Buffalo Ice Hold The Spin Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Buffalo Ice: Hold The Spin Review

Developer Gamzix has a number of games built on the players-favorite streak-style respins mechanic, and Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin is yet another addition to the range. In addition to the popular bonus, there are Stacked Wilds, Free Spins, and 3 different jackpots included, which can pay over 5,000x the bet.

However, the game doesn’t hold a lot of surprises, being a seasonal winter reskin on the studio’s older slot called Buffalo Coin: Hold the Spin. Both the gameplay and math remained untouched, while the only room to get creative here was the skin. Yet, it didn’t change much as well, and we see the same background image and symbols, except for everything is covered in ice now. Anyway, the production values are quite high, so the game feels pretty pleasing to the eye.

Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin Slot - Reel Screen

Playable on any device, the Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin slot comes with a betting range of £0.2 to £400 per spin. Medium volatile, it has a higher-than-average RTP of 96.3% and a decent 26% hit frequency, so wins should occur fairly often. Speaking of wins, players can hope for payouts up to 5,200x the bet on a single spin here.

8 regular symbols appear on 5x3 reels, paying when at least 3 matching instances appear adjacently along one of the 20 paylines. On the lower side, the pay symbols are made up of classic A-J royals, worth 2x your bet for combinations of five, and the higher lot includes in ascending order eagles, lynxes, wolves, and bears, paying from 4x to 12x your bet for five-of-a-kind. As the title suggests, buffalo is a top star here.

It’s a Wild symbol, acting as a substitute for any other regular symbols in winning combinations, plus it’s the most rewarding, paying up to 15x your bet for line wins. Finally, Wild symbols always land stacked on the reels, covering up to 3 positions.

Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin Slot Features

Landing 3 or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels during the base game triggers the Free Spins feature. Depending on the number of triggering symbols, players receive 8, 10, or 12 free games as well as a cash prize of 2x, 20x, or 200x the stake respectively.

The Free Spins bonus is played on special reels where low symbols are not available, producing bigger winning opportunities. Unfortunately, the Scatters do not appear either, so retriggers are not possible.

Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin Slot - Free Spins

Players willing to jump straight into the action can activate the Free Spins immediately via the Buy Feature for the cost of 40x of the current stake. This activates a spin where at least 3 Scatter symbols are guaranteed to appear. Thus, should 5 instances hit, you’ll get an instant profit.

Look out for Coin symbols that can appear anywhere in view during both the base and free games. These are cash symbols that have random bet multiplier values, and whenever 5 instances land simultaneously on the grid, the Hold the Spin feature is activated.

The triggering coins lock to the reels and 3 Respins are awarded. When a new coin symbol appears, it also turns sticky and remains in place for the remainder of the bonus, as well as resets the respins tally back to 3.

After the respins are complete, all coin values in view are added together and paid to the player.

Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin Slot - Bonus Game

Moreover, the Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin slot offers 3 additional Jackpot prizes that can be obtained during the bonus game. If by the end of the respins 1, 2, or 3 rows are entirely field with coin symbols, players are awarded Mini (100x), Major(500x), or Mega (5,000x) jackpot respectively.

Review Summary

Despite a kind of lazy approach by Gamzix, the Buffalo Ice: Hold the Spin slot is rather enjoyable, with a lot for players to offer. Although the studio hasn’t exactly gone to town with the theme and gameplay, we can’t deny it is a good slot, capable of providing a delightful gaming experience and massive rewards for the players.

Pros

• Great looks
• Stacked Wilds
• Free Spins with no low symbols
• Bonus game with 3 different jackpots
• Well-balanced math

Cons

• Reskin of an older game

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