Of course the game is themed on the wild west and the backdrop to the slot throws you straight into the action as you find yourself in an old western town. This has been designed well and the graphics are clear and crisp, add in the obligatory wild west soundtrack playing out in the background and the slot is ready to take you on its adventure.

The paytable on Wild West Zone sees the lower paying symbols made up of the royal cards 10 through to the ace, with pays from as low as 0.1x, up to 0.4x available when wins are formed through them. Higher value symbols are comprised of cowboy boots, whiskey, a gun, dynamite, and a sheriff's badge, and a 6 of a kind win will pay 0.6x, 0.75x, 1x, 2x, and 5x respectively.

Spinning the reels on Wild West Zone can cost as little as €0.20 a spin, whilst the maximum bet on the game reaches €200 a play. In total there are 6 bet sizes that can be played at from €2 down to the minimum stake, this should ensure that a wide variety of players can access and try this slot.

Wild West Zone sees Leander Games bring their gaming engine Dynamic Ways back for a second outing, and during the base game this reel mechanic is in play across a format of 5 reels and 5 rows that are able to generate anywhere between 243, and 3,125 ways to win.

On a Dynamic Ways slot each reel of the game has its own unique zone that is able to change size and position on every spin. The symbols on the reels will then stop and any that land within that zone will become active for that spin, this will then form your amount of payines for that spin and any wins that have been formed will be paid.

The most wanted respins feature is triggered on Wild West Zone when a non winning spin takes place and a wild symbol has landed anywhere within a dynamic zone. That wild will then become sticky and remain in place and a respin multiplier will also come into play that has a value of x2.

If the next spin is again a losing one then the multiplier will increase in value by a further x1, this will keep taking place until a win finally drops in on the reels. It should be noted that additional wilds can land during the respin and as long as a win isn't made they will also remain in place until a win is finally achieved.

Appropriately named something for nothing this feature gives you the chance to enhance your free spin bonus when you do eventually trigger it. The idea of this feature is give you a little reward when you land a bonus chance tease but the 3rd symbol doesn't land to initiate the free spins.

So when a scatter symbol lands on the reels 1 and 3 the free spin multiplier counter that is located to the left-hand side of the reels will increase in value by x1. This may remind players of a game called Kingmaker Megaways™ where you also have a chance to build a multiplier before the bonus begins, and in both cases with these slots you would perhaps like to see a few near misses to begin with so that you can enter the free spin bonus with a high multiplier to begin with.

The Canyon Heist free spin feature is triggered on Wild West Zone when a scatter symbol lands on the reels 1, 3, and 5. These are the only reels that the scatter symbols will appear on during the base game and if this set up is achieved then you will receive 8 free spins to begin the bonus with, and your free spin multiplier counter will also be carried over with its value in tact.

As you head into the bonus round your chances to win will also increase as an extra reel is added to the game, and additionally to this all reels will now have the capability to extend to 7 rows in length. This enables the Dynamic Ways to now be able to produce 117,649 ways to win.

Whilst the free spins are taking place there are ways to further increase your multiplier and enhance your chances of hitting a big win. Firstly if you get a free spin that does not involve a win at all then an extra x1 in value will be added to your multiplier. Secondly the most wanted respins are also active during the bonus round so any non winning spins that involve a wild in a dynamic zone will behave in the same way as it does in the base game. This can potentially add quite a few multipliers to your running total if a number of non winning spins like this occur.

The final way in which you can increase the value of your multiplier is through the something for nothing feature that is also present in the bonus round. If a scatter symbol lands on reels 2, and 4, then an extra x1 will be added to the multiplier. It's also worth noting that if the scatter symbols land on reels 2, 4, and 6, then a re-trigger will take place and an extra 8 free spins will be awarded.

Leander Games have clearly been busy working on and perfecting their Dynamic Ways engine. Their original slot using the mechanic Gem Zone was a good game with an interesting concept, but the progression they have made with the development of Wild West Zone is clear to see, and the slot is a testament to the hard work that must have gone in to take Dynamic Ways to the next level.

We feel that there is still much more to come from Leander Games with Dynamic Ways, but this latest release that includes it is a further step in the right direction of releasing the full potential of the entertaining mechanic that they possess.

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