Aurora Wilds Slot Review and Game Features
Explore the latest Microgaming casino slots, Aurora Wilds, by their newest partner, Neon Valley Studios.
Yesterday, we told you about a new partnership deal between Microgaming and Neon Valley Studios. The iGaming juggernaut signed yet another exclusive content agreement, taking on a fresh team to ‘bring the spirit of Vegas’ to internet players outside the US.
Within that announcement, it was confirmed that Neon Valley Studios would launch its first game on the Quickfire platform on Tuesday, September 10. And as promised, we’re delving straight into that new title, the Aurora Wilds Slot, to see if Neon Valley’s slot machines are as story-driven as they say they are.
Latest Microgaming Casino Slot – Aurora Wilds
My first impression upon loading up Aurora Wilds is that no, it does not deliver on the “story” aspect Neon Valley games are said to be founded on. When I think of slots with a story, I expect an in-depth plot. It should start with a cinematic back story, and the tale should progress interactively along with the game. Aurora Wilds delivers none of this, and for that reason I found it disappointing.
What this game does is combine a popular theme – Native American culture – with an appealing graphic scheme – Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights) – throwing in enough features to keep it interesting. The end result is not the story-driven game I was hoping for, but a modestly immersive game, nonetheless.
Aurora Wilds Slot Review
Microgaming’s latest addition is a traditional 5 reel, 10 line video slot. It’s got a bet range of $0.10 up to $100 per spin, with an average RTP of 96.2%. Borrowing a series of symbols from Native American culture, this game utilizes artistic renderings of a phoenix, horse, turtle, fish and rabbit, along with classic Bar and 7 icons as the highest paying images.
A dual feather and diamond, back-dropped by Northern Lights, is the wild. Wilds take the place of any other standard symbol. All wilds are expanding wilds, growing to cover the full reel each time one appears in any position, and will also trigger a free respin each time a new wild appears. After expanding to cover its row, the wild reel locks in place for the respin. If another wild appears, it too will expand, lock into place, and trigger another respin.
Instead of employing a standard scatter symbol, Neon Valley chose to install scatters that can attach themselves to any standard symbol (all except wilds). The scatter appears as a golden jackpot wheel in the bottom right corner of other symbols. If three or more jackpot wheels appear on any three symbols (those symbols don’t have to match) in a single spin, it triggers a jackpot bonus game that guarantees one of four jackpots will be awarded.
Jackpot Wheel Bonus Game
When triggered, a Jackpot Bonus Wheel appears. The wheel contains various positions, each marked by one of four colors. Each color represents one of the four jackpots. The details of each jackpot, its odds of striking, and overall prize value, are as follows…
Mini Jackpot: Blue, 50% chance, pays 15x total bet
Minor Jackpot: Green, 30% chance, pays 50x total bet
Major Jackpot: Red, 15% chance, pays 200x total bet
Grand Jackpot: Gold, 5% chance, pays 2,000x total bet
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