Mighty Masks: Slot Review and Free Play Demo

Mighty Masks Review

More than anything, we see Mighty Masks as an indicator that Hacksaw is moving in a more mainstream direction with their production. We hope they will still touch base with their “old self” on a regular basis though, as we’ve certainly enjoyed their more peculiar “light” and “dark” side releases. Mighty Masks comes with a colorful jungle animal theme that should appeal to most players, and the animal symbols come with neat animations.

There are two main features strutting their stuff in this game, and the Mystery Masks can spread to cover full reels when a certain condition is met. Wilds can land with a number up to 50 attached, and this gives you a corresponding number of nudges on the multiplier reel. Each nudge adds to the win multiplier, and both features hit more frequently in the bonus round. The 10,000x potential is solid as well, and Mighty Masks NudgeReels™ is well worth a closer look.

Mighty Masks Slot - Reels Screen

Mighty Masks Slot Features

The premium animal symbols pay between 10 and 20 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while all low-value symbols pay 1x your stake for the same. The Wild symbol is the most valuable in the game, dishing out 20x your stake for 5 on a payline. In addition, the wild, which can land on all reels, step in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve line wins.

The Mighty Mystery Mask symbols appear on a regular basis, and they reveal either the same randomly chosen pay symbols or the wild symbol. If you land Mystery Masks on at least 3 reels, they will clone themselves downwards to cover the full reels. The mystery reveal feature plays out after regular line wins have been paid.

The Nudge Wild comes with a number between 1 and 50 attached, indicating the number of nudges it produces on the Multiplier NudgeReel seen on the right. Each nudge adds between +2 and +100 to the total win multiplier that will boost your current win. The nudge wild also substitutes for pay symbols, just like the regular wild.

The Serengeti Sunset Bonus Round triggers from 3+ scatters in view, and you can expect more Nudge Wilds and Mystery Mask symbols than in the base game. You get 10, 12, or 14 free spins from 3, 4, or 5 triggering scatters, respectively, and landing 2 or 3 scatters on the same free spin awards +2 or +4 extra spins, respectively.

The Bonus Buy Menu is available in some jurisdictions, but not in the UK for sure. It comes with 3 options if you are eligible, and these are as follows:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins (very high volatility and top-tier RPT of 96.38 %) - pay 3x your regular stake to boost your bonus round chances by 5x.
• Masked FeatureSpins (extreme volatility and top-tier RTP of 96-28 %) - pay 40x your regular stake to get at least 3 Mystery Masks per spin.
• Serengeti Sunset (very high volatility and top-tier RTP of 96.28 %) - pay 120x your stake to get the bonus round.

The 200 Spins Mighty Masks Slot Experience

You get to see the nudge wild in action as the highlights video starts, and then we purchase the Masked FeatureSpin right after. After that, we purchase the Serengeti Sunset Bonus Round, and it triggers close to the 1-minute mark. The feature plays out for the remainder of the 3:08-minute highlights video, and you can check it all out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

You cannot accuse Hacksaw of resting on their laurels, as this developer keeps reinventing themselves over and over again. They’ve gone from mostly “lightside” themed releases to become split between their dark and light side, and now they are releasing more “mainstream” golden middle way looking slots as well, apparently. Mighty Masks NudgeReels™ doesn’t quite look like a game from the Hacksaw we used to think we knew, but the cartoonish and animated visual presentation is excellent nonetheless.

The spreading of the mystery masks is a decent touch, but the Nudge Wild steals the show in this game. It can build up potentially massive multipliers with enough nudges, and this can lead to solid payouts also in the base game. Things heat up when you get more mystery symbols and nudge wilds in the bonus round, and it’s not too hard to imagine the 10,000x potential being cracked from a combo of these two features. It’s better to mix things up than to become stagnated, and having a selection of more mainstream-looking games can hopefully help catapult Hacksaw to the next level.