Buffalo Hunter slot review (Nolimit City)

Buffalo Hunter – Enormously volatile Nolimit City slot with a beautiful wildlife theme

Nolimit City continues to surprise me with the fantastic slots they release over 2020. I’ve only just recovered from slots like Deadwood, Punk Rocker and Book of Shadows.

The animations are spot-on, and so is the gameplay. It’s entertaining and offers a lot of variation.

Like in Deadwood, here you have two different Buy a Bonus options, wherein the most extreme case, you can get the Stampede Super Bonus for as much as 600x the original wager!

In short, this slot is extremely volatile.

The maximum win is a blistering 12.647x the bet.

Buffalo Hunter slot – Gameplay and Features

The main game has five reels with four symbols each. There are 40 paylines.

The five high-paying symbols are the five wild animals (Buffalo, American Eagle, Jaguar, Coyote and a Mountain Goat). It goes without saying that the Buffalo is the most lucrative. A 5-of-a-kind of Buffalo yields a 50x win.

The five low-paying symbols are A, K, Q, J and 10.

Furthermore, you have Wild symbols, and these replace all symbols except Scatters. You also have the Mystery symbols and Scatters.

The main game is a bit boring.

Buffalo Hunter is all about the free spins feature!

How to get the free spins?

If you spin 3 (or 4) scatters, you can choose whether you want to play 8 (or 10) Buffalo Horde free spins or 8 (or 10) Prairie Multipliers free spins. I’ll explain how these work in a minute.

When you feel like taking the maximum risk in return for maximum potential, you pick the Prairie Multipliers free spins. If you want to take it a bit easier, you pick the Buffalo Horde free spins.

If you spin 5 scatters, you activate 10 Stampede Super Bonus free spins.

It can take a long time to get the so-wanted scatters. But not to worry! You can also use the Buy a Bonus Feature (Nolimit Bonus Buy), which Nolimit City loves to offer.

For 100x the original wager, you get 8 (or 10) Buffalo Horde free spins or Prairie Multipliers free spins. For 600x the original wager, you get 10 Stampede Super Bonus free spins. That’s indeed very hefty, but it’s for a good cause, shall I say!

Free spins: Buffalo Horde free spins

Here you get symbol upgrades, where you have to collect six Buffalo symbols to upgrade the Deer symbol to a Buffalo symbol. You can then upgrade the Coyote, Jaguar and Raptor to a Buffalo. It is indeed very similar to Thunderkick’s Pink Elephants.

With each additional upgrade, you get +2 free spins (up to a maximum of 10 extra free spins).

Free spins: Prairie Multipliers free spins

With the Prairie Multipliers, you don’t get symbol upgrades, but you get multipliers.

If you spin six Buffalo symbols, the Deer symbols get a 2x multiplier. If you collect six Buffalo again, the Coyote symbols get a 3x multiplier, as well as the Deer symbols.

Eventually, all Wild Animal symbols can get a 5x multiplier.

Do you spin a combo with multiple multipliers? Then only the highest one counts. So you can increase the win up to a maximum of x5 (even if you have, for example, a combo with five wild animals, all with a multiplier of x5).

With each step, you get an extra +2 free spins (up to a maximum of 10 additional free spins).

Free Spins: Stampede Super Bonus

Here you get the combination of the Buffalo Horde free spins and the Prairie Multipliers free spins. So, you do not only get symbol upgrades but extra multipliers on top of that.

The Stampede Super Bonus free spins is a beast of a free spins bonus and can get you massive wins!

Payout percentage (RTP)

The RTP is 96.01% in the main game.

If you buy the Free Spins (with the Buy a Bonus feature), the RTP is slightly higher: 96.34%.

However, plenty of reliable online casinos offer this game at less favourable payout rates, so it is best to check the game rules before you start playing.

Buffalo Hunter slot – the variance (volatility) is extremely high

Nolimit City already indicates that the variance is extremely high. I do not doubt that. It is possible to bag wins of a few thousand times the bet.

The highest win is over 12 thousand (based on 10 billion simulations).

Buffalo Hunter Slot – Pros and cons

Pros

• Beautiful animations, and the theme is lovely.
• The features are entertaining and offer a lot of variety.
• Massive win potential.

Cons

• The Buy a Bonus features are expensive.
• The slot is extremely volatile.
• The features are not very original, but they don’t always have to be.

So, who’ll like the slot? And who won’t?

This Nolimit City slot is most suitable for players with a big wallet. That’s what you need, as you take lots of risks. The Buy a Bonus features are pretty expensive.

But you get a thrilling slot in return, with plenty of gaming fun.