The reels are set against a forest backdrop where you’ll see grandma’s cottage. Joining the lower value A to J symbols are candles, a pouch of coins, a brooch and a wolf. They’re joined by a hunky looking woodcutter and a rather hoochy Red Riding Hood - Disney this ain’t. There’s also a wild that replaces everything apart from the scatter.
The game is played using the Wandering Reels feature - these are blocks of 3 reels that spin in unison. These reels contain jumbo blocks that can fill the whole of the reels. The position of the wandering reels changes with each spin.
Wicked Tales: Dark Red comes with a couple of bonus features. Land 3 scatters on the same spin to trigger the Wolf’s Wheel Bonus feature - spin the wheel to win cash prizes of up to 20 times our stake and access to the 2 feature rounds.
Forest of Fortunes Pick Bonus feature - choose from the selection of satchels to win cash prizes. There are 10 in all. Each successful pick also increases a multiplier by 1. These can boost prizes by up to 10x. Keep picking until you’ve found all the prizes or you land a stopper. You can extend your picks by finding an immunity.
Free Spins feature - these are triggered if you land a high value symbol on the bonus wheel. You’ll the receive 9 free spins with the Wandering Reels in play throughout. The triggering high value symbol will replace all other high value symbols throughout the feature.
As far as volatility goes we’re somewhere in the middle. The variance is in the medium range with maximum wins of 5,000 times your stake on offer from each spin/free spin.
Wicked Tales: Dark Red is a far cry from the classic children’s tale. This is definitely one for the grown-ups. The visuals are nicely done and there’s a decent variety of extras on offer. If you like this theme, then there’s plenty on offer here. Brave the big bad wolf and Dark Red can deliver some pretty wicked action. I also recommend you try Miss Red from IGT which is inspired by the same fairytale.