Wild Marlin - Big Game Fishing Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Wild Marlin. - Big Game Fishing Review

Microgaming partner, Infinity Dragon Studios, jumps straight from the dense and dark jungles of Africa in their debut release, Mystic Panther Treasures of the Wild, to an idyllic and cozy fishing expedition in Wild Marlin. - Big Game Fishing. The fishing slot genre is teeming with popular installments though, so it can be tough to climb the charts.

Visually, this second release is quite pleasing, with plenty of charming animations, tropical fish swimming by and the lone angler relaxing in his boat on the calm waters. You get Epic Strike jackpots up to 100x in all stages of the game, and the base game goes in 10-spin wild release cycles. You get roaming wilds in the bonus round, but the 1,440x potential is a tad disappointing despite the casual medium volatility.

Wild Marlin. - Big Game Fishing Slot - Reels Screen

Wild Marlin.

- Big Game Fishing Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 2 and 5 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the Marlin Wild pays 10x your stake for the same. As a wild, the marlin symbol steps in for regular pay symbols to help complete wins. What’s more, marlin wilds are also collected together with the Epic Strike symbols to land you instant Epic Strike prizes.

The golden coin with a fish icon and the word ‘strike’ below is the Epic Strike symbol, and you need 5 to 9 in view to win an Epic Strike Jackpot. As mentioned above, wilds step in for Epic Strike symbols as well, and you win 1x, 3x, 10x, 25x or 100x your stake when you land 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 epic strike/wild symbols.

What’s more, each Epic Strike symbol leaves a Bank’Em Wilds frame behind, and these frames stay in place for 10 spin cycles in the base game. On the 10th spin, all Bank’Em frames turn into wild symbols, and the frames are removed as the 10 spins cycle starts anew.

Landing 3 pearl scatters anywhere in view triggers the Bonus Round, and you get 10 free spins for starters.

You get 4 Bank’Em Wild frames placed on random positions per free spin, turning the respective positions wild per spin. You can retrigger the bonus round by landing 3 scatters on the same free spin.

The 200 Spins Wild Marlin. - Big Game Fishing Slot Experience

You get to see a few 10 spin cycles in the base game, and the second cycle ends in a larger payout. We then trigger the bonus round at 2:14 into the 4:42-minute highlights video, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

While we were somewhat underwhelmed by Infinity Dragon Studios’ rather bland jungle safari debut, at least Mystic Panther Treasures sported at solid 14,000x potential. The biggest catch you can hope for in Wild Marlin. - Big Game Fishing is a measly 1,440x your stake, however. This isn’t too impressive really, not least in light of the fact that these beasts come in sizes up to 900 kg, and sometimes even more than that.

The Epic Strike jackpots are rather underwhelming as well, topping out at only 100x, but the Bank’Em Wilds frame system gives you climactic 10 spin cycles that breaks up the base game grind. Landing larger wins is only possible via the bonus round though, which comes with what amounts to 4 roaming wilds per spin.

Cynics would say there is nothing new to see here, but it’s wrapped in a charming fishing slot package that certain players will probably appreciate.

Pros

• Epic Strike instant prizes up to 100x
• Wilds count as Epic Strike™ symbols
• 10-spin cycles Bank’Em Wilds™ release
• Bonus Round w/ 4 roaming wilds per spin

Cons

• Max win potential is 1,440x your stake
• Beware of customizable RTP ranges

If you enjoy Wild Marlin. - Big Game Fishing Slot you should also try:

Mystic Panther Treasures of the Wild - is the first release from Infinity Dragon Studios, and it takes you to the dense jungle of Africa. You get 6x3 reels and 729 win ways, and wilds can fill whole reels in the bonus round. Jackpots up to 5,000x can be landed in the Link&Win round, and the overall max win is 14,000x your stake.

Marlin Catch - is a StakeLogic fishing slot where both pay symbols and wilds tend to land in stacks. You get an innovative sticky multiplier wild upgrade system in the bonus round, and the global win multiplier increases along the trail for possible payouts up to 25,000x your stake.

The Greatest Catch - is basically a Big Bass Bonanza copycat from EvoPlay, but it comes with cartoonish, cozy and harmonic river fishing visuals. It’s all about collecting cash fish in the bonus round, while upgrading the multiplier as the collector wild is collected.

The max win is a more solid 10,000x your stake.

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