Born Wild Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

Born Wild might sound like a wildlife-themed slot machine, and it is that if you’re looking at its symbols, but the design doesn’t have much else in common with nature. The wild creatures that you’re seeing on the reels, dangerous beasts for the most part, look like the sort of modern design you’d see on a t-shirt or as a sports team’s logo.

They appear to have corresponding sounds as logos in the low paying positions (with words like Grrr, Claw, Hisss, Roar, Howl). The top symbols have images of the Rhino, Cobra, Tiger, Gorilla, and Wolf. Bear scatters are also present, as feature triggers, along with the Lions, and the Wild logos.

Developer

Hacksaw Gaming is the name of the developer that’s giving us Born Wild. An older developer for the online casino industry, but previously specializing only in scratch cards, they’ve made the move to the slot category as well, and they have a nice selection of titles already.

How To Play It

Your wagers are going to be found within the given range, starting from a $0.20 minimum, and going as high as $100.

Born Wild will play on 5×4 reels, getting 20 active lines there. Your combinations will form via 3+ symbols of the same type, that have to land left to right, pretty much as in every other slot.

Special Features

A Wild logo will be among the symbols that are used in this game. Naturally, you know where this is going, as the symbol signals right away that it will be used as a substitute. It can be quite powerful during the Lion’s Roar feature, when you get a lot of them in one place, same as for the free spins. They pay the most out of all symbols, 250x the stake for a full line.

Speaking of those free spins, the feature will trigger when the Bear scatters land 3 times in view. This gets you 10 free spins, where the only difference from the base game is the fact that you get sticky wilds (they remain on the reels for the entire duration of the feature).

What you really want though, is access to the Lion’s Roar, a respin feature that needs 3+ Lions on the reels. Used as scatters, they give you a feature that keeps only Lion symbols locked, and respins all other positions. If you get more Lions to land, they too become sticky, and respins continue. There are two potential outcomes here.

You either get all positions covered by Lion symbols, or you don’t. If you don’t, then there is a chance that all those Lions are going to be transformed into wilds, which is not bad at all.

However, if you do get Lions in all 20 positions through these respins, you win one of the most impressive fixed jackpots that you will find in any slot. It’s worth $10,000,000, and it’s the one thing making this game truly interesting.

Maximum Payouts

A $10,000,000 top jackpot is impressive, for any slot machine, but there are a couple of caveats that one should mention. For one, the RTP is very low, only 93.80% (typical slots are 96% or better). Another is the volatility, which needs to be extremely high, in order to accommodate both the low RTP and the huge jackpot.

Summary

Born Wild definitely has enough there to get you interested, it’s the only slot machine that can end up paying as much as it does. However, keep in mind that it’s not very likely for you to walk away with a profit, and know what the risks are before you give it a try.