Bisonous Fever

Bisonous Fever: Slot Overview

Software provider Foxium keeps the LinkNWin freight train chugging along with the release of Bisonous Fever. The game takes place in Wild West country, with a reference to bison, though it doesn't feel like a slot that Foxium has draped itself in the theme to design. Instead, the bison-ous subject matter serves as a vehicle for the widespread LinkNWin system and a group of increasing jackpots to do their thing. That might not be the most thrilling thing you've been tempted with today, but let's keep a positive attitude; you never know precisely how these things will play out.

Bisonous Fever's base game visuals are adequate to the task without inspiring much emotion either way. The setting is a dusty old canyon somewhere, which fades into oblivion as the focus shifts to the amount of foreground eye candy on the screen. That is, if you consider a batch of increasing jackpots and collection pots candy. The bonus round turns up the atmosphere a notch or two, as the sun sinks (or rises) on this piece of middle-of-nowhere frontier. Again, the graphics lay a pretty scene, but it's not an especially visceral one.

Knocked up in a wooden frame is Bisonous Fever's gaming area, made up of 5 reels, 4 rows, and 40 paylines. Gamblers may stake $/€0.20 to $/€25 in this medium volatile game, where the max RTP comes in at 96.4%.

The symbol hierarchy consists of J-A, horseshoes, bells, boots, pistols, and hats. Hitting a 5 OAK winning combination pays 1x to 10x the stake. Wild symbols are present on all reels. Wilds can replace any regular symbol in a winning line, and they pay 25x when five of them make a win.

Bisonous Fever: Slot Features

The features in Bisonous Fever are the Collect Multiplier, a collect feature, growable jackpots, and bonus games with various modifiers.

Features

• Collect multiplier - Each time an X symbol lands on the leftmost reel, it increments the Collect Multiplier meter by x0.5. Should the meter reach x5, no more X symbols will land. When cash is collected, the total is multiplied by the meter's value, then it resets to x1
• Collect feature - Cash symbols land on reels 1-4 in the base game, or any reel in bonus rounds, possessing values of 0.5x to 50x the bet. When a Collect symbol hits on the rightmost reel, it collects the total value of all cash symbols in view.
• Jackpots - Each landed Jackpot Token in the base game increases the value of the corresponding jackpot. Collecting a certain number of Jackpot Tokens in the bonus rounds only awards the respective prize. These are the 2x-10x Mini, 8x-25x Minor, 10x-50x Maxi, 20x-100x Major, 500x-2,500x Mega, and the 5,000x-10,000x Grand.

Bonus Games

There are three bonus games which may be triggered in the base game when a cash symbol is collected by a dynamite pile. Once activated, 3 spins are initially awarded that land only blanks, cash, vortex collect, thunderbolt, fire boulders, Jackpot maximisers, and mystery symbols. Landing a symbol resets the spin count. Bonus rounds are played on a 5x4 grid, but it can be expanded up to 5x8 by unlocking 4 more rows. One, two, three and four rows are unlocked by collecting 8, 12, 16, or 20 cash symbols, respectively. The round ends when spins run to zero, or the grid is filled.

• Vortex Collect Bonus –Vortex collect symbols can appear in this bonus. When landed, the vortex collect symbol accumulates all cash values on unlocked rows, then turns into a cash symbol.
• Multi Quake Bonus – Fire boulder symbols may appear with values of x2 to x5. They multiply each golden cash symbol on unlocked rows. Fire boulders are removed on the following spin.
• Thunderbolt Upgrade Bonus – Thunderbolt symbols may hit, and they increase the value of 4 random cash symbols on unlocked rows. Or less, if there are fewer than 4 cash symbols. Thunderbolt symbols turn into cash symbols with a random value.

Up to one vortex collect, fire boulder, or thunderbolt symbol may hit per spin in the respective bonus. Jackpot maximiser symbols appear in all bonus games, where they are able to increase jackpots to their maximum value. Mystery symbols reveal cash prizes, Jackpot maximisers, or special symbols unique to the current bonus game.

Bisonous Fever: Slot Verdict

Well, you can sometimes guess how a slot is going to play out before hitting the spin button, and Bisonous Fever was one of those times. The LinkNWin element provides a big hint of what to expect, and Bisonous Fever doesn't surprise much on that front. The base game is a float show of things flying to the multiplier meter to grow it, to jackpots to grow them, and to the trio of dynamite pile collection pots. Intermingled with all the flyting about are line wins and cash symbol collecting. The multiplier meter adds excitement to the latter as it seesaws between accrued and reset value.

The bonus rounds are, okay, as well. Nothing special, nothing so absolutely dire as to prefer sticking your hand in a glove full of bullet ants to pressing the spin button. The three modifiers are fine, pretty standard, but fine enough. Collecting cash to unlock extra rows gives Bisonous Fever a semi-Push Gaming feel, while freeing up space to land extra goodies. Winning potential stands at 10,000x the bet, though the presumption is that lucky players will have needed to grow the Grand Jackpot to full capacity in order to achieve that amount. Overall, Bisonous Fever was pretty average; it hits the spot as a vaguely bison-themed LinkNWin slot with a bunch of jackpots that can grow, but it failed to make much of an impression.