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Slot Review: Western Wilderness

From the first spin of the reels playing Western Wilderness, we knew that we would be torn when it came time to type up a review of this online slot game. On one hand, this slot machine title hit several of the criteria that usually make us dislike the pokies we play for review: poorly-rendered graphics, a low jackpot, and repetitive, unexciting gameplay. On the other, there is something very earnest and charming about Western Wilderness, an intangible yet very noticeable quality that someone kept us from totally panning this offering. You’ll just have to trust your own judgment on this one!

Western Wilderness is a five-reel, twenty-payline online slot machine dedicated to the theme of the Wild West period of American history and development. Coin values range from one cent to one quarter, with max coins of two hundred, or ten per payline. You can wager up to fifty on this game, but we cannot advise you strongly enough to not do so. The jackpot is only five hundred coins, or one hundred twenty-five dollars. Can you see the problem there? Unless you hit the grand jackpot on your second spin, this game is a POOR investment!

Hand-drawn cameos of cowgirls, villains, and square-jawed cowpokes line the reels, along with suitably Western accessories such as: cowboy boots, a gleaming Sheriff’s badge, a cattle skull, and a box of dynamite. There are wilds, scatters, and a bonus game, but we especially like the free spins. You can win as many as one hundred free spins on Western Wildness, which would definitely make up for the wager/jackpot discrepancy. All wins are doubled during these spins, which is even better news!

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