Overview
Saddle up for a thrilling journey to the untamed frontier with Wild Moon Saloon, a high volatility slot from Stakelogic. This rootin' tootin' adventure unfolds on a classic 5-reel, 4-row grid, offering 40 paylines for thrilling win opportunities across its detailed Wild West setting. Immerse yourself in the charming cartoon graphics and an authentic twangy soundtrack that sets the perfect mood for prospecting big wins. With a potential Max Win of 5,000x your bet, Wild Moon Saloon promises a feature-rich ride, including four Wild Modifiers, Super Stake, a Bonus Pick free spins round, and a base game Mystery Bonus. It's designed for players who crave high-octane action and the thrill of diverse features, making every spin an unpredictable, exciting encounter.
Gameplay & Features
In the base game, players can look out for the Mystery Bonus symbol to mix up the flow, while free spins can be won or, in some cases, bought where win multipliers, scatter symbol wins, and Wild Modifiers can be added via a Bonus Pick feature.
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Landing3, 4, or 5 scatter symbolsawards8 free spinswith3, 4 or 5 picks, respectively. Players then pick down turned cards to reveal four types of rewards:
Extra free spins. Increase the value of the win multiplier. Turn any high pay character symbol into a scatter pay symbol. Activate one of the Wild Modifiers for all free spins. Ifscatter pay symbolsare active, then after any normal payout has occurred, having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15+ scatters are in view, awards 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, or 100x the bet, respectively. Moreover,wild modifierscome in four forms. These can beRandom Wilds, where up to 7 wilds are added to the grid. Exploding Wildswhere up to 3 wilds are added to the grid and they remove up to 4 positions around them. Wild Reels, which turns up to 3 reels into Wild Reels. Or the last one,Rising Wilds, triggers respins when wild symbols hit, and the wild moves up one position on each respin before falling off. When no more wilds are in view, respins end. Lastly, during free spins, landing2 or more scattersawardsextra picks. You get 1 pick for getting 2 scatters, plus 1 pick for each scatter after 2.
• Mystery Bonus
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On any base game spin, the Mystery Bonus canrandomly activate, awarding one of the Wild Modifiers mentioned above for that spin.
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Players in applicable jurisdictions may have the option of buying their way into the Bonus round. The cost is80x the betto guarantee 3, 4, or 5 scatters land in view
Final Thoughts
Not saying Wild Moon Saloon didn't have its moments, but in the pantheon of Wild West slots, it doesn't take long to find several that outgun Wild Moon Saloon. An image came to mind of something likeDead or Alive 2, theMoney Train Franchise, orTombstone RIP, pulling out a pistol and shooting at Wild Moon Saloon's feet to make it dance around a bit. We mean that in the kindest possible way because Wild Moon Saloon was fun to tinker with, yet calling it the 'wildest saloon in the west' is a boldly optimistic statement.
What works is the cartoonish graphics, the rich soundtrack and having a stack of features to go through. We didn't see many of them light up the base game, but with the Super Stake on, free spins triggered at an impressive frequency. From there, Wild Moon Saloon might start to lose some of you. The reason is that the picking feature tended to favour extra free spins over everything else, in a similar way experienced inYggdrasil'sGolden Fish Tank 2 GigabloxorThunderkick'sWild Heist. Fine and dandy though mixing in more of the other features might have been nice. Wild Modifiers especially were tough to get a hold of. And while we're at it, the scatter pay feature is a little weak as well, maxing out as it does at 100x the bet for a full 15+ scatter pay symbols in view. Scatter pays add something extra, and the game comes with a respectable max win, but still.
Apologies for sounding like a broken record, yet Wild Moon Saloon just didn't turn out to be as wild as it proclaimed to be. What Hurricane Games and Stakelogic have put together should get the right player yee-hawing, but it doesn't come close to snatching the crown away from the heavyweights in its category.
