Introduction to Action Ways Buffalo
Action Ways Buffalo is a casino slot from SpinPlay Games with a theme we have seen many times before. The American bison is the largest land mammal in North America and plays a vital role in the ecosystem by maintaining the health of the grasslands. The animal’s grazing promotes plant diversity, and it is also a great snowplower. Other grazers scrape away snow with their front feet, but the bison uses its heavy head to plow through.
The buffalo are released on a 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to win. Triggering the Green Coin Action Ways Free Spins will boost the grid even more, giving you 2,400 ways to win. Let’s find out how that is achieved.
To get an even better taste of the American prairie, you can try out the free demo of the game at the top of this page.
Theme, Gameplay, and Payouts
Action Ways Buffalo is a video slot from SpinPlay Games featuring 5 reels, 4 rows, and 1,024 ways to win. In the Free Spins, some rows can expand to give you 2,400 ways to win. The game’s Min.bet is 0.1, and the Max.bet is 50. You can expect a generous RTP of 96.49%, and the volatility is high. Scoring the max win will give you 5,000x the bet, and the hit frequency of 38.87% means that over 1 spin in 3 will be a winner, on average.
The game takes place on the American prairie. There’s a nice soft light over the landscape, suggesting it’s either dusk or dawn. There are some mountains and trees in the distance, and five blue reels cover part of them. Above the reels are the five Jackpots on display, and to the left are three bison staring at the player. To make a win, you need to land 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting on the first reel to the left. The game is available on mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers.
The lower-paying symbols in Action Ways Buffalo are 10, J, Q, K, and A. They will give you 1x the bet for a 5-of-a-kind win. The higher-paying symbols are owls, wolves, eagles, cougars, bears, and buffalo. They pay between 2x and 10x the bet for wins of 5 symbols. The Wild Symbol is a diamond that substitutes all mentioned symbols in making payline wins. However, it doesn’t substitute the Jackpot and Action Ways Coins.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Action Ways Buffalo?
You can win up to 5,000x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Action Ways Buffalo?
The features are Wild Symbol, Jackpot Coins, Pick Feature, and Action Ways Free Spins.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol is depicted by a diamond. It can replace any regular symbol to help form winning combinations, but it doesn’t substitute for Jackpot Coins or Action Ways Coins. Wild symbols only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4.
Jackpot Coins
There are five Jackpots with starting values of 5x (Mini), 10x (Minor), 50x (Major), 200x (Maxi), and 5,000x (Mega). At the end of each base game spin, any Jackpot Coins collected add value to a random Jackpot, except the Mega, which can’t grow any bigger. After a Jackpot is won, it resets to its starting value.
Jackpot Coins do not appear during Free Spins, and the chance of triggering the Pick Feature may change as the Jackpot values increase or decrease.
Pick Feature
The Pick Feature can trigger randomly whenever you land a Jackpot Coin. Matching three identical icons awards the corresponding prize. The Pick Feature cannot be triggered during Free Spins.
Action Ways Free Spins
Whenever one or more Action Ways Coins land, there is a chance to trigger 10 Action Ways Free Spins. There are three types of coins, representing the three Free Spin modifiers. It’s possible to trigger the Free Spins with two or even all three modifiers. Jackpots are not available during Action Ways Free Spins.
Purple Coin Action Ways
During the spins, every Wild symbol reveals a multiplier of 2x, 3x, or 5x. All wins are multiplied by each Wild multiplier that appears.
Red Coin Action Ways
This feature is played on a special grid where the lower-paying symbols have been removed, increasing the chances of higher-value combinations.
Green Coin Action Ways
This feature increases the reel sizes. Reel 2 expands to 5 rows, reel 3 expands to 6 rows, and reel 4 expands to 5 rows. With these expanded reels, there are 2,400 ways to win.
Multiple Coin Action Ways
This feature combines all Action Ways, making them all active at the same time. Any multiplier gained from the Purple Coin Action Ways applies to all wins.
Final Thoughts on Action Ways Buffalo
Action Ways Buffalo takes us to the prairie without reinventing it at all. You get buffalo, big reels, lots of ways to win, and enough special coins flying around to make your head spin faster than the reels themselves. The base game keeps things simple, while the Free Spins can suddenly turn the grid into a wild animal stampede with expanding reels, multipliers, or higher-paying symbols only.
The background is calm, the symbols are clear, and nothing gets in the way of the gameplay. However, the graphics feel cheap compared to most other games released these days, and the features aren’t overwhelmingly interesting. Most of SpinPlay Games’ previous titles have fixed paylines, and we welcome the change in this release. But, apart from more ways to win, nothing seems innovative. The three Free Spin modes, called Action Ways, are very similar to games such as Action Boost SpinUP Gladiator and Action Cash Lightning Bounty.
Action Ways Buffalo from SpinPlay Games is a high-volatility slot that unfortunately feels like something we have played many times before.
