Players on the lookout for the best online slots won’t want to miss out on Dead or Alive 2, the Wild West slot from NetEnt.
The second installment in this outlaw series stays in the gunslinger milieu while adding fabulous features, including three varieties of free spins, all fully loaded with limitless win multipliers and extras galore.
Theme
Net Entertainment is generally regarded as one of the leading designers of online slot games, and with good reason! In terms of quantity and quality, their gaming catalogue is tough to beat.
Even with such a strong array of titles under their gunbelts, though, this title is worthy of note.
The sequel to this designer’s wildly successful Dead or Alive slot improves on the original’s already strong graphic and sound design. Players gaze down at a Western sunset, with the scorching sun and massive mountains standing in the background. A sparse soundtrack lends gameplay some suspense.
Five outlaws act as wild symbols on the on the five reels; in addition to substituting for other symbols to form winning combinations, they also provide a killer payout at 1500x for five-of-a-kind.
Other gaming symbols include a sheriff’s badge, bottles of whiskey, cowboy boots, pistols, cowboy hats and lariats, as well as the playing card values ace through ten.
This game’s most important symbol, however..
… is the Crossed Pistols Scatter. This provides the gateway to free spins, which contain other bonuses in turn!
Betting Options and Functions
As in the original game, there are 9 fixed paylines here, all paying from left to right. Bet per line is can be set from 0.01–0.50; there are two bet levels, one with 9 coins bet per spin and two with 18 coins bet per spin. This yields an overall per-spin betting range of 0.09 – 80.00 times the betting currency.
Autoplay is available for up to 100 spins, or as a simple on/off toggle, with optional no win/loss limits available.
Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available via an expanding menu at the lower left corner of the game screen. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is phenomenal at 96.8%.
Features
- The appearance of three or more Scatter symbols on the reels begins Free Spins.
- Players can choose one of three different bonus games:
- Old Saloon Free Spins offer medium volatility and a 2x win multiplier throughout bonus play; Sticky Wild Symbols add 5 extra freebies.
- High Noon Saloon Free Spins offer high volatility and turns wild symbols into double or triple multiplier wilds, depending on how many are involved in the combination; Sticky Wild Symbols add 5 extra freebies.
- Train Heist Free Spins offer variable win multipliers and lower volatility. Every time a wild symbol appears anywhere on the reels, the win multiplier increases by 1 and 1 additional freebie is awarded; if the multiplier reaches 16x, 5 extra freebies are also awarded.
- All 3 kinds of bonus feature begin with 12 free spins awarded.
Our Take
NetEnt pulls out all the stops here, and players everywhere should take note: strong bonus features, excellent RTP, and irresistible design make this title a real classic.
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 9Pay lines
- $2,500.00Max cash jackpot
- 96.8Payout Percent
- YesWild Symbol
- YesMultiplier
- $0.09 - $9Betting Range
- 0.01 - 0.5Coin bet range
- 2Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 5000Max coins jackpot
- 18Max coins
- YesScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- NoBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- Western Game theme
- High Volatility
