Wild Buzz

Wild Buzz Overview

Created by the Stakelogic and Hurricane Games studios, Wild Buzz is a honeybee-themed game that will hopefully give you access to plenty of exciting prize honey. If you are looking for something light-hearted with great feature content and an easy-to-follow gaming experience, this might be just the game for you.

In terms of this game's mechanics, it is a six-reel game with four rows and 25 pay lines. Players should be aware also that this game's volatility rating sits around the medium to high range. Wild Buzz is available to play on a variety of platforms, including mobile, tablet and laptop.

The featured content for this game begins with the Hive spin feature, triggered when players collect 12 or more bees in a collection meter throughout the base game. During the hive spin game, two reels are highlighted and synchronised. In addition, up to 10 wild bees are added to the reels. This feature also comes with multipliers. The other main feature is the free spins feature triggered when players simultaneously land three or more scatter symbols on the reels. The more scatters you land; the more free spins are granted to you. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

As you'll probably have guessed, this game's theme is bees. To be exact, honeybees and their endless process to produce honey and care for the Queen. Interestingly, honeybees are found on every continent except for Antarctica. There are over 20,000 species of bees, but only a handful of these produce honey. Honeybees are social insects that live in colonies of up to 60,000 individuals. Their exciting buzzy lives are brought into cartoon relief in this new game, with each individual being appropriately anthropomorphised.

The background for this game is the tropical forested area in which this specific hive resides. To the right and left of the reels, we can see tall trees, broad-leafed exotic plants and an abundance of flowers. These flowers are the key attraction for the bees in this game and are given due focus and attention in the image. The designers have also chosen to colour the entire screen in a slightly honey-like hue, making things seem very warm. This perhaps is a bit over the top, considering there are also huge honeycombs and bees everywhere.

The playing board for this game is a wooden frame covered in generous quantities of honey.
The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the 9, 10, J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The A is the most valuable of these, worth 2x the stake for the top combination. The more valuable symbols are the three different flowers, the honey pot and the queen bee. The Queen is the most valuable, worth 10x the stake for the top combination. The specials for this game are the wild icon, the mystery symbol and the scatter, which looks like a hive.

Game Play

Wild Buzz is played on a 6-reel, 4-row machine with 25 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.

The betting range for Wild Buzz is 20p to £20 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.
Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot games is rated in the high range. The return to player percentage for Wild Buzz is 96.2%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 5,000x your stake.

Features

The hive spins feature is the first feature in this game. This bonus is triggered when players collect 12 of the wild bee symbols on the reels, which are stored in the collection meter to the left of the reels. When triggered, this feature highlights two reels and synchronises them. The game also adds up to ten wilds to the board. The number of wilds in the collection meter decreases by the number distributed on the grid. If a wild lands on one of the highlighted reels, these will be mirrored in the synchronised reel.
Furthermore, when wilds are added to the grid, each increases the multiplier currently in play by 1x. The maximum value this multiplier can climb to is 12x the stake.

The other main feature in this game is the free spins game activated when players simultaneously land three or more of the scatter symbols on the reels. The more scatters landed to trigger the bonus, the more free spins the player is given. Free spins are also hive spins – so two reels are also highlighted and synchronised in this game, with the addition of wilds. In the free spins, however, the hive meter is full for the duration of the feature.

This game also offers gamble and bonus buy options. However, the bonus buy option is not available in the UK.

Conclusion

There is a lot of visual stimulation here, yet we hope for your sake there is more honey than there is buzzing on the reels. This is, however, a fun and easy-going game with a playful theme and an exciting collection of features. Things are pretty good regarding win potential, but nothing to write about. Watch out for the high volatility and make sure always to bet within your means. Play also Juicy Fruits without download or registration.