The 5×8 grid is filled with colorful gemstone and gold nugget wilds, and it’s set inside a dimly lit cave being mined for these sparkling jewels. The background is static however, and a bit of animation would have brought this thing more to life. Whenever we see a new grid slot, we expect plenty of modifier action. However, Betsoft has kept things rather simple in Wild Drops.
The base game is all about clearing the grid to win the5x bonus multiplier, and you’ll collect gold coin symbols to trigger the bonus round. Only5 free spinsare awarded however, but the cascading feature (which awards zero new symbols) might keep the feature going when you’re lucky. The stacked wilds in the middle are helpful at times, and the 10x ‘Clear the Grid’ multiplier is probably needed if you plan on cracking the4,400xpotential.
Each spin drops 40 gemstones and/or gold nugget wilds into the5x8 grid, and you win bymatching 3 to 5 symbols horizontally from left to right or vice versa. 5-oak wins pay both ways, and all winning symbols are removed from the grid, including wilds.
The existing symbols will then drop down to fill the gaps, and this might lead to new winning combos. New symbols do not drop from above however, like is usually the case withCascading Win features.There is a good reason for this however, as clearing the grid awards a 5x multiplier applied to your winnings on top of said winnings.
Thegold nugget wildsteps in for all regular pay symbols, but it’s also the highest value symbol in the game. It pays 25x your stake for 5 on a payline, while the highest value regular symbol pays only 10x your stake for 5 of a kind.
Hidden beneath the regular gemstone symbols are gold coin bonus symbols. These are collected in a meter as gemstones are cleared from the grid, and you need to collect 5 in a single sequence to trigger the Bonus Round. You get5 free spinswhere the middle column is filled with wilds on each spin, and clearing the grid applies a10x multiplierto your winnings, in addition to said winnings.
Our highlights video starts out with a bigger win that almost cleared the grid completely, and this also triggered the bonus round. It’s short and sweet this time, as only 5 free spins don’t usually take too long to process. You can see for yourself how it all played out by hitting the play button below.
When we first laid eyes on Wild Drops, we were expecting a grid slot type game with plenty of modifiers. This is not really the case however, as Betsoft has decided to go with a much simpler recipe. It’s all about clearing the grid to win the 5x bonus multiplier and trigger the Bonus Round, and regular wilds is the only help you get in the base game.
The middle reel wild column you get in the bonus round is just more of the same really, and 5 free spins will usually be over rather quickly. 10 free spins seems more fair and balanced to us, and this game could have been better with some modifiers to spice things up a bit. It is what it is however, and if you’re looking for a simple grid slot experience, you’ll definitely find that in Wild Drops.
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