Video Review: Buster's Bones by NetEnt

Players walk down the winding dirt roads of an endless canyon all the while bumping into mischievous and clever pooches along the way in NetEnt's 6x6 cascading online slot, Buster's Bones.

When Buster appears on the gaming grid, he quickly sniffs out any bones and gobbles them up. This magically turns the bones into wilds and adds up their values to create a powerful multiplier that he carries on his collar.

Once he is done eating, Buster remains on the reels until the next spin. However, during this time, he can turn himself into a wild and boost any cluster wins that he takes part in with his multiplier.

The real fun begins when Buster sticks around for the entire bonus round, gradually increasing his cluster-win multiplier with each passing bone. When players match at least five symbols in a cluster, either horizontally or vertically adjacent to each other, they will get a payout as per the pay table.

If a player lands one or two bonus spins scatters during the bonus round, they can receive one or three additional spins, respectively, giving them even more chances to collect bones toward Buster’s multiplier.

Each time a player hits a cluster win, it will trigger the Avalanche mechanic. After the payout, the winning symbols disappear and are replaced by new icons that fall into their empty spots. The Avalanche mechanic keeps going until there are no more winning clusters.

The Buster’s Bone feature is triggered when the aforementioned main character prowls onto the reels alongside at least one bone symbol. During this feature, Buster gobbles up any bone he can find on his journey. After he devours each bone, they magically turn into wilds that can substitute for all paying symbols.

When two free spin scatters land on the reels alongside one Buster symbol, the flap doors open, and players can enjoy eight bonus spins in the doghouse.

Once Buster collects all of the bones, he tallies up their value (+1, +2, +3, and +5) to create a powerful cluster win multiplier that he carries with him. He takes the spot of the last eaten bone, turns himself into a wild and enhances cluster wins if he participates in matching the paying symbols.

Although Buster disappears upon a new spin, he may make a random appearance at any time on the gaming grid to keep the adventure going.

The game also features a buy feature button where players to purchase an instant entry into the dog saloon at 60x their original waver without any delay.