Bet365 Games Review: Gorilla Go Wild

If you always thought that lions were the Kings of the Jungle, then maybe it is time to think again. That’s because in the thrilling Gorilla Go Wild slot from NextGen gaming, it is the star of the show, Gary the Gorilla, that wears the crown and seems to be extremely pleased about that. So what does this royal primate have to offer in terms of his slot game? Well let’s ensure we have got the jungle survival gear packed in our backpacks and follow the jungle tracks to find out a little more.

The setting for this 5×3 reel slot featuring 25 fixed paylines is the jungle and to the left of the reels as you spin you will see Gary the Gorilla. He shows a keen interest about what is happening on the reels and will react in a number of different ways depending on what you land on a spin. Above him too are a number of juicy bananas which he will, on occasion, leap up and grab one to wolf down in front of you.  You can get the reels spinning from as little as £0.30 per spin but you can ramp up the action if you are one of the bigger predators up to a maximum bet per spin of £150.00.

One of the key features you must understand before you start playing on the slot is that this game features an Evolving Gameplay model. What this means is that the longer you play the slot in a session, the more of the features you will unlock as you play and thus you will stand a greater chance of landing some of the better features and bigger wins available in the Gorilla Go Wild slot, that are not available when you immediately start playing the game. You can play Gorilla Go Wild now at Bet365 Games.

Key Information

The first thing to note here is a discrepancy in the cost per spin. There’s 25 paylines in play but the minimum spin is £0.30, which means that you pay a 25% premium on the slot, presumably to cover the cost of the features in the game. That means that there is even more pressure on Gorilla Go Wild to deliver the goods when it comes to gameplay and fortunately, the signs are good. The reels consist of a mix of lower symbols (the playing card lows from nine through to ace) while the higher value symbols include three of Gary the Gorilla’s jungle friends (a lemur, toucan and a small monkey) plus the highest value high symbol a golden coin, which pays out 1000 coins if landed five on a payline.

You can use an auto play feature to get the spins going and you can use the slider to select how many spins you want to play automatically for (up to 100), or you can use the spin button. The base game generally offers smaller payouts, especially when landing the lower value symbols or three or fewer of the higher value symbols. These wins tend to be smaller than your wager, so while you do win relatively frequently, you may not actually be making any money on the slot.

When you do hit a decent win however, Gary the Gorilla will react in a number of ways and this does add a little humour to proceedings. The good news is that you can gamble any cash win using the Gamble feature at the bottom of the screen. Here you predict what the next card from the pack will be. Predict the correct colour (red or black) and you double your winnings. Predict the correct suit and you can quadruple your winnings. Guess incorrectly however and any winnings you accrued are lost.

There are a number of features which you can access as you play the slot which give you a chance at bigger value wins. The first of these is Gary’s Bonus Time which sees Gary reward you at random with a cash prize of up to 40 times your stake, or entry into the Gary the Gorilla’s Feature Kingdom bonus round.  There is also the Gary Goes Bananas feature which means when Gary Eats a banana he unlocks a new area of the jungle and the chances of the Gary’s Bonus Time feature being triggered increases.

As well as obtaining entry through Gary’s Bonus Time, you can also enter the Gary the Gorilla’s Feature Kingdom bonus round by landing three or more of the Temple scatter symbols across the reels. There are a total of four features in this round which you can select from, however you can only select from those that have been unlocked by your gameplay so far while playing the slot. The four rounds you can play are the Gorillionaire Win Spins feature (10 free spins with a 2x multiplier), the Stay Wild feature (10 free spins with Wilds in place for all spins), Mega-Rilla Multiplier (10 free spins with multipliers increasing by one with every Wild symbol landed on the reel) and the More Wilds feature (10 free spins with up to three symbols turning wild).

All bonuses can be retriggered during the base game to increase the potential payout from the slot.

How to win at the Gorilla Go Wild slot

The first thing you need to understand with the Gorilla Go Wild slot is that as an Evolving Gameplay slot, this is a game that you need to play in longer sessions. This is simply so that you can unlock the additional features of the game, which offer you a greater chance at winning the bigger prizes. If you only play for a few spins, then these features will not be available on the slot and as such, your chances of landing a bigger win are considerably smaller, especially with the size of the base game payouts in general.

As a more medium to higher variance game, Gorilla Go Wild is a slot that rewards patience. Setting a sensible stake level initially is key to enable you to play for many spins, but also because you may need to absorb an initial loss on the game, before you unlock the better paying bonuses available as you get further into the game.

The Gamble feature is another way to double or even quadruple your winnings but be wary as this is a very risky option on some wins as one wrong answer will see you lose all your money. My advice here is to bank any decent sized win and only gamble up smaller base game wins that don’t equate to your stake amount and also if you do win on the bonus game, take the money rather than risk it again on another card selection.