ABOUT
The Wild Gang by Pragmatic Play has a clever name with the double meaning for the phrase ‘Wild Gang’, pointing towards the Wild West as the theme and multiple Wilds as part of the gaming mechanic. Luckily, the gameplay is just as clever with many ways to form explosive wins!
Betting Options and Bonus Features
The Wild Gang opens up with beautiful symbols all drawn in a wooden, rusted style. These symbols range from J, Q, K, A to boots, whiskey, knives, pistols, and a sheriff medal which pays the heftiest ( 7.5x for a full line). Aside from the lovely aesthetics, players will notice the reels have a unique 3-4-4-4-4-3 formation creating 2,304 - 4,096 paylines.
For a game set in a Wild West, it makes sense that the volatility is pretty high and not for the faint of heart. But if you’re a thrill-chaser, you can find plenty of things to like, beginning with the 96.04% RTP and ending with a juicy 10,000x max win.
You may be pleasantly surprised to know that The Wild Gang uses up to 4 Wild symbols which, aside from replacing all regular symbols, get assigned a multiplier randomly from 2x to 4x when they land. Another feature in the base game is the Mystery Symbols, which turn into the same random pay symbol after they land.
In fact, the Wild symbols in this slot also act as Scatters, with 3 or more needed to trigger the Wanted Free Spins round or the Dead or Alive Free Spins round. Players get 8 free spins in both, except that they get to play on a 6x4 grid in the Dead or Alive Free Spins round. The main attraction of the bonus is that the multiplier on Wilds increases every time they land, from 2x to 3x or 4x. However, the third time onwards Wilds receive no multiplier.
All the multipliers are collected in a meter that starts at 1x. Every new multiplier will be multiplied with the value in the meter, not merely added, which makes for a much more explosive gameplay. Finally, 2 extra spins are triggered when all 4 Wilds appear at least once, and 2 more spins are received when they appear twice.
Both versions of the bonus feature can be bought straight away: 80x the bet for the Wanted Free Spins and 200x the bet for the Dead or Alive Free Spins.
Roshtein’s Take
The Wild Gang succeeds in creating a Wild West slot that looks different from the rest, which is quite a feat on its own. But the game goes the extra mile of adding the 4 different Wilds, Mystery Symbols, and 2 versions of the bonus feature to spice up the gameplay. You can tell every component in this game, from the cutscenes to the Wild Multipliers, have been carefully thought out, and the result of that is simply a satisfying experience!
