WILD HOP AND DROP SLOT REVIEW
The Wild Hop and Drop slot created by Pragmatic Play has a 6 x 6-reel format, cluster pays ways to win, up to 96.47% RTP and a high variance level. Players who love going out into the wild will love this slot as it’s a nature-themed slot. This nature theme is skewed towards frogs as it exposes the different species of the uber-chilled amphibians on the reels.
As it’s a cluster pays slot, players ought to note that there aren’t any paylines to talk about. Rather, players during their gaming sessions win when they match six or more identical symbols horizontally and/or vertically adjacent to each other on the reels.
GAME LAYOUT
Some stunning visuals depicting a coastal landscape and some hopping frogs on the offshore waters provide the background graphics to the Wild Hop and Drop slot machine. The colour green from the coastal vegetation protrudes onto the reel grid albeit with a much darker shade.
PAYTABLE |
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SYMBOLS |
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| 36 | 26+ | 22+ | 17+ | 14+ | 10+ | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| The Wild | 10,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| The green frog | – | 400.00 | 96.00 | 48.00 | 24.00 | 18.00 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 |
| The purple frog | – | 200.00 | 64.00 | 32.00 | 16.00 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
| The blue frog | – | 120.00 | 48.00 | 24.00 | 12.00 | 9.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 |
| Ace | – | 80.00 | 32.00 | 16.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 |
| King | – | 60.00 | 24.00 | 12.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 |
| Queen | – | 50.00 | 20.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.50 |
| Jack | – | 40.00 | 16.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 |
SYMBOLS
The reel symbols which are featured in the Wild Hop and Drop slot machine include the green frog, purple frog, blue frog, and royal icons.
BONUSES
- Wild: The frog icon that comes with a golden WILD inscription represents the game’s substituting icon. During the base game, the wild may land as a colossal symbol measuring 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5 or 6×6 in design. Players ought to note that if they land the 6×6 colossal wild, they scoop the game’s highest paytable payout of 10,000.00 coins.
- Scatter: The bee icon acts as the game’s scatter symbol.
- Free Spins Feature: Players gain access to the free spins feature when they land four or more of the bee scatters simultaneously. Upon activating the feature, players are rewarded with 6 free spins. At the beginning of the feature, a 1×1 wild is guaranteed to land on the first free spin. This wild icon will remain on the reels during the feature but randomly changes its position on each spin. The game collects all bee scatters landed during the feature. If the feature was triggered by 5 or 6 scatters, the feature starts with one or 2 scatters already collected respectively. Every fourth scatter that’s collected retriggers the feature and progressively increases the size of the roaming wild to 2×2 up until 6×6.
- Buy Free Spins: Players can gain direct access to the free spins feature when they click the buy free spins button on the main screen. Once done, they should proceed to increase their bet 100x. After increasing the bet, players are guaranteed of landing at least the minimum four scatters required to trigger the free spins round on the next paid spin.
CLOSING
As a high volatility game, Wild Hop and Drop slot tends to pay out not very often but when it does, players stand a chance of getting the max bet which is set at 5,000x the bet whether playing in the base game or the free spins round. This is an above average Play ‘n Go slot game to play.