Fire Hawk

Fire Hawk, a Native American inspired slot from 888, gives its players a fairly standard combination of 5 reels with 20 paylines on them, plus a $60,000 jackpot, free spins, wilds and scatters.

As I've mentioned already, the slot is themed around the Native American tribes. The abstract background image with the clouds in the sky is accompanied by reels which are placed on a large dried skin. On the reels, the images used include the Nine to Ace card symbols (without any special design on them), drums, peace pipes, the dream catcher, the girl, the Chief and the Fire Hawk. Overall, the design gives you the experience you would expect from a Native American inspired game, but it's not exceptional in any way.

In Fire Hawk, the player is allowed to place wagers on as many as 20 paylines, using a single coin for each one, a coin which is worth up to $10 (the lower end being $0.05). The top bet of $200 results in a jackpot of up to 6000 coins, worth $60,000. The player may change the number of paylines (the odds of getting a combo being higher with more of them) or the coin value (influences the size of the prize), but in order to get the most out of the slot he should use the maximum wager if possible.

The symbol that has the Native American girl as its image is used as the top jackpot trigger, and you will need five symbols of this type in order to get the prize. All of these symbols have to be on the same payline.

A wild symbol is available as well, using the image of the Chief. There are two reels that will get the benefit of its presence, and it's the reels 2 and 4. There is only one image that this symbol can't substitute for, and it's the scatter symbol, as is usually the case. Each of the two reels has its own multiplier (2x for the wild from reel 2, 4x for the wild on reel 4). If both wilds are present and are on the same payline that has a winning combo, the multiplier for that line payout is 8x.

The scatter symbol, with a Fire Hawk on it, has two different roles, both very good for the player. First of all, if at least three of them are present, the player gets access to the free spins round. At the same time, the scatter gives the player prizes, starting from 2x for two scatters, and going up to 100x the bet for five scatters.

Fire Hawk, while not impressive, has a decent design, and it should prove a nice addition to anyone's list of slots that should be played.