Wilhelm Tell review
Theme and Storyline
Wilhelm Tell, better known in the English speaking world as William Tell, is a famous trick 🍎 shot with a crossbow who assassinated a tyrannical Swiss despot. The more famous moment from the tale, and the one 🍎 around which this slot centres itself, is the famous apple shot.
This comes at the moment when Tell, under arrest and 🍎 threatened with execution, is told that he can save his life if he shoots the apple from atop his own 🍎 son’s head. Tell draws two bolts, shoots one straight through the apple and tells the despot that if the first 🍎 bolt had hit the boy, the second bolt would have hit the despot.
The tale is a classic of swiss mythology 🍎 and here is rendered in a rather cutesy style.
Win in the base game of Wilhelm Tell slot machine
Graphics, Sounds and 🍎 Animations
The slot, despite its roots in deep folklore, has a style that feels rather cheap and cartoonish. A sort of 🍎 Asterix and Obelix style take on history that casts the villains as fat and mustachioed and the boy as a 🍎 knock-kneed little ginger kid.
The animations aren’t too flashy. Just enough to make things clear for the player. Which is odd, 🍎 as the whole slot has a decidedly 3D feel that makes one expect more elaborate movement on the reels.
The soundtrack 🍎 is adapted from the overture to the Rossini opera’s score, lending the slot a rather classy, classical air that the 🍎 cartoony visuals do their best to unsuccessfully undermine.
Gameplay
Wilhelm Tell is a pretty standard slot machine with its five reels, three 🍎 rows, and twenty win lines.
It has no gamble feature and only has a simple free spin bonus – though this 🍎 does have a choice of volatilities (see below for details).
In short, Wilhelm Tell gives the player exactly what they expect. 🍎 This might be boring to some players, while others will value the familiarity.
Gameplay video
Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins
The Wild symbol 🍎 substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter symbol. All Wilds are three symbols high. After each spin, if a Wild 🍎 has only partially landed on the reels, the game nudges the Wild so it sits across the whole reel. The 🍎 game will only do this if nudging the reel will result in a win for the player.
The Scatter symbol pays 🍎 out no matter where it lands on the reels. Two or three Scatter symbols net the player 40 times their 🍎 bet per line. Four or five Scatter symbols win 400 and 10,000 times the bet per line respectively.
If a Wild 🍎 symbol guarantees a win, it then would expand to cover the entire reel
Three or more Scatters also trigger the free 🍎 spin bonus. Here the player has the option of choosing one of three options: 10 free spins with a x5 🍎 multiplier on every spin, 5 free spins with a x10 multiplier, or 1 free spin with x50.
The choice of bonus 🍎 does not affect the player’s RTP, but it does alter the volatility of the game.
Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance
The return 🍎 to player of this game is 97.00%, well over our yardstick for average of roughly 96% by a full percentage 🍎 point.
The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin ofR$/£/€0.10 up to a 🍎 maximum ofR$/£/€50.00 per spin.
Paytable for Wilhelm Tell slot machine
The volatility of this game is determined by the player’s choice of 🍎 free spin bonus. The volatility increases as the number of spins chosen decreases. We suggest always choosing the highest volatility 🍎 option (1 free spin with a x50 multiplier) if you are using our preferred slots strategies.
Conclusion
Wilhelm Tell has an unusual 🍎 theme rooted in the world of fairy tale and legend. It executes this in a fun style and with a 🍎 classy soundtrack.
The gameplay is a little basic, though the choice of bonuses and the nudge-able Wilds are a nice touch.
Overall, 🍎 the game’s main appeal is the choice for a high volatility option and the very generous 97% return to player.
