Wild Heist At Peacock Manor (Thunderkick): Overview

Wild Heist is a 5-reel, 3-row slot featuring 17 fixed paylines. It runs at an RTP of 96.1% and includes a range of engaging mechanics. In the base game, mystery-style features can occur, including Wild Reel spin, Random Wild and Walking wild. In the bonus round, you choose between 3 and 5 cards to decide what kind of free spins and added features you’ll receive. While in the bonus, landing two or more scatters triggers a re-pick for extra cards.

There are multiple Wild symbol types, including two 1×3 wilds: the Golden Peacock and the Wild Reel symbol. The remaining 7 wilds are standard 1×1 wild symbols, and every wild pays identically, topping out at 20x for 5 of a kind. Certain wild symbols only appear during the bonus game.

Lower-paying symbols are the familiar A, K, Q, J and 10, while the higher-paying symbols are character icons set against red, pink, green and blue backgrounds. The best premium symbol is the girl on the red background, awarding a 17.5x win for 5 of a kind.

Wild Heist At Peacock Manor (Thunderkick): Features

Wild Reels
On a Wild Reels spin, as many as 3 full reels may become Wild. The Wild Reel lands over the reel and replaces every symbol beneath it.

Random Wilds
On a Random Wilds spin, up to 7 wilds are placed at random positions across the reels.

Walking Wilds
Any walking Wild(s) shift 1 position to the left. Re-spins continue for as long as at least 1 walking wild remains in play.

3 (or more) Scatter symbols activate the bonus game made up of free spins. When the bonus begins, you get to pick 3 cards to shape the bonus round. Every extra Scatter symbol awards one more pick, up to a maximum of 5 picks.

The bonus game is a free spins round boosted by whatever you selected on the pick screen. Because the card choices vary, each bonus round can feel different.

In the bonus game, pick up to 5 cards to determine the type of free spins played. The cards include:

• More free spins
• An extra multiplier added to each win
• A Mystery feature
• A mid-win symbol being turned into wild

Land 2 (or more) Scatter symbols during the bonus game to trigger a re-pick. The re-pick gives you 1 extra card selection to further tailor the bonus. Each additional scatter provides another pick, up to a maximum of 4 picks.

Verdict

Wild Heist is an entertaining, charming slot with a light narrative feel, similar to what you get in titles like Immortal Romance. It also brings to mind Yggdrasil’s Golden Fish Tank and the newer Lucha Maniacs, thanks to the comparable bonus pick mechanic. Wild Heist is a high variance game with an impressive max win potential of 8483x—which is reason enough to give it a spin.

Even though it can take 400+ spins to reach the bonus, the Mystery features help keep the base game engaging much of the time, and it feels like a significant portion of the payout potential is tied to them. Still, don’t count on massive base-game hits—those are mainly reserved for the bonus.

Overall, Wild Heist is a polished release that hits the key marks. The audiovisual presentation is outstanding, and the math model is equally strong. For that reason, it’s a slot that should appeal to a wide range of players.