Background
One of the coolest things about this slot is that you get to pick a team to play as before the game starts as if you’re playing FIFA or a management game, which doesn’t make a huge difference to the gameplay but offers a nice little touch. Choose between Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea, Madrid, Islington (Arsenal), City, United, or Barcelona, and the kits of the high-value players will change based on your choice. The low-value symbols remain the same, the generic 9 – A, but the background of a huge football stadium and the TV sports-style menus are all atmospheric enough to compensate, along with the sound of fans in the background.
Inspired Gaming counts the Football Favourites slot game as being Medium to High volatility, which means you may have to wait a while to land wins, but they’ll be much bigger than in a lower volatility slot. That’s immediately obvious in this slot, because the payouts in the main game aren’t massive, maxing out at just 25x your stake for the highest paying football shirt icon. It’s also clear in the RTP, which at 95% is a bit below average, though that will improve significantly if you can do well in the bonus rounds. There’s also a high betting limit of £/€/$100 per spin, so it’s not hard to make the most of any wins you do achieve.
Bonuses
While the main game might be a bit disappointing in Football Favourites, there’s nothing to moan about in the bonus rounds, where big multipliers can rack up the cash very quickly! There are a couple of special symbols that appear in the main game, the trophy wild and the bonus football. The wild acts like wilds do in other games, substituting for other symbols to make winning combos, while the bonus footballs all come with a multiplier that is added to your win. Land six of the footballs and you enter the Match Day bonus round, which starts off by adding all your football multipliers together for a nice big win to get you going. Then you’ll watch a little simulated match, during which every goal you score will add 1x to the multiplier won in that game, and if you end up winning the match you’ll even get an awesome 3x multiplier on top!
