Hoist that rag, mateys, we’re going plundering! Captain Redbeard beckons to join his veteran crew and capture epic treasures in this adventurous new slot title by Atomic Slot Lab, one of the outstanding Bragg Studios. Let’s see how it feels to embark on a buccaneering journey across the Caribbean.
4 the Loot welcomes the player with a sunny & upbeat musical tune that establishes the setting and the atmosphere and fits very well the theme of the game. The main protagonist is a red-bearded pirate captain with a chipped cutlass who welcomes you to the deck of his ship, which is where all slot action takes place. The artwork feels like taken from a major animated feature movie and reflects the optimistic outlook of a promising life of a plundering pirate. So far, so good.
When it blows, it blasts
The very first game feature you will probably experience are the extremely satisfying replicating reels that could, with enough luck, cover the entire 5x3 grid. To start the replication, land reel one fully stacked with any of the high-paying symbols and watch them copy onto one or more reels. The replicating reels event, combined with the fact that wilds may land stacked on reels two, three and four, creates amazing opportunities for full-screen wins.
Respins-fueled treasure hunt
The biggest loot, however, can be found in the hope-inspiring bonus game, which also relies on creating multiple options for the player to score hefty wins. The game features normal and double golden doubloons that count toward the six-doubloon triggering condition for the bonus respin game. In other words, land six or more in gold doubloons to start the respin feature. These doubloons then get randomly divided among four independent 5x3 grids, each corresponding to one of the bonus prizes/jackpots, and you get eight respins.
In this phase, drops range from random instant values on doubloons and treasure chest symbols with 2x up to 25x multipliers to galleon symbols that award additional respins. All of them are sticky and remain on the grid, accumulating respin by respin and hopefully completely filling the grid. When that happens, you get the bonus prize assigned to the grid you managed to fill up. This way, the thrill of spinning and respinning quadruples as you watch not one but four grids delivering all that sweet sweet loot. Don’t forget, the grand jackpot is worth a 12,500x bet! Needless to say, this is the main attraction and the highlight of the game.
Give your ship a boost
However, if you find your ship stuck in the calm wind and those golden doubloons keep eluding you, you do have a way out of the standstill. It doesn’t come free, of course: for 100x your bet, your next spin will result in at least six doubloons and thus start the main bonus game. As with anything pirate-related, riches and glory come with a price, but the return on your investment can be much more than you can imagine.
Our final verdict
We really like it when developers include the buy bonus option to help you out of the empty spins curse, and Atomic Slot Lab regularly includes this boosting mechanism that breaks the casual dry spell with their games. You may find the artwork style of 4 the loot perhaps too cartoony, and that’s fine, but also irrelevant: this is a game about pirating and pirate games should look and feel fun without taking themselves seriously. What we also appreciated a lot are those tiny details that add to the general impression of the game, such as the period-appropriate fonts for numeric values on doubloon symbols.
But what really makes this game shine like the Caribbean sun is the appeal of its two main features: the replicating reels and especially the bonus multi-grid game. In fact, they provide so much thrill that they could be in two separate games - and they would still be fun and mesmerizing. Thanks to Atomic Slot Lab, you can experience the excitement of adventuring as a burly pirate captain without all those landlubbers’ moral reservations. Slot game buccaneering is simply fun and this title serves to prove it. Seize the glory and loot to boot: haul the anchor and let’s go pirating!
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