Wolf Stacks Megaways

Wolf Stacks Megaways: Slot Overview

Whether accurate or not, Native American culture, as displayed in slots, is usually shown at one with nature, living harmoniously with the wildlife, and often shot through with streaks of mysticism. While lacking a huge amount of mysticism, developer Red Tiger's online slot, Wolf Stacks Megaways, certainly includes elements of the other two things from that list. It also has wild stacks, cascades, and free spins, but not a massive number of features are to be found in this game. However, for whatever reason, perhaps Red Tiger fell for the theme, the developer has seen fit to make Wolf Stacks Megaways one of its higher winning potential games.

A quaint Native American-inspired scene is where Wolf Stacks Megaways sets up shop. Pipes, drums, and running water provide the aural background to a vision of tents set up by a river in a wooded, mountainous region. Whether Wolf Stacks Megaways is perceived as being culturally sensitive or cliched, the game provides a gentle, soothing environment in which to gamble while soaking up an appealing vision of North America. One side of it, far away from the hustle and bustle.

Utilizing the opportunities Megaways provides, Wolf Stacks Megaways is played on a 6-reel gaming matrix, landing 2 to 7 symbols per reel. The more symbols in view, the greater the number of ways to win, climaxing at the 117,649 mark. Bet range is tight, so players can go as low as 20 c per spin or as high as $/€2 per spin. The volatility, meanwhile, is in the high region, and the default RTP comes in at 95.72%.

Ten to Ace playing card ranks greet players when they inspect the list of paying symbols. Above them are a peace pipe, a drum, a feathered headdress, a grey wolf, and a white wolf. Winning combinations of 6 identical royals pay 0.25x to 0.3x, while 6 matching premiums are worth 0.5 to 5 times the bet. The chain reaction feature causes winning symbols to disappear, making way for symbols to drop in and maybe form new wins. Chain reactions only end when no new win is formed.

Wolf Stacks Megaways: Slot Features

Wolf Stacks Megaways keeps it simple in this section. What we cover here are stacked wild symbols and free spins.

Stacked Wild Symbols

The wild symbol substitutes for any pay symbols and is present in stacks on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. When a wild stack takes part in a win, only the lowest visible symbol in the stack disappears. The other wild symbols in the stack remain on the reels with the non-winning symbols for the next chain reaction and fall down a position.

Free Spins

Players are awarded 5 free spins when 3 scatters land or 10 free spins when 4 scatters hit. A stack of wilds is placed on a random reel for each free spin. This can be on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5. Wild stacks may also land naturally from the reel strips as they do in the base game. The other bonus about the free spins round is that all wins are multiplied by x2. Hitting 3 or 4 scatters wards a further +5 or +10 free spins, respectively, and there is no limit to the number of retriggers.

Wolf Stacks Megaways: Slot Verdict

Sneeze, and you might miss Wolf Stacks Megaways' features section as it doesn't have a huge amount of stuff going on. Chain reactions are par for the course in a Megaways slot, as is a multiplier during the free spins round. The difference is Wolf Stacks Megaways' multiplier is not a progressive one, which increases after each win, but a straight x2; that's it, nothing more. One of the main standout features in the game is wild stacks, and fair enough, a full wild reel in a Megaways slot is a nifty effect to have on hand. Even niftier is the way the stack does not completely disappear after it has been used in a win. Just the bottom wild is removed, and the stack drops a position. This mechanic did seem to help produce fairly lengthy chain reaction sequences at times. However, the relatively low symbol values balance this attribute out.

The odd thing about Wolf Stacks Megaways is that despite the basic nature and limited number of features, Red Tiger has, for the studio, gone big in terms of winning potential. Whether the max potential claim of 30,538.7x is actually achievable or not, or maybe just a typo, remains to be seen. This figure might not be as WTF as the one attached to Judgement Day Megaways, yet it's up there by Red Tiger standards, hence the limited bet range. However, take away the claimed max win potential, and Wolf Stacks Megaways doesn't have a huge amount left over. As alluded to, the repeat cascading win effect brought on by wild stacks can be fun, as is the soothing dip into Native American culture, but Wolf Stacks Megaways lacked something, a certain depth maybe, that might have given the game extra bite and more to hold onto.