The Wild Job Slot
We’re off to the wild west in SYNOT’s The Wild Job video slot, where villains have raided the town bank and are making off with bundles of cash, gold bars and diamonds. Although it’s set in the old west, there’s a bit of a sci-fi twist, as the 3 main characters are dressed in a Victorian version of futuristic gear, although we don’t get to see them in full until the free spins bonus round where they become special wild symbols.
Further wild substitutions are possible in the base game, while lining matching symbols up across any of the 9 paylines, on adjacent reels from the left side will create winning combinations. There’s a low limit of 0.20 needed to get the reels spinning for real cash prizes, although free The Wild Job video slots can be found, and the maximum bet of 100.00 should be enough for most gamblers. Clicking on the Autoplay option will set the reels spinning for a fixed number of spins, between 10 and 1000, or until there are not enough coins left to carry on.
This game is mobile-optimised and has a good return to players, plus the it comes with all the great style that SYNOT slot machines tend to have, setting the reels against a backdrop of the raided bank and filling the game with colourful symbols that have been designed with care. The attention to detail extends to the metallic-looking surround to the main part of the game, which fits in with the overall western style.
Breaking the Bank in the Wild West
Metallic-style playing card symbols 10 and J will be worth 1x, 2x and 10x the total bet amount when they stop on 3, 4, or 5 reels across a payline, while the Q, K and A are all worth 1x, 4x or 15x for the same combinations. The unique picture symbols only have to land on reels 1 and 2 to be worth a prize, and we have a sack of cash, plus the gold bars and diamonds, but the top wins come from the stylish wild symbol.
This is a head-on view of the business end of a six-shooter, and when this lands, gamblers get awarded a prize of up to 500x their bet. Being a wild symbol also means that it’s able to act as all others, excluding the bonus icons, to complete win-lines. It will either plug gaps in a run of matching symbols, stretch a winning line across to the right for a higher prize, or do both at once.
The heads of the 3 bank robbers are all bonus symbols, who can only land on the middle reels, but trigger the main feature of this game when any 3 or more appear in a single spin.
Free Spins and Extra Wilds
Players are awarded 10 free spins and to help make this a potentially richer round, the character symbols become extra wilds throughout them, while also being special expanding wilds, filling any reel that they appear on to reveal the gang in all their outfits.
We have a Scottish-looking guy in a bowler hat, a woman in a veil and battered top hat, and the last of these troublesome trio is wearing a skullcap over half his head and carrying some fearsome weapons to break into the bank vault with.
The free spins can be retriggered if any 3 bonus symbols appear in a game, so players could easily see another 10 spins added on to the end of the round.
Doubling Wins in a Gamble Feature
A double-or-nothing gamble feature can be played after any winning spin. It takes place on a second screen where a face down playing card can be seen, along with Red and Black buttons. Players simply decide what colour the card is going to be and if they are right, the win is multiplied, but of course if wrong, it’s lost.
There are further options to bet just half the initial win, so even if it goes wrong, not all is lost, while correct picks can be doubled over and over until the gamble limit is reached or an incorrect pick is made.
The Verdict
An unusual wild western style, with subtle nods towards the steampunk genre from Victorian-era science fiction, gives The Wild Job video slot a distinctive appearance. Anyone who has seen the Wild, Wild, West movie will be familiar with the style, (although if you haven’t seen it, don’t bother, it’s not very good.)
The Wild Job slot machine however, looks good and plays out pretty well, with enough of a bet range and plenty of winning chances when the symbols line up, while wild substitutions and bonus spins are added features which are nothing unique, but can lead to the best prize payouts.
Smooth animations, some great character symbols and lots of little details that bring this slot machine to life are specialities of SYNOT, who clearly take pride in the way their games look. Even the simple 3-reel games such as Respin Joker are carefully styled to stand out from the crowd, although for a slot machine with a similar western theme, we would recommend NetEnt’s Dead or Alive.
