The Wild Gang

The Wild Gang Slot Review

Hey folks, from the West! Gear up hop on your horse put on your shirt. Check out Pragmatic Plays latest creation, The Wild Gang. Does anyone else think the name The Wild Gang sounds a bit off?. Hey never judge a game by its title. Anyway The Wild Gang turned out to be quite enjoyable once we gave it a shot. It features four symbols that all work the way but can team up to boost your wins with some nice multipliers during the free spins rounds. So if you fancy strolling into town dramatically swinging doors and giving everyone a tough look to show who’s, in charge. Well then maybe The Wild Gang is just what you’ve been searching for.

Speaking of appearance The Wild Gang may not have blown us away at glance. It does capture that rugged Western vibe. The game grid framed in wood is set against a backdrop of an frontier town.In the place where the skies light up with hues of yellow and orange and towering rock formations stand in the distance it serves as a reminder that nature predates presence by a significant margin and will continue to exist long after we’re gone. Even if those witnessing this spectacle manage to leave their mark in this town the enduring presence of these wonders remains unchanged. The scenery bears a resemblance, to the aesthetic of Red Dead Redemption 2 complete, with a Western style tune playing in the background. The kind that can stir up a trigger finger like nothing.

The Wild Gang offers 2,304 winning combinations, at the base level of play. It is typically played on a game grid with six reels arranged in a 3 4 4 4 4 3 format, where wins are awarded from left to right starting from the reel. There are two ways to enjoy The Wild Gang. The first involves selecting a stake ranging from 20 cents to $240 and spinning the reels with an RTP of 96.02%. The second option is to purchase spins, which offer a higher return value at 96.04%. In terms of volatility Pragmatic Play has classified this game as volatility.

In terms of symbols players will encounter Western themed J to A card royals as the paying symbols while boots, a bottle, a knife, a pistol and a badge represent the paying symbols. Achieving six of a kind combinations can result in payouts ranging from 0.6 to 0.7 times the bet for the symbols and from 1 to 7.5 times the bet, for the symbols.

The Wild Gang: Slot Features

The Wild Gang truly lives up to its name with the presence of four symbols each showcasing unique abilities, in both the regular and bonus rounds. Despite their appearances and individual reels all four wilds function in a manner. These wild symbols can be found on reels 2 3 4 and 5 acting as both wilds and scatters. In the game when wild symbols land on reels 2 or 3 they act as substitutes for any paying symbols while also receiving multipliers of x2, x3 or x4. These multipliers enhance any wins from that spin; if two multipliers appear together they multiply each others effects. When 3 or 4 wilds show up during the base game they switch to scatter mode instead. Trigger spins.

Mystery Symbol
Mystery symbols are present on every reel. Upon landing these symbols transform into a paying symbol across all instances.

Free Spins
Achieving a combination of 3 wild/scatter symbols during gameplay initiates the Wanted Free Spins round; obtaining 4 symbols triggers the Dead Or Alive Free Spins round. Both rounds grant players with 8 spins each; however the Dead Or Alive round takes place on a 6×4 game grid, with an impressive total of 4,096 ways to win.
When the wild symbols land, for the time they get a multiplier. On the landing it’s a x3 multiplier. From the third time onwards theres no more multiplier. The same goes for Dead Or Alive Free Spins. On their hit they come with a x4 multiplier.

A meter keeps track of the multipliers throughout the round until it ends. It starts at x1. Increases, with each multiplier that lands. This total multiplier affects each spins winnings. In both scenarios if all four wilds show up once you get +2 spins. If they appear each you receive another +2 spins. The feature can’t be triggered again after this.

Purchasing Free Spins
You have the option to buy spins directly from the base game. Wanted Free Spins cost 80 times your bet while Dead Or Alive Free Spins are priced at 200 times your bet.

The Wild Gang: Slot Verdict

The Wild Gang slot game showed improvement as the testing session went on. Initially it didn’t make a impression. “The Wild Gang?” It sounded like something a group of 10 year boys would name their clique to impress others on the playground. The game didn’t exactly dazzle at glance either. It didn’t really stand out among Western themed games by Pragmatic Play like Wild West Gold, Cowboy Coins or Heist, for the Golden Nuggets. However The Wild Gang features some scenes. Has a slightly darker vibe possibly inspired by Wanted Dead or Alive or maybe not. Some of the language used reminded me of Hacksaw Gamings slot games.

The gameplay feels fresh. Although some of the rules may seem restrictive on paper – like each wild symbol appearing with a multiplier twice in bonus rounds –, in reality they can be quite impressive. What makes it interesting is that wild multipliers multiply the win multiplier of adding to it. During a streak the win multiplier can quickly rise to levels and when combined with thousands of ways to win exciting things can happen.
After crunching numbers on a calculator it seems like the highest possible value, for the multiplier could be x4,096. With numbers like that getting closer to the firepower would surely help in reaching The Wild Gangs goal of a win.

What began as a review of another average Western themed slot turned out to be quite enjoyable in the end. Again Pragmatic Play has come up with some features to create a fun slot game that may not be the quickest draw in the West but certainly offers some excitement.