Blazing Bison Gold Blitz

Blazing Bison Gold Blitz: Slot Overview

Games Global partner Fortune Factory Studios gets its stampede on in its buffalo-themed slot Blazing Bison Gold Blitz. Making a bison slot isn't the most unique idea, and the fact Blazing Bison Gold Blitz is a reskin of an earlier release managed to decrease many of the hopes for originality from the outset. However, Blazing Bison Gold Blitz does its best to blast away as many clone cobwebs as possible through a lively use of sound, fury, and visuals. So, for another chance to tussle with one of the most well-known creatures of the North American prairies, it's time to give Blazing Bison Gold Blitz a burn.

When it comes to audio-visuals, Blazing Bison Gold Blitz's overriding principle appears to be shock and awe. Not always, though. Some of the base game is quite subdued. But when this thing winds up, it's like riding a shuttle through a blazing supernova with a bitchin' rock track playing through the ship's com. Bison games tend to take place in a carefully drawn outdoor location. Not so Blazing Bison Gold Blitz, which, like Mask of Amun (the slot it is copied and pasted from), drops the traditional presentation of its subject matter for something more energetic.

To take on this bison, players pick a stake of 20 p/c to $/€50 per spin and have the option of activating three bonus buys. Available in four settings, the highest default RTP comes in at 96%, rising to 96.25% when buying a bonus round, with volatility being high on all configurations. Utilising a win-all-ways pay system, users are provided with 4,096 win ways on a 6x4-sized grid.

Time for the paytable, where the game is equipped with 11 regular paying symbols. Six of these are 9-A Western fonted card royals, while the rest are high pay dice, horseshoe, bell, lucky 7s, and bison symbols. Hitting a 6-symbol winning way pays 1 to 1.5 times the bet for the playing card symbols and 2 to 5 times the bet for the rest. Wilds appear on reels 2-6 in the base game and reels 2 to 4 in free spins. Wilds substitute for all regular pay symbols.

Blazing Bison Gold Blitz: Slot Features

A classic slot theme gets a bunch of fairly classic slot features, though some have one or two unique slants. These are the Collect feature, free spins, Gold Blitz, and the bonus buy.

Collect Feature

The Collect symbol appears on reels 1 and 6 in the base game and in the Gold Blitz. When Cash or Jackpot symbols land, their values are awarded by each Collect symbol also in view. Cash or Jackpot symbols land on all reels in the base game and in free spins. The Minor, Major, or Mega Jackpot symbols are worth 25, 250, and 2,500 times the bet, respectively.

Scatters

Landing at least 3 scatter symbols awards a payout plus a bonus round choice. When 3 scatters hit, the award is 1x the bet plus 8 free spins or 2 Gold Blitz spins, 4 scatters award 2x the bet plus 12 free spins or 3 Gold Blitz spins, 5 scatters award 3x the bet plus 20 free spins or 5 Gold Blitz spins, while 6 scatters award 5x the bet plus 30 free spins or 7 Gold Blitz spins.

Free Spins

During free spins, an x2, x3, or x5 multiplier is awarded for each wild in a way win. Each wild multiplier multiplies the win awarded in that way. If 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols land, they top players up with an extra 5, 8, 12, 20, or 30 free spins, respectively.

Gold Blitz

In the Gold Blitz bonus, only Collect, Cash, or Jackpot symbols may land. At least 1 Collect symbol will land on each spin, and a win is guaranteed on each spin.

Bonus Buy

From the bonus buy menu, players can purchase 12 free spins or 3 Gold Blitz spins for 75x the bet, 20 free spins or 5 Gold Blitz pins for 120x the bet, or 30 free spins or 7 Gold Blitz spins for 150x the bet. When buying 3 or 4 scatter triggers, more scatters may actually land.

Blazing Bison Gold Blitz: Slot Verdict

There isn't much else to say here that hasn't been alluded to before. A cloned slot with a bison theme might not seem super exciting, but Blazing Bison Gold Blitz works about as well as can with its set-up to be as entertaining as it possibly can be. Like Mask of Amun, Blazing Bison Gold Blitz has sights and sounds that get right up there in your eyes and eardrums in a valiant attempt to make the game more exciting than it might have expected to have been.

On the gaming side of things, it's got regular slot stalwarts like a money symbol collect feature (including jackpots) and free spins with wild multipliers. Proven extras, to be sure, but Blazing Bison Gold Blitz doesn't leave it there. The game mixes things up (to an extent) by allowing players to choose whether they want to chance it with free spins or Gold Blitz spins once triggered or bought. With a max win of 5,000x the bet, it's not made clear whether this amount can be won in just one or both of the bonus rounds. Presumably both. One round has got those Jackpot symbols; the other has got wild multipliers. Both may technically get pretty potent at the right moment.

So, like Mask of Amun, Blazing Bison Gold Blitz's high-octane graphics and sounds help it nudge its way out of the group to receive more attention than it might normally have got. Technically, there isn't much here that's new, nothing really considering it's a clone, but Blazing Bison Gold Blitz manages to burst through the limitations of its lack of creativity thanks to its possession of a lively spirit.