Buffalo Rising Megaways All Action: Overview

What’s one part of slot play that can really grind you down? Sitting through spin after spin, waiting for a bonus round that just won’t land, while your balance slowly (or rapidly) disappears. In the long run it can balance out, but a lengthy stretch of base game play with no sign of a scatter can feel like hard work. Bonus buy options solve this modern annoyance by fast-tracking you to the good stuff. Even so, they come with drawbacks, including jurisdiction limits and, sometimes, eye-watering costs. Blueprint Gaming’s answer is a smart twist that lets players jump straight into the most thrilling part of a slot without paying a fortune to do it – introducing Buffalo Rising Megaways All Action.

The All Action edition is a rework of the well-liked Buffalo Rising Megaways slot that arrived in the latter part of 2019. The original is a strong game in its own right, themed around the North American plains and its wildlife. If you know the first release, you’ll feel instantly comfortable here because the new version looks exactly the same. With this remake, the big change isn’t what’s been added, but what’s been removed. To justify the “All Action” name, Blueprint has stripped out the base game and rebuilt it as a big bet slot.

All the familiar symbols, characters, and of course the Megaways engine return. Still, even with so much that’s recognisable, the gameplay shift is immediately noticeable. To get things moving, players must start by selecting a stake. On the original game, the bet topped out at €/$10 per spin. Here, that’s effectively the entry point, with betting options starting at that level and going up from there. This time, high rollers will be pleased to find a maximum bet of €/$1,000 available. Pick the stake that fits your bankroll, then let the action begin.

Put simply, your bet purchases a set of Buffalo Spins, which is essentially the free spins round from the original Buffalo Rising Megaways slot. The round includes an unlimited multiplier and plays with the standard Megaways cascade mechanic. This removes winning combinations from the reels and allows new symbols to drop into the empty spaces. As a result, a single spin can create a chain of wins. It also means the familiar layout remains: 6 main reels with 2-7 symbols per reel, plus an extra horizontal reel across the top. With the reels fully stacked, win ways can reach 117,649. Alongside these major rule changes, RTP has been nudged up to 97.01%, and volatility stays broadly high, though in practice the game lets you influence how volatile it feels.

Because cascades can stack wins quickly, Megaways symbol payouts are usually fairly low. With Buffalo Rising Megaways All Action keeping an unlimited multiplier active at all times, the symbol values are lower still. There are 10 standard pay symbols – 6 low and 4 high. Low pays are the 9-A royals, while the higher pays, in rising order, are a moose, coyote, bear, and buffalo. The buffalo pays from two of a kind, while the others require 3 or more. To show how the rewards look, take the minimum 10-credit stake as an example: at that level, 3 ‘9s’ pay 1p/c, while 6 buffalos return $/€5. It may look modest at first glance, but the rule set can make totals climb quickly. Boosting the hit rate is a wild that substitutes for any symbol except the scatter. There are also Mystery Symbols which, when they appear, all convert into the same regular symbol – anything except the scatter.

Buffalo Rising Megaways All Action: Features

After the bet is placed, players are offered 4 choices with different volatility levels. The options are:

• 15 Buffalo Spins which start with a x1 multiplier (lowest risk).
• 10 Buffalo Spins which start with a x5 multiplier (medium risk).
• 5 Buffalo Spins which start with a x10 multiplier (high risk).

The fourth selection is the Mystery Choice. With this, you pick a hidden number of spins and a hidden starting multiplier. The outcome is drawn from the options above, meaning you might land 15 spins with a x10 multiplier, for instance. Or you could just as easily get 5 spins with the x1 multiplier. It’s entirely down to chance.

While the round is in progress, the multiplier climbs by +1 for every cascade. Spins can also be increased via the diamond scatter symbol – hit 3 or 4 of them and you’ll receive an extra 5 or 10 spins respectively. Since that can effectively double how long the session lasts, they’re extremely valuable.

When the spins are finished, that session ends, completely – there’s no base game to return to. To jump back in, you’ll need to place another bet and select your starting spin package again.

Buffalo Rising Megaways All Action: Verdict

Buffalo Rising Megaways All Action is an inventive, well-thought-out slot, and its concept is likely to suit plenty of players. At first, the 10-credit minimum can look steep. On the other hand, it’s easy to spend that much in the base game without ever reaching the bonus. There are pros and cons to keeping a base game versus removing it as Blueprint has done. Sessions are certainly shorter and more intense. Plus, this method can work out cheaper than loading up a long run of auto spins and simply hoping the feature appears. Of course, it might not, and many players won’t like paying a large upfront stake just to enter. It’s not designed for making a bankroll last, but that’s clearly not the point. Many players, especially high rollers, will enjoy placing a big bet to play what is essentially a bonus round.

Sure, it can look like a straightforward way to sidestep recent regulatory shifts and the UK feature buy ban, though you could argue it’s no different from staking huge amounts on Roulette. Either way, it’s not our role to decide whether big bet slots are good or bad – we’ll leave that judgement to readers.

As for the gameplay, it’s genuinely exciting under this new rule set. There’s no downtime in a base game, and each round can deliver some seriously tense moments. How regulators will ultimately interpret what this format offers is an interesting question. Until that’s settled, no, it won’t be for everyone, but those who like the idea will be very interested.