Slot game providers have a fixation on buffalos. Don’t believe me? Go to any casino, type buffalo into the search bar, and see how many games come up. At BitStarz alone, we offer no fewer than 36 buffalo-themed slot games. The most likely reason for this is that, like rainbows, four-leaf clovers, and rabbit feet, buffalo are seen as symbols of good luck and prosperity in many cultures. In Native American cultures, for instance, the buffalo is a symbol of abundance and life. So, while a Western audience might find its consistent use as a slot game theme a little baffling, it’s really quite understandable once you’ve asked ChatGPT to explain it to you like you’re five. 

This diatribe about buffalos is all in service of introducing the latest release from Gaming Corps, Buffalo Bash.

Welcome to barren plains

In Buffalo Bash, a floating buffalo head smashes rocks of various designs to reveal winning amounts or bonus features. The head won’t always smash the rocks in one blow, though. Some rocks will take a few whacks to break, with each wack counting as one bet. 

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The possible bonus features that can be revealed by rocks are rampage, multiplier, and jackpot. Rampage will destroy between two and ten balls with a single smash. The multiplier symbol will reveal a multiplier that will be applied to the winning amount from the next rock smashed. Finally, the jackpot symbol will spin a jackpot reel to determine whether you will receive the mini, minor, major, or mega jackpot amounts. 

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If you’re not keen on going through the whole quarry looking for the right rocks, you can select to use the buy bonus feature to purchase the bonus features. You will, however, not be able to purchase the jackpot feature.

Smash or pass: Buffalo Bash

Betting on Buffalo Bash starts at $0.20 and tops out at $200. If you’re betting at the maximum amount, you have the chance to win up to $224,000 thanks to the 1,120x maximum multiplier. The slot features low to medium volatility and offers a variable RTP of between 96.5 and 97%.

Buffalo Bash is the fourth in the company’s Smash4Cash series of games. All four games in the Smash4Cash series involve one or another kind of object to reveal either a winning amount or a bonus feature. Buffalo Bash is the first of the series to offer a buy bonus feature, which is a nice addition. I also think that the game is the best in the series thus far. 

I love that the floating buffalo head transforms into a superhero every time a bonus feature is activated. I also really like the vibe of the slot. I get that this criterion is a little intangible. What I mean by this is that the game is just a really nice way to spend a few minutes here and there. The graphics are great, the gameplay fun, and the music is surprisingly great, which is far from a given in a casino game. All in all, I give Buffalo Bash a nine point five out of ten.

If you’d like to try out Gaming Corps’ other Smash4Cash games, try out Gems Rampage and Piggy Smash.