Overview
Dive into the vibrant world of Wild Hop & Drop, a high-volatility Pragmatic Play slot featuring charming amphibians and a captivating 6x6 grid! This isn't your average slot; Wild Hop & Drop boasts 20 paylines and a cluster pays mechanic, rewarding you for connecting 6 or more matching symbols horizontally or vertically. Prepare for an explosion of color and sound as you encounter friendly frogs, lush vegetation, and a glowing blue mushroom in this cheerful forest setting. Experience the thrill of massive wins with a potential max win of 5,000x your bet, achievable via colossal wild symbols. The high-volatility gameplay ensures moments of intense excitement and potentially huge payouts, appealing to both casual and seasoned players seeking big wins. Get ready to hop into action with an RTP of 96.36% (96.47% when buying free spins). Wild Hop & Drop is a visually stunning and engaging game that offers a unique twist on the popular cluster pays mechanic. The game's unique charm and potential for significant wins make it a must-try.
Gameplay & Features
Hitting4 or more scatter symbolsin the base game awards6 free spins. When free spins begin, a1x1 wild symbolis placed on the reels, where it staysuntil the end of the feature, moving torandom positionsbetween free spins. Now,scatter symbolswhich land in the bonus round arecollected. Every time4 scatter symbolshave been collected,1-3 free spins are awarded, and the roaming wild symbolincreases in sizein aprogressive mannerto2x2,3x3,4x4,5x5, then6x6. When reaching the last level, +1 free spin is awarded. After the fourth retrigger, no more retriggers can occur. If the bonus round was triggered with5 or 6 scatter symbols, free spins begin with 1 or 2 scatter symbols already collected, respectively. Lastly, if possible, players can opt tobuy free spinsinstead of triggering them organically. The cost for buying the bonus round is100x the betand delivers a triggering spin with 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols
Final Thoughts
So…Fat Ribbit, is it, then? It's kind of hard to avoid those sorts of thoughts when the bonus round has so clearly been inspired by Push Gaming's popular 'Fat Series' of slots. So far, the growing roaming wild feature has been used alongside rabbits,vampires, andbankers, so why not froggies, ay? It's not the first-time features have been passed around, whether consentingly or not, and it is unlikely to be the last, so what say we just roll, bounce, hop, whatever, with it for now? Wild Hop & Drop makes it easy to do so in many ways. Its amiable attitude is hard to hold a major grudge against, and it's been designed to the usually high Pragmatic Play standard.
Wild Hop & Drop does use a cluster pays mechanic for generating wins rather than paylines, which is different. Not even the distantly related cousin,Royal Potato, didn't go there, so that's something new, ish. Doing things this way does play well with the growing roaming wild, so 'Fat Series' pundits might be intrigued by the development. What's kind of peculiar is that the game's win cap is the same as the payout value of the 6x6 wild symbol –5,000x the bet. So, if you reach the largest wild symbol during a bonus round, it's game over, and any other wins you've accrued until that point sort of become null and void. A moot point, perhaps, since a 5,000x win is a 5,000x win, yet it feels a little odd somehow. If the cap had been looser, Wild Hop & Drop could have put up more of a challenge to the larger numbers produced by competitors likeFat BankerorFat Dracin terms of potential.
To sum up, Wild Hop & Drop won't win many awards for originality, but anyone looking for aFat Rabbit-style alternative or simply a froggily feel-good cluster paying slot with an exciting bonus round shouldn't have trouble finding that at this lily pad.
