Western Frontier

Yeee-hah, I loved Cowboys and Red Indian movies during my younger days, when the hero was usually the legendary John Wayne, and after him, came Clint Eastwood, fighting the baddies. Amongst the two actors, Clint is my top favourite, not only for his marvellous cowboy movies, but also for his other movies. Anyway, this Western Frontier game from Microgaming doesn't have John or Clint in them, but just a wild dark grey horse as the hero. The cowboys were probably nicely sleeping in the wagon! Hehehe.

As cowboy movies are usually old ones, so is this game. Western Frontier plays with just 15 paylines, it saves a bit of money in the long run, and is also my favourite betting size too - I always tend to start my play with $0.15 bets for games that have 20 or more paylines. That Horse is the Wild symbol in the game, but it doesn't pay anything for itself, nor does it double any wins with it, except during the free spins play. The Horseshoe is the Scatter symbol, paying a low 66.6x the total bet for getting 5 of them, and triggers the Indian Feature game with 8 free spins - only wins with a Wild symbol are doubled. The other symbols pay from 40x down to 6.6x the total bet, making the paytable a low one.

Getting 3 or more Horseshoe Scatters during the free spins awards a retrigger of 8 more free spins. During the free spins, each appearing Horse is collected into a counter at the top, to determine the free spins number and multiplier for the following Cowboy Feature game, from 8 free spins with a 2x multiplier, up to 16 free spins with a 6x multiplier, depending on the total number of Horses collected. Unfortunately, only wins with any Wild symbol gets this multiplier, and wins without any Wild symbol do not get multiplied, so this sucks!

Anyway, I've played Western Frontier on numerous occasions, trying to get a better win than what I have gotten so far, which is only 124x my bet amount, but never getting it. Even getting those 16 free spins with a 6x multiplier couldn't produce any better wins, so this much was disappointing indeed. Perhaps Western Frontier is never meant to produce big wins, what with its low paytable, so that didn't keep me interested in the game any longer. Too bad!

Western Frontier

This is a Microgaming video slot with 5 reels and 15 pay lines. As the theme for this game is selected the wild West. Cowboys and Indians are eternally attractive topic for many slot games. Although this is one of the newest slot games which came from Microgaming, the graphics are not anything special.

The sound irritates to a large extent. However, I like the sound during the free spins bonus. In this game I've played a few times in different casinos. Basically, I would retain only for a short period of time before I move to a different game. But the last time, in the Red Flush Casino I had an amazing string of victories. My balance was at about 30 euros. I started with a minimum bet of EUR 0.15 per spin. Soon I got a free spins bonus and I cashed about 10 euros from the free spins. I continued so for about 20 minutes and again I got free spins 2-3 times. Later, several times I increased the bet, first at 0.3 euros per spin, later 0.45 and at the end 0.9. After each bit of time I would receive free spins. My balance was growing all the time. At one point I came to 20 euros on balance. And then suddenly everything had changed. I lost almost everything I had won till then.

When I moved to another game, my balance was at a little more than the initial 30 euros. Free spins can be reached if you have three symbols with horseshoe. I like this symbol. I don’t know the meaning in other countries but in the country where I come from it is believed that a horseshoe brings good luck. In the free spins you have two modes Indian and Cowboy. Besides free spins, Western Frontier does not offer another bonus features. But the free spins features in this game are so interesting and original conceived.

I recommend this game. Well done for Microgaming. Western Frontier is a great game.

The name of this game is very catchy, every time I hear the name I get image in my head of cowboy actions : guns, horses and Indians. I found this game a while ago at Hippozino (turned out that this casino is not not as good as I thought). Luckily there are also other great casinos who also offer this game and from then on I only play the game there.

My opinion Western Frontier is the only video slot that has the greatest multistage free spins bonus round compared with NetEnt's new game Cosmic Fortune. The game looks also a lot of games powered by Aristocrat and I think it's one of the reason why I love this game.

The other reason why love this game a lot is that I won a quite a lot playing it thanks to the multistage free spins bonus round. In the free spins mode the more horses you collect the more free spins you win for the second stage with a higher multiplier.
One time I won over 60 euro playing this game with just 15 cent bet per spin, I know that this game is not a match to our favorite NetEnt's Dead or Alive but I am pretty sure a lot of gamblers would love this game, I know I do.

There are a lot of video slots available online or land-based and some games just escaped out of your memory because there are thousands of video slots out there and I am pretty sure no one can remember them all, if you do? consider yourself as Einstein of video slots.

Anyway, Western Frontier is one hack of a game and I recommend it to all my fellow gamblers especially those who love western theme.

8 sheriff stars for Western Frontier, put your cowboy hat on and prepare for a wild ride!

It's a pity the game has only 15 paylines, I often wondering what if Western Frontier has 20+ paylines, I could win really big but I can keep on dreaming about it because it will never happen.

More paylines please!

Like the title of this video slot suggests, Western Frontier is based on a cowboys theme similar to that of Dead or Alive. However, that’s where the comparison stops though since it does not have the same potential as NetEnt’s legendary Dead or Alive. It’s no shame however since many games can’t compete with that slot.

Nevertheless, Western Frontier offers a great game with exciting features to look forward to. What I like about this game is that it can be played with a minimum bet of only €0.15 per spin. Although I usually play higher, it’s a great option for me when I’m almost broke or at the end of my bankroll.

Western Frontier offers 15-paylines and 5-reels and the symbols consist of tents, horses, horse shoes, revolvers and much more. The horseshoe plays the role of a scatter in this game and five of them equal the best prize of a single combination of 100 x betsize.

The horses are the wilds and can substitute every other symbol. I play this game on minimum bets most of the time when I have just a couple euros left, and must say my results been great so far. It’s actually a game worth trying with higher bets as well in my opinion.

It contains two second-level bonus features in one go. Not many slots can say the same in that respect. During base game I never won too much apart from a couple euros. However, the free spins feature holds some great potential.

If you manage to get 3 or more scatters you advance to the Indian Feature which awards 8 free spins. During the Indian Feature, depending on the number of wilds that land on the reels, you win another set of free spins that get played after the Indian Feature, called the Cowboy feature.

The number of free spins in the Cowboy feature can go all the way up to 16 and can be matched with a 6 x multiplier. I managed to win 14 free spins with a 5 x multiplier as my best result, which ended up awarding me more than 250 x betsize, while during other features I won 50 x and 100 x betsize.

Therefore it’s a shame I only play this game on minimal bets since I’m way up. Well, maybe next time I’ll try it with 1.50 euro bets.

Graphics wise not exactly state-of-the-art, but who's caring if you're winning right!

I remember when I was a child how I loved the Cowboy-Indian stories and I think lot of us still love this heroic age, so every time when I have a chance to play with or discover a new Western themed slot the exciting feeling grows in me an always hope for some enjoyment. That was the situation when I tried out Western Frontier slot at first time but my first impression wasn’t exactly what I expected. Somehow the interface of the game is not too attractive for me and thought it’s simple and solid but the graphics are not detailed or high quality, the symbols are not nice or likeable and the overall visual effect just can’t give me the legendary atmosphere, so it is a forgettable pictorial work for my taste.

I can’t say the quality of game segment totally changed my opinion about this game and I think that’s enough if I mention that the most paying 5 of a kind win with Gun & Tomahawk symbols only awards 600 times of line bet which is a little poor and hard to say it would be competitive. At this 15-payline slot the Mustang figure is the real Jolly Joker as the success largely depends on the appearance of this emblem. It serves as Wild with substituting but without multiplying function but has more important part in Free Spin feature.

3 or more decorated Horseshoe pictogram activate the Indian Feature which consists of 8 free spins. During that session the Wild get an x 2 multiplying ability but what even more important the number of all appearing Wild symbol is collected and determine according to a special system to what condition will be apply to the automatically starting Cowboy feature. If during the 8 free spins just 3 or less Wild arrive to the reels the Cowboy feature will be 8 free spin and the wins with Wild will be multiplied by x 2. If we’re lucky enough to get 16 or more Mustang during the original 8 extra spins the Cowboy feature will be played with the condition of 16 free spins with x 6 multiplier. Both Indian and Cowboy feature can be re-triggered.

Essentially, we get 2 free spin sessions for just one triggering combination which is not a bad business at all but based on my experience these free spins are not that rewarding what they might sound. I had one time when the cumulative 16 extra games barely gave me back the double amount of my total bet which is was my normal, $1.20. Definitely, the chance is there to win big but whether it will be ever realized, it’s a good question.

Overall, Western Frontier is a disappointment for me in every aspect. Unfortunately I don’t find here any game section that would excels (maybe the gamble feature is the one what I like here) and I’m sure this slot is not among the ones that Microgaming should proud of. Every time I have a feeling as this product would be an unfinished business from the developers part because there are so many things that would require smaller or bigger improvement. So I think this game has not much chance to be my favourite slot or even to be on my most frequently played list.