Dead West Slot Game Review
Dead West is an online scatter-paying casino action slot game, played on a 6×7 grid, featuring a special Feature Lane positioned above the main reels.
Winning combinations are created when 8 or more matching symbols appear anywhere on the gaming area, contributing to a maximum RTP of 96.03%, with three lower options available.
This game is highly volatile, allowing players to wager between 20c and $40 per game round.
The pay symbols include Q, K, A, bullets, guns, soft toys, and three character symbols. Achieving 8 OAK pays between 0.05x to 1x the bet, with a maximum payout of 500x for 17 or more OAK.
Winning symbols are removed from the reels, enabling feature symbols to descend from the Feature Lane and other symbols in the main area to occupy the vacant spaces. If another win occurs after a symbol drop, an additional avalanche is triggered.
Features
Wild Symbols
In Dead West, there are two varieties of wilds: standard 1×1 wilds and larger 2×2 or 3×3 colossal wilds. Colossal wilds can randomly show up on vertical reels, whereas regular wilds are found on the Feature Lane.
When an avalanche happens on a reel beneath a regular wild, it falls onto the reels. Wilds act as substitutes for standard paying symbols, with the 2×2 or 3×3 wilds counting as 4 or 9 wilds, respectively.
Hot Zone
At the start of each spin, a minimum of 2 random positions on the main rich reels casino are designated as Hot Zones. Each Hot Zone features a multiplier of x1, x2, or x3, and if a symbol located in a Hot Zone contributes to a win, that win is multiplied by the total of all Hot Zones involved in that winning combination.
Once the winning combination is cleared, before the next avalanche occurs, each Hot Zone multiplier that was part of that win is increased by +1. Hot Zones remain active throughout the round sequence and are carried over into free spins.
Special Features
Special symbols can emerge in the Feature Lane located above the grid. Their functionality is activated when a special symbol lands on the grid following an avalanche. This feature is triggered when there are no further wins. Once the feature action is completed, the subsequent avalanche occurs. The features activate in the following sequence: Expand, Expand+, Multiply, Swap, and Bomb.
Bomb
Detonates, affecting all neighboring symbols, excluding scatters, wilds, Swap symbols, or unused multipliers.
Swap
Changes itself and all neighboring symbols, except for scatters, wilds, Bombs, or unused multipliers, into a uniform symbol type. If a symbol is altered by a Swap symbol and then again by another Swap feature, it turns into a wild symbol.
Multiply
Carries a value of x2 or x3, which amplifies the value of all multipliers on its reel and the adjacent reels.
Expand
Its location turns into a Hot Zone. If it falls within a Hot Zone, that location is upgraded to an enhanced Hot Zone, receiving a multiplier equal to the total of all visible Hot Zone multipliers. Should an upgraded Hot Zone contribute to a win, its multiplier will increase by 1 prior to the subsequent spin or avalanche.
If an Expand symbol appears in an upgraded Hot Zone, it transforms into a persistent Hot Zone, and its multiplier is once again elevated to the total of all Hot Zones in view. When a persistent Hot Zone is involved in a win, its multiplier rises by 1, and it also incorporates the combined values of all surrounding multipliers into its own multiplier for the next avalanche/spin.
Expand+
Its location and up to 8 neighboring positions become Hot Zones. If it lands on or converts a position that has a Hot Zone, it upgrades to an enhanced Hot Zone, and its multiplier is raised to the total of all surrounding Hot Zone multipliers. If an Expand+ lands on or converts an upgraded Hot Zone, it becomes a persistent Hot Zone, and its multiplier is again increased to the total of all Hot Zones nearby.
When a persistent Hot Zone is part of a win, its multiplier goes up by 1, and it also adds the total values of all multipliers around it to its own multiplier for the next avalanche/spin.
Free Spins
In the primary game, landing 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols grants 5, 8, 10, or 12 free spins, respectively. During the free spins, the same number of spins is awarded again upon landing 3-6 scatters. Hot Zones remain active throughout the free spins.
Elevate Feature
Within the Elevate section, players have the option to activate the Scatter Hunt for 1.5x, enhancing the likelihood of receiving free spins. At a 5x bet, the Feature Lane Max ensures that the Feature Lane is filled on every spin.
For a 30x bet, the Hot Zone Frenzy begins with every position on the reels marked as Hot Zones. Regarding bonus rounds, free spins can be purchased for 100x, or super free spins for 300x, which commence with all positions on the Feature Lane occupied.