Anchors Away

We come to you from the calm seas, ready to deliver some news to send the waves crashing to spectacular effect. Anchors Away is another in a long line of top online slot games by Slot Factory, one of the best casino software studios currently in operation. Hop aboard a vessel of riches that can see you claim up to 30 free spins, while there’s also a selection of wild symbols to see winning combinations forming more often than what you might be used to. If you’re fully aware of how paylines work, then how does the 243 paylines paying anyway sound? Let's raise the anchor and see what lies hidden in the bows of this slot's title.

Slot Factory is a studio that’s been releasing online casino games for some time now, and is starting to build a reputation for creating some of the best online slots this side of the decade. Mega Trail and Prize Pot Picks are some of the more recent ones we've reviewed. However, the theme of Anchors Away is probably more entertaining than what we've recently seen. You'll be joining a crew of scallywags led by a captain surely dizzy on too much rum, although he seems intent on sharing his loot with all players visiting our casino site. As we mentioned before, there is an ‘Anyway pays’ mechanic here, so you don’t actually need to line symbols up on a payline, but instead, just land them on adjacent reels. This makes wins easier to come by and, in all honesty, also makes slots online really thrilling.

Even with the symbols simply paying on adjacent reels, winning combinations still form by landing 3, 4 and 5 of a kind on the reels on the same spin. The more valuable the symbol, the more valuable the win. However, this mechanic does come with a price, as the numbers in Anchors Away don't really capture the imagination. The minimum you'll be able to stake is 0.01, which might suit the players looking to take it really easy, while the maximum bet is only 2.00 per spin. And, if the game is to be believed, the most you’ll be away to walk away with if you strike it lucky is 228x your stake. This isn’t anything to write home about, but one of the silver linings is that Anchors Away carries a medium level of volatility to make wins easier to form.

The symbols are pretty interesting in that there are two wilds. This means that two different icons will be able to act as all regular symbols in order to help complete winning combinations, with the wilds being represented by the two captain icons. The only symbol the wilds won't substitute is the Free Spins symbol.

When it comes to the regular symbols in Anchors Away, you likely won’t be surprised, and this is because the symbols are split into higher paying and lower paying categories. The higher paying are four valuable gems, with the light blue one being the most valuable, while the lower paying icons are made up of playing cards 9, 10, J, Q, K and A. Let's not forget the game's logo, which serves as the highest paying icon in Anchors Away.

Players of online slots likely know what's coming in this section, and this is because we've let slip that there's a free spins icon. Landing 3 or more of these symbols anywhere on the reels on the same spin means that you'll be rewarded with a certain number of spins that don't take from your account but rather see the reels spin free of charge with all wins being paid out to you.

The free spins are also where the second wild icon comes into play. Should a wild land on the reels on any free spin and not form part of a winning combination, then it will stay on the reels as the second wild on the reels in the same position until it does form a win or until the free spins end.

When playing Anchors Away, we can't help but feel that this is one of those online slot machines that would be perfect for newer iGamers. The wagering requirements aren't that intense, and there's also a basic setup so that things don't get too complicated. To add to it all, you might potentially come away with some jolly good cash prizes. If like most swashbucklers out there, you need more thrills in your life, then we've got plenty of higher paying slots right here.