King of The West Online Slot

This Blueprint Gaming slot King of the West offers a Wild West theme that may excite Country and Western fans. A view of a canyon town filled with tumbleweeds, wood, and cartwheels lays out the scene nicely. There are five reels with twenty pay-lines on the game grid, and an extra reel rotates through varying prizes. The top of the spire contains an upside-down horseshoe, which is traditionally thought to bring good luck to anyone who passes beneath it. Additionally, Blueprint's audio team created a charming and in-theme Western soundtrack that matches the rest of the game, although nothing extraordinary.

How to Play

On the screen seen at the top of the game, there is a unique Prize Reel function that relies on the standard 3x5 grid. A potential prize will move one position to the left on this reel during your random spins. Bounty Hunter Scatter appears above the reels and awards the prize displayed above them. The prize may take the form of cash, free games, or wanted wilds. First, you'll have to choose your wager before you can enjoy this feature or other potential prizes. This 20-pay-line slot has a minimum stake of 0.20 and a maximum stake of 2.00. You can increase or decrease your slot bet by using the up and down buttons on the left side of the grid. Click the green 'Spin' button to begin. Immediately below this button is the 'Autoplay' button, which lets you set a win or loss limit or schedule a set of spins.

King of the West Slot Features

The bullet hole wild can step in for all regular symbols in the base game, though you may not see it too often. In this game, the wild symbol does not hold any value of its own. The wilds come into play when you trigger the Wanted Wilds bonus round. This can happen at any time while in the base game, and you'll then get a random number of wilds scattered across the reels. Even more wild symbols will be added to the grid if you trigger a Reload feature. The top sliding prize reel is the biggest feature of this game, and it is active during all stages of the game. A new prize slides in on each spin, moving the slider prize reel one position to the left. The only way to collect prizes is to land a bounty hunter scatter on the regular reels, and you get to pick from any prizes displayed above where the bounty hunter lands. Both character and low-value prize symbols can be found in the base game. You also have gold badges, awarding all prizes in view, and bonus round tiles, which trigger the bonus round. In addition to these free games, you can also win extra rounds by spinning the extra free games tiles. A six-shooter gun barrel spins to determine how many free games you get, and this can be six, eight, ten, twelve, fifteen or twenty games. When you trigger extra spins, the barrel spins again. On the top row in the bonus round, only premium character prizes will show up, along with extra free spins tiles.

The Verdict

King of the West Slot starts with its nice visuals and hot, dusty soundtrack. However, studios have to work pretty hard to do the Western thing correctly. This theme has become so popular mainly because it is easy to make something halfway decent out of it. King of the West we found to be a little underwhelming as it tends to lose once you see how the rest of the game plays. However, You'll feel transported when you hear the pump-action sound after clicking a button, and when the paytable appears on screen, you'll hear music that gets you in the mood. The 250,000 win cap is more encouraging. Although it may seem a bit crazy, one of the prize symbols on the particular reel features a 10,000x the wager bounty, so it is possible to win a nice prize. As far as gameplay goes, King of the West is all or nothing because, apart from the 10k tile, not much else happens. Even so, expect an intense round of spins if the 10k or even 1k tile lands on the upper reel. Furthermore, Wild symbols are infrequent, as are line wins, and most prizes are awarded from the upper reels, so the game is meandering at times. King of the West is similar to a jackpot slot in some ways. There is only one way to win a lot of money. Some players like the instant riches dynamic since they can win huge prizes quickly, but Western slots with more atmosphere, features, and general excitement are better. When you factor in a below-average RTP, you begin to wonder whether you are robbing the stagecoach or it is robbing you.