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Wild Northby Play'n Go
If you like the idea of exploring the cold, frozen tundra in search of wild animals and winning spins, The Wild North from Play N Go is just for you.
Personally, I hate the cold, so the idea of wandering through the Wild North and freezing my butt off doesn’t sound all that appealing. But I do love a good slot that plays well and has a good overall design. And that’s exactly what Wild North has.
Play N Go is fickle in that they are hit or miss with their slots in my opinion. Some are ok, others really hit the spot. Wild North falls into the latter category. It’s a beautiful design with beautiful artwork and nice soundtrack. It feels more like a brick and mortar casino style slot than an online slot. The Big Win animations and sounds really make for an exciting experience.
But Wild North is more than just a good looking slot that plays well. It keeps you entertained with its 7 unique bonus rounds that have some interaction involved. Wild North also has a higher return to player when compared to other slots. The RTP sits right around 97%. This equates to more winning spins overall.
Wild North Rules
Wild North is a typical 5 reel, 3 row slot with 40 fixed paylines. The betting is a little different than what you may be used to. You will see a row of bet amounts under the reels, instead of a more traditional up and down arrow style. The ranges go from $0.20, up to $50.00. These are amounts for total spin bets, rather than a per line bet like other slots have.
I like this feature to be honest, as it eliminates any confusion as to how much you are actually betting. What you click, is what you are betting for that spin. And to make things even easier, each symbol on the screen can be clicked to display payouts for that symbol. No more toggling back and forth between the pay table to see what pays what.
Other features include the auto play that has a few variables to allow for customizations. You can stop the auto play if you lose a certain amount, win a set amount, or when the bonus is triggered.
Wild North Symbols
The reels start with your standard 9 through Ace symbols. The Ace being the highest paying. To make a win, you will need 3 or more matching symbols.
Since this slot is themed around the outdoors, the remaining symbols will revolve around this aspect. The owl, wolf, bear and elk are the other symbols appearing on the reels. The elk is the highest paying of them all.
There are also a few other symbols that come in to play. The first is the Lynx who acts as the wild symbol. The 2nd is the scatter symbol portrayed by the Northern Lights. This symbol activates the bonus round where you will meet the Great Wilderness symbol. This is a symbol with all the animals on it and will activate one of the 7 bonus rounds.
Northern Lights Bonus Round
The bonus round gives you the chance to win one of 7 bonuses. Each of the wild animal symbols will award a specific bonus. This includes the Northern Lights symbol.
When 3 or more of the scatter symbols appear, you will see a wheel with 7 symbols. A light goes around and spins until it lands on a symbol. This will determine which bonus feature you get.
The Great Wilderness symbol will award 3 free spins with 4x4 mega symbols on reels 2 through 5.
The Wild Lynx gives you 3 free spins with the chance for 1 or 2 reels turning into all wild symbols.
The Reindeer awards 1 free spin with reels 2, 3 and 4 filled with stacked reindeer symbols. If the reindeer symbols cover enough spots on the reels to form a 3x3 block, another re spin is awarded.
The Savage Bear will award 1 free spin with a multiplier of up to 30x for that one spin. Before the spin, he slashes the screen and reveals the amount of the multiplier.
The Wolf Pack will give you 1 free spin with a 2x2 block of wolf symbols stuck on the reels. This symbol will be wild for that spin, and if more wolf symbols appear, you are awarded another free spin.
The Owl gives you 1 free spin with 2 sets of 2x2 block owl symbols on the reels. You keep spinning until a win is produced.
The final feature is triggered when you get the Northern Lights symbol. This is my favorite bonus round as it gives you the best reward and an interactive experience. You will see a board of face down symbols that you get to click on. The symbol is reveled and could award a cash prize, or one of the other bonus rounds. If you pick a reindeer, bear, wolf or owl, you are awarded that symbols bonus and return to the grid to pick more symbols.
If you pick a lynx, or great wilderness symbol, you win that bonus, but the bonus round is over. The bonus also ends if you pick a red X symbol. You still win any prizes for that round, but return to the normal game play.
My Verdict
The Wild North is quickly becoming one of my favorite slots. I was very surprised to see such a well-made game with a unique bonus structure. The bonuses may not give you tons of free spins, but the ability to have 7 unique features keeps the slot fresh and playable for long periods of time.
And, from my experience, I found myself hitting the bonus rounds quite often. Not saying you will have the same experience; but, with a high RTP, it’s a good possibility.
Finally, there’s the big pay out of $125,000. This can only happen with bear bonus feature and you get the 30x multiplier, but it’s a big pay out for a low cost slot. It’s worth going for, and the bonuses in between will keep you entertained.
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