wilds of the west slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

The Wild West has been a popular theme in online slots ever since NetEnt first released their legendary Dead or Alive slot way back in… wow, it must be getting on for 20 years now. It truly is a testament to the quality of that game that we still refer to every time the Wild West comes up all these years later. Games such as Outlaw Saloon and Wild Showdown are significant contributions to the genre, but I'd still rather play Dead or Alive than either of them. Could Silverback's new game be the one to tempt me away from my all-time favourite Wild West game? Let's find out!

With any game with thousands of payways, I've learned to temper my expectations regarding the paytable. The mean-looking cowboy at the top of the ladder is worth 1.2x your stake for a complete pay way of six-of-a-kind, for example, while the older man and the good-looking female will each pay you 0.8x your bet for all six of their symbols. Surprisingly, these are the only three picture symbols on the table – the remaining five are straightforward royals ranging from 10 to Ace, with returns of between 0.16x and 0.6x for whole pay ways of six-of-a-kind. 

The betting range starts at a sensible €0.25 per spin, maxing out at €100.00 for each round. That's fine, despite my reservations about spinning slots at €100.00 every couple of seconds. However, there may be a problem because there are only nine possible bets, just seven between the two extremes.

base game & MODIFIERS

Base game action utilises a large-format playfield with six reels of four rows each. All symbols appear in stacked configurations, which potentially explains the low number of unique images that appear on the reels. The game will award winnings for any combination with at least three matching symbols starting from the left, with more considerable payouts reserved for combinations of four, five, or six symbols.

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Three Gold Cart symbols will trigger ten free spins; it isn't clear if you can hit more than three gold carts, but I never saw that occur during my testing, so I suspect that they only appear on three of the game's six reels.

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wilds of the west slot review final thoughts

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