Wild Falls 2

Theme and Design

The Wild Falls 2 set up doesn't change from the original that much. We are still enjoying the backdrop of a pleasant hillside, dotted with gold mines, fir trees and rocks. Flowing down the center of the screen is the river itself, divided into four reels with three rows extending to four or five as more barrels land.

If you like your Bonanza-style mining slots then you'll enjoy this one, complete with relentless twanging banjo soundtrack. It won't be for everyone, but some will love it!

RTP and Variance

Wild Falls 2 has FIVE potential RTP settings. Which you play at will depend on your casino operator. The options are 96.20%, 94.20%, 91.20%, 87.20% or 84.20%.

We checked at four popular UK slot sites to see which setting they offer the game at. This is what we found:

• MrQ (independent): 96.2%
• Casumo (independent): 94.2%
• Dream Vegas (White Hat Gaming): 94.2%
• MrPlay (Aspire Global): 87.2%

To play Wild Falls 2 at the optimum RTP setting we therefore recommend you play at MrQ casino.

Just like the original game, the variance is very high so it will be a tough game to play with plenty of frustrating spins likely before you hit any significant payouts. If you enjoy high risk slots from Play n Go you might also like Shamrock Miner or Safari of Wealth. For something a little less volatile try Gates of Troy.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout in Wild Falls 2 is 15,000x. This is good for a high variance slot though Play n Go have a few with an even higher top win including Raging Rex 2 (30,000x) and The Last Sundown (36,000x). Of if you are looking for much higher potential then you could try Tombstone RIP (300,000x) by Nolimit City or Money Train 3 (100,000x) by Relax Gaming.

Symbols and Paytable

Wild Falls 2 is set on a 5 reel grid with 3 rows on each, extending to 5 in the Rapid Re-Spins feature. There are 20 fixed paylines in play, extending to 40 when all 5 reels have 5 rows. You’ll need to land three or more identical symbols across the reels from left to right along a payline to score a win.

Symbol values are good, getting better as you move up the paytable.

The low payers are the cards, 9 through to Ace, paying up to 6x for five on a line. Top payers are the donkey, axe, pick and shovel and the miner, paying out up to 25x for five on a line.

Finally there are chests and gold chests that act as wilds and scatters. They are key to unlocking the big wins.

Features and Gameplay

Wild Falls 2 is awash with two free spins round, wilds and extended reels. It’s relentless stuff. Here is how those features play out.

Wild and Scatter Chests With Rapid Re-Spins

Look out for Chest symbols which come as standard or GOLD – these double-up as WILDS AND SCATTERS and only land on the middle reels – 2, 3 and 4.

In their Wild functions then sub in for all other symbols to create wins. But they also trigger RE SPINS where each chest symbol to land causes the reel it lands on to increase by one row, up to a maximum of 5 rows high.

Three or more of either standard or gold chests unlocks the free spins rounds described below.

Gold Rush With Wild Multipliers

The Gold Rush is a cool, random feature that drops at any point in the base game.

Now, ALL chests are GOLD and they come with MULTIPLIERS of between 2x and 5x for standard and re-spins. Combinations of multipliers can tally up to as much as 125x.

River of Gold Re-Spins

The standard free spins round is called River of Gold and is triggered by landing THREE standard chests on one spin. Here, you get an unlimited number of free spins that continue until NO MORE chests are visible on the reels.

With each spin, each chest moves one row down the reel it is on until it drops off the end. New ones landing do the same and some may be gold chests with multipliers.

Super River of Gold Free Spins

You’ll need THREE gold chests in view to trigger this one. The mechanic is the same, except for each row that a gold chest drops, it increases its multiplier by 1x too. This way a gold chest can increase its multiplier up to 9x.

More Games Like Wild Falls 2

Wild Falls – The obvious direct comparison here is with the original Wild Falls game which has a very similar gameplay and maths model. Wild Falls has the same 10/10 volatility, a marginally better RTP of 96.5%, a lower top payout of 15,000x. Wild Falls 2 definitely evolves the gameplay and those who enjoy expanding reels will like the sequel better. However, the original is still a great play and worth checking out.

Bonanza – the ultimate high variance mining slot is of course Big Time Gaming’s Bonanza. If you like the volatility cranked up to the max then this is the game for you. It offers a crazier ride than Wild Falls 2 with a higher RTP (96.48%) and a higher top prize (17,926x). The free spins round is notoriously difficult to crack but the mix of progressive multipliers and cascading wins is far more exciting when in full flow.