The Count – Overview
Hacksaw Gaming released a new online slot game in time for Halloween with the simple name, The Count.
Of course The Count is a popular character in Sesame street, but this game seems to use that 50’s style of cartoons, like Betty Boop. The game uses a lot of dark and grey with some symbols popping with color. I really like the aesthetics of this game.
The game uses 5 reels that are each 5 symbols high and comes with 19 paylines.
Besides low paying card symbols and medium to high paying Dracula related symbols like coffins and headstones, you will also find wild symbols on all reels. There are several different types of wilds, explained below. Lastly we have Free Spins or Scatter symbols on all reels.
The Count comes with a nice maximum payout of 12.500 times your bet and is a high volatile slot game.
Features
Expanded Blood Wild
When a chalice of blood appears, it will expand to the top of the reels and turns into a Bloody Wild. It is also possible it comes with a random multiplier of between x2 and x500.
If more than one is part of a win, multipliers are added together.
Wild Bats
There are two types of wild bats. The normal kind, that comes with a multiplier of between x2 and x500. But also an Epic Wild Bat, this one also comes with a random multiplier of between x2 and x500, but after landing, will also add it’s own multiplier value to all other normal bats and bloody wilds on the reels.
Free Spins Features
The Count offers players 3 different types of free spins features, depending if you land 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols.
- 3 scatters – Bat to the Bone – 10 free spins with an increased chance of landing Wild Bat symbols. 2 or 3 scatter symbols will add 2 and 4 extra free spins respectively.
- 4 scatters – Rest in Pieces – 10 free spins with the same features as Bat to the Bone. But now the 5 low paying card symbols appear above the reels with a meter each. Each time you get a winning combination with one of these symbols, the corresponding meter fills up. When a meter is full, all this symbols will be Wild Bats for the remainder of the free spins. 2 or 3 scatter symbols will add 2 and 4 extra free spins respectively.
- 5 scatters – Count on Blood – 10 free spins with the same features as Rest in Pieces but with an increased chance to land Epic Bats and at least 5 wild bats appear during each spin. 2 or 3 scatter symbols will add 2 and 4 extra free spins respectively.
Bonus Buys
The Count comes with several bonus buy options. For 3x the bet you can activate a 5 times higher chance of triggering the bonus. 50x the bet will guarantee you to land at least 3 wild bats and a higher chance to land other special symbols. For 100 times bet you can buy 3 scatter symbols and for 300 times bet you are able to buy 4 scatter symbols. The 5 scatter bonus isn’t available to buy.
Verdict
Like I mentioned in the beginning, I really like how this game looks. It’s very monotone, but I like that a lot and it fits perfectly with the theme. And the symbols that matter are colorful, which also makes it easy to see.
The bonuses during the base game and also the free spins features are a lot of fun and can pay some nice wins.
Overall another great addition for Hacksaw Gaming and a nice looking game for the Halloween season.
Let me know if you like The Count and how you feel about this game and its features the comments section below. You can also play a demo version or visit one of the top Hacksaw Gaming casinos listed to play the game for real.
