Bullride Loot

Bullride Loot: Slot Overview

Peeling through the desert in a nippy automobile, alone, on an arrow straight piece of road devoid of other vehicles has got to be petrol head fantasy. Fantasies don't always manifest in reality, though, so to live the dream vicariously through a cartoon buffalo, sort of, come take a gander at developer, and Hacksaw partner, Bullshark Game's online slot Bullride Loot. This is open road gaming, where metaphorical pedal to the metal thrills are built around a Lucky Chest symbol, which is able to spray wild symbols across the gaming grid and increment the win multiplier, in the hopes of revving up a payout or two.

Made in a similar visual style as Godly Gains and Paper Biker, Bullride Loot deposits its main character on a pristine strip of asphalt that stretches into the distance, cutting through a landscape of rock, cacti, and sweeping skies. A welcome sign drops hints of Las Vegas, meaning the wide-open location would appear to be inspired by the Nevada desert. It would pay not to break down in such a secluded place, but if you do, then do it near Bullride Loot, because there's a buffalo holding a spanner and toolkit who looks handy with engines. He's the main character, the 'boldest buffalo on wheels' who is said to race across the desert looking for Lucky Chests. Since these chests activate some of Bullride Loot's best bits, players best be on the lookout for them, as well.

Played on a 5x4 gaming grid, Bullride Loot has 20 paylines for evaluating winning combinations. Winning symbols explode off the reels, and gaps are filled by symbols cascading downwards. Cascades continue until no new win appears. On the betting side, gamblers may stake $/€0.10 to $/€50, and they have ante bets and feature buys at their fingertips if they'd prefer to play that way. At best, Bullride Loot has an RTP of 96.29%, and its engine is highly volatile.

The symbol payouts include chromed 10-A card ranks worth 1x to 1.5x the stake for five in a line, or 5x to 15x the stake when 5 road signs, car air fresheners, rings, caps, and fuel pumps land. The bull dude appears on the wild symbol, which can substitute for all regular paying symbols. A line of all 5 wilds pays 25 times the stake.

Bullride Loot: Slot Features

At all times, a win multiplier is available to increase payouts, and Lucky Chest symbols may hit to increase the multiplier and add wilds to the reels. This action continues into two bonus rounds titled Bullride Haul and Cargo Carnage, with feature buys on the side.

Win Multiplier & Lucky Chest Symbol

Wins from cascades are added together, and the total from the spin is multiplied by the win multiplier before being awarded. The win multiplier resets with each new spin. The Lucky Chest symbol, meanwhile, either increases the win multiplier or adds wild symbols to the reels. Possible multiplier values range from x2 to x100, and 1-4 wilds may be placed on the reels. The Lucky Chest symbol itself transforms into a wild symbol.

Bullride Haul

Landing 3 or 4 scatters triggers the Bullride Haul round with 8 or 10 free spins, respectively. Each scatter landing in the feature awards +1 free spin. In addition, each scatter also removes the lowest possible multiplier from the Lucky Chest multiplier list displayed below the reels. Multiplier removal progress is persistent till the end of the feature.

Cargo Carnage

Hitting 5 scatters triggers Cargo Carnage with 12 free spins. It has the same mechanics as Bullride Haul, except the three lowest possible multipliers are removed from the start.

Feature Buy

The feature buys are BonusHunt Feature Spins costing 2x the bet to make each spin 3 times more likely to trigger free spins and Treasure Express FeatureSpins at 50x to guarantee at least 2 Treasure Chest symbols land on every spin. The Bullride Haul may be bought for 100x or Cargo Carnage for 250x the bet.

Bullride Loot: Slot Verdict

For a supposedly high-octane slot about a buffalo who likes racing his truck, Bullride Loot is pretty low-key. Its skin, whilst cute, lacks a real sense of adrenalised, high-speed danger, which may be important if you like to pretend your hair's being blown back while spinning those reels. Bullride Loot doesn't give off that effect, being a more gently presented game. But appearances can be deceiving, so if and when Bullride Loot hits the accelerator, it is technically capable of burning rubber.

Sticking with the driving metaphors, under the bonnet, Bullride Loot packs a surprising amount of horsepower. It might be cute and all, but this is a game capable of knocking out wins up 20,000x the bet. This amount is possible in all bonus games, so that's the place you want to be. Cargo Carnage isn't shockingly more overpowered than Bullride Haul, but starting the multiplier trail on x10 rather than x2 is a decent-sized leg up. Key to note is that the win multiplier resets between free spins as well as base game spins, so it doesn't persistently increase until bonus rounds end. Should Bullride Loot find its groove, it doesn't really need to, though, as Lucky Chests are able to send wilds across the reels, and/or establish a useful multiplier even if it is single-use.

Bullride Loot does a good job of hiding how much potential grunt it's got under the hood with a cute, unassuming exterior. But, should the features kick in, then the game is able to show a bit of power, and despite being pretty simple stuff, the effects have a potency to them. So, while Bullride Loot might not feel like a full-throttle, high-adrenaline sprint at first glance, even this laid-back buffalo can leave a trail of smoke on the reels when he puts his foot down.