We've all heard and seen many kinds of Wilds that can do many different things in a game. Expanding Wilds and Stacked Wilds are more or less common. Jack and the Beanstalk has the 'Walking Wild' but the Invisible Man made it walk both ways instead of just right-to-left. Playboy's Wilds prefer to do running. Robin Hood shifts its Wilds. DJ Wild made its Wilds go up, down, left or right. Starburst gives birth to twin Wilds. Crocodopolis, well, this is the first time I had to 'Slide a Wild' and put it in a predetermined position for my spins. Just to make playing slot games more wilder I guess.
This 'Slide a Wild' feature requires you to choose a reel where you want the Wilds to appear for every spin. Once a reel has been chosen, any Wilds can only appear on that reel and do what that reel has predetermined it to do. Reel 1 has single Wilds that double wins. Reel 2 has single Wilds that triple wins. Reel 3 has an Expanding Wild with x1 wins, Reel 4 has an Expanding Wild that triple wins, and Reel 5 has Stacked Wilds for every spin that triple wins. Your choice of reel can be changed at any time before a spin. Sounds good right? Yes, but where you locate the Wilds to appear affects the payouts and game play of Crocodopolis. I found this out by experimenting with each and every reel position. Wilds on reels 4 and 5 give payouts rarely but any payouts are generally much bigger. So pick your choice carefully before you even begin to play Crocodopolis!
The Crocodile is the Wild symbol, doesn't pay anything for itself and substitutes all symbols except the Scatter symbol. The Pyramid is the Scatter symbol, appearing only on reels 2, 3 and 4, and getting all 3 of them awards 12 free spins with a 2x multiplier. Wins with Wilds therefore varies from 3x (2x+1x), 4x (2x+2x) or 6x (3x+3x), depending on which reel the Wilds are appearing. Free Spins can be retriggered. Yeah, right! Symbols in the game pay from 5000x the line bet down to 100x the line bet. A good paytable for a change!
As I've said earlier, where you choose to make the Wilds appear makes a lot of difference to the game play. On reels 4 and 5, I would say about 80% - 90% of the time, the Wilds would hardly make any wins. The most frequent would be on reel 3, where wins are not multiplied, with reels 1 and 2 being in between. I can't say which of the reel positions I like best, but I tend to prefer reel 2 and 5. Any win on Reel 5 are 5-of-a-kind wins and are tripled, offering the biggest payouts amongst the 5 choices!
My many plays on Crocodopolis have seen both sides of the coin - the good side and the bad side. I've seen more than 600 spins without any Free Spins game, and the one that came after that long dry run paid nothing more than 20x my bet, making a huge drain of my credits balance. My best win is only 254x as yet, but bigger wins are definitely possible, which have eluded me thus far. Perhaps you can be more lucky on Crocodopolis. It's a pretty good game to play.
Crocodopolis is not the type of video slot I would be kind enough to play on a daily basis.
Okay first the good side of this video slot. It has 25 paylines so from there I had no problems with, then a feature that on first impression I thought was really good until my mind changed on why I dislike it even more! I will tell you this feature in a bit.
Continuing forward from my experiences having this slot pay out seems to be a little bit reasonable. I do know that Crocodopolis didn't exist in Microgaming casinos before but was with those SkillOnNet casinos....until SkillOnNet invaded Microgaming. My opinions expressed to this move don't appear to be negative for more slots are a good sign....so long as they are of good quality! The Bad news for this slot is there are five "Slide a Wild" options for me to choose from. Some of them I can agree on while others gave me a reason to disagree them entirely. The reason comes from the option to slide the wild to the last reel where the Croc wild fills everything in that reel to triple anything that connects them. It is this reason that it blocks the chance to hit 3 scattered pyramids for 12 free spins!!! I must ask the players what is more important? A five of a kind win(s) tripled to your very eyes OR 12 Free games doubled for the duration of the feature? Now because there are more than just one wild options the most I believe is "in the middle" of everything is one that is on the 2nd Reel to get 3x win on the wild should he appear to substitute. My second choice leans on the 3rd Reel option for an expanded wild. I wouldn't recommend this slot but would rather play Ramesses Riches instead even if it's a 20 Paylines slot.
I find this slot to be a 6 out of 10! Those pyramids can be a real pain! when trying to trigger them even with two coin bets!