Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild

Welcome to the jungle, we’ve got fun and games! Wait, this isn’t Guns n’ Roses.. well, whatever, the quote still works!

What doesn’t work so well was that planned expedition to raid that one Mayan temple. Sure, you picked up some valuable trinkets, but you also seem to have angered the local deities. Now, the animals are slowly creeping up on you with the express purpose of hunting you down. Will you be able to escape the jungle with your newly gained riches?

Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild Slot Review

The slot is played on a five reel board, with each reel being three symbols high. Instead of using boring, traditional paylines, this game gives players 243 ways to win! This has the most impact when it comes to granting wins. You only have to collect three or more identical icons in adjacent positions, starting with the leftmost reel. No arbitrarily drawn lines to follow to make sure your winning combination checks out. Feels good, man!

Our favorite special features are ones that are easy to understand, and award incredible wins! And this NetEnt release gives us exactly that. Available bonuses include symbol expansion, butterfly boost, a larger playing field, and five free spins with different dominant icons. If you plan on winning the jackpot, you will have to use all the special features at your disposal. If you fail to do so, the jungle will swallow you whole!

Theme & Symbols

Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild perfectly sets the mood for a hardcore survival experience. Everywhere you look, all you see is jungle. There are no distant temples or remnants of civilization. No, just miles and miles of massive trees and thick canopy in all directions. You only have yourself and the local butterflies to help guide you out of this mess. Meanwhile, everything else is trying its best to murder you. Good luck!

We adore the background image for this reason. It also helps that it looks absolutely gorgeous! The way the sun rays slowly illuminate parts of the scenery and the reels themselves looks amazing. A small, lazy wind makes all the leaves shift back and forth. Not to mention the myriad of butterflies and fireflies hanging in front of and around the reels, keeping you company. And quickly flying away once you start spinning again.

And while we have nothing but praise for the graphics, there is one part that we weren’t big fans of. Symbol design could be a whole lot better. The tiger and the elephant look like they’d rather be off sleeping somewhere. Meanwhile, the bear just looks confused as to how it ended up in a jungle of all places. Playing card royals also make an appearance. We don’t have much to say about them. They’re filler icons, and they don’t look out of place. That’s good enough for us.

How to Play Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild

You start with a 5×3 playing field with 243 ways to win during normal gameplay. Just offering ways to win ranks this slot high in our books! But NetEnt wasn’t satisfied with just that. Instead, they made it so one of the bonuses increases the size of the reels! When active, you play on a 5×4 board. Ways to win have also been increased to 1024!

Like any good survival experience, you’re here for the long haul. Don’t blindly rush forward: that’s how you (and your balance) will get swiftly massacred by the game! Instead, keep your bets low, and get comfy wherever you’re sitting or standing. Because it will take a while before you see any decent wins come out of this release. But we guarantee the time investment will be worth the trouble. Those who can master Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild may even walk away with a 7678x jackpot!

NetEnt knows how to seduce us. They get close, show us their slot, and tell us that we can play 243 ways to win for only €0.20! This minimum stake will impress many casual online gamblers. High rollers shouldn’t feel left out either! A maximum wager of €100 has been arranged for their gambling pleasure.

Jungle Spirit Bonus Features

If you plan to survive the treacherous jungle, you will have to make use of the bonuses. Only with their aid will you be able to evade your enemies, and escape unscathed!

• Symbol Expansion

Butterflies may swarm around a certain symbol. If that icon is part of a winning combination, it will expand to cover its entire reel! This special feature is randomly triggered, and can make an appearance during normal gameplay and free spins.

• Butterfly Boost

An upgraded version of the previous bonus! Up to three symbols will be expanded to create a guaranteed win! This special feature activates randomly, and only does so during normal gameplay. No boosts during free spins, we’re afraid.

• Free Spins

Collect three or more Scatters to win the free spins round. Players are able to pick between five different bonuses. Each free spin round awards a different number of bonus turns, and a different dominant icon. The dominant icon will appear more frequently on the playing field compared to all other symbols. Choices with fewer free spins have a higher win potential: more risk and better rewards!

It’s also important to note that the playing field changes when free spins are activated. Usually, you play on a 5×3 board with 243 ways to win. Instead, gamblers are treated to a 5×4 playing field with 1024 ways to win until the special feature ends.

Payouts

This NetEnt release has a high variance and a jackpot worth 7678x your total stake. Jungle Spirit: Call of the Wild’s RTP is 96.47%, which is higher than the current industry average.