Almighty Mustang Express 2

Almighty Mustang Express 2 Slot Review

A golden locomotive thunders across a prairie at sunset, a rider perched on its roof and a horse-and-rider statuette bolted to the cowcatcher. Almighty Mustang Express 2 is all locomotive and very little train: almost everything you’re shown is ornament around one slow collection round, and the game is happier when you watch the meters than when you read the reels.

Blueprint Gaming have form here – the family resemblance to Cash Strike Fire Lock runs deep. It plays on a 5×3 grid at 94.3% RTP, with three jackpot meters riding above the reels and a bet-side option that shortens the road to the bonus. Buffalo Rising Megaways shows the studio’s louder register; this one keeps its powder dry.

Base Game & Features

Five reels, three rows, and a frame that mimics a railcar down to a long gilded piston rod running the full width beneath the reels. A winged ornament crowns the top edge. It’s dense, glossy and heavily gilded, but readable once you know where to look.

Where to look is the cash circles. Alongside the stacked White Bison symbols, the express train icon and a wheel-style BONUS symbol, the reels carry fiery circles stamped with stake-multiple values. Some carry jackpot tags instead – MINOR or GRAND – tying them directly to the meters overhead.

The roles on the reels break down like this:

• Cash circles – carry the values that feed the collection grid
• MINOR and GRAND tags – cash circles linked to the jackpot meters
• White Bison – lands stacked, fills reels in blocks
• BONUS wheel – a wheel-style icon that appears among the regular symbols
• Express train – a locomotive icon in the standard symbol set

None of those symbol roles comes with a printed rule of its own beyond the cash circles’ role in the trigger. The Bison stacks and the BONUS wheel are recognisable slot furniture doing recognisable slot work – filling space, carrying the theme, occasionally landing in something that looks like a win.

Express Bet

The Express Bet costs 1.50 per spin and increases the chance of triggering the bonus. That’s the whole offer. The RTP doesn’t move – it’s 94.3% either way, so the only cost of the boost is the premium on the stake itself.

It’s an unusual arrangement for a side bet. Most options in this format charge extra and quietly trim the return to pay for the boost; this one leaves the maths untouched, so the cost is the stake itself rather than a hidden tax. If you’re playing specifically to reach the collection round, that’s a fair price for a shorter wait.

Jackpot Meters

Three meters sit above the reels throughout play, and they’re the fixed points of the whole layout:

• MINOR – 25.00
• MAJOR – 100.00
• GRAND – 500.00

Those meter values stay the same across the stake sizes the game shows, appearing unchanged whether you’re spinning at 1.00 or on the Express Bet at 1.50. The meters never leave the screen, which means every spin carries a visible stake in something even when the reels themselves are doing very little.

It’s a modest ladder by the standards of the format. The GRAND at 500.00 is the biggest number the game commits to anywhere, and there’s no maximum win figure for this one beyond that. What the ladder offers instead of size is proximity – it’s always in view, always counting, never tucked away behind a menu.

Almighty Mustang Express 2 Bonus Features

The Cash Feature is the engine of the whole game, and its entry requirement is pure volume. Six or more cash symbols in view and the Cash Lock engages – no scatter positions, no specific reels, just counting circles. Here’s the chain in order:

• Land 6+ cash symbols in view to trigger the Cash Feature
• The Cash Lock opens the Almighty Mustang Express feature
• Cash symbols lock onto a separate 3×4 collection grid
• The SPINS counter beside the reels counts down as the round plays out
• Filling the last open grid position triggers the Super Spin

The Collection Grid

The grid is a 3×4 layout, separate from the reels, and every locked cash symbol takes one of its twelve positions. The object is simple: fill it. Each position claimed is progress that stays claimed, which is what gives the round its shape – a build you can see rather than one you have to imagine.

Twelve positions, six to get in: even the opening state of the round tells you something about its length. The cash values that landed to trigger the feature carry over onto the grid, so the round begins with a banked total and everything after it is upside. What’s already locked can’t be lost, and what isn’t locked yet is the only thing still in play.

The SPINS counter is the clock on that build. It ticks down beside the reels, number by number, and its presence changes how a spin reads: a spin that adds nothing to the grid costs time as well as stake. It’s a small piece of design, but it does real work.

The Super Spin

Claim the final open position and the Super Spin fires. It’s the round everything has been building towards, the one moment the game stops idling, and the reason a filled grid matters more than any single cash value along the way.

What the Super Spin itself pays isn’t spelled out ahead of time. It sits at the end of the chain as the destination, and the filling is the journey. For players who like a round with a visible finish line, that’s the appeal; for players who want the number before they commit the build, it’s a blind spot.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 6.2/10

Riding this one is mostly waiting for the whistle. You spin, the meters tick, the grid slowly fills, and the reels in between are scenery – handsome scenery, but scenery. The reason to climb aboard is the build itself: a round where every locked position stays locked, all the way to the Super Spin at the end of the line.

That build is the best thing about it, because progress you can see is worth more than a dozen decorative symbols. What lets it down is the destination. The GRAND tops out at 500.00, and a payoff that small makes the long build feel like the whole point rather than the price of something bigger.

The journey is the reward here, and if a slow, visible build is what you’re after, this train delivers it. Anyone chasing a serious ceiling will want a different one.

Almighty Mustang Express 2 FAQs

• What is the RTP of Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  The RTP is 94.3%, and the Express Bet option runs at exactly the same figure, so there’s no return penalty for using it.
• Who makes Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  Blueprint Gaming. It sits alongside their other cash-collect titles in the studio’s catalogue.
• What grid does Almighty Mustang Express 2 use?

  A 5×3 grid – five reels and three rows – with jackpot meters displayed above the reels. The Cash Feature runs on a separate 3×4 collection grid.
• How do you trigger the Cash Feature in Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  Land six or more cash symbols in view. That engages the Cash Lock and opens the Almighty Mustang Express feature – there’s no scatter requirement, just volume.
• What is the Super Spin in Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  During the Cash Feature, cash symbols lock onto a 3×4 grid. Filling the last open position on that grid triggers the Super Spin, the round the whole feature builds towards.
• What does the Express Bet do in Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  It raises the stake to 1.50 per spin in exchange for a better shot at the bonus. The RTP stays at 94.3%, so it buys pace rather than value.
• What are the jackpot tiers in Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  Three tiers sit above the reels: MINOR at 25.00, MAJOR at 100.00 and GRAND at 500.00. These meter values stay the same across the stake sizes the game shows.
• What is the SPINS counter in Almighty Mustang Express 2?

  It’s a countdown shown beside the reels during play, ticking down as the cash grid builds. It acts as the clock on the collection round – a spin that adds nothing to the grid costs time as well as stake.