Infective Wild Slots
Infective Wild Slot is played on five reels and four rows, and features 40 different pay lines from the Pragmatic Play slot. This is one of the best All Hallows Eve themed slots on the market these days. The graphics have a haunting, elegant quality that reminds me of the Tim Burton classics Nightmare Before Christmas or Corpse Bride. There's a pumpkin character located next to the reels, and he's equal part menacing and spooky, as well as likable and fun. His wizard outfit, long fingers and magical orb really paint their own picture. The game takes place outside in a graveyard surrounded by dead trees, blinking skulls and suspiciously lit windows. This spooky slot theme is the ultimate escape! This is a high variance slot, and there are three possible RTP rates. There's the 94.02% RTP as well as the 95.06% RTP and the 96.09% RTP. The maximum win multiplier is 5,000x your bet.
Basics and Symbols
The mechanics of this game are easy enough. You use the plus and minus symbols to adjust your bet. The minimum stake you can place is 0.40. There's an information tab that opens the pay table, and this game also has win multipliers and there's a main menu where you can adjust settings. The playing card royal symbols are the lowest multiplier values of all of the winning symbols, and it can award 4x to 6x your total bet. There's also excellent potential for payout for all of these symbols, whether you're playing during the base game or during the free spins rounds.
All symbols pay from the left to the right. The top paying symbol is the black cat, followed by the raven symbol. The third highest paying symbol is the witch hat and the fourth highest paying symbol is the caldron. The tombstone is the next highest paying symbol, followed by the potion bottle. The lowest paying symbols are A,K, J, Q and 10. The scatter symbol is the golden coin with the skull on it and the wild symbol is the pumpkin head.
Special Features
There are a few different Infective Wild Bonuses to choose from. Remember the Infective Wild Symbols I mentioned? This feature will trigger if you land a wild symbol in relation to either the cat or the raven symbol, since those are the top paying regular symbols. The cat or raven will transform into a wild, as well as any others of the same symbol connected on the grid. There's also a free spins feature. The scatter symbol appears on the first, third and fifth reel. if you land all three of the same symbol you'll trigger the free spin bonus. This will begin with eight spinning cells and each will display a number between 1 and 3. When the tiles stop, the value is added together and that will be how many free spins you receive.
There are also Sticky Wilds. During the free spin bonuses, the sticky wilds will land on reels 1 to 4. These wilds are infective, so they'll transform any cats or ravens next to them into a wild symbol. However, the infected symbols will not stick and you can only unlock this feature during the base game. It also cannot be retriggered as you play bonus rounds.
Summary
I think Pragmatic Play did a fantastic job with this game. The wilds and transforming symbols were definitely;y the most interesting part, not that the scatters weren't helpful either. These visuals were stunning, plus the game is available to play in demo mode, so no actual bet is necessary until you're ready. It's also a mobile optimized slot game.