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Wild Catch (Game) Review
The idyllic forest river with the mountain in the background evokes images of classic nature films. Just like this movie, Wild Catch is a game for anyone with an appreciation for fishing.
This game has good features, and enough to keep the base game interesting while you wait to trigger the choice of 3 different bonus rounds. The volatility might be a bit high for some casual players.
You can also randomly win 1 of 3 different fixed jackpots, and the biggest one - the Gold Jackpot - is worth 2,000x your stake. This might be a consolation prize compared to the 9,000x you can win in the most volatile free spins feature option, but it still adds to the layer of excitement. This game may inspire certain people to get out in nature and forget about games for a while.
What are the bonus features?
The fishing theme might be simple, but this is not really a simple game when it comes to bonus features. In addition to the 3 different bonus rounds, you’ll also find a lot of different base game features. We’ll start with the most basic stuff, and work our way up to the game’s highlight.
There is a Rolling Reels feature active at all times in this game, and it works similar to the cascading or avalanche feature you probably know from many other games. Whenever you land a winning combo, the winning symbols will be removed, and potential new winning symbols will drop down from above. This process goes on as long as you keep winning.
You can also trigger a random feature called Splashing Wilds on any given spin in Wild Catch game, and these can turn reels 2, 3 and/or 4 into fully stacked wild reels. Any of the reels that turn wild will remain so for as long as the Rolling Reels feature goes on, but when you land a non-winning spin the feature is finished.
In addition, you can also win 3 different fixed jackpot prizes in this game, and you increase your chances of winning a jackpot by landing wilds. The wild symbols are collected in the form of coins by the jackpots you’ll see on the left-hand side, and here is how much each jackpot is worth:
- Bronze Jackpot equals 10x your stake
- Silver Jackpot equals 100x your stake
- Gold/Wild Jackpot equals 2,000x your stake
You can win the jackpots at any time, by the way (both in the base game and during the bonus rounds), and when the jackpot feature is triggered you’ll get to open a treasure chest which reveals which of the 3 jackpots you landed.
Free spins in Wild Catch
The golden trout is the scatter symbol in this game, and you need to land at least 3 of it anywhere on the same spin to trigger the free spins bonus round. There is also a scatter win involved here, and you’ll get that up front before the free spins feature plays out. More precisely, you get a win of 5x, 25x or 250x your stake for 3, 4 or 5 scatters, respectively.
Wild Catch comes with 3 different bonus rounds you can choose from, but only the low volatility option is available at first. The 2 other free spins options will be unlocked once you have triggered the bonus round 5 and 10 times, respectively. The difference is in the number of spins, volatility, consecutive win multiplier range and expanding growing wild stacks.
Here is a summary of what you can look forward too in the Wild Catch bonus rounds, and each feature comes with its own fishing location:
- Crystal Lake (low volatility) - gives you 15 spins with a multiplier meter of 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x and 10x. The growing wild stacks increase by 1 here, and the potential max win is 3,600x your stake.
- Emerald Creek (medium volatility, available after 5 fs triggers) - gives you 10 spins with a multiplier meter of 3x, 5x, 10x and 15x. The growing wild stacks increase by 2 here, and the max win is 5,400x your stake.
- Golden Rapids (high volatility, available after 10 fs triggers) - gives you 5 spins and a multiplier meter of 5x, 10x, 15x and 25x. The growing wild stacks increase by 3 here, and the max win is 9,000x your stake.
How to play
The interface on Wild Catch game is very easy to overview, and you’ll find everything you need on the right-hand side. We will walk you through everything you need to know about how to play this game here, but experienced players might wanna skim through this, as it’s mostly aimed at new players and beginners.
You can start by clicking the hamburger menu at the bottom of the icon stack on the right, and this gives you 2 options. You can check out the game settings first, as there you can turn on quick spin feature and toggle on/off the game sound. The quick spin can also be turned on via the lightning icon at the top of the icon stack, and the game has a near perfect pace with this option turned on.
The music and sound effects are soothing and pleasing for the ears, so we see no reason to turn off the sound here. Next, you can check out the paytable, where each of the features are described in detail. You can scroll down a bit to see the symbol values, and the male fly angler is the highest paying regular symbol here.
The 3 jackpots you can win are on display on the left-hand side, and we also like how the max win potential of 9,000x is displayed above the reels at all times. It’s a motivating reminder of what this game is capable of, and you can now click the coin stack icon to set your bet level between 20p and £20 per spin. This is a somewhat slim and narrow bet range, not really catering to high rollers.
Finally, you can set up the autoplay feature with between 10 to 100 autospins, and you can also set a win and loss limit to make the autospins stop. If you prefer to spin the reels manually, you can click the spin button in the middle of the icon stack, and you then have the option to click again to stop the reels short. Doing this makes your regular spins faster than the quick spins option, which is kind of paradoxical.
Where to play Wild Catch?
Now that you have become an expert on how to play this game, we thought it would be a good time to introduce you to some options as to where you can play Wild Catch game. This game are high on the priority list of most operators in the market, and you will therefore have no problem finding a place where you can play this game. You will still have to decide if you want to play for real money right away, or check out the demo game first. We can help you out here either way.
Play for real money
This is not a very complicated game, even though it comes with many different features. If you have some experience, you should have no trouble getting started for real right away. It’s important to know what you’re up against though, but you get that from the math model overview and our “200 spins experience” below. If you follow the link to the top of this page, you’ll find plenty of casinos and welcome offers to choose from.
Play free demo version
If you have any kind of doubt about this game, it’s a good idea to try the free demo game first. In fact, this can be a good idea anyway, as you will get a feel of the gameplay and know for sure if this is worth your time and money. It’s better to be safe than sorry they say, and the good news is that we have the free game installed right at the very top of this review page.
The 200 Spins Wild Catch Experience
Having done some river and lake fly fishing in our younger years, Wild Catch certainly struck a chord with us when we first loaded in the game. The sense of peace and calm has been captured beautifully in this game, although it would have been even better if the river was animated with a few trouts leaping now and then.
Still, we really looked forward to taking this beauty for our usual 200 spin test run, and we loaded up the autoplay feature with our first 100 spins. With the quick spin feature on, the pace of this game has that “oddly satisfying” feeling that almost makes you indifferent to winning and losing. This is a feat in and off itself, and something developers should pay more attention to.
We had plenty of dead spins before we landed a bigger base game win of 24x, and this was due to the Splashing Wild feature which can sometimes be helpful. Far from always though, as we triggered it plenty of times without winning a single dime. We got lucky, and landed 3 golden trouts after only 40 spins, and we had no choice but to go for the low volatility free spins option.
It’s somewhat annoying that the 2 other options have to be unlocked, and you’ll probably have to play for quite a while before you have the 10 bonus rounds under your belt that’s required to unlock the high volatility option. Anyway, we got a few decent wins in the bonus round, and it all amounted to a total win of 51.6x our stake.
The game can easily take you for a long journey of dead spins and smaller wins, as this is the nature of a highly volatile game. This happened to us for more or less the rest of our 200 spins session, but we triggered the bonus round one more time at the very end. This time we triggered the jackpot feature on the second free spin, which naturally got our hopes up. However, we landed only the 10x Bronze Jackpot, which was a bit disappointing.
We maxed out the multiplier meter at the end of the bonus round, but still won only 39.4x our stake all in all from this one. Not exactly a massive win, and we saw mostly dead spins before the sudden burst of cascading wins gave us this “consolation prize”. Even though we ended up in the red from our session, we still enjoyed this game a lot, and we’ll definitely be back for another go at the big catch.
Review Summary
We can’t see any reason why people interested in fly fishing - or fishing in general - would not enjoy this game. Wild Catch does not invent anything, but it comes with a very nice and balanced combination of features, visuals and an atmosphere of peace and tranquility that really makes you wanna dust of the old fly rod and head for the nearest river.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| The 3 middle reels can turn into wild reels | Max bet is only £20, which is a bit low for high rollers |
| 3 different free spins feature can be unlocked | |
| High volatility and 9,000x max win potential | |
| 3 different fixed jackpots up to 2,000x |
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Game 1 - takes you on a fun fishing expedition. There are plenty of features to enjoy here too. You can look forward to Octopus sticky wilds, and a bonus round where wins up to 1,300x your stake is possible.
Game 2 - comes with the happiest fisherman we’ve ever seen. Perhaps the lady in the yellow bikini is the big catch he’s celebrating, who knows, but the game comes with a very fun Reel Slide™ feature and up to 20 free spins in the bonus round.
Game 3 - is a must try for any fishing fans out there, as this version is the original game on steroids. It comes with up to 15,625 ways to win, and you can now pocket up to 10,000x your stake when you angle for the cash prize fish in the game’s very exciting bonus round. While the original game was good, this version is one of the best fishing games out there, if not the best.
