Cats Take on Dogs in the Latest Playson Slot Release, Claws vs Paws!
Casino Heroes has recently added the latest Playson release, Claws vs Paws to their casino which is a classic Cat and Dog battle in a cartoon themed bank heist setting moulded into a 5×3 reel 20 payline slot.
The Claws and Paws slot boasts a multitude of interesting bonus features in both the base game and bonus rounds that includes features such as Big Win Hacking, Scatter Nudges and Symbol Re-Spins along with three unique free spins rounds that feature Falling Wilds, Multipliers, and Sticky Wilds.
If all of that wasn’t enough, they have also added an “upgradeable” Prize Wheel feature where you collect tokens from the base game that reward you with a spin of a bonus wheel where you can win cash rewards or instantly trigger the bonus rounds.
All of the base game features are randomly activated with accompanying animations of the Cat and Dog characters emerging from the buildings that can lead to re-spins of the reels with only high paying symbols active, a winning streak of wins, or a Big Win Hack where the Cat will create 1 big win from the higher paying symbols.
With so many different mini-features and nice touches, it’s well worth checking out the gameplay video below to see all of these in action.
Claws vs Paws – Gameplay and Bonus Features
| Claws vs Paws Slot – Technical Summary | |
|---|---|
| Paylines | 20 |
| Variance/Volatility | Medium |
| Free Spins | Yes |
| Multipliers | Yes |
| Re-Trigger Bonus Round | No |
| Special Features | Free Spins Scatter Nudges Symbol Re-Spins Falling Wilds Sticky Wilds Prize Wheel |
| RTP (Return To Player) | 96.85% |
Bonus Features
Base Game
- Big Win Hacking – Hacker Cats creates a “Big Win” substituting symbols on the reels
- Scatter Nudge – Hacker Cat can nudge the 3rd Scatter into view if it appears on the edges on the reels triggering the free spins.
- Winning Streak Re-Spins – 2-4 Re-Spins of the reels are awarded with guaranteed wins on each spin.
- Top Symbol Re-Spins – 3 Re-Spins of the reels where all but the high paying symbols are removed from the reels.
- Prize Wheel – Collect tokens from the base game to spin or upgrade the prize wheel – rewards are cash prizes of the bonus rounds.
Free Spins
The Free Spins rounds are triggered by landing 3 of the scatter symbols on the reels or by a Scatter Nudge feature or even from the Prize Wheel, there are 3 different free spins modes on offer depending on the final scatter symbol that lands on reel 5.
- Sliding Wild Free Spins – Sliding Wilds are randomly added to the reels, these wilds then slide down 1 position after each spin, when 3 have reached the bottom the bonus round ends.
- Multiplier Free Spins – Unlimited Free Spins until the Alarm symbol has landed 3 times on the reels, landing a Decryptor symbol increases the Multiplier value by 1 up to a maximum of 5x. The Alarm symbol resets the multiplier.
- Sticky Wild Free Spins – 10 free spins where the Hacker Cat adds sticky wilds to reels, whilst the Guard Dog removes some previously added sticky wilds from the reels.
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Overall Opinions
We found Claws vs Paws slot to be a thoroughly enjoyable medium variance slot to play, probably our favourite Playson slot release to date.
The game is packed with lots of novel and interesting bonus features and base game random features which means that there is constantly lots going on, whilst we did find the main bonus rounds sometimes hard to trigger with the Scatter Nudge feature this kind of balances out in the long term.
The Sticky Wild free spins mode seems to have the best win potential, although in our playtests we managed bonus round results in the range of 10x up to 120x from the Multiplier Free Spins.
The main complaint about this slot is the “Prize Wheel Feature” collect a token feature which seems like an afterthought to pack literally everything they could into a slot, based on our playtests it seems much more worthwhile to upgrade the prize wheel to the max level before spinning it in the hopes of triggering the free spins.
Overall, Claws vs Paws is well worth checking out if you enjoy medium variance slots with lots of features.
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