Buffalo King slot review (Pragmatic Play)

Pragmatic Play is a bit of an odd one out in the online slots industry

The moment they feel a competitor is  ”borrowing” ideas from or copying their video slots, they cry bloody murder and threaten to sue.

On the other hand, they regularly “steal” ideas and themes from other slot providers.

Buffalo King is based on two famous slots: WMS’ Raging Rhino and the Aristocrat’s Buffalo slots. You won’t find the latter online, but at land-based casinos in Las Vegas and near you.

The smart thing is, Buffalo King is so well developed you almost forget it’s all blatantly copied.

The visual splendour of the Southwest of the United States, the superb game speed, the beautifully designed symbols and backgrounds: it hits all the right spots.

Another one of Pragmatic Play’s splendid moves: they have increased the variance considerably. You can win a maximum of 93,750 x the total bet on this slot, which is insane.

Buffalo King gameplay and features

Buffalo King has 6 reels, and each reel has 4 symbols.

The win all ways mechanism is active, creating 4,096 ways to win.

Betting is done with a fixed amount per spin, which starts at $€ 0.40 and runs up to $€ 60. If you played the maximum bet, in theory – take your heart-medication now – (if necessary), you could win over $€ 5.6 million.

The theoretical payout rate is 96.06%. That’s excellent.

Symbols and payouts

As is often the case with this type of high variance slots, you can strike it rich with any symbol.

As long as you remember, the wild animals yield the most and the card symbols relatively little.

It is worth stressing, the buffalo is stacked and pays out the most. Did you spin six buffaloes? Then you land a prize of 6.66 x the total bet.

The Monument Valley “Teapot” or “Coffee pot” rock is wild and replaces all other symbols except the scatters.

Free Spins Bonus: ready for take-off?!

The Buffalo King free spins bonus sorts out the men from the boys. This bonus feature can make or break you.

You win a minimum of 8 and up to 100 free spins max by hitting between 3 and 6 scattered gold coins.

You play with the same reel setup during the free spins, but there are two valuable extra boosters.

1. With two scatters, you already get a retrigger of the free spins (+5 spins).
2. The wilds contain multipliers of x2, x3 or x5

The beauty of this bonus feature is that it’s so volatile. Sometimes one nice spin is enough to bag a big prize.

Only a few high symbols (preferably the buffaloes!) on all reels in combination with 2 or 3 wilds with multipliers can award you hundreds, even thousands of times your bet.

The downside of this enormous potential to take home big profits is, of course, that you can just as easily encounter dry spells of 3 to 4 bonus rounds in a row.

As a player, you have to be able to handle that. Perhaps Buffalo King isn’t very suitable for the beginning slots player.

Our verdict on Buffalo King?

Buffalo King is an insanely well-executed Raging Rhino clone, to be more precise, one that runs on potent steroids.

The pace is high, graphically it all looks sleek, and you can win almost 94,000 x the total bet. Something high rollers with a risk appetite will appreciate for sure.

Because of the wild multipliers up to x 5 and the win all ways mechanism, you can bank astronomically high payouts, even with a small bet.

In short: Pragmatic Play released a slot that has it all and makes even the most hardened gambler’s heart beat faster.

4 out of 5 stars

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