Western Gold Megaways

Intro

Welcome to the Wild West, during the gold rush era. Shake off the dust from your coat and get ready for a duel in the Western Gold Megaways, a video slot release with 6 megaways reels.

The game is made by the iGaming software developer iSoftBet, and as is usually the case with this developer, the visuals are truly on-point.

Theme

Revolvers, spurs, whiskey flasks, and sheriff badges spin on the wooden slot machine, in front of a backdrop depicting an alley of an old western town. Under the slot machine, realistically animated dust is carried by the wind. 

Additionally, the animation of two revolvers shooting at a slot machine whenever a respin feature is won is superbly done.

The music is heavily reminiscent of the famous themes composed by Ennio Morricone, for the cult Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western “Dollars Trilogy”. Occasionally, a neighing of a horse can be heard. Saying that it works well with this theme would be an understatement.

During the respins, the background changes to the wooden platform, the gun cylinder rotates and shoots the bullets for each spin and the music becomes even more exciting.

How Much Can You Bet And What Features To Expect?

The betting range goes from a minimum of $0.20 to the maximum that goes up to $20.00.

Since this is a slot title with a Megaways mechanic, the number of symbols on the reels constantly changes, providing the most of 117,649 ways to win, and the maximum win standing at x12.000 of the stake.

The RTP of 95.98% isn’t ideal, being somewhat under the industry’s usual rate, although the volatility is medium to high, so the game can bring an acceptable number of consecutive wins at its best.

Six royals pay the least, while spurs, flask, cowboy hat, and revolver pay more, in that order. As the highest-paying symbol, the revolver rewards 10.00, 40.00, 100.00, 200.00, and 500.00, depending on whether 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 such symbols land.

As for the features, the sheriff's badge is a Scatterer. When 5 or more land it triggers the Western Gold Cash respins feature. When the feature ends, these Scatters will be multiplied by the total bet.

Respins can also be bought via the Western Gold Bonus Buy feature that costs x50 of the total bet and rewards a 5 or more Scatters on the next spin. Additionally, the RTP would rise to the generous 97.00%.

When the respin occurs, there are three different Scatters, called Mini, Major, and Mega, that constitute the height of your wins.

During the cascading reels feature, cascading symbols from above the reels will replace the regular ones.

The Wild symbol lands on middle reels, which is to say reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 and it substitutes for any other symbol in the game, except for the Scatter.

To Conclude

As is usually the case with releases from iSoftBet, the game works as well on mobile devices as when played on a desktop computer.

Thanks to the Megaways mechanic, the title is very engaging, very dynamic, and fun to play. The theme was executed perfectly, features are well-thought-out and the maximum prize is quite attractive. So, get off your horse, take a shot of whiskey, and spins those reels, partner.