Badge Blitz Slot Review
This Western-ish slot was specially released for those who admire brave sheriffs back to the Wild West epoche, love to contemplate huge bags of gold, and adore cowboy films. There is the Re-Spin 'Hold'n Win' mini-game, Free Spins with reel-size expanded Wilds, and tempting jackpots amounting up to x1,000 to the stake at your disposal. We haven't seen such a jam-packed bonus features game that guarantee will likely appeal to nearly every contemporary player with almost any preference about slots for a long time. So, let's unveil all its secrets.
Badge Blitz by Pragmatic Play Slot Features
Badge Blitz General Characteristics
- 25 pay lines
- 5 reels and 3 rows
- High Volatility
- RTP: 96.5%, 95.48%, 94.49%
- Base Game hit frequency: 1 in 4.29 spins (23.31%)
- Free Spins hit frequency: 1 in 169.56 spins (0.59%)
- Odds for > x1,000 hit frequency: 1 in 191,571 spins
- Max win hit frequency: 1 in 4,001,284
- Bet amount: 0.25 EUR - 250 EUR
- Maximum win multiplier: x3,000
- Maximum win value: 750,000 EUR
- 9 main symbols
- Additional symbols: Wild, Scatter, Coin Money Symbol
Badge Blitz Bonus Features
It's a 5-reel video slot boasting 25 fixed win lines. It needs one to sequence at least two or three paying symbols on any of those pay lines to nab a prize. Only those prize combinations that start from the leftmost reel are counted.
Wild
The Horse image is the Wild here, meaning this symbol can substitute any other paying picture to form a winning combination. However, the Wild can't replace the Scatter, Badge, and Coin Money Symbols. It hits only the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th reels during the Base and Bonus game.
Badge Symbol
It's a non-paying symbol targeting activating the 'Hold'n win' type bonus feature dubbed Re-Spin Money Game.
Money Re-Spin Feature
Concurrently hitting the playfield at least 6 Badge symbols results in the Re-Spin mini-game beginning. It's a 'Hold'n Win' bonus game that initially hands a player 3 re-spins. Apart from badge symbols, all other symbols disappear from the board, upon which re-spins begin.
During re-spins, Badge symbols try to make it to the empty positions. As a result of any successful attempt, the available spin count restores to 3 again. After landing on the playboard, Badge symbols shapeshift into Coin Money pics. These may take values that range from x0.8 to x16 (x0.8, x1, x1.2, x1.4, x1.6, x2, x2.4, x4, x8, x16). Also, there are five jackpots you can grab through this Bonus Game:
- Grand - x1,000
- Mega - x250
- Major - x100
- Minor - x50
- Mini - x10
The highest jackpot of x1,000 is awarded if all 15 board positions are filled with Coin Money symbols. If empty places are on the playfield but no more re-spins, a player is treated to the sum of all money symbol prizes.
Scatter
The Scatter symbol appears within 2-4 reels during the Base Game. It needs to drop 3+ Scatters so that Free Spins are activated. On the 4th reel, the Scatter can land as the double Scatter symbol.
Free Spins
The more Scatters hits at once, the more Free Spins are awarded:
|
Scatters |
Free Spins |
|
3 |
5 |
|
4 |
8 |
Each Free Spin round guarantees at least two reel-size expanded Wilds to land. The Re-Spin Money Coin function can also be triggered during the Bonus FS Game. If so, it will start immediately after Free Spins are over.
Buy Re-Spins
Anyone who hurries to win the Grand jackpot can utilize the 'Buy Re-Spins' feature. This pleasure will cost you precisely x100 by the stake. The number of Badge symbols that land due to purchasing the Re-Spin Bonus Game might be 6 or more.
Our Experience Playing Badge Blitz
As always, we have played through 300 spins, making the €200 initial deposit and pointing a €1 stake per round.
During the first 100 spins, we had 16 prizes, the size of which varied from € 0.2 to €1.64. Unfortunately, as many as 14 wins appeared lower than the stake. This time, we encountered a record period without any win, which lasted for 13 spins. Even though Free Spins was not triggered, the Hold and Win feature has been activated once, bringing us €56.6. So, after the 100th spin, our balance was €175.92.
The second 100 spins didn't allow us to enjoy Bonus Game triggering. Therefore, we could top our balance only using regular Base Game wins. Luckily, this time, they were 23. Traditionally, most of these (20) turned out lower than €1. As a result, we had just €87.68 after the 200th spin ended up.
The final 100 spins brought us as many as two Re-Spin feature activations that made €56.4. This time, we got 25 ordinary cash prizes. Twenty wins appeared less than the bet. Free Spins, as usual, didn't trigger. Upon the 300-spin gaming session, our final balance was €75.52. Hence, we lost €124,48, given the €200 initial game balance.
Here are all the statistics:
|
Min Base Game win |
€0.2 |
|---|---|
|
Max Base Game win |
€6.4 |
|
Total number of Base Game wins |
64 (1 in 4.7 spins) |
|
Wins that are lower than the bet |
54 (1 in 1.2 winning spins) |
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The lengthiest non-wins period |
13 spins |
|
Re-Spin Money Game |
3 (1 in 100 spins) |
|
Total win due to the Re-Spin Money Game |
€113 |
|
Free Spins |
0 in 300 spins |
In conclusion, we want to admit that the Base Game isn't the strongest side of this slot because of the rare and mostly minimal cash prizes. The 5-tier jackpot, the Re-Spin Money feature, and Free Spins are basically the most tempting things about this game. Our practical experience demonstrated that the 'Hold'n Win' mini-game drives frequently enough. Unfortunately, we can't say the same about Free Spins, which we didn't activate even once throughout the 300-spin gaming session. It leads us to believe these usually rarely trigger. It is sad since the Bonus Game, boasting at least two expanded Wilds per round and the possibility of the Re-Spin Money feature to trigger directly within Free Spins, seem highly profitable.
Badge Blitz Verdict
It's a well-done gamble, making you deeply embrace the Wild West ambiance due to the corresponding soundtrack and images exhibiting outlaws, money bags, sheriff badges, and more. All that drives a corresponding atmosphere. Moreover, there are as many as two Bonus Games here, which isn't frequent. Re-Spins grant a chance to win the Grand jackpot (x1,000), whereas Free Spins permit you to indulge in rounds full of the expanded Wilds, which sounds quite profitable.
The bad things about this game are poor Base Game winnings and rare Free Spin activations. Frankly, the €113 amount that we earned, thanks to the 'Hold'n Win' feature through 300 spins, isn't that impressive either, but we think we just got unlucky. So, pay attention to this game if you adore dropping jackpots and favor games with a couple of profitable bonus features at once.
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