Take the Shot Slot Review

Take the Shot – Our Slot Review

Take the Shot is a Betsoft video slot released on 14 August 2024, and I have put in plenty of spins since it went live. The game runs on five reels with 75 betways and uses what I would call a classic Betsoft engine, with tidy pacing and no nasty surprises in the base game. Visually it follows the studio’s usual polished style, with clear symbols and clean interface work.

I approach Take the Shot as a medium-risk grind rather than a high-wire thriller, helped by its advertised average volatility and 95.14 percent RTP. Results feel fairly steady in my sessions, with frequent small hits from the lower tiers of the paytable and the odd chunkier line win from the premium symbols. It feels tuned for sessions where you can sit for a while and let the maths model do its thing.

Take the Shot Symbols and Paytable

In Take the Shot the paytable is built around a clear top symbol that pays 3 times your stake for a five of a kind, dropping to 0.6x for four, 0.2x for three and 0.05x when you only land two. When I chase bigger hits in this slot, this premium icon is usually what I am hoping to connect across multiple reels in combination with stacked wins.

Below that, there are several strong mid-range symbols. One set pays 1x for five, 0.3x for four and 0.15x for three, while another pays 0.9x, 0.25x and 0.15x for the same lengths. I find these mid-tier icons do a lot of work keeping the balance moving, especially when two or three of them land together in different combinations over the 75 active betways.

The lower end of the Take the Shot paytable clusters around 0.6x for five of a kind and 0.2x or 0.1x for four and three. The very lowest symbols pay 0.3x, 0.1x and 0.05x, so even weak hits tend to return something. Scatter and wild icons sit on top of this structure; I treat them as the pieces that pull the whole pay schedule together when they show up in the right spots.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x3
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2
	2	x0.05
	5	x1
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.9
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.05
	Scatter
	Wild

Take the Shot Final Ratings

From a numbers point of view, Take the Shot has a stated RTP of 95.14 percent with average volatility, so I approach it as a mid-pack option rather than a high-risk outlier. The bet range runs from 0.20 up to 260 per spin, which gives me the flexibility to test it at low stakes and then step up the size when I feel the session is behaving as expected.

The final ratings grid I keep in mind for Take the Shot leans heavily on its maths rather than wild feature design, mainly because the published material leaves max win as N/A. Theme and symbols do the job cleanly, sounds and music sit in the background, and bonus potential feels tied to solid line hits. Originality sits somewhere in the middle, but the package feels coherent enough for regular play.

Take the Shot – Features and Gameplay

In terms of features, information is quite restrained in the material I have seen, so I treat Take the Shot as a slot where the core engine does most of the lifting. Five reels and 75 betways give decent coverage on each spin, with scatters and wilds adding some spice when they appear. In practice my sessions have been about chaining steady base game wins rather than chasing elaborate side modes or complex mechanics.

Compare Take the Shot With Other Slots and Final Thoughts

As someone who has played a fair spread of Betsoft releases, I would place Take the Shot in the middle of the catalogue. The 95.14 percent RTP sits slightly below some other titles, but the average volatility and broad betting range make it accessible. For me it works best as a session slot where you relax into the rhythm, lean on the consistent paytable and accept that headline win figures are not the focus.

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