When I heard that Barcrest was coming up with a mobile slot titled Action Bank and that it was about breaking into a vault to get some cold hard cash, I couldn’t wait to play it. First impression wise, interface of the game looks like it was designed with simplicity in mind. That’s great and all but the graphics looks a bit dated.
If I had to take a random guess, I would have said that the game was developed in the early 2000’s when mobile gaming technology wasn’t as advanced as it is today. Now, back to what made me excited about this game in the first place – the story behind it. Generally, this game revolves around cracking the code of a vault with X’s and O’s and if you do succeed, you get massive wins.
Game Basics
Before we get on our own ‘Italian Job,’ let’s get by the basics real quick. For starters, Action Bank slot comes in a standard 5×3 reel layout that is paired with 20 paylines. You can start enjoying this game from a mere 20p and the maximum wager per spin that this slot accepts is capped at £200.
Though the wide range of wager fits pretty much players of different budgets, I recommend that you wager carefully with this game due to this slot’s medium to high variance nature. Payout frequencies are low in this game, but is obviously compensated by massive amounts whenever you do win. One thing you do want to know is that Action Bank mobile slot may pay up to 500x your spin wager in a single spin.
Return to Player (RTP) rates are also not that encouraging with the claimed 95.1% for this game. Another thing that you might want to note is that this game does not come with the Autospin feature. If you want to do something else while playing this game (maybe watch TV) then I suggest you look elsewhere. Another bummer is that the ‘O’ symbols do not pay anything as well.
I suppose just like in real life, if you were planning to bust open a bank vault to get some money, chances are you were going to go home empty handed. If you don’t get caught, that is!
Bonus Features
There are two bonus features in this game and, assuming that they are well designed and pay out decently well, people may be interested in playing this slot after all. Firstly, there are the Wilds. As per usual, they replace all other symbols (except the bank vault symbol) to complete winning paylines. Oh, the Wild symbols surprisingly comes in the form of an aged Joker (not sure why, but sure…).
Next up, are the Bonus extra spins or known as Big Bank Bonus in this game. To trigger this feature you will need five of the ‘O’ symbols anywhere on your reels. Get that, and you may be rewarded any one of the following two features.
Extra Spins Bonus: Here you will be randomly rewarded anything between 5-30 extra spins. The part that takes this feature to a whole new level of excitement is that you can gamble to get more extra spins on top of what has already been given to you. For instance, if you have already got 10 extra spins in your pocket, and you gamble and win, you will have 15 instead.
But here’s the catch, if you lose the gamble, you will only have five instead of the original 10. On top of all that good stuff, during your extra spins gameplay, your first reel comes with a 2x win multiplier.
Big Bank Bonus: You will be given the chance to choose from the vault to reveal three different types of gems namely the diamonds, sapphires and rubies. Each gem has its own winning characteristic as it sports different win multipliers. To win the ultimate prize, you will have to find three of the same gems in the vault.
How Does The Game Perform?
As mentioned earlier, the graphics of this game seems a little too dated for today. The soundtrack is repetitive and I don’t think that anyone would want to listen to it for more than two minutes. Otherwise, gameplay is as smooth as you ask it to be and it is compatible on all types of devices on various platforms.
The Feature That You Should Look Out For
The one thing that I found impressive in this game is the gamble feature on the extra spins. Usually, you would see this feature on wins but I liked how Barcrest stepped it up and added it to the extra spins instead.
Obviously whether or not you want to gamble your extra spins, this definitely is suitable to the theme of the game in hand. I mean, you are breaking into a bank’s safe vault for goodness sake! Stakes are high, and the only way to win big, is to go big.
And Finally…
I have very mixed feelings on the Action Bank mobile slot. On one hand, it has this amazing gamble feature on the extra spins that you win, and on the other, you have really dated graphics and uninspiring gameplay.
The only reason you would want to play this game is if you have a high risk appetite and you are willing to take on some losses before you hit some the bonus features, then you may be just one of the few heroes,who have gotten away with getting into a bank vault.
