Yggdrasil video slots always divide us, here in the office.
On one hand, they are great fun to test and play.
On the other, because we are based in the UK, we can never gamble real money as they haven’t got a UK licence like the other casino slot software providers.
Which turns us into petulant children who don’t get to play with the awesome toy everyone else gets.
So if you sit with us in the sulky UK children tables, we’d recommend you check out the video of Hooks Heroes slot coming in September.
For the rest of you lucky… everyone else in the world… here’s one of the best new video slots you’ll get this month, on 28th of August.
Why you should care about Vikings Go Wild slot
Say what you will about Yggdrasil games, but they are always interesting and rarely boring.
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Here’s the official line on why you should get excited:
“Join The Vikings on a mysterious adventure across the dark blue ocean. Slay the sea monster in free spins and the victorious Vikings will turn into sticky wilds!”
Ok, so Yggdrasil do great casino games, but not so good with writing exciting stuff.
That’s our job.
First things first: key stats about this new video slot
- 5 reels, 25 paylines and pays left to right
- RTP: 96.3%
- Wild symbols replaces all others except scatter and bonus
- Scatters trigger up to 24 free spins
- All wilds stay sticky throughout the free spins
- Extra random wild during the free spins in an epic Viking VS Sea creature showdown
- Treasure chest symbol on reel 5 gives out instant cash or free spins.
- If you trigger the free spins with the treasure chest symbol, you’ll also get one random reel completely wild for the duration of the spins.
That’s the condensed version of the game.
We’ve been told that Vikings Go Wild will be on the higher variance of the slot scale, meaning fairly risky business, but awesome winning possibilities.
That, we can only confirm once we’ve had a chance to play, but if so, increases the excitement level.
A game can be pretty, but at the end of the day, it’s got to bring the wins.
But is it really that pretty?
We have to say, if there’s one thing we love about Yggdrasil it’s their funny quirky themes.
Take the hilariously simple, but well done, Cyrus the Virus mobile slot. A little dark, but with funny little characters you’ve not seen before, that lit up the screen.
Vikings Go Wild is not that.
The symbols are four vikings, two males in their full bearded prime, a grey-haired older leader, and a young token blonde.
Each of them smirking, one eye brow slightly raised, and having the exact same look on their face. It’s literally identical.
Perhaps it’s the traditional look all Vikings have when they discover new lands to pillage and plunder or… Go Wild? Maybe chasing dragons is their version of Spring break?
Set these reels with a dragon-shaped prow on each side, floating on a dark moonless sea, and you’ve got fairly conventional Viking slot theme.
You know what it reminds us of…?
It took a little while for us to get the connection, but once we went back to check, we realised that this casino slot is remarkably like the Casino Zeppelin video slot by the same provider.
And we are not just talking about how much you can win, or the fact both are Yggdrasil’s attempts at creating themes around characters.
We are talking about the fact that you get free spins and then sticky wilds throughout.
So with all the action happening in the bonus games, is Vikings Go Wild just a remake of Casino Zeppelin?
Nope: it’s in fact even better
And here’s the part which gets us excited.
We gave Casino Zeppelin a 4 star review. It was fun, it was exciting, it had big win potential…
The Vikings Go Wild slot machine promises everything it’s sister slot provides, but more.
On Zeppelin you got 10, 15 or 20 free spins on 3, 4 or 5 scatters. Vikings give you 8, 16, and 24 free spins instead.
And if you’re thinking – hey that’s less free spins on 3 scatters… yes true. But more chances of winning big on more scatters.
Not to mention that Vikings Go Wild gives you one additional way of triggering the free spins in the treasure chest on reel 5.
Not only will you get a whole reel wild, but you could simply get you instant cash to keep spinning.
And then there’s all the extra wilds…
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Dragons VS Vikings: who will win?
Our main complaint about Casino Zeppelin is that whilst the possibilities of winning big were clearly there, sometimes it felt hard to reach if a free spin bonus round didn’t go your way.
Vikings Go Wild seems to rectify that, not only be making getting extra free spins easier to get through that treasure chest, but easier to get wilds to stick around.
We’re talking about the fact that every time a Viking symbol shows up on screen, they battle the sea dragon and you have a 50/50 chance of getting an additional wild.
Now, this could just be a gimmick of pretty animations and little returns.
But this slots software doesn’t do gimmicky
With every wild staying sticky on screen, if enough of those vikings do turn wild, we suddenly have images of a screens full of wilds and big wins.
Enough to makes us want to draw our swords and head into battle the sea serpent ourselves.
It’s certainly easier to understand why the Vikings looks so happy with themselves, secure in the knowledge that one glorious battle is only one spin of the reels away.
If you want to understand our excitement, we’d recommend you take a generous welcome bonus (Vera & John give you an exclusive 100% up to €$200) and try Casino Zeppelin for yourself.
The 28th of August is not that far away…
