PlayTech Has Used A Giant Reel Setup for their Buffalo Themed Slot
Whenever I see a Buffalo themed slot, the first question that pops up is whether this one takes any ‘inspiration’ from the famous Aristocrat games. Well, there are some big differences here. No shout of ‘Buffalooooo’ comes when you win with the stacked buffalo heads in this PlayTech game! There are one or two similarities. In the free spins game you get 5 more spins for just 2 bonus symbols. There are wilds which have multipliers too – in this case they are diamonds.
In terms of the number of ways to win, Buffalo Blitz is huge. The grid of reels is 4 rows and 6 full reels. With an all-ways system in place, this adds up to a crazy 4096 ways to win. Any consecutive symbols from the left without a full-reel gap will count. Add in the wild multipliers, stacked symbols and up to 100 free spins in any bonus, and you’ll see that this slot has plenty of big win potential.
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Unusual Setup and Big Win Potential
All-ways slots remove the need to specify win-lines. It is unusual to find all-ways wins on a 6x4 set of reels, and even more unusual to find stacked symbols on those reels.
You don’t need to bet a coin for each of the 4096 winning combinations. Instead, bets are in increments of 40c. You can bet from 40c through to $200 per spin. Turbo mode works well for this slot. This speeds up both the spin of the reels, and the collection of any wins. Auto-play lets you choose whether to specify a number of spins, or to go on until you hit the free spins potential.
It is that bonus game where the big wins can really happen. Multipliers on the wilds work together with stacked symbols – giving you a massive upside.
Up to 100 Free Spins Bonus Games
No gold coins to trigger the bonus in Buffalo Blitz, this symbol simply says ‘free games’. You can get up to 100 free games (plus potential retriggers) by hitting one of these on each of the 6 reels. More common is 3 special symbols – which gets you 8 free games, or 4 for 15 games. To complete that list, 5 of these are worth 25 free games.
When this bonus starts, the diamonds, which are regular wilds in the base game, get multipliers at random. These can be 2x 3x or 5x. This applies to the wins they substitute for. Just like in Aristocrat’s Buffalo, these multipliers work together. For example, one 2x and one 5x involved in the same winning combination will give you a 10x win.
If you are lucky enough to have this applied to a multiple Buffalo win, then the potential is huge.
You can retrigger for more free spins indefinitely. In addition to the numbers listed above for the free games symbols, you get 5 more spins for just 2 of these.
This is an impressive bonus game! If only you heard the shout ‘Buffalooo’ when hitting the top win, it would be complete!
Regular / Base Game Wins
Buffalo symbols are stacked on all of the reels. This makes it possible (at least in theory!) to cover the entire set of reels with them. If you did this, you’d get 4096x 300 coins – or an incredible 1.2 million coins… and don’t forget those multipliers.
6 of a kind wins are harder to come by, though the Buffalos pay 250 coins for 5, 200 coins for 4 and 150 coins for 3 and 40 coins for just 2 from the left.
There are 4 North American native animals on the reels. These are a cougar, racoon, elk and bear. These animals have top prizes of 250 / 200 for 6 of a kind. Playing cards are the filler symbols, providing the smaller prizes. Wild diamonds appear in the base game. These are wilds / substitutes, though do not provide win multipliers.
Design of the Buffalo Blitz Slot by PlayTech
I’d describe this design as ‘good enough’. This might sound like faint praise, though there really is nothing in the graphics which stands out enough to stop you from enjoying the game. The head-on buffalo symbols is certainly a borrowed idea. Here they are a beige colour, rather than purple. The other animals are all head-shots. They do not have background and look just a little to rounded (and maybe friendly) to be truly wild.
There are no real animations. Symbols will zoom in and out when you win with them. Music is electronic, with bright ‘briiing’ sounds for wins.
Overall: Buffalo Blitz is an Enjoyable Slot
As with many Buffalo themed games, some of the elements of this slot are borrowed from Aristocrat. That does not detract from it being a genuinely good slot.
Having an extra reel really does add something, especially with an all-ways setup in use. You biggest wins will come courtesy of the win multipliers in the free spins game. With up to 100 free spins (plus retriggers) possible, this can sometimes end up being a very profitable bonus.
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