Odin’s Wild Hunt

Introducing Odin’s Wild Hunt slot

Odin’s Wild Hunt will take you on an adventure where you will travel far north where you will find the robust deities in this slot powered by Relax Gaming for the developers at High Flyer Games. This is the second slot to use the bonus ways exclusive game engine that comes complete with 6 spectacular reels that offer an enormous 262,144 ways to win. You can expect to come across cascading symbols, wild substitutions, explosive wins, symbol upgrades, reel expansion mechanics and a free spin round that could provide you with 6,149 ways to win on your journey into Norse mythology.

Game Play and Statistics

This slot is a cascading game that plays out over 6-reels and 3 to 8 rows which can offer anywhere between 739 up to 262,144 ways which you can win. Wins are rewarded for matching two to six matching symbols which land on adjacent reels starting from the left across to the right. The slot can be played on all devices giving you the freedom to play wherever and whenever you wish. The slot provides a bet range that starts from just 0.20 credits to 20 per spin and has a volatility rating of 4/5 therefore high, a hit frequency of 30% and a better than average return to player of 96.56%.

The first slot in the Bonus ways series saw players descending well below ground to a gem mine, but with this game you will head to the Norse lands that are known as the Godly realms of Valhalla. Your reels will be dominated by symbols that represent Odin and his animal friends as well as the mighty hammer that is his son Thor. The game screen is frameless, and the play takes place in front of an extensive waterfall, with this all being finished with a heroic soundtrack that complements the slot perfectly.

Symbols and Winning Combinations

When it comes to the symbols the lower paying cards are the playing cards 10 through to Ace and these will reward you with 0.75x you bet for landing six of a kind. These are followed by the owl, raven, wolf and 8-legged Sleipnir animal companions who are Odin’s animal companions and finally there is the mighty God Odin. Land six of any of these and you will be rewarded with 1.25x to 2.50x your stake. The wild is a gold-plated symbol bearing the word wild and it will appear on your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, reels and can substitutes for any of the other symbols except the scatter to create winning combinations. The scatter is represented by a Norse drinking horn and the final symbol is the bundle of Thor’s hammer which is the expanding symbol.

Features

It is obvious that the developers at High Flyer Games are out to impress considering this is the second bonus ways slot they have released within a few weeks of each other. These are welcome additions particularly as the slots are expertly designed, entertaining and offer a variety of features that provide players with a ride that is full of suspense but can take to the big wins. The Dynamite Mine Explosion Bonus Ways first slot gave players almost everything they could possibly want from a slot and therefore fans of the first game will have been waiting to see what else the Australian developers could come up with next.
If you are au fait with the first slot in this series, then you will have a good idea of how the mechanics’ work. However, although the studio has used the same game engine this slot is not just a clone of the first, instead they have added some twists to ensure that Odin’s Wild Hunt makes its own mark.

The things that have not changed in this sot is the 6x3 game grid that offers 729 ways to win is still how every round begins with the potential to increase this to 6x8 with the colossal 262,144 ways to win. The bonus way mechanic comes into play when you land Thor’s Hammer symbol on your reels in any spin sequence. The symbols then explode before the wins can be evaluated and they also reveal a pay symbol at random hiding behind them and add 1 – 3 symbols to the reel that they landed on. The symbols that are revealed can be any including the scatters and wilds. Thor’s Hammers can make repeated appearances through a single spin until the reels are maxed out to 8 symbols high, which is equal to 261,144 ways to win, better still all and every expansion re-sets between spins.

The second thing that remains the same is the cascading symbols mechanic and this activates after any win you land and after any bonus ways expansion. The symbols that were part of the winning combination explode and new ones then tumble into the free spaces.

OK, so this is the same so far as the other slot, but hold on for a minute as there is a twist which can make all of the different in both the free spins and base game and this is the Symbol Upgrade mechanic. When you spin your reels, you need to keep an eye on the bar that you will see sitting on the top of your game screen. On this bar you will display the medium value symbols the horse, raven, owl, and wolf. Every winning cascade in the same spin upgrades one symbol to the highest paying one which is Odin, and this starts with the horse. If you land four winning cascades in a row will see just the playing card symbols, scatters, wilds and Odin which is the absolute best time for you to land some huge wins.

If you manage to land 3, 4, 5, or 6 of the drinking horn scatters anywhere on your game screen at the end of your reel spin will reward you with 8, 15, 20 and 25 free spins respectively, plus a coin win that will equal 5x, 10x, 50x and 100x of your total bet. This feature can have endless retriggers with the same combinations +5 free spins if you manage to land an additional two scatters. That is not all, as during this feature you will see more of the Thor hammer symbols added to your reels which gives you even more chance to expand the grid to its biggest size.

Final Thoughts

Just when you have got to grips with Dynamite Mine Explosion Bonus Ways the developers at High Flyer Games in partnership with Relax Gaming have released another in the series. Having trialled both games in the free mode there are definitely areas that are the same, however the symbol upgrades in this slot are unique and provides players with the additional potential to land the biggest wins, and the second release has a higher volatility.
I enjoyed playing both titles immensely, however, Odin’s Wild Hunt does pip Dynamite Mine Explosion Bonus Ways in terms of the added game play and scoring some great wins guaranteed choosing this second slot as my favourite! There is no doubt that this slot offers massive win potential and I have no hesitation recommending this to all.