Loki Wild Tiles slot is something you've likely never played before

Loki is perhaps far better known nowadays than he was just a few years ago, before the famous character, played by Tom Hiddlestone, made such an impact in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The famous God of Mischief is well known now as Thor's unruly younger sibling and it seems fitting that he would give his name to this unusual slot from 2By2 Gaming, one of the company's that Microgaming has a supply deal with.

Although this is a slot game, it is most definitely a curious affair. We have a 5x5 reel set up but there are no pay lines across the reels. Instead, a player needs to make a row or column of symbols, three or more in length, in order to land a win. Furthermore, when a win is landed, the middle symbol will turn into a Wild and the winning symbols will disappear, which can lead to additional wins being triggered as the symbols cause a chain-reaction of wins with other symbols on the reel.

This is not a cascading reels game as no new symbols drop down from above, but the more of the reels you can uncover on a spin, the greater the chances you have of earning a bigger win or even triggering the bonus game.

Overview

• Game: Loki Wild Tiles
• Developer: 2By2 Gaming (for Microgaming)
• Reels: 5x5
• Pay Lines: N/A
• Minimum Bet: 0.20
• Maximum Bet: 20.00
• Jackpot: 25,000x
• Free Spins Bonus: Yes
• Other Bonuses: No
• Progressive: No
• Volatility: Medium

Presentation

As new have mentioned, this is a 5x5 slot with no pay lines, but instead wins are triggered by landing three or more of the same symbols horizontally or vertically in a straight line on the reels. As you trigger a win, the symbols will disappear with one Wild symbol left in the middle of the combination which will then drop into a new position on the reels, potentially allowing you to trigger additional wins.

On each spin, one or more of the reels may also have the bonus banner located behind the symbols. If you can uncover this by removing all the symbols on that reel with wins, then you will enter the bonus round. The presentation of the slot is nice and easy to follow with a simple rocky Asgardian backdrop to the game, the controls at the foot of the reels, the win box to the left and the sound is also nicely done

What is on the reels?

There are a number of symbols on the reels and many pertain to Norse mythology. The lower value symbols ate the wolf and the raven, both of which can be single or double symbols. In addition to this there is a Viking horn, a Viking symbol (who looks like Odin), Thorns hammer, Thor and lastly Odin is the highest value standard symbol.

One thing to note about the Raven and Wolf symbols is that they can be mixed together to produce wins, but if you can land the same single or double symbol in a group, then the value of that win increases markedly.

As you trigger wins, the disappearing symbols will be replaced with a Wild on the reels which can cause additional wins when it interacts with other symbols, however there is no way to land a Wild on a standard spin without triggering a win.

If you manage to clear the entire reel set with wins during any one spin, then you will receive a massive bonus of 25,000x your bet for the win.

Wild features

The Wild only appears on the reels once a win is achieved in the game and it can then be used with other symbols already on the reels to trigger additional wins and clear more symbols off the grid. If you can land multiple wins on a spin, then you can trigger multiple Wilds on the reels which could then combine to land more wins.

Free Spins features

You trigger the Free Spins bonus by uncovering all of the bonus reel in a single spin. When you do this, you immediately launch the Free Spins bonus game. In the Free Spins bonus round, the symbols on the reels change and you are given 10 Free Spins of the reel.

There are fewer symbols on the reels in the Free Spins bonus round and as such you can land wins of a greater number of symbols in a combination. Any combination of five or more symbols trigger a win and there can be up to five paying groups of symbols on a single spin. If you manage to land five or more Loki symbols on the reels in the Free Spins round, then you receive 5 more Free Spins up to a maximum of 50 Free Spins.

One big bonus is that during Free Spins, you can land symbols in any position on the reels to trigger a win, they do not need to be solely horizontally or vertically linked.

Best feature of the Loki Wild Tiles slot

There's no doubt the Loki Wild Tiles slot is one that plays very differently to your usual slot game and that means the things that make it enjoyable are different also. For me, I liked the base game especially when you try to uncover the Bonus symbol. Hitting Free Spins though is hard so you have to hope that doing so proves worth it as the payouts in Free Spins can be somewhat variable. However as a medium variance game, the Loki Wild Tiles slot is good fun to play and very different from your usual slot game.

Conclusion

Rather like the god of mischief himself, the Loki Wild Tiles slot is a little different to the norm. For that though, we should be thankful as this offers a different type of gaming to standard slots and in truth, it is a good, fun and enjoyable game to play. If I have one gripe it is that the Free Spins bonus is a little too hard to hit at times, but it can be rewarding when you do eventually trigger it. If you want something different from your usual slot game, then Loki Wild Tiles is well worth a closer look.

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