Release the Kraken

Get your snorkelling gear ready as your about to dive into a colourful underwater world on the slot from Pragmatic Play. Release the Kraken will take you to the sea ground to explore a sunken shipwreck filled with untold treasures. Beware though, the Kraken might appear at any time to grant you three random wild reel modifiers, a chest pick-me bonus game or the Roaming Kraken Wild Free Spins where wins of up to 10,000 times your bet are up for grabs.

Slot Details

Release the Kraken is a video slot with five reels, four rows and 20 pay lines in the base game, doubling to 40 lines in the free spins. Wins are awarded for three to five matching symbols on an active line from left to right only. You can face the beastly creature on desktop or mobile from 0.20 to 100 credits per spin. The game has medium to high volatility (4.5/5) with a default RTP of 96.50%. Some operators might opt for a lower RTP setting, always read the help file to find out which version you will be playing.

Prepare for an explosion of colours when you load the game. You will be diving to the sea ground to encounter brightly coloured corals and mostly friendly fish. Even the shark manages a wry smile. A ship wreck is in the background of the semi-translucent game window while a variety of fish and of course the mighty Kraken dominate on the reels. The main audio is a mixture of wave sounds, wind and bubbles, all complemented by a chirpy pirate track when you start spinning.

The pay symbols start at the low end with the card royals from J through A, awarding 2x to 4x your stake for a single five of a kind. The premiums are a yellow-green striped fish, a smirking blue fish, a turtle and a shark. Hit five on a line to win from 5x to 12.5x your bet.

An air bubble marked with the word itself is the wild symbol, substituting for all regular pay symbols and yielding 25x your stake when five land across the reels. A sailing ship is the bonus symbol on reels one and three while a choice of a Free Spins scatter or a Chest Bonus symbol can land on reel five to trigger different features.

Release the Kraken Slot Features.

Pragmatic Play designed the game not just with colour-rich visuals but also gave it a flurry of random and bonus features that perfectly reflects the volatility of the beastly Kraken. While that makes sure a session is never boring, it rarely presents big win potential as the RTP is distributed among too many features. Nonetheless, this type of games is usually fun to play and offers plenty of entertainment for your buck while also delivering the occasional mega win.

It all starts in the base game with three Random Features. At the start of any spin, three tentacles can randomly appear, each with a “Pick Me” board. You get one pick to reveal a reel modifier that will be applied to the current spin.

• Colossal Kraken Wilds: A jumbo 3×4 Kraken Wild is guaranteed to land on a random position. Best is to see it hit on the front three reels as it will guarantee an all-ways pay.
• Infectious Kraken Wilds: One or more Kraken Wilds are placed on random positions. Each will turn all directly adjacent symbols into wilds.
• Kraken Lockin’ Wilds: The Kraken will add random wilds to the reels for the current spin. After each placing, you will get a choice of three treasure chests containing – More Wilds, Continue, All Wins x2 & Collect, More Wilds & Collect and Collect. Pick one chest at a time to unveil your prize. The feature continues adding wilds until you hit a collect sign. The reels then stop and any potential wins are paid.

Hitting bonus scatters on reels one and three as well as the Chest Bonus symbol on reel five will trigger the Sunken Treasure bonus game. A huge Kraken will appear, holding three treasure chest in its tentacles. You can keep picking one to reveal coin wins between 2x and 10x your bet until you hit a “Collect” sign. The accumulated prizes are then paid and the feature ends.

More variety and picks are waiting in the main feature, the Roaming Kraken Free Spins round. You will need to land bonus scatters on reels one and three as well as a Free Spins scatter on reel five to trigger the feature. The game will lead to a second screen with 10 treasure chests, each containing +1, +2, +3 free spins or a “Collect” icon. Pick chests to accumulate as many free spins as possible.

During the feature, the number of pay lines is doubled to 40 and the win multiplier set at x1. Any Kraken Wild landing anywhere on a free spin will increase the multiplier by x1 and turn into a roaming wild. It will stay on the screen and move to a random position on each free spin. More wilds can land on the remaining free spins, further increasing the multiplier and the chances to score a win. The feature cannot be retriggered.

Final Verdict

Well, if jolly-good reel fun with smirking fishes, a monstrous Kraken and a feature frenzy are your thing, then this slot from Pragmatic Play is just right for you. The abundance of extras and features will keep you well entertained, while the smiling fish will mostly drain your balance. The maximum win potential with 10,000 times your bet sounds overly ambitious as you would need a full screen of Kraken Wilds with an x10 multiplier to achieve the feat. However, I can see it delivering frequently big wins in the 100x to 500x range.

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