Better Wilds Slot Machine

The Better Wilds slot's design has a fresh, modern vibe despite its retro motif. Visually, it's simple but impressively executed. Fans of classic slots will be delighted.

The artwork is glossy, shiny, and extremely brilliant. That's matched by the upbeat electro-style backing track, which sounds like it came right from a TV game show. There isn't much a developer can do to improve the design of a basic fruit machine-style slot, but Playtech did a very good job with Better Wilds.

The deep blue reels have brightly coloured A to J royals, cherries, single, double, and treble bars, and a bell. The lucky 7 is the most beneficial symbol. This pays up to twenty times your total stake per payline. At first glance, the Better Wilds slot machine resembles a traditional casino fruit machine. That also applies to the straightforward gameplay. There is one major exception, however: the Special Wilds, which can really change things up.

The Special Wild symbol, a green diamond, appears only on reels 3, 4, and 5. When one of these symbols appears, it activates the Special Wilds function.

A respin is rewarded when the Special Wild shifts one reel to the left. It also grows in height by one row. The process is repeated, with the Special Wild advancing one reel to the left and expanding by one row each time, until it disappears from the screen. Land a Special Wild on reel 4, for example, and it will shift to reel 3 and expand to 2 symbols high, then to reel 2 and extend to 3 symbols high before shifting to reel 1 and expanding to fill the entire reel. It is possible to land multiple Special Wilds on a single ordinary spin or respin. If you enjoy vintage fruit machines, Better Wilds should be a good fit.