Wild Trigger

Wild Trigger Overview

Play ‘n GO take us to the Wild West to meet famous gunslingers Clint McGraw and Dottie Fields in this new slot. Like many Wild West games, this one is set in a dusty pioneering town where the influence of the law is patchy at best. Living up to its name, Wild Trigger has plenty of dangerous adventures awaiting players with dynamite and shootouts illustrated throughout. Mechanically, this is a five-reel, four-row game with 20 pay lines. The maximum win you can achieve in this game is 2,000x the stake. You will be looking at an RTP of 96.2%. This game is available to play across platforms.

Wild Trigger’s bonus content is split into two separate features. The first is the re-spin feature, triggered when one fully-staked wild reel appears on reels 1 or 5. This wild reel then becomes sticky, and a re-spin is awarded with payouts in both directions. If you land another wild reel on the other end of the existing one, you’ll activate the free spins game. This bonus gives you ten free spins again with payouts in both directions. Unlike other games, you cannot re-trigger either feature when within the bonus content. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is a classic Wild West theme with all the trimmings. You’ll see tumblers of whiskey, cowboy boots, Stetsons and hitching posts, as well as all the other normal Hollywood markers of a western film. What is slightly disappointing about the Wild West, as we now call it, is that historically it wasn’t as wild as we are led to believe. Yes, there were a few robberies and a little vigilante justice here and there, but there were nowhere near the number of shootouts or bank heists that the films would have you believe. Mostly, it was people trying very hard to survive on the very edge of society, yet this doesn’t make for very good entertainment.

The background for this slot is a western town square, with what can be assumed is the town saloon taking up the majority of the screen. It is joined by a water tower, a few shops and a wide street on which would have been heavy traffic of horses and carts and traders and pilgrims. The background very much looks like one of the sets from Django Unchained, where the doctor is holding up with the bounty hunter waiting for the sheriff to arrive. It is a background that captures the western aesthetic well and one that could be a great setting for a classic shootout.

The playing board for this game is an old wooden sign in keeping with the rest of the ramshackle facades of the town.
The symbols for this game are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying symbols are the 10, J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The A is the most valuable of these paying out at 7.5x the stake. The more valuable symbols are the whisky tumbler set, the cowboy hat and boots, the guns, the dynamite and the money bag. The money bag is the most valuable, worth 50x the stake for the top combination. The special icons in this game are the cowboy and cowgirl wilds.

Game Play

Wild Trigger is played on a five-reel, four-row gameboard with 20 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.
The betting range for Wild Trigger is 2p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stake up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot is rated in the low range. The return to player percentage of Wild Trigger is 96.2%, which is about average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,000x your stake.

Features

The first feature in this game is the walk-down re-spin feature triggered when one fully stacked wild appears on either reel one or reel five. The wild reel then becomes sticky, and the player is awarded a re-spin to help score a big win.
The other feature in this game is the free spins round. This is triggered when a full stacked wild lands on reel one and reel 5. This will grant you ten free spins. Both the re-spins and free spins allow players to score wins both ways along the pay lines.

Conclusion

Simple, entertaining and with a timeless aesthetic, this game has all the makings of a great wild west slot. Regarding the win potential, things aren’t too bad either, with a good RTP and a volatility rating that should keep things fairly regular. However, the top-end payouts aren’t that flash, meaning that although you may get a few regular wins, they are unlikely to be very large or exciting.