Ahoy, me hearties! Today, OJO sets sail on a quest to the briny deep. The Release the
Kraken online slot 🏵 by Pragmatic Play is all about the legend of the giant squid and its
fondness for terrorising seabound sailors. We’ll 🏵 be exploring the vessel of the
monster’s latest victim – a sunken ship loaded with treasures!
Thanks to the many
exciting 🏵 bonus features on Pragmatic Play’s Release the Kraken, you might just end up
squids in – sorry, we couldn’t resist!
If 🏵 you’re thinking of registering for a new
account with PlayOJO to play Release the Kraken, you can also claim 50 🏵 Free Spins with
no wagering. Nice!
Style and Imagery of Release the Kraken
Release the Kraken slot
machine’s main game takes place 🏵 on a colourful reef close to a wrecked sea vessel.
Other than the game logos, there’s little sign of the 🏵 beastly title character. In fact,
the brightly coloured reef has more of a Finding Nemo vibe than you’d expect from 🏵 an
online slot based around the legend of the kraken.
That said, a tense soundtrack does
manage to put us on 🏵 edge – appropriate given that the vast creature of the deep could
pay them a visit at any moment!
Thankfully, things 🏵 do get a lot more sinister during
the title’s bonus rounds. In the Release the Kraken Free Spin mode, for 🏵 example, we get
a glimpse of a battle between boat and beast. We see the kraken’s mighty tentacles
enveloping the 🏵 ship before presumably dragging it to the bottom of the ocean – treasure
and all!
How the Game Works
Release the Kraken 🏵 slot features four reels and three rows
of symbols. During the main game, this makes for a total of 20 🏵 fixed win lines.
However, if you either trigger or buy (yes, buy!) Free Spins, an extra 20-win lines
activate.
Like many 🏵 online slots these days, Release the Kraken slot in the UK offers
an opportunity to speed the action up and 🏵 to spin the reels a set number of times
without interruption. This would be fantastic for those wagering through a 🏵 bonus – if
OJO made such demands on his free spins!
Whilst playing the game, you can hope for a
maximum 🏵 multiplier win of 10,000x the bet. Release the Kraken slot RTP rating is 96.5%
and Pragmatic Play categorises it as 🏵 high volatility.
Release the Kraken Bonus
Features
Random Spin Features
On any spin during the main game, the fearsome kraken’s
tentacles can suddenly 🏵 appear. Each of them waves a “Pick Me” sign, which hides a
different bonus that’s active for the next spin.
Kraken 🏵 Locking Wilds – The kraken
hiding behind its own tentacles is Wild. The reels will spin whilst you’re presented
with 🏵 treasure chests to pick from. These hide the following features: More Wilds,
Continue Spinning, a 2x Win Multiplier and Collect, 🏵 or Extra Wilds and Collect, or
Simply Collect.
Colossal Kraken Wilds – The enraged kraken symbol is Wild during this
feature. 🏵 The reels are loaded with a massive Wild symbol that’s guaranteed to land
somewhere in view when they stop spinning.
Infectious 🏵 Kraken Wilds – The enraged kraken
with green background is Wild. When the reels stop spinning, at least one Infectious
🏵 Kraken Wild will land in view. This turns all adjacent symbols Wild too.
Sunken
Treasure Bonus
If you land the Ship Scatter 🏵 symbol on reels one and three with the
Chest Bonus symbol on the final reel, you’ll trigger the Sunken Treasure 🏵 feature.
You’ll be presented with three chests, each hiding treasure (cash prizes!). You can
keep picking new sunken chests until 🏵 you reveal Collect.
Roaming Kraken Free
Spins
Landing the Ship Scatter symbol on reels one and three and the Free Spins symbol
🏵 on five will trigger the Free Spins feature. However, these aren’t just any Free Spins.
You must first select from 🏵 treasure chests before they begin. These reveal the bonuses
in play for the duration of the feature.
The treasures hidden by 🏵 the chests are +1, +2,
or +3 Free Spins (up to a maximum of 12). When you reveal the Collect 🏵 symbol, the
feature begins.
OJO’s favourite thing about the Release the Kraken Free Spins mode is
the increasing multiplier. The Kraken 🏵 Wild symbol awards 1x win multiplier each time it
lands. These build throughout the bonus to a maximum of 10x. 🏵 Each Wild landed also
remains in view for the duration of the round and roams about the reels in search 🏵 of
new winning combinations.
Finally, you’ll be given even more chances to win during the
Free Spins mode. The side game 🏵 uses 40-win lines instead of the original 20 in the main
game.
Interestingly and something we haven't seen much on PlayOJO 🏵 slots, Pragmatic Play
actually allows you to buy free spins at any point during the game. At 100x the total
🏵 bet, it’s not cheap! That said, the increasing multiplier can mean monstrous
prizes!
Maximum and Minimum Bets?
Release the Kraken online slot 🏵 has a maximum bet
ofR$100 and a minimum bet of just 20p. Although the number of win lines is fixed 🏵 at 20
during the main game, you can adjust the number of coins bet on each one (between one
and 🏵 10), as well as the value of each of them (between 1p and 50p).
OJO Says…
OJO loves
slots loaded with special 🏵 features and the Release the Kraken slot game delivers on
that and then some. Each bonus requires at least some 🏵 player interaction, making for a
more engaging experience than you’ll find on many other online slots.
You can even play
Release 🏵 the Kraken slot in the UK for free thanks to the demo. OJO’s happy for you to
try it out 🏵 before taking a punt for real!
Like this one? Why not try….
Game Global’s
Emperor of the Sea online slot. If you’re 🏵 a fan of taking on fearsome sea monsters in
search of sunken treasures, give this one a go. Rather than 🏵 the Norse legend of the
deep, a mighty East Chinese water dragon is the star of the show here.
