Overview
Saddle up, partners, as Just For The Win takes us back to the Wild West with Western Gold 2 Double Barrel, a high-octane sequel promising even bigger thrills! This visually stunning slot brings the majesty of nature to life with an oil painting-like background featuring dusty canyons and a lone rider, all underscored by an enjoyably twangy country and western soundtrack. Played on a classic 5-reel, 4-row game board with 40 fixed paylines, this game is all about the instant cash scatter prizes, elevated by an exciting new 'second barrel' and the game-changing Super Free Spins feature. With High volatility and a jaw-dropping 25,000x Max Win, Western Gold 2 Double Barrel is a juiced-up adventure that will appeal to both patient scatter collectors and high-stakes adventurers seeking massive payout potential.
Gameplay & Features
Like before, what you want to see in Western Gold 2 is the horseshoe scatter symbols. The more that land at once in the base game or are collected in the bonus games, the greater the resulting prize will be. This time, instead of just one bonus game, there are two, and there's a new prize barrel to contend with.
• Scatters
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The first barrel in Western Gold 2 refers to the regular scatter payingCash Barrel. In the base game, landingat least 4 scatterson the reels in one spin pays areward. The values are 1x, 5x, 15x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x, 1,000x, and 10,000x the bet when 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 scatters are in view.
• Free Spins
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Sheriff badge free spins symbolsappear onreels 2, 3, or 4in the base game only. Landing3 of themat once awards3 free spins, which reset whenever a new scatter or mustang symbol lands. Free spins start with awin multiplierof x1, which can increased by theFeature Barrel. Also, in free spins, scatters do not pay when they land but arecollected, and when the feature ends, the number of collected scatters rewards the applicablecash prize– the value is the same as mentioned above. Moreover,Mustang symbolsappear onreel 5and landing oneawards a spin of the Feature Barrel:
Cash Collect– awards the current value of the cash prize on the Cash Barrel. Barrel Upgrade– increases the prizes on the Cash Barrel. Multiplier Boost– increases the win multiplier by +1. Reset Extra– increases the spin count reset number by +1. Upgrades to Super Free Spins.
• Super Free Spins
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Super free spins are triggered from the base game when3 free spins symbolsland on the middle three reels plus2 wrangler symbolson reels 1 and 5. Or, it can be triggered when theFeature Barrel upgrades from regular free spins. The rules are the same as free spins, except the current value on the Cash Barrel is paid out at the end of every spin.
• Buy Free Spins
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If you are able to buy the feature, Western Gold 2 comes with twobonus buyoptions. One is85x the betto buy free spins, where there is a chance they could upgrade to Super Free Spins. Or buy Super Free Spins right away for500x the bet
Final Thoughts
Just For The Win has a few of these scatter symbol instant win style games under its belt now, and their expertise has emboldened them to experiment. At first, these games more or less followed the9 Masks of Firetemplate, but Western Gold 2 pulls away, to a degree, offering an alternative for players willing to go larger, for potentially larger rewards. Of course, you can still play Western Gold 2 like any other 9 Masks game and patiently wait for the scatters to land to collect instant cash prizes, but there are options and opportunities here that aren't specifically available in their other releases.
Western Gold 2's major draw is naturally its Super Free Spins. That's where the best results were achieved during the review and arguably where the most fun is likely to be had. The twist, winning the current value of the Cash Barrel on each spin rather than getting one cash prize at the end, can be a right excellent turn of events. There is something highly satisfying about collecting a good number of scatters and knowing you are going to get paid a certain amount of prize money (or more) on every spin from then on out. Shoot, get more scatters when you're in this position, and it can be a real knee slapper. Adding in the new Feature Barrel firing off upgrades means potential has increased, this time reaching as high as25,000x the bet.
After a playthrough, Western Gold 2 came across as both an entertaining addition to Just For The Win's Gold range, as well as a juiced-up sequel. It's sort of instant scatter prize cash win gaming 2.0 for players into this style who want a bit of variety.
