Dead Or Alive 2 Slot

Graphics

Dead or Alive 2 is, quite obviously, set in the Wild West. Not the Wild Wild West which Will Smith populates, but the proper Wild West, with rugged cowboys who we actually would want to be (sorry Will). If you think along the lines of another NetEnt smash hit slot, Wild Wild West The Great Train Heist you are along the right kind of lines.

But across five reels and nine paylines, we’re taken to a vacant town setting which is more realistic than that graphic novel-esque artwork. Here we can only imagine the number of quick draw rounds that would have taken place. The lower paying symbols are comprised of the traditional card values – Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace, while the high paying symbols are more cowboy oriented.

They include Cowboy Boots, Cowboy Hats, Whiskey Bottles, Guns and the Sheriff Badge. In fact, the Sheriff Badge goes to show that being an outlaw isn’t the only high paying gig in the Old West. When it appears five times on a payline, we bag 100 times our stake! Yeehaw!

Even better than the crisp graphics and smooth animations on each spin are the outlaw characters who act as the slot’s Wilds. Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Apache the Kid, Della Rose and Belle Star all make an appearance. And they look much better here thanks to NetEnt’s graphics skills than they do on a wanted poster.

Gameplay

Anyone who’s played a NetEnt slot will be familiar with the layout and it’s no different here. Coin values, betting ranges and easily accessible information are all subtly placed along the bottom, while the big spin button takes centre stage. Dead or Alive 2 has plenty of aspects that keep us entranced.

The outlaws all act as Wilds and appear on each reel. For instance, we see Apache the Kid on the first reel while Billy the Kid appears on the fifth. It’s a good way to keep the game fresh as we spin away, raking in the riches with our outlaw buddies. But for real freshness, we look to the Free Spins features. Plural. We trigger them when we land three Bull Skull Scatters. We get 12 Free Spins and a choice of bonuses.

The Train Heist Free Spins gives us a Wild counter above the reel set with each landing Wild adding a Multiplier. The Old Saloon Free Spins is the same as the original Dead or Alive Slot, giving us a 2x Multiplier on all wins, a Wild on all five reels and five extra spins.

The High Noon Saloon Free Spins uses the NetEnt MAX concept that we saw to super effect in its Berry Burst slot, though in that releases we looked to Expanding Wilds and retriggering Respins. Here, we get Sticky Wilds with Multipliers, and more spins and more Wilds on each spin. As the highest variance bonus round, it has the potential to pay out 111,111 times our stake. Reach for the sky!

Verdict

Sure, we had to wait a long time for the Dead or Alive 2 but it’s definitely been worth it. The base game action is epic cowboy adventure at its very best.

The five Wilds give us some cool character interaction and the Free Spins let us choose how bold we’ll be with our betting options but either way, it pays off. What the hell. This slot’s so good it’s time for another “Yeehaw!”