As far as plays or stories go, Fawkes tells a good one, from start to middle to end. It begins with a brief recap of the historical event, including a dab of poetry, before the curtains are drawn back and the scene is laid. As mentioned, Fawkes doesn't have the most original art style Wicked Games might have used, but the particular quality, the imagery, and the animations, reinforce the stage show presentation in an enjoyable way, and everything here is pleasing to the eye. While fireworks appear in slots from time to time (Fireworks Megaways, for example), Guy Fawkes doesn't get an enormous amount of attention in slots, so credit to Wicked Games for running with a lesser-used cultural event in one of its titles. Better yet, the actual on reel action is not bad either. The Gunpowder Cache and its Gunpowder Barrels deliver a handful of useful Execution Modifiers in the base game to keep energy levels buoyant. Since there are thousands of ways to win, full reel wilds, splitting wilds, and multiplier modifiers are technically able to produce positive effects. Free spins are something to look forward to as well. First, because the regular round lets players pick their favourite of the two features, and second, because the situation potentially improves when the bonus is triggered by 5 or 6 barrels. High Treason is the round to be in since it practically throws everything the game's got at the grid, and can be bought, if waiting for six barrels to roll around sounds like too much work. Considering the amount of powder Fawkes has in its keg, a 20,000x win cap doesn't seem like the stuff of fantasy, either. Putting aside the fact that Fawkes feels like it could have been made by someone else, it's a decent slot, and one of the more memorable to bear the Wicked Games label, with an enjoyable night out at the theatre quality boosting some fairly underused (for a slot) subject matter.

For starters, the Fawkes slot follows the iconic story with humour and wit. The art style used compliments to backstory perfectly with plenty of bonus features thrown in for good reason. The focus is on the Gunpowder Cache reel sitting under the main reels: when Gunpowder Barrels land with Guy Fawkes Wilds on the main reels, 1 of 3 Execution Modifiers will be triggered. They include wild reels, splitting wilds for over 5 million ways to win and replicating Guy Fawkes Wilds with overlapping wilds which give you more ways to win. Then you have 4 different free spins modes which offer either Hanged, Drawn or Quartered modifiers. The best is the High Treason free spins which combines all 3 modifiers to devastating effect, if you’re lucky. With 20,000 x bet max wins, Fawkes has the potential for huge payouts. I can see how this can be achieved with over 5 million ways to win possible and various wild reels. Whilst it doesn’t offer the shock value of Transformers, it does have more on the bonus feature front and offer significantly higher max win potential.

Hanging and quartering is a fairly bleak way to provide wild symbols but I wouldn't expect anything less from Wicked Games! They’ve managed to use the theme and the modifiers together in a fun (depending on how you look at it) way and it makes a seamless move from a standard payline setup into what can be a ridiculous number of win ways as those symbols begin to split.