Looking for a game so fantastic it'll make you want to throw back your head and howl at the moon? Sounds like you're the sort of player who'll love Werewolf Wild.

But, with no bonus round multiplier and a relatively low jackpot, we take a closer look to see if there's enough possibilities of winning to keep Australian pokies fans happy.

There's no official license connected to Werewolf Wild, but that doesn't change the fact that the game owes a debt to Hollywood werewolf movies. In fact, the London setting suggests that Aristocrat intended this slot as a Disney-fied version of An American Werewolf in London.

The background image of a purple night sky down by Big Ben is beautiful, and the characters on the reels – the gentleman, policeman and lady, who appear alongside carriages, candle streetlights and the big bad wolf himself – all look great too.

There are some nice animations, including one of the werewolf for which the game is named sneaking in and scratching the reels, and the action is occasionally punctuated by Big Ben's chimes.

The slot isn't perfect by any means – it could use some more background music, for example – but it's aged very well and looks better than many of Aristocrat's other titles.

Werewolf Wild has 25 paylines and a wild symbol (no prizes for guessing which reel icon takes those honours) that seems to crop up in at least one place on virtually ever spin. In short, there are plenty of ways to win. And it feels like it too; many slots have countless paylines but you seem to go ages without a win. That's not the case in Werewolf Wild.

As with many Aristocrat titles, you can also boost your bankroll by gambling any winnings on correctly predicting the colour or suit of a random card to double or quadruple their value.

If only we had as many good things to say about the bonus round...With anywhere between a quite stingy 7 and a more generous 28 free spins up for grabs in Werewolf Wild, the bonus round in this game is a volatile one.

The infectious werewolf wild, which turns human characters next to him into wild werewolves during the bonus round, is a boon to players. Even so, it would be nice to see a guaranteed multiplier added to the bonus round.

Despite our complaints about the bonus round, Werewolf Wild is still a very fine game because of how it mixes up the action you usually get when playing pokies.

The infectious werewolf wild, the claw swipe feature and the mystery coin – which sees players rewarded with a random prize worth up to 40x their total bet when a mystery coin appears on reel 1 along with one or more werewolves – are fantastic touches that really spice up the game.

It may not have the biggest jackpot around, but we think that this is one pokies title that many Aussie players will find themselves coming back to time and time again.

There's no denying that Werewolf Wild looks very nice, especially when its main character pops up and helps you out by scratching the reels. And, with 25 paylines and a wild that seems to appear at least once on more or less every spin, players have plenty of opportunities to win. The bonus round, however, is a bit more volatile with between 7 and 28 free spins up for grabs and wild werewolves in place of a 2x or 3x multiplier. This game may not be perfect, but it's one that's easy to pass a little (or a lot of!) time playing.