching jackpot symbols of the most rewarding kind. It is the guaranteed multiplier that is the saving grace when it comes to the Hold & Re-spins feature, making larger pay-outs possible. Anyone that is a fan of the ultimate chick flick show Sex and the City should enjoy this slit whilst others may go running for a sick bucket!

Features

The wild can only land on the middle three reels and it can step in for all the regular symbols to create winning combinations in the same way that the wilds usually do. But when you land the gift box it expands and then covers the entirety of the reels, and due to this you can land up to 3 fully expanded reels on your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, reels in the Expanding Wild feature.
The love heart symbol will only land on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reels and is complete with cash values that start from 1x and 100x your stake. However, to collect the cash symbols on the first three reels you need to land 2 bouquet scatters at the same time, and it is worth remembering that the scatters will only land on your 3rd, 4th, and 5th, reels only.

One of the scatter bouquets that you land will turn into a heart shaped cash symbol, whilst the other scatter turns into a random multiplier of up to 5x. At the end of the feature the cash values are then added together, and the multiplier is then applied. If you manage to land two scatter bouquets on their own and you can trigger this feature and win up to a maximum pay out worth 500x your bet.

If you land 3 scatter bouquets on the same spin you will activate the Valentines Bonus Round and here all heart cash symbols become sticky, and two of the scatters will also morph into sticky cash symbols as well. Finally, the third scatter becomes the sticky multiplier.

The Hold & Re-spins feature which is also referred to as the Hold & Win or Streak Re-spins will then start. During this re-spin you can only land new cash heart symbols, blanks or special award jackpot symbols during the feature and spinning the reels and ending up with all blanks will end the bonus game.

When you fill your screen with symbols, or you end up with a blank only re-spin, all the cash values are then collected with the multiplier being applied. There are three fixed jackpots that you can win in the Streak Re-spins feature, and it is the Special Award symbols which then reveal which of the Jackpot prize you will win once the cash symbol winnings are all added together. You need to land three matching jackpot symbols to win the corresponding Jackpot as follows:

The minor jackpot will pay 250x your stake.
The major jackpot will pay 2,500x your stake.
The grand jackpot will pay 50,000x your stake.

Conclusion

If you are in the mood for love this really could be the slot for you. When I tested the game, I was not feeling the love as I only landed a couple of scatter wins which revealed 3x multiplier. Apart from this nothing happened in the base game. It was not all bad though as I did manage to activate the Hold & Re-spins feature after the first 5-minutes, for this a 2x multiplier was revealed and it was just enough for a bar of chocolate and a packet of crisps!