Wild Bandito review

Ay caramba! These banditos are on the rampage, and you need to stop them to get the reward.

The basics

Software: PG Soft

Type: Video slots

Reels: 5

Paylines: 1,024

RTP: 96.73%

Bet range: 0.2 to 20.00

Bonus features: Cascading Reels, Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers, Free Spins

Volatility: Medium

Mobile version: Yes

Hit or miss: Hit

The OCR review

Gameplay

Wild Bandito is a wild ride through the Badlands of a Mexican border town as the Aguila gang wreak havoc and mayhem. By day they’re disguised as travelling mariachi players. By night they terrorise local mines and steal their gold. The Governor has posted a $30,000,000 reward for their capture – dead or alive. Are you up to the challenge?

With superb graphics, catchy music, and good features, Wild Bandito is a great online slot for South African online casino fans and the Online Casino Review team are big fans. It’s almost like a mash-up of Wild West outlaws and Mexico’s Day of the Dead with colourful and vibrant graphics – the skeleton bandito with the glowing eyes at the top of the play area is really cool – and enough action to keep you mesmerised.

Wild Bandito is optimised for mobile play, but the relatively simple layout works just as well on desktop. Keep an eye on the revolver’s cylinder just above the bandito skull to watch your cascade multiplier.

Arriba banditos!

Symbols

As befitting a game that places itself in the vibrant and colourful Mexican culture, Wild Bandito is superbly visualised. Eye-catching artwork, beautiful colours, and theme-appropriate symbols abound.

Low paying symbols are the Royals from 10 to Ace, followed by the higher symbols, in order from lowest to highest: maracas, Mezcal shot, guitar, bandito.

Wild is a pair of crossed pistols while scatter is a trio of colourful skulls.

Graphics

The Mexican spin to all the symbols, the faint pueblo background, the saloon-style border, and the Mexican touchpoints like the maracas and the sombrero really land the Mexican theme beautifully. And, in a move that is pure PG Soft, the quality of the artwork is absolutely superb!  

Sound

While the game itself is pretty fast, the addition of the mariachi music and the frequent Spanish words being shouted out really amps up the energy. This is not a sit-back-and-chill slot, this is an edge-of-seat thriller, and the sound just matches it perfectly.

Bonuses and extras

There are not a huge number of features in Wild Bandito, but enough to keep us playing to try and hit the bonuses and up our winnings.

Wilds

Substitute for all symbols except scatters

Scatters

3x scatters will award Free Spins. Free Spins can be retriggered.

Cascading wins

Multiply your winning chances with cascading symbols on wins.

Pros and cons

Pros

Superb sound and graphics

Exciting gameplay

Great on mobile

Cons

Could do with more bonus play

The OCR verdict

Wild Bandito is simple but stunning. Simple in the layout and features but stunning in the look and sound. It’s a credit to PG Soft that this online slot for South African casino fans has such an awesome vibe and immense playability.

Highly recommended.