Untamed Crowned Eagle is 5 reels and 243 pay-lines video slot powered by Microgaming software provider. This slot is inspired with Crowned Eagles and their way of living. Reels are transparent and are set against the backdrop of mountain range. Also, there is a relaxing music playing in the background with the light wind sound effects. Give this slot a spin here for free or visit Microgaming Casinos to play for real money.
Before you go bird watching, you need to set your bets. By clicking on "Bet" a drop down will open offering you to set the number of coins per line and coins size. "Coins size" sets coins denomination which ranges from 0.01 to 0.05, and "Coins" adjusts the number of coins per line. "Autoplay" will start turning the reels automatically without interruption for a chosen number of times, and "Spin" will set the reels in motion. "Gamble" will start a gamble feature after a win.
This unusually interesting video slot has a Wild symbol, a Scatter, Free Spins bonus round, a Lucky Nudge feature, Collect-a-Wild feature, and a unique Gamble feature which is different from any other gamble feature that other slots have.
The Wild symbol is the game logo, and it can substitute for any other symbol except for the scatter. When multiple symbols appear on an enabled pay-line it will form its own winning combos. Also, this symbol will activate Collect-a-Wild feature.
When you land 4 wild symbols you will activate Collect-a-Wild feature. Beneath each reel are empty slot boxes which fill up one space whenever a Wild symbol lands on that reel. When all four spaces are filled, the reel will turn wild and stay locked in place for the re-spins to follow. Each spin will gradually clear the boxes. This feature is not available during free spins.
Eagle Eye is the Scatter symbol in the game. When 3 or more scatter symbols appear on the reels they will form scatter wins. All scatter wins are multiplied by the total number of regular coins bet. Besides the scatter wins three or more of the Eagle Eye symbols on the reels will activate Free Spins.
Once you activate Soaring Wild Free Spins you will be awarded with 10 spins. Random symbols will be transformed into a wild, multiplier symbol. You’re awarded with random multiplier value for each wild symbol transformed. This bonus round cannot be re-activated.
Two Eagle Eye symbols scattered on the reels and one Eagle Eye symbol peeking can activate the Lucky Nudge feature. The peeking symbol can be nudged up or down to display on the reel. If it is nudged onto the reel it will complete a winning symbol combo. If there is more than one peeking symbol, only one will be nudged.
Gamble feature can be activated after any winning combo by clicking on "Gamble" button. Unlike so many other gamble features you may have run into, this one allows you to increase or decrease your odds by clicking on "+" or "-". Red areas signify losing field and green areas signify winning field. When you click "Spin" the compass needle will start turning, and if it lands on the green area you will win. After a win you can either collect winnings or bank some money and continue gambling until you lose.
Game Play
Coins size +/-: Change the coins size.
Coins +/-: Set the number of coins per line.
Spin: Start the reels.
Stop: Stop the reels before they stop on their own.
Gamble: Start the Gamble feature.
Auto Play: Turn the reels without interruption for a certain number of times.
Untamed Crowned Eagle, is the second in the 'Untamed' series of games from Microgaming. There are 4 games in all, but each having its own special Wild feature. Untamed Bengal Tiger has Trailing Wilds, Untamed Crowned Eagle has Soaring Wilds instead. What this Soaring Wild symbol does is that it hovers over the reels before landing onto one position, with a random multiplier of either 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x. Some may like this feature, some may prefer one of the other 2 Wild features, but for me personally, this Soaring Wild feature is not the best of the 4 features.
Paytable wise, a few minor changes are apparent. The Wild symbol still pays the same 16.6x the total bet amount for getting 5 of them, but the Scatter symbol now pays a much better 250x the total bet for 5 of them. However, getting 2 Scatters anywhere on the reels do not pay anything, only for getting 3 or more Symbols. Getting 3 or more Scatters trigger 10 free spins with a Soaring Wild symbol for each and every free spin, but more free spins cannot be retriggered. This bit I don't quite like. Free spins should always be retriggerable, even though if getting them may be hard, but it does serve to provide more winning chances. Each Soaring Wild symbol comes with a random multiplier of between 2x to 10x. As for the other symbols in the game, they remained unchanged, except for the lower symbols, paying from 6.6x to 1.6x the total bet for getting 5 of each kind. A very low paytable suitable only for 243 or more ways to win.
Playing this game is almost exactly like playing any one of the other 3 'Untamed' games. Only the Wild feature makes the difference, both in the gameplay and in its payouts. With this Soaring Wilds, my Free Spins games paid slightly but marginally better than what I had gotten in the Bengal Tiger game, but are still within the range of 25x to 50x mostly, with a few occasional slightly better wins. Both the Bengal Tiger and this Crowned Eagle games tend to be more stable in terms of payouts than the other 2 games, which tend to be of slightly higher variance, even though the paytables are identical. Well, if you like frequent but smaller payouts, then either one of these 2 games would suit you nicely.