Overview
Saddle up, partners, and prepare for a showdown in Play'n GO's Wild Trigger, a Western-themed slot where high noon heats up in more ways than one! This immersive game, set on a 5-reel, 4-row grid with 20 fixed paylines, plunges you into a scorching, dusty landscape. Play'n GO has masterfully crafted a visual spectacle; a pervasive heat haze, sepia tones, and an abundance of dust make the screen sizzle, delivering one of the most atmospheric Wild West settings on the market. At its heart lies an ironic tale of two former bank-robbing partners, Clint McGraw and Dottie Fields, locked in a tense standoff over stolen loot they refuse to share. Despite the stark, Medium volatility setting, Wild Trigger offers a unique, more 'laid-back' Western experience with a Max Win of 2,000x, appealing to players who value engaging narratives and consistent action over chasing the biggest jackpots.
Gameplay & Features
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Final Thoughts
Wild Trigger takes place in one of the most desolate locations ever seen in an online Western-themed slot. The heat haze, the dust, the confrontation between two former partners, the buzzards, it all adds up to a pretty bleak scene. However, this is a bit of a front, in a way, because when drilling down into the details, Wild Trigger is actually one of the 'softer' Westerns we've come across in a while. This by no means makes it a bad game, as such, but if you're gunning for legendary status, it's unlikely to happen in these parts, muchacho.
The reason is that while a lot of other developers are arming their Western slots with the biggest sidearms they can find, Wild Trigger takes aim at a different batch of gunslingers. Supposedly, players who like their Western slots a little more laid back, who aren't too fussed about chasing down the biggest rewards out there. Anyone in this group might be cool with what Wild Trigger does then. Actually, what it does is quite close to aRed Tiger's rap slot,Hustling. The two games share a pay both ways, wilds at both ends dynamic, though if anything, Wild Trigger is the simpler choice. It's is not a massively lucrative slot either, as its max win figure stretches to2,000x the betat most. Hardly the level of swag you'd want to stiff a partner out of, surely.
Well, it doesn't get much shorter or sweeter than that, really. Wild Trigger is not a game which comes out guns blazing from the get-go, nor does it ever really do so. The features are pretty sparse, with just sticky wilds to look out for, so the action does get a bit repetitive after a while. Maybe if wilds walked during respins, or a multiplier feature was introduced at some point, or anything really, the game might have found it easier to shift up a gear. The 2c bets might be useful, but it's almost as if the onscreen heat has induced a level of lethargy Wild Trigger struggles to shake off.
