Shields of the Wild Slot - NextGen Gaming

Are you ready for battle? If so, then one of the most important things to grab is your shield. Luckily, the Shields of the Wild slot has plenty of these - wooden, metal, forger, carved, decorated, plain, anything that you could think of, really.

Join us to see what other wild features this 2018 released slot from NextGen has in store for you in our Shields of the Wild review.

Theme
This battle-ready slot is all about the battle-gear and war tactics. As such, the Shields of the Wild symbols feature a wide variety of shields that would suit anyone be they a pauper or the king himself.

The game background is even battle-ready. It’s a grassy plain where a battle is about to get into full swing. Epic battle music plays in the game background as you spin, adding to the battle feel of this Shields of the Wild slot.

Gameplay
As one of NextGen’s newer slots, this Shields of the Wild slot game is designed with mobile gaming in mind. As such, you can select your graphics quality and the position of the all-in-one spin button of this 96.528% RTP game.

There are also some standard slot features, like five reels and ten paylines. Additionally, you can play manually or via autoplay, and your volume control and bet value are also adjustable. Plus, all these Shields of the Wild slot settings can get accessed via the spin button.

Symbols
The Shields of the Wild symbols showcase various shields. A golden lion emblazoned shield, a silver wolf shield, and a bronze bear shield make up the high-value game symbols along with the purple, shield-shaped Shields of the Wild slot logo wild symbol.

Low-value game symbols include five more shields crafted from wood, bronze, gold, and silver filigree. There’s also a sword Shields of the Wild symbol featuring a fiery background which is the game scatter, and an “Upgrade” sword symbol with lightning flashing behind it.

Bonus Features
Shields of the Wild features plenty of bonus games that give you the battle-ready edge.

Shield Wall Feature
This randomly triggered Shields of the Wild bonus feature gives you the chance to upgrade your shield to a nicer model. It can get triggered after any paid spin and will upgrade all your game symbols except wilds and scatters into higher-value Shields of the Wild symbols.

Marching Stacks Feature
Land three or more sword scatters to trigger this Shields of the Wild free spins feature. Trigger it, and a lightning bolt will strike reel five, turning the entire reel into one set of shields randomly chosen from your stack.

The stack of shields that get used for this Shields of the Wild free spins game depends on how many scatters landed on your reels. More scatters will award you a higher-paying set of shields. An upgrade symbol can land on each spin.

If no upgrade symbols land on your reels during a Shields of the Wild free spin, the next reel will also get switched to a set of the same shields on reel five. Once all the reels get switched to a marching stack set, the Shields of the Wild free spin game will end.

Free Spins Upgrade Feature
During this Shields of the Wild free spins game, all scatters are switched into upgrade symbols which expand vertically on the reels, and each one upgrades your marching stack symbols to a higher-paying shield set.

Free Spins Retrigger Bonus Feature
At the end of the Shields of the Wild free spin game, a retrigger bonus may get awarded. If so, then you will get to replay the Shields of the Wild free spin game.

Conclusion
The Shields of the Wild slot is an epic battle slot with plenty to offer you. It has modern graphics, a mobile-optimized design, and a unique Shields of the Wild free spin game. Plus, you’re likely to have more fun playing this game than actually going into battle.

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Written on 2019-01-10 by freeslotsdirectory.com