Wild Depths

If you can’t resist a dip in the water, take a look at Wild Depths from Pragmatic Play. This online slot takes players deep below the surface to spin the reels among a cast of cute aquatic characters. With the two main fish coloured orange and blue, it’s a shameless parody of Nemo and Dory - but with a chance to win top prize of x5000, no one is going to be complaining…

The idea of playing on the sea bed seems to be something that studios like as it's a common theme that pops up regularly, right across the board. But with the chance to create a colourful marine world, there are lots to enjoy about ocean themed slots. Wild Depths has an appeal similar to Under the Sea from Betsoft - but minus the mermaid!

With a generous 40 fixed paylines, Wild Depths is played on a 5x4 grid. Betting starts at 0.20 and rises incrementally up to 100.00, giving plenty for low and high rollers to get stuck into. Volatility is at the max, however, so fill up your oxygen tank and plan on staying in the water for some time if you want to start collecting prizes.

Wild Depths looks like a thoroughly friendly place to be with no sign of menacing sharks or other predators. And the sunlight filtering through to light up the sandy seabed; it's a bright and colourful part of the ocean. In fact, with coral waving gently in the tide and wide-eyed, smiling fish, it almost makes you want to strap on a wetsuit and dive right in - almost!

The low pays are relatively standard, with cheerful playing cards running from 10-A. The premium symbols are made up of an array of sea life, with three shellfish and three grinning fish offering up to x20 for matching five.

On reels 2-5, keep your eyes open for a wild, which can substitute for any of the low or high pays. Wilds also carry a multiplier of x2, which applies if they're involved in the win. If there's more than one wild, the multipliers are multiplied, giving an even bigger potential payout.

This isn't a slot that's packed with jackpots, bonuses and extra features - the water is crystal clear, so what you see is more or less what you get! However, there are a couple of nice little extras which might float your boat.

Wilds don't just stand in for the other symbols and give you a multiplier. They hang around for a while too. Roaming wilds stay on the reels in the base game, moving up its reel by one position every time you spin. When it reaches the top, it drops off with the next turn.

A pearl in an oyster is always an auspicious sign, and it's no different on this seabed. The oyster and pearl is the scatter, paying between x2 and x100 and granting up to 12 free spins. Roaming wilds are in the bonus round too, but with the addition of an extra win multiplier. Every time the wild moves up a position, the multiplier increases by +1. This resets once the wild moves off the reels. You can retrigger the free spins bonus round by landing more scatters. If you manage to get three or more scatters during bonus play, you'll receive five further free spins.

Wild Depths from Pragmatic Play is anything but wild; it's a great slot. It's not jammed full of bonus features, but there are a couple of nice extras that provide the potential for bigger wins and add interest. If you like ocean themed slots, there's a lot to enjoy about Wild Depths, even if there's not a lot here that you won't have seen before.