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The favorite sea monster is back once again for a Release The Kraken sequel. Pragmatic Play has kept the cartoonish presentation of the legendary creature lurking in the ocean depths. Dive in and try to steal some of the great Kraken riches.
Betting Options & Bonus Features
Like the original, this slot is played on a 5x4 grid with 20 paylines, expanding up to 40 paylines in free spins mode. Players can enjoy the highly volatile gameplay from $0.20 bet per spin, while the RTP is 96.5%. The winning potential rises up to 5,000x the bet which is quite surprising considering that the first release offered double more.
Release The Kraken 2 is filled with special features, starting with Wild Respins. Anytime 4 or more Wilds are in the view, respin mode is activated. Wilds remain on the grid, shifting to random position as the rest of the symbols respun. Every new Wild appearing awards one more respin, while the feature ends when no more Wilds hit after a respin.
Shifting Stack Wild symbols can land on reels 2, 3 or 4 in the base game completely at random. They move to cover all positions on their reel when the reels stop spinning. The multiplier value is increased by 1 for each position a Shifting Stack Wild is nudged.
To make things better, on any non-winning base game spin, there is a chance that the Kraken will appear randomly and rearrange the symbols. If this happens, the rearranged symbols will produce a guaranteed win worth up to 50x the bet.
The bonus round with Free Spins is triggered when 3 or more Scatters land simultaneously on the reels. But before Free Spins start, you need to play a mini-game to determine how many free spins and how big multiplier value you’ll get.
Each of the 16 presented boxes contain a mix of free spins and a win multiplier. Still, the possible result depends on the number of triggering Scatters.
- Three Scatters can give 4 to 15 free spins with up to an x6 multiplier.
- Four Scatters bring combos of 5 to 20 free spins with up to a 10x multiplier.
- Five Scatters can award 6 to 20 free spins with up to a 10x multiplier.
One closed box is selected and opened at the start but it’s up to a player to accept or reject it. Accept the box and its content and free spins round begins. If you choose to gamble, a few boxes will be removed from the list. Pick another box and find out which combo it hides. You can keep picking until only one final box is left.
The win multiplier applies to all wins during free spins. Also, when Wilds land , they remain on reels until the end of the feature, moving to a random cell after each free spin. However, if the Gold Wild hits, it increases the win multiplier by 1.
Roshtein’s Take
I really liked the original release and it was quite generous to me even though the maximum prize of 10,000x the bet remained elusive. However, since the provider has decreased the winning potential in Release The Kraken 2 slot it seems more likely to be achieved. All in all, it is a fun game with solid bonus rounds that can produce nice wins.