Wild Buccaneers Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Wild Buccaneers Megaways Review

We were quite impressed by the Four Leaf Gaming’s debut release, Clover Fortunes, and we can say the same about this second release, which amounts to their Megaways debut. Wild Buccaneers Megaways comes with charming animal pirates, and the dynamic grid is situated on a treasure island beach with a shipwreck in the background.

You’ll immediately notice the treasure chests hanging from ropes above each reel, and these make up the innovative Treasure Trail Multiplier system. You progress along the multiplier trail per cascading win, and the chests can award wild reels and free spins as well. There are tons of gambling opportunities as usual from this developer, and we’ve no complaints about the 50,000x potential.

Wild Buccaneers Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Wild Buccaneers Megaways Slot Features

The Nitro Spin feature is something to consider. It can be turned on/off at any time between base game spins, and it costs 50 % more per spin. However, you get plenty in return, as Nitro Spins come with higher value multipliers, more wild and free spins chests, higher Megaways numbers, faster coin collection, more frequent Fortune Spinner triggers and more scatters.

That’s quite a mouthful, and more than you normally get from an ante bet feature. The premium symbols pay between 2 and 50 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and Wild symbols step in for regular pay symbols to help complete wins.

The Cascading mechanic not only removes symbols to give you indefinite extra wins per spin, it’s also tied to the Treasure Trail seen above the grid.

The Treasure Trail comes with a treasure chest above each reel, and each chest comes with a multiplier value. The leftmost chest multiplier is fixed at x1, while the multiplier increases randomly per chest after that. You progress along the multiplier trail per cascading win, and the applied chest may open to award a full wild reel below. You can also win 10 free spins from any given chest.

Wild Buccaneers Megaways Slot - Free Spins

You can trigger the Free Spins round by landing 4 scatters in the same cascading sequence as well, and you get 10 FS with +2 added on top of that per additional scatter above the minimum of 4. You can gamble for more free spins if you wish, or collect what you won and start the feature.

The gamble feature can land you up to 25 free spins at best.

The Treasure Trail Multipliers never reset in the bonus round, which means the last multiplier you achieved becomes the first and smallest multiplier above the leftmost reel. The wild chests turn full reels wild as in the base game, while the FS chests award +2 extra spins. If you win less than 80x your stake in the feature, you can gamble your winnings to get another go via the Bonus Replay feature.

You can also gamble your winnings if you come out of the bonus round with more than 80x your stake, and this feature is called the Fortune Finder. It’s a pick ‘em game where chests reveal cash prizes as you move up the prize ladder. Reveal a cross to end the feature, which means you lose what you chose to gamble.

Sometimes small coin icons appear overlaid on regular symbols, and these coins are collected. The Super Spinner feature can trigger at random times whenever a coin is collected, and it comes with cash prizes between 80 and 5,000x your stake. It can also award 8 to 14 free spins, the Fortune Finder feature with 10 to 25 x for starters, or 10 to 25 Lucky Spins (Nitro Spins).

The Game & Fortune Feature Buy menu is available in some jurisdictions, but not in the UK for sure. This is where you find the Nitro Spins option, and you can also purchase the bonus round for 90x your stake.

A spin on the Super Spinner wheel costs 60x your stake, and your collected coins can be used to get a discount.

The 200 Spins Wild Buccaneers Megaways Slot Experience

You get a decent glimpse of the base game, before we purchase the bonus round around 1 minute into the 3:44-minute highlights video. We gambled for an extra spin, and then we purchase the Super Spinner feature at 2:22. This led to the Fortune Finder feature, and you can see it all for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

First of all, we commend Four Leaf Gaming for the spin pace system in this game, as the gameplay is really snappy with the turbo switched on. In addition, you can double click to skip animations, but be careful so you don’t miss the fun parts (like big win sequences). The cartoonish visuals are solid as well, and everything is accompanied by a swashbuckling soundtrack that fits the bill perfectly.

The Nitro Spin comes with tons of benefits, and more so than we’re used to from an ante bet feature. In addition, there is an abundance of gambling opportunities at every turn, and the sliding scale system means you can risk as much (or as little) as you see fit.

There’s no lack of bonus features to keep you entertained either, and we really liked the innovative Treasure Trail system. Overall, a strong and original Megaways debut from the industry veterans at Four Leaf Gaming.

Pros

• Nitro Spins ante bet w/ tons of benefits
• Treasure Trail cascading wins system
• FS w/ non-resetting Treasure Trail multipliers
• Bonus Replay or Fortune Finder gamble options
• Coin Collect Super Spinner bonus wheel
• Win up to 50,000x your stake

Cons

• RTP of 95 % is well below average

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Clover Fortunes - is the first game ever from Four Leaf Gaming, and it’s a Celtic fantasy release where collected coin icons eventually trigger a spin on the Fortune Wheel. This can land you 5,000x, while the clover win prize ladder can award up to 10,000x your stake. Everything is enhanced in the bonus round, and the overall max win is 24,030x your stake.

8 Golden Skulls of Holly Roger - is a swashbuckling installment from Microgaming partner, Buck Stakes, and it’s their very first Megaways release. You can look forward to rolling reels, mystery symbols and firepot prizes up to 2,000x. The bonus round comes with an x3 multiplier, and the overall max win is 6,000x your stake.

Dead Man’s Fingers - is a somewhat volatile buccaneer release from G.Games, and you can land quickhit money collect prizes up to 1,000x your stake in all stages of the game. The likelihood increases in the bonus round though, and the overall max win is 2,740x your stake.

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