Wild West Slot - NextGen Gaming

NextGen Gaming’s Wild West slot is a five-by-three video slot with ten fixed pay lines and adjustable coin values. As its name clearly points out, this western-style game draws its inspiration from the rough and lawless American West. It has a cartoony graphic design and rather childish animations. One big drawback regarding the overall atmosphere it creates is that background music is paused when the reels stop. This is rather annoying, but thankfully you can simply turn all sounds off.

Design-wise, you feel there are some incongruities. The symbols and background picture are beautifully crafted and show a cohesive style, whereas the slot machine controllers are plain and boring, ruining the visual experience. This, in addition to the aforementioned music problem, leaves the impression that not much love was put on the making of this slot.

Now, if we focus on the gameplay, there are only two special features in the game: the Super Bet mode, and the Free Games mode. Both of them have the chance of boosting your winnings. Super Bet consists of multiplying the amount of money you have on stake by two or five. That is, instead of playing one coin per fixed line, you will be playing two or five coins. This results in three different betting modes: ten coins per spin, twenty coins per spin, and fifty coins per spin!

The second feature game in Wild West is the Free Games mode. It consists of five free spins, which are triggered by a Cowboy in any winning combination during the base game. The Cowboy is a Wild that only appears on the third, fourth and fifth row. As a wild, it can substitute for any other payout symbol. Payout symbols in Wild West include a Western Lady holding a drink, a Brown Horse holding a hand of playing cards, a Western Saloon, A Money Bag with poker chips and stacks of cash money, a pair of Cowboy Boots, a crystal Whiskey Bottle with glasses, and a Blackjack Shoe with a stack of playing cards.

During free spins, a new symbol appears: a Stack of Poker Chips. Poker Chips are Scatters and pay on their own. They also re-trigger the Free Games mode, adding a new series of five free spins. There is no limit to how many times Free Games mode can be re-triggered. During these free spins, you cannot change the value of your coins or change your Super Bet mode. You don’t spend any money in these free spins, and you get to keep all the winnings!

All in all, Wild West is a hard slot to evaluate. It has some interesting features but compared to other similarly themed slots from other vendors, it is lacking a lot as regards design, feel and gameplay. If you can stand those little negative details, you might enjoy playing it. But, if you are looking for great design and playability, you might be better off trying other slots. If you still haven’t made up your mind, you can play some demo spins and see for yourself how much you like it!

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Written on 2016-01-14 by freeslotsdirectory.com