Wild Spells Review

Wild Spells is a slot released by Pragmatic Play in 2017. It has an amazingly fun theme, with lots of magic and wizards involved. Fans of the mystical theme will rejoice, as fortune tellers sit down to tell you about your fate in Wild Spells. It’s an online slot played on 5 reels and has a well-designed theme. From the first moment you open the game, you are immediately taken in by the great theme. First impressions matter and Wild Spells does a great job of leaving a good first impression.

The three witches represented by playable symbols in this game represent Fire, Nature, and Water. This little backstory to the symbols makes the slot more interesting. However, this slot offers more than just good-looking symbols and themes. Stick until the end of the review if you want to see what Wild Spells and the Witches are all about.

RTP and Variance

Magic is very fun and all, but what about RTP and volatility? Good design can help with first impressions, but if the core gameplay is dull, no magic can save the slot. So, let’s see what exactly we’re working on within Wild Spells.

The RTP, also known as return-to-player is 96.40% which is above average for a slot game of this type. This means that the games can give us back about €96 for each €100 we spend on the game. We like magic as much as the next person, but what we love more – is great RTP, and Wild Spells has it.

When it comes to volatility, it’s an important factor to indicate how often and how high the game will reward us. This slot comes with High volatility which means that while the game may reward us longer between spins, the rewards will be higher. Put simply, this volatility means that we will have to wait a while between winning combinations, but the game will be more generous when those wins do come.

With a minimum bet of €0.25, the game isn’t exactly budget-friendly, so new players may be a little turned off by the higher entry barrier to the game. But a minimum wager of this size is common with Pragmatic Play titles.

Featured Symbols

Wild Spells comes with a relatively not often-seen theme which is a good effort by Pragmatic Play. With a market oversaturated with constantly recurring themes, investing a little extra effort to make the overarching theme more unique is always a welcome effort. We will go over the significance of each symbol implemented in the game and look at each value.

The Wild Spells paytable is the following:

9 – Q symbols

– 3 to 5 symbols for x0.2, x0.4 and x1.2 multiplier

 

K – A symbols

3 to 5 symbols for x0.2, x0.6 and x1.6 multiplier

 

Candle symbol

– 3 to 5 symbols for x0.4, x1.2 and x2.4 multiplier

 

Elixir symbol

– 3 to 5 symbols for x0.4, x1.2 and x2.4 multiplier

 

Book symbol

– 3 to 5 symbols for x0.4, x1.2 and x2.4

 

Nature Witch symbol

– 2 to 5 symbols for x0.12, x0.6, x2 and x4

 

Water Witch symbol

– 2 to 5 symbols for x0.12, x0.8, x2.4 and x5

 

Fire Witch symbol

– 2 to 5 symbols for x0.12, x1.2, x4 and x8

 

There is also a Purple Cat which is the Wild symbol and a Crystal Ball which serves as the Scatter in Wild Spells.

 

Bonus Features

The Wild symbols replace all other symbols except for the Scatter and can help you land winning combinations much more easily. There isn’t much more to the Wild except for its basic function, but it’s always a welcome addition to any slot.

If you manage to land 3 Scatters on reels 1, 3, and 5 on the same round you will trigger the bonus free spins game. You get to choose between three possible outcomes:

• 20 free spins and the nature witch becomes a Wild on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th reel
• 10 free spins and the nature and water witch becomes a Wild on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th reel
• 5 free spins and the nature, fire, and water witch becomes a Wild on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th reel

If you manage to line up another three Scatters the same free spins round is triggered, and you default to the free spins option you chose previously.

You can also win a Jackpot in Wild Spells. When you land witch symbols on reels 3, 4, and 5 in a successive order you have a chance to win the Minor, Major or Grand Jackpot. The value multiplier of the Jackpots is the following respectively -x50, x200, and x1,250.

 

Graphics and Mobile Compatibility

The Graphics in Wild Spells are very eye-catching due to their colorful color scheme and the way the design of the background and the symbols works together. Each witch symbol is accompanied by a different animation which makes the slot look as if it’s coming alive when the symbols hit.

The background gives off a nice vibe and the purple color elements of the design do make you feel like you are playing a game of magic. Mobile compatibility is fully implemented with the HTML5 architecture of the game, and it works on any mobile device if you are connected to the internet.