Wild Worlds

Wild Worlds (NetEnt): Review

Wild Worlds, a 5x5 grid slot game developed by Swedish company NetEnt, focuses heavily on providing an entertaining experience for slot lovers. The game is accessible on any device, accommodating wagers from 0.20 to 400 Euros per spin. Inspired by the superhero comic genre, this vibrant slot uses an Avalanche mechanism where a line-up of three identical symbols leads to their substitution with new ones, potentially triggering consecutive wins. Packed with features, it offers a layered free spins bonus, during which players confront a variety of monstrous foes.

Starting Wild Worlds without preconceived notions, we were immediately entranced by its glamorous art-deco introduction, which is nothing less than stunning. The game continues to impress visually, revealing that it breaks away from classic slot traditions. Set in what resembles a high-tech command centre, three vivid superhero creatures diligently monitor their screens and fend off enormous monsters amid the chaos enhanced by rhythmic synthesizer music.

Taking up just half of the display, the spinning symbols include an array of colorful gems, green, purple, and blue, adorned with feathers, lightning bolts, waves, and iconic superhero beaks. A high-value icon and a wild symbol can multiply your bet by 100 times if you get five in a row.

Wild Worlds (NetEnt): Features

Wild Worlds is packed with diverse features. In the base game, the Destroy Feature may activate at random after a non-winning spin—removing all symbols except those of the same color left on the reels, excluding scatters, and prompting a cascade of new symbols to greatly enhance your chances of winning.

Furthermore, in the standard game, hitting a win with medium-value symbols, mainly the Hero ones, will transform all identical symbols into wilds. This is the Hero Wilds feature.

The main excitement begins with three scatter symbols landing anywhere, triggering 8 complimentary spins. The bonus unfolds across three levels, each with distinct attributes, consistently using the Hero Wilds feature. Progress by conquering monsters via Hero Attacks and Hero Special Attacks in these worlds:

• Dark Forest - When a monster's weak spot is hit, Spreading Wilds randomly appear on the reels.
• Ice World - Defeating a monster's weak spot places a stack of 2 Heavy Wild symbols randomly on the reels.
• Fire Lands - From 2 to 4 random wild symbols appear on the reels upon destroying a monster's weak spot.

Wild Worlds features two categories of alien beasts:

• Captains (15 health points) - Vanquishing them activates the wild feature of that level.
• The Boss (105 health points) - Must eliminate all Captains beforehand. When the Boss is taken down, the bonus restarts, transporting players to a new world filled with fresh monsters and granting 8 additional free spins.

Our avian superheroes utilize their special abilities to confront these monsters. Each Hero symbol win inflicts harm on foes and charges the Hero meter below each hero. Upon filling a meter, a Hero Special Attack is unleashed, inflicting variable damage contingent on the hero.

Wild Worlds (NetEnt): Verdict

Wild Worlds can seem intricate at first, yet in practice, it's less baffling. New players might find the free spins bonus tricky initially, facing some 'what's going on' moments. However, it commands engagement and succeeds in involving players. Thus, it resembles a video game—a likely intention from its creators.

The primary goal is player enjoyment. Though multi-tiered slots aren't novel, NetEnt elevates the concept. Wild Worlds is layered and complex, managing to entrap even those skeptical of modern slots, offering medium volatility without severely denting balance. Surprisingly, we give it our approval.