Dorks of the Deep Slot

For today’s class, we are discussing social ambulation in the aquatic dimension. We will hastily proceed to the discussion of nerds, geeks, and dweebs as they appear in different areas of society.

Subject 1: Dorks of the Deep by Hacksaw Gaming – Here, we have a slot game highlighting the prejudice towards nerds. This study will look at gaming design, performance, features, and settings. 

The class has been provided with a hands-on test. The free demo game of Dorks of the Deep is available, so you can study it yourself. You must provide analytical assessments within the comments section at the end of this review after playing the free game for extra academic merit. 

It's not the best intro I’ve done, but it's not the worst. This leads me neatly into the next sentence, where I say, “that this can be said for Hacksaw Gaming’s Dorks of the Deep slot.” 

The design for this game sets the slot within the realms of the deep, where we encounter the Greek God Poseidon and a goofy-looking octopus. Everything about the animation is hyper-nerdified, which is a real word because my auto-spell didn’t flag it up [huh].

The… nerdification … not a real word, comes with enlarged, out-of-proportion eyes, goofy teeth, and a sense that all characters in the game share the same brain cell. When looking at the slot, the game holds four rows, five reels, and holds fourteen paylines. As always, Hacksaw Gaming offers more visual pleasures than gaming ones. 

To play Dorks of the Deep inside the casino, once uploaded, select the price you wish to pay per spin. The cost of a bet runs from $0.10 to the max bet price of $100 per spin. Use the + and – buttons to navigate and adjust the cost of betting. When you have this selected, you can begin playing the game by pressing the spin button.

If, after the spin, you align three or more matching symbols on one of the fourteen paylines, the game will pay the relevant prize to the symbols. The more of the same symbol you have, the greater the win. There are two tiers to the symbols. The higher paying ones are the sea creatures, the pufferfish, the shark, the turtle, then the mermaid, and God Neptune. Five wild symbols also pay a high return, but the lower-valued symbols of this game are 10, J, Q, K, and A.

If you fail to land three or more matching symbols on a payline, then your bet has failed, and you can then decide to spin again. You can also perform this action if you do make a winning outcome. This covers how the slot is played at a basic level. Let us now turn to the additional features of the game. 

Here are all the slot bonuses available, including the Bonus Buy option for Dorks of the Deep.

The Dorks of the Deep slot from Hacksaw Gaming is very much reliant on the bonuses for its entertainment, leaving the Expanding Wilds the only source of opportunity for fun within the base game. To me, this is a red flag, and thus, approach the slot with a cautious wager of $1 per spin. Here is the result of playing fifty spins inside my favorite slot site.

The autoplay feature is nice, and the slot allows me to type as I play. The first win, a whopping $0.20, comes on spin five. Then, five spins later, I land my first Expanding Wild, which doesn’t lead to any wins. The hit rate is shocking, as after twenty spins, I have only one twice. The next Expanding Wild comes on spin thirty, again with no win from it. This laborious gameplay continues as I stare blankly at the lack of action on the screen before me. A few minor wins are pretty pointless: $0.30 here, $0.40 there. Before I know it, the fifty spins are all over, and as far as I’m concerned, Neptune can shove his trident right up his Uranus. 

The Dorks of the Deep slot by Hacksaw Gaming comes with a medium volatility setting, which is a surprise based on my experience. The RTP is 96.20% and the winnable jackpot is 10,000 times your betting price. If betting at $100, this makes the max payout $1,000,000. 

Dorks of the Deep looks the part, and I am sure it will win over a lot of players, but just in that department. When it comes to gameplay, it’s about as effective as a fish trying to cycle. Seriously, the game lacks so much, and it’s a shocking trait of the developer. I’d rather play a game and see how far I could throw a sea bass than spend my time on this slot. 

If you want better games in the category of underwater gaming, then I recommend these far superior slots. 

Kraken’s Cove by Relax Gaming

Pearl o’ Plinko Mermaid Cove by Quickspin

Rise of Triton by Betsoft