Victoria Wild Deluxe

Victoria Wild Deluxe Overview

Created by the professional slot developers TrueLab, Victoria Wild Deluxe is the sequel or an expanded version of the creator's previous game, Victoria Wild. Once again, players are given a chance to journey into the inhospitable desert to look for treasure in hidden temples and catacombs. However, this time TrueLab have changed a few things around. As you'll probably notice, Victoria, the main character in this game, is modelled relatively closely on Indiana Jones. Indeed, players will notice similarities from her outfits to the whip she has on standby for leaping across crevasses.

The features of this game are rich and varied. The first bonus concerns the Victoria and Tornado wilds, which can help you win combinations by stepping in for other symbols on the board in the base game. Secondly, there is the Sandstorm feature which randomly places 2 to 6 wilds on the board. This feature can change again into the Sticky Tornado Re-spins feature if two wilds create a winner. This game also comes with a progress map feature which you move along by collecting Oasis bonus symbols. Get far enough along the map, and the game will grant you access to a special free spin round with an expanded grid. Finally, there is also a complex Temple Free spins round. All features will be explained in greater detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

As far as the theme goes for Victoria Wild Deluxe, everything is more or less based on the Indiana Jones film series, specifically the Last Crusade Film, in which Indiana looks for the Holy Grail. This means a leather-clad hero or, in this case, heroine astride a motorbike in the desert. Her mission is, as the short prologue to the slot tells you, to find hidden treasures and come away both with riches and hopefully her own life. The theme is wonderfully executed and imbues the slot with an entertaining narrative that you don't get with many games.

The background for this slot is the desert surrounding Jordan, the mythical home of the Holy Grail. The iconic Temple in the film, if you are interested, is a real place in Petra, Jordan. The slot designers make sure to capture the desert feeling of the slot by filling the screen with sand, simple dwellings and a dead tree, from which the bonus progression map is hung. To the left of the screen, you will see Victoria herself, ready to venture forth into the unknown and find the lucrative treasures that the game is built around.

The board has been cleverly created to fit perfectly with its surroundings. The board is a rectangle built from what was once the frontage of a house or shop. It has been made using stones and wood and blends seamlessly into the rest of the playing screen.
The symbols for Victoria Wild Deluxe are the same as in the previous Victoria Wild game. The lowest value symbols here comprise the four points on the compass, N, E, S and W. These symbols are joined by more lucrative symbols in the form of the various paraphernalia associated with the adventure. These include a water flask, a pair of long leather boots, a motorcycle and a pistol with a round of ammunition. Finally, the specials are the tornado wilds, Oasis bonus symbols, waterfall wilds, lamp wilds, and Temple scatters. Each of which has varying roles to play in the feature available for this game.

Game Play

Victoria Wild Deluxe is played on a 5-reel, 3-row playing board with 15 pay lines available. To create winners in this game, players must match 3 or more symbols in combination from left to right on the reels.

The betting range for Victoria Wild Deluxe is 15p to as much as £150 per spin. To change your betting level per spin, use the bet adjuster tool located at the bottom of the playing window.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be accessed by clicking on the settings menu. The spin button is located to the bottom right of the reels. You can set up auto spins in the game's menu.
The volatility for this game has been lowered compared to its predecessor, now coming in around the medium mark. The highest return to player percentage for this game, however, has been reduced to 96.2%. However, RTP rates do vary in this game. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 25,000 x their stake.

Features

This game has plenty of features, each of which has varying relationships to each other. The first set is dependent on the various wild symbols that can come into play. The Victoria wild, for example, has the simplest application, substituting in for other symbols barring specials to help form more wins. On the other hand, Tornado wilds also have this ability but can also be randomly placed on the reels in groups of up to 6 thanks to the sandstorm feature. Furthermore, the Sticky Tornado Re-spin feature is triggered if any of these wilds are used to create a winning combination.

The next symbol to watch is the Oasis symbol, collected in the base game. Harvesting these symbols moves you along the reward map to the right of the reels. Once you have collected 25 of these symbols, players are treated to 10 free spins played on an expanded 6x3 playing board. During these Oasis spins, waterfall wilds can step in for other symbols to form wins and expand to cover reels to help create even more lucrative winning opportunities.

Finally, this game also has another free spin round called the Temple free spins. This bonus is triggered when players land 3 or more of the Temple scatters on the reels simultaneously. The more scatters that you land, the more free spins are awarded to you. This round is also played out on the extended size grid. In the Temple free spins, regular wilds are replaced by lamp wilds. Collecting 7 of these will grant you a special spin on the Wheel of Desires. This is a bonus wheel that can deliver a range of prizes from instant cash payouts to multipliers.

The Temple Free spins are also accessible via the bonus buy option, costing 56x your stake.

Conclusion

With a terrific theme, a fantastic narrative and some features that only come with the top tier of slots, Victoria Wild Deluxe is about as good as free video slots get. TrueLab games have clearly seen the previous game's success and hoped to get even more out of this extension with a more welcoming volatility level and a more expansive top prize. The only thing players need to be wary of is the varying RTP levels which change throughout the game.