The Great Stick-Up Slot review
Stick-em-up! Get your trigger fingers on your pistols because it’s time for a little bit of a heist in The Great Stick Up slot game from Pragmatic Play. The slot takes us back to a slightly ambiguous period in American History and invites us to watch a group of detectives and criminals battle it out on the reels. While the theme may seem dramatic, Pragmatic Play has slowed things down somewhat here with a basic but enjoyable slot game. Let’s take a dive into it and find out more.
The Great Stick Up Theme and Design
One thing that is tricky to nail down with The Great Stick Up is who or what is being told to stick them up. The slot pulls its inspiration from America, but it is slightly difficult to identify the time period. A sensible bet would be 1920s America, with a slight gangland theme running through it, but there are also elements of Westerns, not least in the background, which looks like a dusty old town. Either way, the design is nothing to shout about. Pragmatic Play has kept things simple, with cartoon-like heroes and villains on the reels alongside a few items that look as though they have been stolen from Sherlock Holmes’s house.
How to Play The Great Stick Up
There is nothing too complicated about the base game either. The Great Stick Up uses a standard 5x3 grid, with 10 paylines active on each spin. There are no fancy bells or whistles involved. The stake is adjusted by using the buttons around the spin button, and there is the standard autoplay option available if you want to kick back and watch the drama unfold. In the version we played, the minimum and maximum bets were €0.20 and €100 respectively.
The RTP for the Great Stick Up is 96.30%, and players can land a maximum win of 5,000x their stake. Both of these are respectable numbers, and the slot is also highly volatile, which is something that we always recommend going for.
The Great Stick Up Bonus Features
As for bonus features, Pragmatic Play has gone for a standard Free Spins round with a little bit of spice to it. Firstly, to trigger the round, players will need to land three or more Scatter symbols. This will then reward seven free spins.
During the Free Spins round, a Mystery Box symbol will appear on the reels. Whenever this lands, it will stick in place. At the end of each spin, the Mystery symbol will reveal itself, and it will correspond with a symbol that is displayed on the side of the reels. It starts as the lowest-paying symbol in the slot.
There is a progressive element to this. Whenever players land two or more of the overlay Scatters in the Free Spins round, the value of the Mystery Symbol increases. Every time it increases, an extra free spin is given out. Once the symbol has become the highest-paying, then there can be no more retriggers.
The Great Stick Up Slot Verdict
The Great Stick Up may not be the most exciting slot in Pragmatic Play’s catalogue, but it is still a strong effort. The game has some solid, if unspectacular, winning potential, and the bonus round, while not particularly original, still proves to be engaging enough. While there are definitely better options out there, you could definitely do worse than The Great Stick Up.