Pistoleras is a gorgeous Microgaming slot machine, a modern title which is themed around Spanish gun fighters, which just happen to be beautiful women as well. I have to say, this is one of the better looking slot machines created by this developer, and they have a lot of games under their belt. It’s also recently released, so it’s choke full of features and determined to be highly entertaining. Its design is definitely one of its strongest advantages though. The theme is not that easily found, and while the Wild West topic has been approached plenty of times before, the heroes were rarely women.
This gorgeous slot machine has 25 paylines, more than enough for a 5 reel title. You can expect to win with the help of wilds and scatters, to get free spins and the help of multipliers. The game will award up to $125,000, but it will ask for a lot of money as well.
Features of Pistoleras
With a wild symbol that triples prizes, two different scatters, free spins, multipliers and a bonus game, Pistoleras has something for everyone. It certainly seems determined to entertain its players at all costs.
One thing that you will enjoy is the presence of stacked symbols on the reels, though not always. While in the base game, the high symbols with the three Lady Pistoleros have this ability.
With the Pistoleras Logo in the right places, you will notice that you win money that otherwise wouldn’t have been awarded to you. Thanks to its ability to act as a substitute, the wild symbol can be of a lot of help when it lands in the right spot. It can’t replace a scatter symbol, but all regular symbols are fair game. It also creates its own combos, of 2 to 5 symbols, but it has to appear on the same line and going from left to right. Up to 1,000x the line bet is won with their help.
The scatter symbols have their own prizes to offer, but they also have secondary missions, getting the bonus game or the free spins started. We’ll talk about the one with the free spins first, as it also awards the biggest prizes. Depending on how many of these scattered Coach symbols you have, you get paid 1x to 100x the triggering bet, plus you get the free spins.
Free Games Feature
The number of Coach scatters determines the number of free spins, so 3, 4 or 5 symbols will bring you 15, 20 or 25 spins for free, respectively. All the wins from those free spins come with 3x multipliers, meaning that they’re worth three times as much.
The Pistoleros girls have the ability to show up stacked on all the reels while these free spins are running. You can retrigger the free spins, with the same 3 to 5 Coach scatters.
Saloon Bonus Game
The slot’s only bonus game is called Saloon Bonus and it is started when the Money Bag scatter is present on all three reels where it can make an appearance. This scatter symbol is only going to be on the last three reels of the slot. You get a prize worth 2x the bet when they’re all present, plus the Saloon Bonus starts up.
You are taken to a screen with targets to shoot at. You keep picking targets and shooting at them until you uncover three matching symbols. Depending on which Pistolera you discover first, the prize can vary. You will find that the cash prize for each one is announced beforehand, on the two sides of the screen. The fourth option is a Wild symbol, which can substitute for the three girls.
Betting options and jackpots
The betting is the thing I dislike most about this title. It can be terribly expensive, with coins going up to $5 in value, and using up to 10 for each line. A $50 line bet will turn into a maximum bet of $1,250, which is definitely in high roller territory.
The Pistoleras Logo is the wild and it awards a 1,000x top prize, worth $50,000 when the maximum line bet is used. The scatter symbol is the truly valuable one though, bringing you 100x the triggering bet, so up to $125,000, when you have five of them on the reels.
Design and symbols
I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s worth saying again, this is one of the best looking slots from Microgaming’s collection, and it’s a very big collection. The Latino women that are gun fighters in this game look gorgeous, and all the symbols used have the same Spanish connection, they’re highly detailed and they usually have red roses next to them. Even the playing cards manage to look aristocratic and they don’t become annoying at any point. Add a beautiful background picture to the mix, with lots of gorgeous decorations and mountain views, and you have the complete picture.
Symbols: Coach (scatter, 100x bet), Money Bag (2x bet, scatter), Pistoleras Logo (1,000x), Pistolera #1 (250x), Pistolera #2 (200x), Pistolera #3 (175x), Ace (120x), King (100x), Queen (90x), Jack (80x) and 10 (70x).
Is It Worth Playing?
I loved playing this game, and graphics wise it can be a lot of fun, so I’d recommend it based on that. It’s not going to be a cheap slot to play though, not if you want to get its biggest prizes anyway.
This Pistoleras slot is offered by all online casinos with Microgaming software, playable either in practice or in real money mode.
