Blaze Buddies

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Blaze Buddies Slot Review

Keeping us warm this winter are 4 new dragon friends in Backseat Gaming’s latest release, Blaze Buddies!

Using Hacksaw Gaming’s OpenRGS platform to release their games, Backseat Gaming has become a rising star within the iGaming industry, leading to the success of The Cursed King, Super Twins, and Space Zoo.

Although fairly new to the industry, Backseat Gaming never take a ‘backseat’ approach when it comes to the innovation of their games, wielding experience and expertise from Hacksaw Gaming who have been mass-producing high-quality titles for some time.

With expectations running high, will Blaze Buddies continue the success of Backseat Gaming’s promising portfolio? Let’s play on and find out!

Base Game & Features

Blaze Buddies is a standard 5-reel, 4-row Video Slot with 20 active pay lines and varying bet sizes between £.€0.10 and £.€100 per spin. This latest release from Backseat Gaming has an overall RTP of 96.37%, a high volatility rating, and a max win cap of 10,000x your bet.

As the reels spin, 4 High-paying and 5 Low-paying symbols are present, awarding wins between 0.2x and 20x your bet when 3 or more matching symbols land from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. Wilds substitute for all symbols except Scatters.

Game Provider

Minimum Bet 0.10

Maximum Bet 100

Maximum Win 10,000x

Paylines 20

Release Date 10/12/2024

RTP 96.37%

Mechanics Video Slot

Volatility High

Reels 5

Bonus Buy

• Bonushunt Featurespins: Each spin is 3 times more likely to trigger a Free Spins mode (2x your bet)
• Scorching Featurespins: All dragons of a single type will land as a Wild Reel with a Multiplier (50x your bet)
• Dragon’s Delight: Triggers 10 Free Spins and 3 Picks (100x your bet)
• Blaze of Glory: Triggers 10 Free Spins and 4 or 5 Picks (200x your bet)

Dragon’s Delight

Landing 3 Scatter symbols in the base game triggers Dragon’s Delight, awarding 10 Free Spins and 3 Picks.

This round maintains the same mechanics as the base game, with the added bonus of the Pick Mechanic. Landing a Scatter symbol on reels 1 and 5 during this time awards an additional Pick, up to 6 in total.

Blaze of Glory

Landing 4 or 5 Scatters in the base game triggers Blaze of Glory, awarding 10 Free Spins and 4 or 5 Picks respectively.

This round maintains the same mechanics of the base game, with the addition of the Pick Mechanic. Landing a Scatter symbol on reels 1 and 5 awards an additional Pick, up to 6 in total.

Pick Mechanic

Central to both Free Spins rounds is the Pick Mechanic. At the start of each round or following a retrigger, you will receive a number of Picks that reveal special Dragon Modifiers or 2, 3, or 4 extra Spins. Each modifier is applied to High-paying Dragon symbols – these include:

• Expanded Dragon: When applied to a Dragon, it will cause the symbol to land fully expanded on the reels, except if it’s not a Golden Wild. Please note, that only 1 Expanded Dragon can appear during the Free Spins round.
• Wild Dragon: Transforms its chosen Dragon symbol into a special Golden Wild. If this dragon is expanded, the entire reel becomes Wild. Please note, that Wild Dragon symbols can only appear in a Free Spins mode.
• Dragon Multiplier: Awards a Multiplier between x2 and x100 to a random Dragon symbol. Multipliers on a single pay line are added together.

Our Verdict

Blaze Buddies shares similar qualities to Push Gaming’s Dinopolis through its expanding symbols and multiplier reels. Cross-referencing our new friends as dinosaurs is an easy mistake to make, especially when they could easily pass as such.

Unlike other Backseat Gaming titles, Blaze Buddies is stripped entirely of nifty features in the base game, relying heavily on the 2 Free Spins rounds to fill the void. It’s here you will familiarise yourself with the Pick Mechanic. Depending on the mode outcome, you will be awarded 3-5 Picks which access special Dragon Modifiers within the round.

There are a total of 3 Modifiers available, although there are 4 Dragon symbols in play. This means that each Dragon symbol can consist of multiple modifiers in a single round. Non-UK players can jump straight into Free Spins by purchasing either bonus rounds, or try their luck with 2 Featurespins modes.

On the statistics front, Blaze Buddies looks pretty solid, offering an overall RTP of 96.37% and a generous max win cap of 10,000x your bet. These figures, combined with a High Volatility rating makes Blaze Buddies a respectable offering from Backseat Gaming.

*Blaze Buddies is available to play across UK Casino Sites from the 10th December 2024