The Odd Forest Pokie Review
You probably haven’t heard of Foxium before. To be perfectly honest, when we set out writing this review and playing The Odd Forest, we hadn’t heard of them either. Whenever a new software developer comes onto the scene, most people are sceptical.
As it turns out, The Odd Forest pokie showcases that Foxium has the right idea when it comes to themes and features, but they designed their pokie using sub-par graphics and that genuinely does work against them. If one is willing to overlook the so-so graphics of this new pokie machine, though, what can we discover about the game itself? In short, is The Odd Forest worth a look, or not?
How to play
Below the reels of this pokie is a chunky, bold, and very unimaginative wagering menu bar. Players can use this green and white bar to select total bets, but not to alter paylines. Those paylines are fixed at 50 lines in all.
You can select total bets which stem from a floor of just $0.50 per spin, up to a ceiling of $125 per spin. That is about average for a pokie with this many paylines. Players who are considering trying out this Foxium developed title may not be too impressed with the steep minimum bet.
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Features
Wild symbols: Wild symbols take on the shape of a mushy set of trees with the word “wild” spread across them in purple letters. Wild icons can appear on any reels in the base game, and at any point in the game, a Random Wilds feature may be randomly triggered. When it is, between 3 and 6 wilds will randomly appear on the reels to boost your wins. Wilds can substitute for all icons save for the free spins bonus icon.
Free spin symbol: The scatter icon (known as the free spins bonus symbol) is an enlarged icon and it can trigger a free spins bonus when it appears, players can see themselves land one of four potential bonuses in this pokie.
Free spins bonuses: There are four free spin bonuses to choose from with this feature. The first offers and plain 14 free spins, with no added features. The second offers 7 free spins with sticky wilds appearing randomly on the reels, and remaining in place for the duration of the feature. The third bonus offers 8 free spins with sliding wilds, that slide their way down reels just like expanding wilds. The final option provides 6 free spins with extra wilds. All wins are doubled in this final feature.
Fairy bonus: Players can trigger a Fairy Bonus with 3 fairy symbols. In this bonus, players need to choose one of three stones to bag wins. They can then pick one of 14 orbs to bag multipliers, or extra hearts. In the final stage, players need to pick one of 8 spiders to pocket another random reward, or hearts. If a spider is located, the bonus ends. If not, the game moves onto a final fight.
In the final fight between the fairy and a spider. Once the fairy is out of hearts, the bonus ends. However, if the fairy can defeat the spider, they will pocket big cash prizes worth up to 50x the total bet.
Maximum payouts
Wild symbols double up as the best paying symbols in The Odd Forest. You will need to land 5 of them on a line to bag the top prize, which is worth a non-progressive 1,250 coins in total. You could win more if you land multipliers during the features, but this is rare.
Summary
Trying a new pokie from a new developer is exciting, but risky. You could end up underwhelmed. So, how did Foxium’s The Odd Forest do? Personally, we can say that this is an excellent pokie to play, from a cash prize, theme, and gameplay point of view.
Its features are very good fun. The one thing that works against this pokie is the sub-par graphics, but that’s not the end of the world, now, is it?
