It’s incredible how periods like the American frontier can be influential to the extent of inspiring entertainment productions centuries after they happened.
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Adopts an action-packed theme | The jackpots are non-progressive |
Money respin & free spins | Nothing exciting in the base game |
A fairly priced bonus buy option | The max win isn’t so appealing |
High-standard visuals & audio | |
The RTP is above-average |
Pragmatic Play rarely uses original game themes, and this new release is clear evidence of my claims. Before this online slot, the prolific developer released Congo Cash XL, a Congo Cash follow-up.
Once more, the Malta-based game provider has ventured into a quite familiar Wild West territory in Badge Blitz. Although the design looks generic, the top-tier visuals make it worth checking out.
The same old dusty town populated by tumbleweeds and wooden structures completes the background. Ambient sounds and a thriller melody give life to the deserted frontier atmosphere. Also, the background remains the same during the free games, albeit with a bloody red shade.
This video slot has nine paying symbols and four specials. My initial focus is on the paying symbols, which should help generate winning combinations.
25 paylines are cemented within the 5-by-3 gaming interface. So, to form a win, aim for matching symbols of identical symbols, as per the paytable, from the leftmost reel to the right and on adjacent reels.
As is usual with Pragmatic slots, wins will be evaluated based on the selected stake.
The low-pays here include the Jack (Blue), Queen (Yellow), King (Brown), and Ace (Purple) suits. As per the listing, the former two symbols pay 0.2x, 0.32x, and 2x the bet, while the other latter two are worth 0.2x, 0.32x, and 3x bet for 3+ OAK.
Moving to the high-paying symbols in Badge Blitz, you’ll get the following:
A Horse wild can appear on all reels but the leftmost one and substitutes for all symbols. However, it doesn’t substitute for the feature-related scatter (Wanted Poster), Badge, and Coin Money symbols!
The features include a free spins bonus, money respin, and a buy feature, which can help you win up to 3,000x your stake!
You trigger this feature when you hit 6+ Badge symbols. The feature starts after all winning combinations are paid, replacing the regular reels with blanks and the Badge symbols that triggered it.
When the round starts, the Badges that triggered the feature convert into Coin symbols with 0.8x to 16x total bet values, or Mini (10x), Minor (50x), Major (100x), and Mega (250x) prizes. The coins with the Mega prize only pay once and transform into 0.8x value.
This bonus has three initial re-spins. Every new Badge that hits during the re-spins collects all the Coin Money values; then the re-spins reset to 3. Afterwards, the new Badge symbols become Coins with random values.
This Badge Blitz bonus ends when no more re-spins remain, or all on-screen positions are full. You win the Grand prize worth 1,000x bet if you fill all 15 positions on-screen. The total value of all Coins on-screen will be awarded if all the re-spins end without any new Badge hitting.
Hitting 3 or 4 scatters activates 5 or 8 free spins, respectively. The scatter can land as a double-scatter and count as two symbols on the 4th reel of the base game. During the free spins, at least two fully expanded wilds will land per free spin.
The Money Respin feature is also available during the bonus game. It plays out immediately after it hits, and the initial free spins will continue. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to retrigger the free spins.
If available in your jurisdiction, you can use this feature to trigger the Money Respin for 100x the current stake instantly! After buying, six or more Badges will hit the triggering spin!
A wooden frame with five reels and three rows stands in the middle of this slot’s screen. It boasts 25 fixed paylines, which help you form paying sequences.
All the regular line wins begin from the leftmost reel and form when you hit the number of identical symbols specified in the paytable along a valid payline. Then, the win evaluation will be based on the selected stake.
Before anything else, set a preferred bet amount from the €0.25 and €250 range.
You trigger a single round of the Badge Blitz action after pressing the Spin button once or using your keyboard’s Spacebar. Alternatively, you can avoid starting every round manually and instead play several auto-spins using the Autoplay function.
Do you want the reels to spin faster? Then, enable the Turbo or Quickspin options. Finally, the ‘i’ button leads you into the paytable!
The slot’s default RTP of 96.50% changes slightly to 96.52% only when using the buy feature. Further, it’s a highly volatile experience with the maximum win capped at 3,000x stake!
Considering that Pragmatic Play releases plenty of online slots successively, it’s often a bit challenging to rate their production levels. However, most are exceptionally good. Yet this new release joins the list of the company’s slots that are averagely well-done.
The design looked spectacular, with crisp visuals and ambient sounds. Although the theme is widely used (or, should I say, abused) in the iGaming scene, this slot's visual presentation was just perfect for capturing the American frontier shenanigans. Plus, it’s typical of Wild West-themed slots.
Sadly, the Badge Blitz base game has no modifiers. However, although none of the money re-spins or free spins is unique, the amount of action they bring, especially in the hold & spin-style feature, is outstanding. Regardless, I couldn’t comprehend the low-level 3,000x win cap.
So, I don’t think it’s a game I’d repeatedly want to return to. Nevertheless, it’s also an excellent option to reminisce about the American frontier period, with a few decent bonuses at your disposal.
Theme: | Action & Crime |
Provider: | Pragmatic Play |
RTP: | 96.50% |
Volatility: | High |
Paylines: | 25 |
Release date: | 2024-09-26 |