Wolf Blaze Megaways

Wolf Blaze Megaways: Slot Overview

Developer Fortune Factory Studios has been kicking around, releasing slots in conjunction with partner Games Global (formerly known as Microgaming), but are yet to really bust out and make their mark. One way of getting greater view time, maybe popping up on extra radars, is to whack the word 'Megaways' onto a game title while incorporating its mechanics into the game itself. The slot that Fortune Factory Studios has chosen to do this with is Wolf Blaze Megaways, and comes with two bonuses – a round of free spins with a progressive multiplier and a Static Jackpot pick-me feature.

Mention the word 'wolf' in an online slot, and the classic Pragmatic Play release Wolf Gold might not be far from your mind. Strangely, Fortune Factory Studios has reinforced this association, inadvertently or not, by putting a wolf on its top premium symbol, which looks a heck of a lot like the Pragmatic Play one, right down to the night and day colouring. The rest of Wolf Blaze Megaways' visuals have a handsome North American wilderness look to them, where the studio has taken a similar angle as Print Studios did in Huntress Wild Vengeance. So, instead of canyons, Wolf Blaze Megaways is more about woodland areas, rock formations, and water features. Those used to the North American nature genre should feel at home in these surroundings, being a rather handsomely arrayed slot.

Sitting off centre is the active gaming area. It consists of 6 reels spinning vertically and a 4-symbol reel at the top spinning horizontally. The Megaways system alters the number of symbols landing on the main reels, varying the number of ways to win up to 117,649 when the grid is maxed out. With four possible RTP models, the highest return value is 95.98%, while the volatility is high. With bet levels ranging from 10 p/c to 20 p/c per spin, Wolf Blaze Megaways is available on any device.

Wolf Blaze Megaways makes use of Games Global's Rolling Reel mechanic, which kicks in whenever a winning way lands on the grid. The winning symbols are removed, and other symbols drop to fill the gaps. This system keeps turning over like this until no new win is created. Winning ways can be three to six-of-a-kind in length and be made up of ten different types of pay symbols. These are wooden designed 9-A card ranks as the lows, then a bear, cougar, eagle, and wolf as the highs. Getting a six-of-a-kind win awards 0.8x to 1.8 times the bet for the lows and 2x to 50x the bet for the highs. Appearing on the top reel only are howling wolf wild coin symbols. Wilds substitute for all symbols except scatters.

Wolf Blaze Megaways: Slot Features

Wilds are also collected when they land, linking them to the Jackpot Pick Game, whereas the other bonus round is free spins with a progressive multiplier.

Jackpot Pick Game

When wilds are collected at the end of a free spin or base game spin, there is a chance the Jackpot Pick Game is triggered. The more wilds collected, the higher the chance of activating the feature. When active, the Jackpot Pick Game shows 12 facedown tokens on the screen, and players pick them one at a time. Picked tokens turn up a jackpot token until 3 matching jackpot tokens have been revealed. The four possible jackpots are the Mini, Minor, Major, or Mega, worth a prize of 15x, 50x, 100x, or 5,000x the bet, respectively.

Free Spins

Scatter symbols in Wolf Blaze Megaways display the letters W, O, L, F, or +5. Landing the first four awards 12 free spins, while each extra scatter adds +5 spins to the tally. In free spins, a win multiplier is added, starting at x1. After each Rolling Reels roll, the multiplier increases by +1 until the feature ends. The round is extended by +5 or +10 free spins when 3 or 4 paw scatters land on the top reel, respectively.

Wolf Blaze Megaways: Slot Verdict

After a playthrough, Wolf Blaze Megaways didn't exactly feel like it was going to end up being Fortune Factory Studios' breakout slot just yet. That's not to say the game does anything bad, annoying, or remotely dastardly; it's just that what it does is pretty regular, a little commonplace even. At the same time, it's impossible to get too down on what Wolf Blaze Megaways delivers, either. It's one of those games which sits comfortably in the middle ground, neither terrible nor great, preferring to quietly go about the business of being a competently made slot that players delighted by the North American wilderness might find ideal for a spot of online gambling.

As for features, there's not a huge amount to report back on them. Everything works fine on an individual and holistic level, with nothing glaringly bad or fist-pumpingly amazing. Free spins with a progressive win multiplier can be found in a large amount of Megaways games, and they complete their task as well here as in any number of competitor slots. Then there's the Jackpot Pick Game, which is also a fairly common though positive addition. It complements the action a lot more than it detracts from it and means there is a straight path to a potential 5,000x win in both the base or bonus game. Potential is rosy all around in Wolf Blaze Megaways, where wins top out at 18,163.9 times the stake.

And so, gamblers who like making virtual treks to natural spots of beauty while looking out for dangerous animals should be pleased if taking Wolf Blaze Megaways out for a spin. As mentioned, there's nothing terribly unmissable about the game, but nothing dire to avoid either. In short, Wolf Blaze Megaways should be a dependable choice for players who can't get enough of this style of naturalistic reel-based action.