Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5

Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5: Slot Overview

'Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the…' Oh, wait, wrong frontier. Instead of roaming the stars with Captain Kirk and the crew in the future, we're heading in the opposite direction in time to play Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5, an online slot designed by software provider Yggdrasil Gaming. It seems Yggdrasil has looked to the past for inspiration for this slot in more ways than one. As well as feeding off the romance of frontier life, the team has reused gameplay found in Holmes and the Stolen Stones and then gone one further by reskinning Elysian Jackpots.

The skin used for Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 is a handsome one, depicting rugged mountains, rows of tents, horses, and broad-hatted folk. It certainly seemed peaceful back in those days if Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 is any guide to go by, but when you start pondering the details, cracks form in the romance. For instance, imagine the dental hygiene issues, or the lack of plumbed toilet facilities... no internet. Nah, it's better to put any negative thoughts to the back of the mind and concentrate on the clean, quiet, getting in touch with nature side of Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5.

Built from timber, Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5's gaming grid comes shipped with 5 reels, where each reel has 3 rows and is connected to a Key collection meter. There are 20 paylines, awarding regular line wins when 3 to 5 matching symbols land along one from the leftmost reel. The math model is low volatile, which you don't see that much around here, while the default RTP is 94%. With a hit frequency of 28.09%, players may stake 10 c to $/€40 per spin. The probability of winning a Jackpot is proportional to the bet size.

Ten regular paying symbols land in the game. They consist of J-A card ranks as the lower value lot, then a pick, a spade, a lady, and a gentleman as the high pay bunch. Hitting a line of 5 identical royals gets you 6.5 to 10 times the stake, while a winning combination of 5 identical picture symbols pays 37.5 to 200 times the bet. Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 leaves wilds out of the game, so they do not appear at any time.

Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5: Slot Features

When beginning a session of Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5, 6 Keys are placed in slots that sit beneath each reel. Keys come in five different colours, and collecting 5 Keys of the same colour awards 10 free spins plus a Jackpot Gem. Other features to look out for in Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 are the scatter symbols, a Pick & Click Game, Jackpot Free Spins, and the Treasure Chest Bonus.

Scatter Symbols

Scatter symbols appear anywhere on the grid in the base game. Landing 2 scatters triggers the Pick & Click Game. If at least 3 scatters land, they activate the Coin Toss, which awards either the Treasure Chest Game or free spins. Landing 4 or 5 scatters awards an additional cash prize of 50x the bet or 500x the bet, respectively.

Pick & Click Game

For this feature, 5 strainers appear on the screen, and players click one. The chosen strainer reveals a cash prize of 1-4 times the bet, 10 Jackpot Free Spins, the Treasure Chest Bonus, or 1 random Key.

Treasure Chest Bonus Game

During this feature, 3 chests appear on the screen. Players pick one chest at a time to win cash worth 5-100x the bet or a random Key. Each time a reward is revealed, players proceed to the next chamber. The round ends when the chest is crushed by a boulder.

Jackpot Free Spins

As well as the ways mentioned above, free spins are triggered when 5 of the same coloured Keys are collected. Free spins are played at the average bet of all bets used when collecting Keys. Each line win in free spins is multiplied by x3. There are no Keys or scatters, but it is possible to win jackpot prizes. To win a jackpot requires collecting 5 Gems of the same colour. The jackpots are coloured Blue, Violet, Green, Orange, or Red, with starting values of €40, €200, €600, €1,500, or €15,000, respectively. All Jackpots are progressive, with 3.8% of each bet contributing to them. All 5 can be won in a single Jackpot Free Spins round.

Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5: Slot Verdict

There's a lot going on in Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5, but most of it is dated, picky, clicky Holmes and the Stolen Stones-type action. Cool 10 or so years ago, but old-fashioned now. Mix in the low volatility, and it's like going back in time to gamble, a sensation amplified by the frontier theme. Hey, some subscribe to golden age thinking, when everything was better in the past, and if that translates to slots, then Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 might be a match. However, it is hard to think of an era that was objectively better than it is now - broadly speaking, on a worldwide basis, in terms of things like wealth, health, and longevity, though there seem to be planet-wide problems either rearing up or brewing on the horizon. As The Correspondent put it, 'The great paradox of our time: everything is both better and worse than ever before.'

For online gamblers, things have never been better, really. Audiovisuals are light years ahead of what they used to be, gameplay is rapidly evolving, and the choice is vast – and only getting vaster. Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 can be proud of its audiovisual component, yet the rest is a take-it-or-leave-it scenario. The numbers are weak, for one thing. A 94% RTP might be pretty common for a jackpot slot, but the starting prize values on offer here aren't exactly massive. No ceiling has been placed on them, though. Non-jackpot potential isn't massive either, at 1,265x the bet, and the low volatility is likely to be a polarising element.

Fair to say if you didn't go in for the other FastPot5 game, you won't go in for this one either. Elysian Jackpots more or less slid on by without making much of an impression, aside from the rather lush visuals. Gold Frontier Jackpots FastPot5 is a looker, too, but unless you're really into that independent person on the frontier, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman type thing, it's unlikely to make much of an impression either.