The Pistoleras is a western-themed 5-reel video slot powered by Microgaming software platform that offers 25 ways to win. This exciting game will take you to a small town where three senoritas wondered in looking for trouble. Take it for a spin to see what’s going to happen to them right here on this page for free, or go to Microgaming Casinos to play for real money.
Before you embark on this Wild West adventure, you need to adjust your bet. Pressing “Bet” offers “Coins”, which selects the number of coins wagered and you can choose from 1 to 10, and “Coin Size”, which modifies the coin value ranging from 0.01 to 1. Clicking the “+/-” buttons alters the overall wager and if you want to spin on the highest possible wager press “Max Bet”. “Spin” starts the game, while “Auto Play” spins the reels multiple times uninterrupted.
The slot has a wild symbol which is the Pistoleras logo, which will not only act as a substitute for all other symbols except the carriages, but it will also multiply by 3x any wins to which it contributes.
The free spins feature is triggered by landing three, four, or five of the Free Spins carriages anywhere on the reels and you will receive 15, 20, or 25 free spins, respectively. What’s more, during this feature the three senoritas can appear stacked on any reel and all wins will be multiplied by 3x. Additionally the spins can be re-triggered by landing more scatters.
The Saloon Bonus can be activated during the base game and the free spins feature too. To activate it you need to land 3 or more scatter symbols. What will happen next is that you will be taken to a shooting gallery featuring twelve targets. You must now pick the targets until you find three matching girls and win that character’s award. If you can match the three wild symbols you will win the prizes from all three Pistoleras.
Game Play
Bet +/-: Change the total bet.
Coins: Pick the number of coins to bet.
Coin Size: Choose the denomination.
Max Bet: Set the highest wager.
Spin: Start the game.
Auto Play: Turn the reels for a number of times uninterrupted.
Pistoleras can still be considered a fairly new game from Microgaming, being released sometime in 2015. I had a few plays on the game back then and quite enjoyed it, in contrast to what I would usually feel after playing most of Microgaming games. I don't know, maybe the western cowgirl theme has something to do with it, similarly as for another old game Sunset Showdown, which I had also enjoyed playing. Hmm, okay, those beautiful cowgirls, or cowladies, whatever, certainly made the game more enjoyable, and definitely more pleasing to look at for long hours. Hahaha.
The logo 'Pistoleras' is the Wild symbol, 5 of which pays a very low 40x the total bet amount, but triples all wins with it, and substitutes for other symbols except for the Scatter symbol. Hmm. Paying triple for all wins with it certainly makes the Wilds much more valuable than that 40x value. The Coach is the Scatter symbol, paying the usual 100x the total bet amount for 5 of them. Getting 3, 4 or 5 of these Scatters trigger 15, 20 or 25 free spins with all wins tripled, and more free spins can be retriggered too. Now that is nice! There is also the Moneybag Bonus Scatter symbol, appearing only on reels 3, 4 and 5, which pays 2x the total bet amount for getting all 3 of them, and triggers the Saloon Bonus game.
The 3 highest paying regular symbols, the 3 Ladies, can appear stacked on all reels, both in the base game as well as in the Free Spins game, and pays 10x, 8x and 7x the total bet for 5 of each kind. The other symbols pay from 4.8x to 2.8x the total bet amount for 5 of each kind. Sadly though, the paytable is a very low one, more suitable for a game that pays 243 ways rather than the 25 paylines of Pistoleras.
In the Saloon Bonus game, you are required to pick and match 3 symbols to win the corresponding Ladies prize. There are also 3 hidden 'Pistoleras' Wild symbols which can substitute for the Ladies symbols, thereby awarding multiple wins if you can get 3 symbols each of the Ladies. This Bonus game can also be retriggered during the Free Spins game, but the prizes won would not be multiplied by the free spins 3x multiplier. Still, this can bring in additional good wins if won during those free spins.
My several plays on this game have been good and have been bad too, but that's not surprising at all. Nevertheless, I enjoyed playing the game, especially when it is in a good paying mode, whereby those Free Spins games, and the Bonus games too, can come quite often, even though the payouts may not be big at all. I've had low payouts of around 10x to 15x my bet amount, and I've also got better ones of around 30x to 70x, which aren't that much but satisfactory enough, considering how low the paytable is. Yep, I like Pistoleras and I would certainly be playing more of it.