Tiger's Claw

Released a short time ago across all mobile formats as well as desktop, the Tiger's Claw slot from Betsoft is yet another example of a game produced by the company that has extraordinarily high production values, but in truth this is a slightly different slot compared to the usual offering.

The reason for that is the set up of the reels. Rather than your standard 5x3 reel set, what you have here are the same five reels, but this time you have a set up of 3-4-5-4-3 symbols across the reels. This gives you a far greater number of potential lines in play and indeed on the Tiger's Claw slot there are 720 non-selectable lines.

The good news is that you don't need to cover all of them with an individual bet. The minimum bet to get the reel spinning is 0.50 per spin, but you can wager all the way up to 250.00 per spin if you prefer to play for more cash.

Beyond that though, the rest of the Tiger's Claw slot is pretty standard fare with the usual array of bonuses and features that you would expect on a standard slot. In truth, I did expect to find a few more features locked away in the slot somewhere (and I was a little disheartened to find that there really weren't any!).

However, if a slot presents the features it does have in an engaging way, it can still be a fantastic game to play, so is this one Tiger's Claw that will reach out and grab you? Let's take a look and find out.

Overview

• Game: Tiger's Claw
• Developer: Betsoft
• Reels: 5 (3-4-5-4-3 reel set up)
• Pay Lines: 720 (non-selectable)
• Minimum Bet: 0.50
• Maximum Bet: 250.00
• Jackpot: 5,000 coins
• Free Spins Bonus: Yes
• Other Bonuses: No
• Progressive: No
• Volatility: Low to Medium

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Presentation

The presentation of the Tiger's Claw slot is absolutely fabulous and one of the best presented slot games I have seen for a while. The backdrop of a mountainous, snowy scene looks spectacular and this is accompanied by a very atmospheric soundtrack. The addition of a tent and campfire burning gently away on the right-hand side of the reels is also a nice touch and the swirling mist, smoke and northern lights in the sky give the whole slot an ethereal feel.

The reels are located in the middle of the screen and all the controls for the reels are at the foot of the reels. You can select your coin size and how many coins to wager per line (using the Bet Level option). Overall, the look of the slot, the animations on the reels and the ambiance of the game is absolutely first rate.

What's on the reels?

There are a mix of standard value symbols on the reels alongside higher value symbols in the Tiger's Claw slot. The standard symbols include the Purple gem, the blue gem, the inscription on the rock, the tomahawk and the golden idols. These trigger wins of between 5 coins and up to 150 coins if you land five of the golden idol symbols.

However there are three higher value symbols on the reels and these are the native mask, the eagle and the White Tiger. Wins on these symbols range from 20 coins up to 1,000 coins. It should be noted that almost all 3 and 4 symbol wins will only return to the player a win smaller than their bet (though it is possible to win across multiple lines, which does increase the overall value of the win).

Wild features

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols in the game apart from the Tiger's Claw and Shamen Scatter symbols. It only appears on the middle three reels but when landed several times across the reels it can result in some of the better value base game wins, paying out both ways across the reels.

Wild symbols can be stacked which does help when you are trying to land those bigger value wins on the middle reels.

Free Spins features

What is unusual about this slot is that the Shamen Scatter symbol doesn't have anything to do with the Free Spins bonus, instead if you land three, four or five of these you receive a cash prize of between 2x and 50x your total bet.

To enter Free Spins you need to land five of the Tiger's Claw symbols right across the five reels. When you do, for every combination of five symbols you land (you can land multiplier Tigers Claw symbols on a single reel) you will receive 8 Free Spins. Land all the possible Tiger's Claw symbol and you can trigger up to 96 Free Spins initially. Furthermore you can re-trigger the Free Spins from within the bonus game up to a maximum of 240 Free Spins.

Free Spins are played on the standard reels.

Other bonus features

The only other bonus feature on the Tiger's Claw slot is the fact that the game has a gamble feature activated when you land a base game win. This is a coin toss game, where if you guess the toss of the coin correctly, you will double your winnings. Guess incorrectly and you lose however. This feature is only available on standard winning spins (so not when you land wins in the Free Spins bonus round).

Best feature of the Tiger's Claw slot

Although the slot looks fantastic, there are not that many features on the Tiger's Claw slot when you analyze it a bit more deeply. As such, the best feature is really the Free Spins bonus game which can see you earn up to 96 Free Spins in a single win, and then there is the chance to re-trigger the bonus and earn up to a massive 240 Free Spins and it is when you can land these higher number of Free Spins that some of the really big wins in the Tiger's Claw slot (up to 800,000 coins in theory) can be won.

What does the Tiger's Claw slot lack?

There are a couple of things that I would have added to the Tiger's Claw slot to make it somewhat more playable. Firstly, due to the fact you spend so much of the time playing the base game, I think a randomly triggered base game bonus would have helped hold players interest and offered them a chance at some better value rewards on occasion. I would not alter the Free Spins bonus round as it can be very lucrative, but I would have perhaps made it just a little easier to trigger.

Conclusion

The Tiger's Claw slot is superbly done and Betsoft should be commended for putting together such a beautiful looking slot. It is also very playable, though not without some slight flaws which do detract slightly from the overall experience. Free Spins are too difficult to hit in my view and can take a large amount of time to trigger. There's also a lack of variety in the base game (a randomly triggered base game bonus would have helped here) but these small criticisms aside, this is a hugely playable slot which can offer the player some potentially huge returns.

Ratings

• Presentation: 18 / 20 - The presentation on the Tiger's Claw slot is absolutely immaculate. Betsoft have a solid reputation for producing high quality slot games and this is only enhanced further when they produce crystal-clear graphics, smooth animations and atmospheric sound as you have on the Tiger's Claw slot. It truly is a treat for the eyes and ears and is one of the best looking and sounding slots I have played so far this year, and that is up against some pretty stiff competition.
• Game-play: 16 / 20 - Once you get past the sumptuous look of the Tiger's Claw slot then you discover that it has a Win All Ways system in place. This means that not only can you win left to right across the reels, but also right to left and this does give the game play a real boost and gives you a decent number of wins in a typical session, although the majority of these wins tend to be smaller in size and value.
• Bonus Features: 12 / 20 - For me the one disappointing aspect of the Tiger's Claw slot is that there is really only one major bonus feature and that is the Free Spins bonus game (although this can lead to a huge amount of Free Spins and a potential jackpot prize of a theoretical 800,000 coins). However, the bonus is quite difficult to land and there aren't really enough additional bonus features beyond the standard Wild symbol, Scatter symbol and gamble feature to get you excited.
• Entertainment Factor: 15 / 20 - There is no doubt that the Tiger's Claw slot is great fun to play. The base game is rewarding enough with plenty of the lower to medium value wins you would expect from a low to medium variance slot. The Free Spins bonus is also potentially very lucrative, but you do need patience and a decent sized bankroll in order to trigger it at times as it can take a fair few spins to hit that five-symbol combination needed. Once you do get into the bonus, big pay outs are not guaranteed but you do tend to win a lot more than you do in the base game so you do feel suitably rewarded.
• Play Value: 14 / 20 - A a medium to lower variance slot the play value on the game is OK but it would have been higher had those Free Spins bonus rounds been a little easier to hit. The fact that you do have to keep spinning the base game reels time and time again does drain your finances a little, especially when you hit a run of lower paying wins, but overall, this is a slot which offers you enough chances to earn your cash back and ensure that your bankroll doesn't take too much of a hit.
• Overall 75 / 100 - The Tiger's Claw slot has plenty going for it and is one of the best looking games I have played in a good while. Add to that a genuinely exciting Free Spins bonus, which offers far more than the usual number of Free Spins available and a massive theoretical jackpot, and you have a game that tends to tick all of the boxes. It would have been improved by a random base game or being able to trigger the Free Spins bonus a little more easily but overall this is a very enjoyable slot to play.

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