Wild Safari is 5 reels and 25 pay-lines video slot powered by Rival Gaming software provider. The theme hiding behind this slot is obviously safari. The reels are set in a tall grass of an African savannah. The symbols featured are of course cute wild animals which are not ferocious at all. The music playing in the background is calling for adventure. Also, the slot has awesome animations. Give it a spin here for free or visit Rival Casinos to play for real money.
Before you get into a safari vehicle you and start sightseeing, you need to set your bets.By clicking on "+/-" you can set the coins size which ranges from 0.01 to 0.25. The number of lines can be set by clicking on "Select Lines" and by clicking on "Select Coins" you will adjust the number of coins per line. "Bet Max" sets the maximum bet and starts turning the reels automatically. "Auto" will turn the reels automatically without interruption but it is available only when playing for real money, and "Spin" will set the reels in motion.
This nature and animal friendly video slot contains an Expanding Wild symbol, a Scatter, a Bonus game symbol, a Jackpot symboland two bonus features. Special bonus features include Free Spins and a Safari Bonus feature.
The jackpot symbol is represented as a cute elephant. This symbol can form its own winning combinations if you land 2 or more of them on an enabled pay-line. Two elephant symbols will get you 5 credits, 3 of these will get 50 credits, for 4 you will get 500 credits, and for 5 you will be awarded with 5000 credits.
The Wild symbol in the game is the giraffe. This is an Expanding Wild and it appears only on reels 1 and 5. The symbol can replace any other symbol on the reels when it is possible to form a winning line. Once it lands on one of the two reels it will expand with an awesome animation to fill in the whole reel.
The Scatter symbol in the game is a white rhino. If you land 3 or more of them anywhere on the reels you will activate Free Spins feature. All potential wins during this feature will be subjected to x3 multiplier. Three scatters will get you 10 spins, four scatters will get you 20 spins, and five will award you with 50 free spins.
The Bonus mini game is activated when you land 3 or more lions anywhere on the reels. You will have to choose a location for a photo shoot. Depending on a location you choose there will be different animals to photograph. You will have 5 films, and this means you have 5 chances to try and center the animals in your camera frame. Some animals will stay in place while others will come and go. The more animals you photograph the bigger your prize will be.
Game Play:
+/-: Set the coins size.
Select Lines: Set the number of lines.
Select Coins: Set the number of coins to bet per line.
Bet Max: Set the maximum possible bet.
Spin: Start the reels.
Auto: Set the reels in motion without interruption for a chosen number of times.
Safari themed games would normally attract my attention, maybe because Safari Heat from Playtech happens to be one of my top favourite games, but I have yet to find any other similar game that could play or pay as good as Safari Heat. This Wild Safari from RTG could have been a lot better if the paytable is not typically one of RTG's.
Why, you may ask? Well, in the first place, the Wild, Scatter and Bonus symbols all don't pay a thing for getting them, the Wild is an Expanding Wild symbol but appears only on reels 1 and 5, which can hardly ever produce any decent wins, never mind about good wins. 3 Scatters award only 10 free spins with a 3x multiplier, which should be 15 free spins in order to produce better wins. Even though retriggers are possible, don't hope on getting many of them - getting 1 retrigger may take many free spins games before it comes, but honestly speaking, the payouts are not good at all.
Same can be said of the Bonus game too - poor low payouts most of the time. You're supposed to catch photos of the animals when they appear and you're supposed to center them before snapping a photo, but you can only move the view sideways, so the crocodile would always appear at the bottom of the view. I snapped it nonetheless, got some cash from the shot, but it left me wondering if the payout would have been better if I could lower the view to center the crocodile before snapping a photo. Nonetheless, this bonus game is a boring one indeed!
The highest paying symbol, the Map, pays a nice 200x the total bet, but I could hardly even get any 3 of them in my plays. The other symbols pay from 48x down to 1.2x the total bet for getting any 5 of them, which aren't exciting at all, making for a lacklustre paytable, but still not as low as current newer games.
Well, as I've said, this game could play and pay better if the paytable had better win values for all the symbols, and I especially hate any game that have non-paying Wild, Scatter and Bonus symbols - they're all a big waste of extra winning chances!