The Giant

The Giant online slot by Fugaso has a style of animation that looks just like old fairy tale story books, and it fits the theme really well. It seems to be built on a somewhat generic concept with fairy and various medieval references. While giants are found in many types of mythology, it doesn't appear that any of those in particular are what were used in this game.

Aside from the theme and graphics, the gameplay is based on a high hit-rate with a low volatility that gives small and very reasonable swings.

Format and Layout

The layout of this game is as much of a part of the gameplay as the features are. This is because you have five reels, three rows and 10 paylines that pay both left-to-right and right-to-left. The idea here is pretty straightforward: You get more ways to win without really having to pay more per spin, but those wins will be a bit smaller on average to compensate thanks to the particularly balanced pay table.

Players should keep the number of paylines set to 10 to maximize the RTP percentage and their payout rate. From there, you can bet up to 10 coins per line with coins that range from $0.01 to $1 each. That gives an overall betting range of $0.10 to $100 for each spin, which is completely reasonable and offers something up to everyone involved.

Expanding Wild Giant Boot Symbol

The giant symbol is really just his boot in this game because that's all you'd see if he was standing beside of you. When you get one of these boots on the reels, you'll quickly discover that they're wild symbols. That means that you're going to get extra chances to win each time they appear.

They only show up on the middle three reels, but there's more to it than that. They expand to cover the entire vertical reel each and every time that they show up, and they also lead into a re-spin feature that we'll detail below. You can imagine that getting all three on the reels at once would turn 60 percent of the symbols on the game board into wild symbols, which would lead to some pretty serious wins overall.

Re-spin Bonus Feature

Every time you get an expanding wild on the reels, you'll be paid out normally for the spin. From there, any wilds on the reels will be held in place as sticky wilds, and every other reel will spin again to give you a free chance to pick up some more winnings. More wilds mean more re-spins, and you can get up to three re-spins in this way with the three corresponding wilds, all of which are held in place.

When more than one reel is held wild, your chances of winning drastically go up. Two consecutive reels mean guaranteed three of a kind wins from that side, and three consecutive wild reels mean that you get guaranteed four of a kind wins from both sides.

Payouts and Prizes

The treasure chest is the top-paying regular symbol, and it'll reward you with 250x for five or 200x for four of a kind, the two largest regular wins in the game. You can get 120x for five of the tree, and five of the fairy pays out 60x. Wins of 50x and 40x are yours for five of a kind combinations of the statue or club symbols, and you can make it 25x for five of the bracer or the helmet.

This game has a 10x spread, meaning the difference between the smallest and largest five-of-a-kind wins are at a factor of 10x. That spread is on the lower end of things, and that reflects the low volatility and high hit-rate that you get with this game. Keep in mind that five of a kind combinations are effectively doubled each time you get them because you get paid once in each direction as well.

Our Thoughts

No one is ever to think that The Giant slot by Fugaso is going to win any awards for its graphics, but the visual appeal is sufficient since the theme of the game comes together well enough. The gameplay is pretty straightforward and follows a pattern that we've seen with plenty of other titles as well.

As a result, nothing in this title really stands out all that much, but if you like low-volatility games with less flash and more substance, then you'll probably enjoy it.