Dork Unit

Dork Unit Review

A warm welcome to the funny and somewhat goofy world of Dork Unit, a silly yet jolly feel-good online pokie to play from provider Hacksaw Gaming. The payline set-up might not be what you’d expect from a pokie that works with a 5×4 grid, with merely 16 ways to win. Then again, this is everything but an ordinary place you’re becoming part of in this in-depth Dork Unit review. This review is available for players around the world, but is primarily New Zealand oriented. Hacksaw Gaming’s standard maximum win of 10,000x bet is included in this game, along with a convenient RTP of 96.24%, so get ready for a solid start. Looking at the features, the game is packed with lots of action that’s set to keep you busy as soon as you open the game on your device. There are two different bonus rounds that can be activated, with each of them having the potential to trigger some imposing multipliers, but only if they’re in the mood so you better treat these dork as your mates. If you don’t have the patience for that, then there’s a bonus buy feature to make use of.

Review

Dork Unit

A setting like in Dork Unit hasn’t been used a lot in online pokies and we don’t expect to see a game with a dorks trio starring anytime soon. Dork Unit was brave enough to embrace the dorks and we can’t blame them as there is lots of reason to give Tiny Timmy, Hefty Hector and Long Lenny some space to shine as well. Not only do they have great names, if you’re lucky then they can also bring you some nice wins. If you’re familiar with Hacksaw Gaming, you probably know by now what you can expect from them in terms of bonuses.

How to Play

This new online pokie works with 5 reels and 16 betways going across a 5×4 playfield. You collect wins by landing 3 or more matching symbols in a payline, starting in the first reel. The game’s background looks like a studio for a kids TV show, but don’t click away yet, as the max potential win of 10.000x will make you stick around. The game features a standard family setting made up of a wooden house, a tree, giant troll, and some curtains in the background. Although not their best setting, it shows Hacksaw’s versatility between themes. If you’re okay with that, then this is how you play Dork Unit:

1. Log in to your account at your favourite online casino and find the Dork Unit.
2. Click on the name of the pokie, and wait till it finishes loading.
3. Check out the game rules first, using the burger icon and the ⓘ button.
4. Adjust your stake to your preference with the ↕ symbols.
5. Go for the spin button and play.

This game by Hacksaw has a rather wide range of betting limits. New Zealanders can place bets as low as $0.10, while the maximum bet is capped at $100. Bear in mind that bets are reflected in the payouts, meaning that if you’re wanting to make major wins, you should also think of opting for higher bets.

Symbol Wins

The background of Dork Unit is set up with a happy family home with the three different dorks to be found on the reels. As for the game’s soundtrack, there is a piano tune throughout as well as other musical instruments playing making it feel like a school play. We believe this does fit in with the design and doesn’t feel out of place. Taking a closer look at the symbols, Dork Unit comes close to that of a fruit machine. The low values are made up of standard 10-A card ranks, whilst the high pays are fruit symbols like cherries, lemons, carrots, apples, and strawberries. Hitting a 5-of-a-kind gives you between 1-2x the bet for five of the low pays and between 4-10x the stake for five high pays.

Bonus Features

Dork Unit has quite an impressive list of special features that are put in place to help you make wins of up to 10,000x your stake. A leading role is put aside for the three dorks of the story: Tiny Timmy, Hefty Hector, and Long Lenny. Do note that you won’t see too much of them until Dork Spins are either activated or bought. Other features to look out for in Dork Unit are the multiplier wild gift box symbols and the Gift Bonanza feature. We’ll discuss these first:

Gift Boxes

Gift Boxes are wild multiplier symbols that can land on any reel in the base game. This can happen in three forms.

1. Standard Gift Boxes come with values of x2, x3, or x4 the bet.
2. Rare Gift Boxes come with values of x5, x10, x15, or x20 the bet.
3. Epic Gift Boxes come with x25, x50, x75, x100, x150, or x200 the bet.

Gift Boxes substitute for any symbol and, when used in a win, increase the value by their multiplier. If more than one Gift Box is part of a win, then the values are added together before being added to the total winning amount. Full lines of Gift Boxes can give you up 10x the bet.

Gift Bonanza

The Gift Bonanza is triggered when 3 Gift Boxes land on the same spin. Gift Boxes turn sticky in this case and 3 spins are awarded. New Gift Boxes reset the spins back to 3 and also turn sticky. Winning combinations are paid out on each spin, and the feature comes to an end when all of the spins have been used.

Dork Spins

Clown Lenny is the free spins scatter symbol, landing 3 of him awards 10 free Dork Spins. If Lenny lands on reels 2, 3, or 4, in the bonus, he turns it into a wild Dork Reel for the rest of the feature. Dork Reels are stacked wilds which also come with multipliers, although this depends on which Dork lands on them. Multipliers are first added together before they are used when there is more than one active Dork Reel. Here’s what that looks like:

• Tiny Timmy: reveals either 2x, 3x or 4x.
• Hefty Hector: reveals either 5x, 10x, 15, or 20x.
• Long Lenny: 25x, 50x, 75x, 100x, 150x or 200x

Buy Bonus

Go for the Buy Bonus button to directly enter bonus mode. In this case, players may choose from 3 different ways to play the bonus round Dork. One is FeatureSpins which cost 3x the bet and guarantee a Gift Box. Buying the Gift Bonanza costs 100x the bet, or Dork Spins can be bought for 200x the bet.

• FeatureSpins: 3x bet.
  • Each spin guarantees a minimum of 1 Gift Box.
  • RTP is 96.41%.
• Gift Bonanza: 100x bet.
  • The Gift Bonanza bonus will be triggered.
  • RTP is 96.38%.
• Dork Spins: 200x bet.
  • The dork spins feature will be triggered.
  • RTP is 96.35%.

Payout Metrics

The Dork Unit pokie comes with 5 reels, 4 rows and 16 paylines and you make winning combinations when 3, 4 or 5 symbols of the same type appear from left to right, starting on reel 1, across any of the 16 paylines. Betting limits range from NZ$0.10 to NZ$100 per spin. Go for the bet box to the left of the main spin button and use the up and down arrows to change your stake. For players who are based in New Zealand, there is an Autoplay function which allows for up to 1000 auto spins along with the option to set loss and single win limits. There is also a Turbo Mode that can be enabled from the 3 lines menu.

The RTP of Dork Unit comes at an industry standard percentage of 96.24%. This is higher than the 96% average and in line with other Hacksaw Gaming pokies we have come across lately. The volatility is somewhere around the medium bracket and we would class it as 6/10. This game by Hacksaw Gaming has a 30.96% hit frequency rate. This basically means a winning spin will land, on average, every 3.23 spins. When it comes to win potential the max payout in this game is 10.000x your total bet. The more significant wins come from the multipliers that appear both in the base game and the free spins feature.

Summary

Hacksaw Gaming has a rather remarkable two faced approach to their game releases, as their themes are either on the clear and jolly side, or on the dark and mean side, with not really a grey area in between. The childish game theme will feel charming to some, whilst others may find this annoying whilst the same holds for the audio. You can turn that off if that is the case for you and still keep the main game sounds though. We suggest you pay closer attention to the gift box multiplier wild system that can give you vast base game wins, but you should be ready for quite some dead spins as well. We found the Gift Bonanza twist on the standard hold-and-win style feature to be quite enjoyable, as you get a lot of wild multipliers if you’re lucky. The bonus round with full-reel wild multipliers is not too bad either, and the 10,000x potential is good enough for any average volatile title.