Wild Mantra slot by Yggdrasil is a weird game in many ways as we will come to see as this review unfolds. The theme is Tibetan with a rather unstable looking stone temple ruin hosting our reels over a background of picturesque mountain valleys under a bright sun. You get the gentle music and bells of the monastery when spinning the cylindrical reels and a better appearance than other games of the same genre such as Temple Tumble, Temple Quest Spinfinity and Temple of Nudges although these are from a different continent and far more sinister. A mantra is a sound or word repeated for meditation, so for the sake of our bankroll let's hope in this instance it isn't lose-lose-lose!
You don't see conventional reels on Wild Mantra slot as there are 5 horizontally-spinning cylinders here of 4 rows each over which we see 25 paying lines. Wilds can appear stacked on all reels and other icons appear singly although two can appear on the same one. Pays are in two distinct groups of four as far as the 5-of-a-kind pays go - Red, green, Purple or Blue icons are all 4x bet or 100 coins, and the four card suits pay 1.6x bet or 40 coins. There are free games scatters on all reels but first of all, the Wilds have a little in-play modifier for us.
Should any Wild appear, it will remain in place and the other reels will repsin. Should another appear, the original Wild will rotate one row to increase in size and wins will be paid if occurring and this re-spinning goes on until no fresh Wild lands on a remaining spinning reel.
If you see 3 or more red free spins tiles then 10 free games are awarded in all cases, although 5 in view would give you a huge 1000x bet headstart! During them you don't see retriggers but can win some tidy sums. This is because any cylinder with any Wilds on it which lands will freeze in position. Any further Wilds will do the same, but will also rotate the existing ones by one position so their stack increases. If you expand any reel to all 4 positions you get 1 extra spin. This can happen quickly if any Wild initially comes in on 2 or 3 rows each at the beginning. Get a couple of the first 3 reels with Wilds you will be seeing a decent win every free spin thereafter and can build up some nice returns.
Wild Mantra slot has a novel mechanic but this comes with a few disadvantages. The reels spinning laterally looks weird and may make some players feel a bit sick watching. The graphics and animations are basic for an Yggdrasil slot but that's not too bad, rather the constant bell sound is that the game makes during play and especially when you land a win, which unless involving the Wild respin will usually be a few times bet at most. The RTP is 96.30% which is good enough, but the real saviour of this game is the free games round which can and usually does offer some good returns and when it goes right it's nice to see the big win display after every spin. If you give it a try, your mantra may very well be to play this slot again...
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