Fire My Laser

Fire My Laser Review

Hacksaw Gaming's Fire My Laser blasts you straight into an intergalactic battle, pitting a cigar-chomping space marine against a horde of green-skinned aliens with at least 3 eyes and razor-sharp teeth. It all goes down on a semi-transparent 6x7 grid with honeycomb patterns, and our robot-armored hero stands ready with his rocket-powered backpack, defending his turf against the creepy invaders.

Fire My Laser boasts an innovative and unique ReactWins pay system, where you win by landing different bombs and laser symbols. These blow and blast away pay symbols like alien spaceships, asteroids, and the aliens themselves, and each explosion can activate even more weapons in the cascading sequence that follows. While the symbols pay a modest 0.1x to 5x your stake, it's the chain reactions and multipliers that can truly do damage in this game.

Fire My Laser Slot - Reels Screen

Adding to the mayhem, our space marine hero can randomly launch his rockets, creating massive blast zones that potentially clear the whole grid. You can jump into the action with bets ranging from €0.1 to €100 per spin, making it suitable for both casual players and high rollers. As mentioned, keep an eye out for the additive multiplier symbols, as they can significantly boost your payouts. However, you'll need to break down their shields with multiple hits to activate them.

Fire My Laser slot offers an above-average top-tier RTP of 96.31 %, but keep in mind that lower RTP settings are a possibility. The max win of 15,000x your stake is also above the industry average, but not uncommon for Hacksaw games. The medium to high volatility means you can expect some swings in your balance, but with a 39 % hit rate, you'll be landing wins fairly often. So, gear up, fire up your lasers, and see if you can conquer those nasty alien invaders!

Fire My Laser Features

Laser and explosions are your paths to riches in the Fire My Laser game, thanks to the innovative ReactWins mechanic. You can also look forward to random bombardments and 2 multiplier-fuelled bonus rounds. Let’s check it out!

Cascading ReactWins

Winning symbols are removed by either explosions or lasers via the ReactWins pay system, with new symbols dropping down to fill the gaps. This cascading mechanic goes on in all game stages, allowing for indefinite wins per round.

Bomb And Laser Symbols

You’ll benefit from 2 unique Bomb symbols and 2 different Laser symbols, which is how most wins are generated in the Fire My Laser slot game. All affected pay symbols add their value to the total win, and here’s how the weapons work:

• Small Bomb - explodes symbols in a 3x3-sized area.
• Big Bomb - explodes symbols in a 5x5-sized area.
• X-Laser - fires in all 4 diagonal directions to remove all symbols in the laser’s path.
• Super Laser - works the same as the X-Laser but the beam is 3 symbols wide. This laser also destroys all Shields in its path.

Random Orbital Bombardment

The robotic space marine on the right may activate his backpack rockets at the end of cascading sequences, and this randomly triggered Orbital Bombardment feature targets 3 to 7 different positions on the grid. Each rocket explodes symbols in a 2x2-sized area and the feature can trigger multiple times per cascading sequence. The bombardments trigger any bomb or laser symbols in the affected areas as well.

Deploy Shields, Multiplier, and FS Scatter Symbols

Symbols that land with a Shield require more than one hit before the shield is removed and the symbol is activated. The number of hits required is displayed as a number on the shield, and shields only appear on FS scatters and Multiplier symbols. As mentioned, the Super Laser blasts through all shields and immediately activates the symbol.

Multiplier symbols that require 2 hits come with values ranging from x2 to x10, while 3-hit multiplier symbols offer values between x15 and x500. The values of all activated multipliers are added together to boost the total win from the cascading sequence. Both Alien Mind and Power Core FS scatter symbols require 3 hits to be activated, triggering the corresponding bonus round.

Alien Attack Free Spins

Destroying the shield of the Alien Mind FS scatter triggers the Alien Attack Bonus Round, awarding 8 free spins. The feature plays out like the base game, with the important difference that all activated multipliers contribute to a global win multiplier. This multiplier keeps building with resetting for the duration of the bonus round.

However, the global win multiplier only boosts your winning rounds when at least one new multiplier symbol is activated and added to it. You win +2 extra spins per scatter shield you destroy during the Alien Attack bonus round.

Extermination Free Spins

The Power Core FS scatter triggers the Extermination Bonus Round when destroyed, awarding 12 free spins. It plays out in the same way as the Alien Attack bonus round. However, in this feature, the non-resetting global win multiplier always boosts your wins (as no additional multiplier symbol is required to activate it). You win +2 extra free spins each time you destroy the shield of a Power Shield FS scatter.

Fire My Laser Slot - Free Spins

Fire My Laser Bonus Buy (not UK)

Eligible players will find the bonus buy menu via the small yellow button in the bottom left corner. It comes with the following options in Fire My Laser Hacksaw:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins - pay 3x your stake to increase the bonus round hit rate by 5 times.
• Booming FeatureSpins - pay 50x your stake to get 1 Super Laser and 1 Multiplier symbol per spin. However, you cannot land FS scatters when this mode is active.
• Alien Attack Bonus - costs 80x your stake.
• Extermination Bonus - costs 200x your stake.

Theme & Graphics

The Fire My Laser slot has a distinct arcade game feel, with a battle-hardened space marine in a robot suit facing off against a swarm of bug-eyed aliens. The 6x7 grid is filled with alien spaceships, asteroids, and different types of bombs and lasers that set off chain reaction wins. You'll see the marine and a menacing alien creature on either side of the grid, ready for the showdown. The soundtrack blends energetic music with bizarre alien sounds, creating a tense atmosphere as you spin the reels.

Pros and Cons of Fire My Laser

Our Verdict

Just when we thought Hacksaw had settled into a comfortable groove with their winning recipe and numerous partner studios, they surprise everyone by blasting off in a completely new direction. The ReactWins system, with lasers and bombs triggering chain reaction wins, is not only incredibly engaging, but it also has that distinct "why didn't anyone think of this before?" quality. It's like the missing link between arcade-style games and online slots has finally been discovered, and Hacksaw has cleverly woven it into their signature explosive gameplay.

What's even more impressive is how effortlessly and matter-of-factly they pull it off. The space invasion theme is a perfect fit, but I can already see the potential for ReactWins in countless other settings. Hopefully, Hacksaw will continue to explore this innovative mechanic in plenty of future releases. They've trademarked it, so maybe we'll see other developers licensing it down the line. It might not have Megaways potential, but one can always hope.

As for the gameplay itself, Fire My Laser delivers a well-balanced experience, as is often the case with Hacksaw releases. The base game keeps things exciting with plenty of action, and the two bonus rounds offer the chance to rack up some serious wins thanks to the persistent win multiplier. I did find it a bit frustrating that the global win multiplier needs to be reactivated by adding new multipliers in the regular bonus round, but that problem goes away in the top-tier feature.

Overall, Fire My Laser is a truly unique and innovative slot game that not only deserves a place in any player's must-try list, but also in the return-to-on-a-highly-regular-basis list. Games like this don't come around every day after all, and it’s a good idea to vote with your money if you like what you see. Personally, I have a feeling this first ReactWins installment, and the ReactWins system as such, will be a massive hit.