By delving into the depths of the ocean with Release the Kraken™, we will likely be able to uncover its mysteries! Wilds that will proportion free spins, a progressive win multiplier and random features that will help us remove the treasure from under the Kraken's nose. Fish and turtles will help us accomplish this mission, which promises to be formidable.
The Kraken has a problem as he likes to grab onto everything and has a splinter of wood in one of his tentacles. The problem is that as he terrorizes everyone. Enjoying doing it just for his own amusement. He's not evil but still, everyone is afraid of him. The other generations of Kraken, yes they were terrible, especially his parents. But he is a gentle creature who only likes to scare people for his own entertainment.
He is in so much pain. He doesn't know what to do, but suddenly he sees two small coloured fish and a shark (the symbols of the game Release the Kraken™) and he sees that they are not afraid! He hesitates to ask them for help but the pain is too much! He greets them politely and the fish don't believe what they just heard! The three friends, and yes, there is such a thing as friendship among fish, greet in turn.
The Kraken tells them what is happening to him, big tears flow. The friends don't hesitate for a moment and between all of them help the Kraken and remove the splinter of wood that was torturing him. To thank them, the Kraken offers them a part of the treasure he has been keeping preciously for generations.
All Release the Kraken™ symbols will win from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. The wild symbol will be able to substitute for all symbols except the bonus symbol, free spins and trunk bonus. The wild symbol will be present on all reels. There will be three single bonus symbols. The free spins and the vault bonus.
A bonus feature in the Release the Kraken™ cash game will be triggered if the bonus symbol (the boat) appears on reels 1 and 3 and the free spins or the safe symbol appears on reel 5. The random games feature will trigger when in the base game on any spin a choice of 3 tentacle symbols appear: one must be chosen to trigger a random bonus.
The Lockin Wilds Kraken will be a wild that will have the crossed tentacles will be able to substitute for all symbols except for the Release the Kraken™ 3D video slot bonus symbols. When the feature begins the reels continue to spin while successive choices of 1 of 3 trunks randomly award one of the following prizes: more wilds, keep spinning, all wins x2 and collect, more wilds and collect or collect.
All winning combinations in the Release the Kraken™ cash game are paid out once the feature is complete. The Colossal Kraken Wilds will be wild symbols that can substitute for all symbols except the bonus symbols. Once the reels stop a guaranteed 3×4 colossal wild symbol will appear in a random position on the reels.
The Infectious Kraken Wilds will be wilds that can substitute for any symbol in Release the Kraken™ except the bonus symbols. When the reels stop at least one wild is guaranteed to appear. This symbol will affect adjacent symbols which will become wilds. The bonus feature is awarded when a bonus symbol (the boat) appears on reels 1 and 3 and a chest symbol on reel 5.
This feature gives players a choice of 3 random cash prize chests, triggering the Free Spin Feature or Collect. Successive choices are awarded in Release the Kraken™ as long as cash prizes are obtained. When players obtain the Free Spins feature, the sequence is triggered. Pressing collect ends the sunken treasure bonus feature.
The Roaming Kraken Free Spins feature will be awarded when a bonus symbol (the boat) appears on reels 1 and 3 and a Free Spins symbol appears on reel 5 of Release the Kraken™. Before the sequence begins chests will need to be selected to reveal prizes until players find a collectable item.
The prizes can be +1, +2 or +3 free spins. Once the Collector item has been revealed the sequence is played with the total number of free spins earned so far. During this Release the Kraken™ cash game feature 40 paylines are in play. The sequence starts with a win multiplier of x1.
For each wild symbol that appears during the sequence, the multiplier increases by x1 for all remaining free spins. All wild symbols that appear during the sequence remain on screen and change position randomly on each spin. The feature will not be retriggered and special reels will be in play during the Release the Kraken™ bonus.
Pragmatic Play software gives us a nice 3D video slot with a Kraken who is going to help us retrieve a treasure, with the help of fish, sharks that are not exactly scary, but rather bring a smile to our faces. It's a great slot machine set at the bottom of the ocean, very colourful in a cartoon style and it's very well done. The graphics and special effects are superb.
The players are quite involved as it's not just about spinning the reels. You also have to choose the chests and the game does not continue in its own momentum if the players do not click. Only he will choose his fate which is well thought out on the part of the Pragmatic Play software to get the players attention. The software does a good job and this can be seen in its games which are always better.
As we have seen in previous reviews with the Money Mouse™ and Aladdin and the Sorcerer™ games. For example, there is a similarity in the features that offer more player involvement as they have to make choices and it gets their attention. Great work to make players pay more attention.
There are wilds, win multipliers and three bonus games that will lead us to the treasure trail. The return to players is 96.5% and the volatility is medium to high so players don't have to wait too long to trigger the features which is really good for players who don't have much patience.
Bets will range from £0.20 to £100 which is a pretty big range. All types of players are included and this is important. Because from the small player who doesn't have a big wallet for his hobby to the one who doesn't have problems with the limits, everyone gets in on the action and that's great!