4TP Guns N’ Gold

Guns n' Gold: Slot Overview

What would be a bigger shock? Discovering there is intelligent life out there amongst the stars or confirming that we are indeed totally alone in this vast, cold, uncaring universe? When it comes to online gambling, an even bigger surprise might be seeing a 4ThePlayer slot that does not have a number at the start of its title. At first, this might seem to be the case with today's slot. However, on closer inspection, instead of incorporating an in-game related numeral like 5 Doggy Dollars or 90K Yeti, the studio has come up with a regular slot title and just rammed on an abbreviated form of its name. The result is 4TP Guns N' Gold, which feels a little bit like cheating, but this method does release pressure from the studio's title people, since they can now technically stick '4TP' on any old thing rather than invent a clever name.

The studio hasn't been crazy creative when picking a theme either, as 4TP Guns N' Gold is a rootin' tootin' fastest draw in the West type of slot. It's not hard on the eyes, though it's hard to see much of the West on account of a screen dominated by UI and grid, which includes components such as Feature Pots, jackpot prizes, and a sack weighed down by gold coins beneath each reel. But, the stretched cloud blue sky, cactus, and buzzards make it easy for players to make believe they're bandits, sheriffs, cowboys, or whatever Western character they may favour as they settle in to try their luck.

Players are able to stake $/€0.10 to $/€80 per spin, and/or activate three features from the buy menu. In all scenarios, the RTP is 94% at its highest, with an additional lower return model also available. The other important statistic is the game's volatility, which will suit gamblers who prefer it highly volatile, while hitting spin activates a 6x4 gaming area, with 4,096 ways to win.

Hitting 6 matching 10-A card royals awards 1.2x to 2.5x the bet, while a winning line of 6 matching higher paying liquor bottles, cards, or three character symbols pays 3x to 12x the bet. Wild symbols are present on all reels except the leftmost reel, and substitute for any regular pay symbol.

4TP Guns N' Gold: Slot Features

Features time, and here we've got Cash Collecting, Feature Pots, free spins, Cash Combo spins, and feature buys to cover.

Cash Collect

Cash Prize symbols can land anywhere on the reels, possessing a value of 0.4x to 15x, as can the four Bandit Bounty prizes - the Mini, Super, Mega, and Ultra, worth 25x, 75x, 200x, or 2,000x the bet, respectively, which also act as Cash Prizes for the purpose of awarding wins and features. If 4 Cash Prize symbols land on a single reel, their values are combined and are awarded. Collect scatters may land on the rightmost reel, which is known as the Golden Reel. Landing one or more Collect symbols along with Cash Prize symbols awards the values of all Cash Prize symbols for each Collect scatter.

Feature Pots

Each Feature Pot displayed above the grid is linked to an associated Token that can land on any reel. Landing a Token on a symbol collects that Token to its Feature Pot, which may cause it to trigger. When a Token Blast scatter lands on the Golden Reel, it can award multiple Tokens to random Feature Pots. Feature Pots and their effects are:

• Bonus - triggers the Cash Combo Spins bonus.
• Nudge - triggers the Nudge feature, where 1 or more stacks of Cash Prizes that are not fully in view move to become fully visible, allowing them to be awarded by the Cash Collect feature.
• Takedown - collects Cash Prizes on a single reel. These Cash Prizes disappear, and new symbols drop into view. If the new symbols are Cash Prizes, they are also collected, and the process repeats until the next symbol on the reel is not a Cash Prize. Only one reel will be affected by the feature per trigger.
• Multiplier - the multiplier value on the Pot is applied to all Cash Prizes in view, on the spin this feature is triggered. Tokens may also increase the multiplier value on the Pot up to x5. The multiplier value resets to x1.5 when the feature has completed.

Free Spins

Landing 2 free spins scatters on reels 1-5 and 1 scatter on the Golden Reel triggers the free spin round. More specifically, up to 2 scatters may land on reels 1-5, and when this happens, 1-4 scatters can land on the Golden Reel. Triggering the feature grants 4 free spins plus any extra free spins from the Golden Reel - up to 7 per scatter. Feature Pots can trigger as normal in the round, except for the Bonus Pot. During free spins, landing 2 or more scatters awards +1 or more free spins, depending on what scatters are on the Golden Reel.

Cash Combo Spins

Triggering the Bonus Feature Pot awards 5, 7, 10, or 15 Cash Combo Spins at random. During Cash Combo Spins, only Cash Prizes, Collect scatters on the Golden Reel, and Bandit Bounty Prizes may appear. Feature Pots can trigger as normal, and the Token Blast scatter may land. Winning the Bounty Pot again awards extra Cash Combo Spins.

Feature Buy

Players may choose to activate up to 25 free spins for 75x the bet, alternatively Cash Combo Spins for 70x, or a Collect scatter win for 125x the bet.

4TP Guns N' Gold: Slot Verdict

Slots which sling tokens into pots that may or may not trigger features are on the rise, of which 4TP Guns N' Gold can count itself one of. It differs from the likes of Games Global studios' Power Combo feature or Push Gaming's Push Pots, though, in several ways. For one thing, there are no combining effects into a free spins bonus round when more than one type of Token triggers as such. Most of the pot features aren't really linked to a free spins round at all, but instead largely revolve around Cash Prize collection, though there is the Bonus Pot triggering if you're lucky. 4TP Guns N' Gold could be a match for gamblers in the mood for Pot triggering mechanisms, but who are on the hunt for something a bit different from what else is currently out there.

Maybe not hugely different since much of the core mechanics will be recognisable to players, such as Cash Prize/Bandit Bounty symbol collection, and while free spins are free, nothing is really mentioned about them doing anything special that base game spins can't. On top of these bones, there is some variation, though, and there is quite a spread of features. There is pocketing money when four Cash Prize symbols land on a single reel for one, and this plays nicely into the Nudge and collect mechanic. Takedown might be quite good at churning out some potential consecutive wins as well. Add it all together, toss in a multiplier, and 4TP Guns N' Gold is able to fire out wins of up to 12,000x the bet.

And so, 4TP Guns N' Gold might not be dripping with unbridled uniqueness, but it comes with a few twists and turns that might catch the interest of cash symbol/jackpot symbol collecting players. 4TP Guns N' Gold slides into a very popular form of online gambling, and while it doesn't redefine much that is mechanical or thematic, there's enough variety here for fans to sink their teeth into.