Big Bad Wolf Pokie
Big Bad Wolf is a release of Quickspin from 2013 and this is the highlight of their portfolio. With this video pokie, Quickspin won several important industry prizes.
Based on the famous fairy tale of the Wolf and the three little Pigs, this pokie has everything that makes players happy: beautiful graphics, a funny theme and an innovative and entertaining bonus feature with a lot of potentials.
And oh yes, the payout percentage of Big Bad Wolf is very high at 97.34%.
How Does the Big Bad Wolf Pokie Work?
Just like in the fairy tale, the Wolf and the three little Pigs play the leading role in this slot machine. The piglets build houses from straw, wood and stone to protect themselves against that nasty, bloodthirsty wolf and luckily they succeed well in that.
Big Wad Wolf has 5 reels with 3 symbols per reel. There are 25 fixed paylines and the variance is medium. That means that you usually get a fair bit of playing time for your money, but that there is some risk involved. The medium variance ensures that you can grab nice payouts, especially with the free spins bonus.
The betting range varies from a minimum of $ 0.25 to a maximum of $ 100 per spin.
Tumbling Reels
The game mechanism is somewhat different from the average pokie. For example, the reels don't spin at Big Bad Wolf but fall down. With a winning combination, the paying symbols are blown away by the wolf to make a way for new symbols. Quickspin calls this mechanism "Tumbling Reels".
We have also seen this principle in other pokies, such as Netent's Gonzo’s Quest and Quickspin’s Crystal Queen. For example, it is possible to make different winning combinations in 1 spin. This gives an extra dimension to the game - you never know whether a small payout will turn to a big one.
There is also an additional element that provides extra tension and potential. After every 2 winning combinations, 1 of the 3 piglets changes to a wild symbol. Sometimes you manage to unlock several wilds (up to 3!) And then beautiful things can arise with the help of those fine, loyal, pink piglets.
Symbols and Payouts
You are often given small and medium prizes at Big Bad Wolf - a somewhat typical feature of Quickspin pokies. The wilds are worth the most and pay 40 x out of 5 the same on an active payline. The 3 big piglets give only 10 x to 12 x the total bet with 5 the same.
The card symbols 10, J, Q, K and A pay out only 3 x to 4 x the total bet.
Free Spins Bonus: Win Extra Free Spins, Wilds and Multipliers
With 3 or more scattered wolf symbols on the screen, you win a cash prize of 3 x the total bet and the hugely fun Blowing Down the House bonus.
You always start the free spins bonus with 10 free spins. During these free spins, it is possible to collect extra wilds, extra free spins and an extra 2x multiplier.
How do you save these extras together? Easy. By saving scattered moon symbols together.
The more lunar symbols you save, the more extras:
- 3 moon symbols: you get 2 extra free spins
- 6 moon symbols: you get 2 extra spins + 2x multiplier for the rest of the spins
During the free spins, you can win 10 extra free spins without limit by another spinning 3 or more scattered wolf symbols.
You can also activate extra wilds in the bonus game by making 2 winning combinations in a row.
What Do We Think of Big Bad Wolf? Our Verdict!
With Big Bad Wolf, Quickspin has made the perfect online pokie. The game mechanism, the extra wilds, the innovative bonus and the beautiful animations - everything is excellent. It is no coincidence that this video pokie won the prize for the best online slot machine of the year at the EGR awards in 2013.
Another plus: the bonus round rarely disappoints. In any case, it is a brilliant mechanism: the further you go, the higher the chance of big payouts. And therefore the free spins bonus is always exciting.
Have you ever noticed that Quickspin pokies never get stuck and load super fast? They put a lot of time and money into the technical side of the design and you, as a player, benefit from perfectly working pokies.
Finally, we would like to mention the outstanding payment percentage. This pokie pays no less than 97.34% of every bet to the player on average - an impressive percentage!
