Aztec Wilds Megaways

Return to the Mesoamerican jungle in search of the mythical temple and hidden treasures on the slot from Iron Dog Studio. Aztec Wilds Megaways takes you back for another volatile expedition across six dynamic reels with up to 117,649 ways, a variety of wild modifiers and a free spins round with incrementing multipliers and retriggers that can lead to wins of up to 12,000 times your bet.

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Slot Details

Aztec Wilds Megaways is a cascading video slot with 6 dynamic reels each with 2 to 7 symbols, resulting in any number of ways from 64 to 117,649. Wins are awarded for matching three or more adjacent symbols from the leftmost reel to the right in any position. Available on desktop, tablet or mobile, you can bet from 0.10 to 50 credits per spin. The game has high volatility with a default RTP of 95.82%. Lower models are offered in the 94% and 88% range.

Loading the game will see you returning to the steps of an Aztec Temple with the entrance sealed by the stone framed game window. Colourful masks and golden artefacts are held on rugged rocks that will shatter when a winning combination occurs. Filling the emblem at the top with consecutive winning tumbles will grant you entrance to the Free Spins. Stone rumbling noises are the main audio finely underlined by a tribal drum beat.

The pay symbols start at the low end with engraved card royals from 10 through to A, awarding 0.6x to 1.5x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by three animal characters in yellow, green and blue on the medium level, while three framed icons depicting a snake, an eagle and a tribal warrior are the top payers. Hit six across the line to win 2x to 10x your stake. There are three different wilds on the reels (more to that shortly) but no scatters as the Free Spins are triggered by consecutive winning cascades.

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Aztec Wilds Megaways Slot Features

Aztec Wilds Megaways is joining the likes of Gods of Asgard Megaways and Rock the Reels Megaways in a continously growing portfolio of slots from Iron Dog Studio that feature the licenced game engine from Big Time Gaming. On this occasion, we have an upgrade from their original Aztec Wilds slot from 2019. Reason enough to take a closer look if the transition is indeed an upgrade.

Let’s begin with the Megaways mechanic that many players will know by now. At the start of every spin sequence, a random number between 2 and 7 symbols will drop from the top onto each of the six reels, creating anything from 64 to 117,649 bet ways. Any win will set off a chain reaction, which will see the winning symbols explode and new ones tumbling into empty spaces. The process is repeated as long as a new win occurs after a cascade. All wins are accumulated and paid once a spin sequence ends.

As the title suggests, the wilds are at the core of the action. We have Normal, Sticky and Aztec Wilds that will behave differently when they land on the reels. Some will have additional extras during the Free Spins. They can appear on specific reels only.

• Normal Wilds – Reels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6: The standard wild that substitutse for all regular pay symbols. During Free Spins, it can appear with an multiplier.
• Stick Wild – Reels 2, 3 and 4: Can land in Free Spins only and will stay in position for the duration of the spin sequence. A multiplier will increment by x1 after each wining tumble but will reset between Free Spins.
• Aztec Wild – Reels 3 and 4: Can land in the base game and Free Spins and will spread up to 3 extra wilds on random reels from 2 to 5.

Keep an eye on the semi-circle dial at the top of the reels. It will gradually light up to the right with every consecutive winning cascade within one game round. Reach four to trigger 8 Free Spins with any further cascade adding +2, up to a maximum of 14 spins. During the feature, the mechanic works for successive losing spins and winning tumbles. Four of each will get you +2 spins and any futher another +1, no limits. Plus, the usual Megaways win multiplier starts at x1 and increments by x1 after every winning tumble. All Wilds can appear and trigger their modifiers too.

Lastly, Iron Dog Studios included a Buy Free Spins option that has become the norm on Megaways slots, although it will not be available in restricted countries. Clicking on the button will lead you to a new screen, displaying the total price for purchasing a feature at the current bet. It will cost you 85x or 115x your stake for a bonus round with 8 and 10 Free Spins respectively.

Final Verdict

Aztec Wilds Megaways is not a barn stormer that reinvents the wheel but offers solid gameplay with ample modifiers in the base game and free spins as well as a decent win potential. At 12,000 times your bet it is double of that on the original Aztec Wilds slot whereas Iron Dog Studio did a stellar job at keeping the core DNA and Wild mechanics. As such, the transition to a Megaways slot can indeed be seen as an upgrade.

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