ELK Studios’ Hit It Hard Slot Review

Hit It Hard Theme/Symbols

The Hit It Hard slot has a retro theme and has an 80s sounding soundtrack playing as you spin the reels. Looking like a classic 3 reel fruit machine, it’s colourful and dominated by blues and purples. You’ll see cherries, lemons, watermelons, green triple 7s, blue triple 7s and red triple 7s symbols on the reels. The latter is worth 10 times your stake for 3 in combination.

Wilds & Multiplier Wilds

The game comes with a wild symbol which appears on reels 2 and 3 – as you’d expect, it substitutes for all symbols bar the dice bonus symbol. On reel 3, you can also land multiplier wild symbols – 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x. If a multiplier wild lands and you don’t get a win, you’ll trigger the Wild Respins feature where it stays in position for a free respin.

Bonus Game feature

The other importantly symbol is the dice bonus symbol – when it appears on the middle position on reel 3, the Bonus Game feature is triggered. The dice symbol transforms into a 10x wild multiplier. You are then taken to a board game where you begin on the ‘Start’ arrow.

A dice is then rolled which will determine your next movement and amount of reel spins – between 1 and 5. These can come with multipliers ranging from 2x up to 20x. Add in the 10x wild multiplier and you could benefit from a 200 x multiplier overall! You can land on various positions which will give you access to plenty of extras –additional moves, reel features and 4 small mini games.

Rolls of the dice keep on coming as long as you keep winning. Here’s what to expect from the extras:

• Lucky Ballz feature – it’s a mini pachinko game with awards 4 shots with guaranteed multiplier prizes
• Super Ballz feature – a mini pachinko game gives you unlimited shots until you hit the same amount twice
• Break the Bank feature – collect 2 keys and land on the vault to Break the Bank with the maximum win of 2,500 x stake
• Stacked Wilds feature – you get a spin with stacked wilds on reel 2 and then on reel 3 and then a spin with stacked wilds on both reels 2 and 3
• Win Spins feature – you get 10 wild spins with multiplier wilds guaranteed on reel 3
• Quantum Leap feature – you take a quantum leap which is bigger than an ordinary dice roll
• Power Run feature – awards every feature you pass on your way up to 6 steps

Hit It Hard thoughts

The Hit It Hard slot is unlike any other from ELK Studios or any other provider for that matter. Highly unusual, it incorporates a board game with plenty of extras. The multiplier wilds in the base game can give you payouts up to 2,500 x stake on your respin which is good.

However, getting 3 free spins with a 20x multiplier has the biggest potential. Combine this will the 10x multiplier wild for multipliers up to 200x. The Break the Bank feature will also see you win 2,500 x stake if you collect 2 keys and land on the vault.

The max win in the game is 2,500 x stake per spin/free spin which is decent – the variance is high and the RTP is 96.3%. Hit It Hard isn’t conventional but it’s better for that fact and will appeal to players who like classic fruit machines and modern video slots. If you want unconventional slots, Cygnus (by ELK Studios) is also recommended.