Release the Kraken 2 takes us underwater, where creatures from another world lurk in the shadows, waiting to jump onto the reels to surprise you with a surprise win! The game features 20 paylines, which are increased to 40 during the free spins round! The maximum win is set at 10,000 times your total bet. Maybe you’ll take the red fairy crab’s advice to stay under the sea where life is much better, namely where it’s wetter! With 4 bonus features that will give you sensational wins, you’ll be swimming to the surface with epic winnings in no time!

Game Details

In the depths of the wild Pragmatic Play ocean lies a world of color, bright coral, schools of fish – and the dreaded Kraken! In this new slot from Pragmatic Play, players can dive into the depths of the ocean in scuba gear, where a whole other world awaits. The Release the Kraken 2 slot is full of coral, seaweed, and a variety of fish, and is similar in game mechanics and aesthetics to previous games from Pragmatic Play like the Queen of Atlantis demo slot. Let’s dive into the action of this latest release!

How is it played?

The online slot plays on a 4×5 grid with symbols paying out from left to right on adjacent reels, starting with the leftmost reel.

• Shark – 10x your bet for 5 on a payline.
• Blowfish – 5x your bet for 5 on a payline
• Purple anglerfish – 4x your bet for 5 on a payline
• Green Eel – Pays 3x your bet for 5 on a payline
• A symbol – Pays 2x your bet for 5 on a payline
• K symbol – Pays 2x your bet for 5 on a payline
• Q symbol – Pays 1x your bet for 5 on a payline
• J symbol – Pays 1x your bet for 5 on a payline
• 10 symbol – Pays 1x your bet for 5 on a payline

BONUS SYMBOL – Golden Octopus Monster – Appears on all reels. Get 3 or more to trigger the free spins round.

WILD SYMBOL – Substitutes for all symbols except the bonus symbol. Wins 20 times your bet for 5 on a payline. Appears on all reels.

How to win

FREE SPINS – Get 3 or more Bonus symbols on the reels to trigger the Free Spins round. Before the round starts, you have the option to play a mini bonus game to win a combination of free spins and a multiplier for the following round. Depending on how many bonus symbols land on the reels, the following combinations are possible:

Options for 3 bonus symbols landing on the reels:

• 4 free spins, 2x multiplier
• 5 free spins, 1x, 2x, multiplier
• 6 free spins, 1x, 2x, multiplier
• 8 free spins, 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, multiplier
• 10 free spins, 2x, 4x, 6x, multiplier
• 12 free spins, 2x, 4x, 6x, multiplier
• 15 free spins, 4x multiplier

Options for 4 bonus symbols on the reels:

• 5 Free Spins, 2x Multiplier
• 6 Free Spins, 1x, 2x, Multiplier
• 8 Free Spins, 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, Multiplier
• 10 Free Spins, 2x, 4x, 6x, Multiplier
• 12 Free Spins, 2x, 4x, 6x, Multiplier
• 15 free spins, 4x, 10x, multiplier
• 20 free spins, 6x multiplier

Options for 5 bonus symbols on the reels:

• 6 Free Spins, 2x Multiplier
• 8 Free Spins, 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, Multiplier
• 10 Free Spins, 2x, 4x, 6x, Multiplier
• 12 Free Spins, 2x, 4x, 6x, Multiplier
• 15 free spins, 4x, 10x multiplier
• 20 free spins, 6x, 8x, 10x, multiplier

You will be shown 16 locked treasure chests, each containing one of the above combinations, so you don’t know what each treasure chest contains. At the beginning of the bonus round, one of the treasure chests is randomly selected and removed from the pool without showing the result. Now it’s your turn – you can then open the chest, see the result and play that number of free spins with that multiplier. Or you can decline the offer and instead manually remove the boxes and combinations from the pool in groups of 4, 4, 3, and 3 and take a new offer based on the average of the remaining boxes in each group.

After each round of box selection, a new offer is made equal to the average of the remaining combinations of free spins and multiplier, rounded down. The player can accept the offer and start the feature with the offered number of free spins and multiplier, or reject it again and perform another round of box selection.

This continues until only one box remains unselected. Then you will be offered to either open the first randomly assigned box or open the remaining box. After that, the round begins with the number of free spins and multiplier you selected.

During the free spins round, any win is multiplied by the multiplier you won in the mini bonus game. During this round, 40 paylines are in play and any wild symbol that lands on the reels will stay there until the end of the round, moving to a random position after each spin. When a golden symbol lands on the reels, it increases the multiplier for the current round by 1X. This feature cannot be retriggered.

WILD RESPIN – If 4 or more Wild symbols land on the reels, the win is paid and the game enters Free Respin mode. The Wild symbols remain on the screen and move to a random position while the remaining symbols respin. The game pays out all winning combinations after each respin. Additional wild symbols that land on the reels after the standard respin award an additional respin – it looks like the octopus believes in second chances. The feature ends when no more wild symbols land on the reels after a respin.

SHIFTING STACKED WILDS – There is a special symbol that shows a red octopus, with WILD on the top and bottom. It appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 and is called Shifting Stacked Wild, which can land randomly on the reels. When the spins stop, the Shifting Stacked Wild symbols are fully brought onto the screen and cover all positions on their reels. For each shifted position, the multiplier for each Shifting Stacked Wild is increased by 1x. When all these special symbols have been fully brought onto the screen, winning combinations are paid, multiplied by the sum of all multipliers.

GUARANTEED WIN – After a spin that results in no win, the octopus may randomly appear on the reels and change the symbols to produce a win between 20 and 50 times the total bet – or 3 bonus symbols may appear on the screen as a result of an explosion, triggering the Free Spins Feature.

Stakes & Winnings

The bet for Release the Kraken 2 slot starts at a minimum of $0.01 (this is an affordable game!) and can be increased in increments of up to $100, with payouts increasing the higher you go! The theoretical RTP of the game is 96.50% and the maximum win is set at 5000x. When you reach the bonus round, the win is credited immediately and any remaining features or spins are forfeited.

Graphic

This new slot is set deep underwater, where colorful corals and colorful sea creatures can be seen in the distance. But don’t let the tranquility fool you, because nearby lurks the mighty Kraken! The reels are located in the center of the screen, framed by gold and surrounded by underwater rocks, seaweed and the most beautiful coral reef of the Pragmatic Play ocean, just like in the Wild Depths demo slot. The symbols are underwater greats like sharks, puffer fish, frogfish, and electric eels – and the infamous octopus shows up as a wild!

If you’re into monsters in this slot, discover them in a lava cave in Monster Superlanche slot!

Conclusion

Pragmatic Play keeps bringing the underwater world to life with its fishing, ocean and water-themed slots – and with the provider releasing new online slots every week, we’re glad to see it’s still got the magic! With exciting bonus features that we know our players will love, easy wins in the base game, or a round of freshly caught free spins, this online slot is definitely one for the (fishing) books, just like the Pirate Gold Deluxe demo slot! With so many ways to win – and big wins – life in the ocean could be your next destination – if you can brave the Kraken!