Last Call

Last Call: Slot Overview

One thing you don't see a lot of in online slots is reel action taking place on a 4x4 matrix. Big Time Gaming is the first to come to mind as a studio which has experimented with this particular set-up in games like Donuts, Burgers, and Chocolates. On the flipside, one thing you do see a lot of is imitation, borrowing, copying, or however you'd like to label the activity of using ideas that may not have been thought up in-house, let's say. Both of these things would appear to come together in the Wicked Games title, Last Call, a rowdy barroom slot that may have players punching the air with glee, virtually punching other people at the bar, just punching something.

Last Call is held in the sort of dive bar you can almost smell just by looking at it, a sort of desperate mixture of booze and cigarette smoke, before the bar serves last drinks and everyone rushes to pair up with whoever might take them home. Maybe even the burly woman on the left with a dagger in the table, and the pistol-waving rabbit over to the left. Whether this is the sort of establishment an upstanding member of society would patronise, the soundtrack fair rocks, and Last Call's seedy attitude puts it on the same side of Wicked Games' portfolio as a release like Big Black Cock, though its humour is not quite as confrontational.

Not super common, but they do happen, Last Call is played on a neatly symmetrical 4x4 gaming grid, evaluating winning combinations across 20 paylines. Regular play generates an RTP of 96.57%, though this may change when buying features or using ante bets. Rated 3.5 out of 5 for volatility, players may choose a stake from $/€0.20 to $/€400 before getting rowdy.

Bottle caps with diamonds, clubs, hearts, and spades printed on them are the low pays, then eight balls, mobile phones, ashtrays, and high heel shoes are the highs. Landing 4 OAK combinations of suits is worth 1x the stake, or 2x to 2.5x is paid when hitting 4 matching premium symbols. Wilds only appear in the base game and are stacked four positions high, though they can land partially visible. During the Wild Nudges feature, wilds can nudge up or down to become fully visible.

Last Call: Slot Features

Last Call's menu of features is made up of Wild Nudges, scatter respins, Bar Fight Bonus rounds, Wicked Boosters and bonus buys.

Wild Nudges

The Wild Nudges feature triggers when three wild symbols land and no win is formed. This causes the reels to nudge and create a guaranteed win. This feature can randomly activate when four wilds land, triggering a nudge that aligns symbols to award a 4 OAK wild payout across all 20 paylines.

Scatter Respin

At random in the base game, a special respin may trigger where a new set of reels with just 2x2 scatters and blanks may land. The Bar Fight Bonus round is triggered from within this scatter respin. Landing two aligned silver scatters awards the Silver Bar Fight Bonus, while two aligned gold scatters trigger the Gold Bar Fight Bonus.

Bar Fight Bonus

There are two types of Bar Fight Bonus, Silver and Gold. Gold provides better chances of landing higher prize values. The bonus starts with the selection of a team. Each team has 100 health points, and the bonus continues until one team's HP reaches zero. Essentially, fighters from the two teams fight each other on each spin, adding prizes to pots and draining HP. Prizes can be an additive cash prize of 2x to 1,000x, or a pot multiplier of x2 to x10. The defeated fighter's prize is added to the winning team's pot.

At the end of the round, the value in the chosen team's pot is awarded. If the player's team is the victor, the Victory Pot is also awarded. The Victory Pot collects all prize values won by the opposing team during the bonus. During the round, should a Top Up symbol hit, it adds 5-100 (up to 100) HP to the team on its side of the grid, while a landed Snatch symbol moves the value from the opposing team's pot to the corresponding team's pot.

Wicked Boosters & Bonuses

Keep 'em Coming costs 2x the stake to triple the chance of triggering the bonus round. Stacked Up costs 5x to guarantee at least one wild symbol hits while also doubling the chance of triggering a bonus. Players may also buy the Bar Fight Bonus for 95x or the Gold Bar Fight Bonus for 400x the stake.

Last Call: Slot Verdict

It takes a certain amount of confidence to build a game with a 4x4 grid, and Last Call leans into a set of mechanics that may feel familiar to seasoned players. Fair enough, this is a slot we are talking about, and these kinds of overlaps are common across the genre, but some of the design choices here can give a sense of déjà vu. The nudging wilds, for example, bring to mind Nolimit City's xNudge Wilds, although spreading wilds are by no means a unique concept. Perhaps with additional twists, such as rising multipliers, the comparison would feel less immediate. The Bar Fight Bonus, however, is where the similarities become more noticeable from an innovation standpoint.

This is because the battling bonus carries echoes of mechanics seen in Octoplay slots like Eternal Clash or Dystopia Rebel Road. The structure, with teams trading blows and health points ticking down while potential rewards build, follows a familiar blueprint. That said, Wicked Games executes the feature competently; the pacing works, the tension is there, and the 10,000 max win provides a solid ceiling. The theme adds some personality, even if the overall experience may remind players of concepts they've encountered before.

Then again, this is an industry where ideas tend to circulate and evolve, often becoming part of a shared design language over time. There's an ongoing balance between innovation and iteration, and Last Call arguably sits closer to the latter. While it leans on a blend of familiar mechanics rather than pushing boundaries, the presentation is exceptional, with a confident theme and polished delivery that carry the experience.