Pragmatic Play released the continuation of its Release the Kraken two-part series with a new twist. Release the Bison was released on April 25 2024 changing the creature players are familiar with the Kraken to a Bison.

In this review, you will learn what you can expect from the game setup and the attractive features that add spice to the gameplay.

Game setup

When you start the game, you will notice 5 reels and 4 rows. You can land winning combinations on 20 paylines played on a variety of RTPs.

While the default RTP is 96.54%, you will also find RTPs including 97.49% and 95.48%.

The max win offered is 3000x which you have a 1 in 16129000. Expect a high volatility on your way to trying to land winning combinations.

You only need a minimum bet of €0.20 and a maximum bet of €240 to get going and land-paying symbols.

Paying symbols include low-paying and high-paying. The lows are 10 to A card ranks rewarding you with 0.5x to 1.5x the bet for landing 5. The highs include four animal characters that reward you with 2x to 10x the bet when you land 5.

Bison wilds can appear on all reels and replace all regular paying symbols. landing 5 will reward you with 12.5x the bet.

Attractive features

Wild respins

You can access wild respins in the base game and need to land at least 5 wilds to activate respin mode. The wilds roam the reels and land in random positions with each respin.

Once a new wild lands, you get rewarded with another respin and an extra win multiplier.  New wilds also roam.

You can also collect up to 5 scatters. 3 scatters will get you into the Free Spins round.

Guaranteed win

In the case that you do not land a win in the base game, your non-winning spin can randomly change into a winning spin. When this happens, you may get rewarded with 10x to 40x the bet.

Free spins

Landing 3 or more scatters activates the Free Spins round. All hope is not lost when you land only 2 scatters. You may get a response giving you the chance to land the third scatter.

Once activated, a wheel with two sides appears before the bonus round where you get awarded Free Spins and multipliers depending on the number of scatters. The different scatter numbers for rewards are 3, 4 and 5 scatters.

Whenever a wild lands, it roams and stays on the grid until the end of the round. You also have a metre where all wilds are collected.

Once you get to the fifth wild, each new wild earns you 1 Free Spin and 1 additional multiplier up to a max of 10 wilds.

Feature buy

You can cut to the chase in the base game by using Feature Buy. You can 80x your bet to earn 3 scatters, 150x your bet for 4 scatters and 300x your bet for 5 scatters.

Verdict

Release the Kraken reinvents the wheel and adds a great twist to the Release the Kraken series. You not only get a familiar enjoyable video slot but fun features such as roaming wilds, wild respins and the Free Spins round that offers a variety of Free Spins and multipliers.