Rich n Wild Slot

Chichen Itza is a pyramid like construction that still serves as a reminder to an ancient Mayan culture. Found in the Yucatán Peninsula of south eastern Mexico, whilst the original stands as it should, it has been reconstructed as a wild symbol for the Rich n Wild video slot. The title is one of the newest game releases to make its way into casinos online this year, which uses great software by Ainsworth. Established as one of the bigger names in slot gaming, Ainsworth are well known for their land based achievements.

They continue to grow that presence with their unique style pushing into the fast developing world of online slots. With a jungle backdrop, 5 reels are laid out in 3 rows and are bound into a wooden frame in the foreground. The game's controls are easily accessible to enable quick adjustments to paylines and bet size, plus a comprehensive look at the pay table which varies according to the game feature in play. If punters wish to, they can play with 1 payline or crank it up to the maximum of 30. Bets are placed per line to give a total bet figure of between 0.01 and 3,000.

Nature Paradise

The striking appearance of this online pokie game is down to its design that employs first-rate 3D graphics and the vibrant use of bold colour. Its glossy look helps basic symbols like the classic card symbols pop from the screen; no matter what size it’s played on, big or small. None of the polished look or great gameplay is diminished in any way from its compatibility with mobile platforms.

The jungle wildlife to appear on the symbols is headed by a Mandrill monkey with its colourful face. Next up is a black panther to roam the reels, followed by the wisest of all birds, the owl. A colourful kingfisher sits on a cherry blossom branch in another symbol and a spiked leaf plant with a lilac coloured flower completes that set. As mentioned, the wild symbol is the image of Chichen Itza which has a gold makeover for its appearances. It doesn’t have any of its own payout values, but it will help replace other symbols to complete wins across the paylines. It won’t replace scatter symbols, but it does stack on the middle 3 reels.

Scatters to Pay

A vividly coloured shield is the scatter symbol and this has jackpot high value payouts for the base game. In any position they fall in on the reels, they will pay 300,000 for 5 in a row playing at max bet. Free games are also awarded for 3 or more of these shield symbols with 12 free spins to play. Chichen Itza continues to play as the wild symbol for the freebies and a new bonus symbol of the games logo also spins. This has no prize value other than to trigger an extra feature if one lands on reel 1 and reel 2 during a single spin.

Any Chichen Itza will then become sticky wilds to lock into place for the remainder of the spins that now play under the Rich n Wild feature. The bet and number of lines in play at the time of feature triggers remains throughout and cannot be changed until the game returns to base play. Each level of the feature games has different payout values with different reels played and any payouts are all according to the pay table.

Jungle Adventure

Taking us on another animal themed slot quest is the free Adventure Palace slot. It’s a 5 x 3 game from Microgaming. It has 1-9 paylines to set with up to 5 coins to set on each line. The bets for this game seem small when compared to Rich n Wild of between 0.01 and 45. The game has up to 150 000 to win and the wild symbol of the Elephant has some substantial pays of its own plus it will double up on any wins it helps to make.

It's not the most stylish of games to play and, although it's nice to have a bit of ambient sound to set the mood, this game may just have you scrambling for the game settings mute the background sounds and kill the noise. It has some really decent wins to be had but watch out for the gamble feature. It’s a game of chance that's tempting to play but can easily lose whatever you've gained on the reels. The feature can be switched off within the game settings.

Lost and Found

Rich n Wild seems to lose its way a bit with the over complicated pay table and having 3 different pay levels for active symbols. This may confuse newcomers to online gambling looking to play a slot for the first time. It may have been far simpler to have kept it as varying levels of multipliers for each step of the feature. Its medium variance means the wins come quite often without too many lean periods of empty spins.

Its return to player percentage is a disappointing 93.80% but that said, if deciding to play with real money, careful tactical play and knowing the right time to cash out will not deter the old timers. The beauty of free games is the ability to try them out with nothing to lose. Play for free or play for real money, Rich n Wild may be the game you’ve been looking for to kick back and explore some jungle fun.