The Border Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

The Border Review

The good thing about this world, at least from the viewpoint of NoLimit City, is the fact that there are plenty of controversial subjects to create new games from. Donald Trump famously made “building the wall” between Mexico and the US a priority, and the wall in The Border seems inspired by his preferred see-through design.

After the somewhat below par detour that was Road Rage, the controversial developer is back in top form once again. You get several new xMechanics in this cluster pays debut, and they all come together in a dangerous and volatile border run that can lead you to the promised land or into an early grave.

The Border Slot - Reels Screen

The Border Slot Features

The Boosted xRip xBet option gives you a guaranteed scatter on reel 1, and it reduces the Mule Spins bonus round hit rate from 1 in 260 to 1 in 112. This will cost you 50 % more per spin however, and you get no payouts lower than your base bet with this feature turned on. The Boosted xRip feature also improves the win cap probability, from 1 in 44 million spins to 1 in 8 million spins.

You win by landing 5 to 160+ sized clusters of matching symbols anywhere in view, and the latter awards between 553.85 and 2,214 x your stake. The lowest payouts range between 0.2 and 1 x your stake for 5 of a kind, and you’ll need some xMechanics to expand the default 6x6 grid to close in on larger wins:

• xWays symbols turn into 2-4 instances of pay symbols, and all instances reveal the same symbol.
• xSplit symbols appear on reels 2-6, and they split symbols to the left while turning themselves into wilds.
• Landing multiple xSplit symbols on the same row gives already split symbols a multiplier up to x64.
• xNudge Cluster Wilds can nudge up and down if part of a win, and symbols being nudged over get their multiplier increased by +1.
• xBomb Wilds explode to remove adjacent symbols (bar scatters and xNudge symbols), and this increases the win multiplier by +1. Split xBomb Wilds increases the multiplier by the number of splits.
• xCluster symbols appear in the bonus round only, and you need 2+ unique clusters in the same cascading sequence to get an xCluster.

  

  This increases the win multiplier by +1 per unique cluster you get.

You need 6 scatters in view to trigger the Mule Spins bonus round, and it comes with 10 free spins. During the bonus round, xWays reveal 2-4 symbols, and when part of a win the affected symbols split in the same way. You upgrade to the Coyote Spins bonus round if at least 1 scatter hits during the feature, and you get +2 extra spins per upgrading scatter. This happens 1 in 15 Mule Spins rounds, on average.

You can trigger the Coyote Spins bonus round directly from the base game by landing 7 scatters in view, and this awards 12 free spins plus 2 additional spins per additional triggering scatter. In this feature-tier xWays symbols infect all cluster symbols, and xBomb symbols transfer their multiplier value to all xMultiplier symbols that remain after the explosion (or +1 for xBombs with no multiplier).

Also, the overall win multiplier never resets during this feature.

The Star Icon Bonus Buy menu is available in some jurisdictions, but not in the UK for sure. Here’s an overview of what’s on offer in The Border:

• Pay 98x your stake for the Mule Spins with a 96.32 % RTP.
• Pay 914x your stake for the Coyote Spins with a 96.03 % RTP.
• Pay 506x your stake for the Lucky Draw (50/50 chance for each) with an 96.05 % RTP.

The 200 Spins The Border Slot Experience

You get a brief taste of the base game, before we purchase the Coyote Spins bonus round at 0:50 into the 4:44-minute highlights video. We managed to rack up a solid multiplier from the get-go, and it kept increasing all the way. You can see for yourself how it all played out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

You have to admire NoLimit City’s courage to go places no other studio would even dream about, and every game is such a complete package that the competition doesn't even know where to begin. From the array of unique and innovative xMechanic features, to the border run win story, The Border is yet another hard-hitting, controversial and well-made release from this bold and daring developer.

Trying to sum up the features in a way that’s understandable is completely meaningless in a game like this, as you’ll just have to play it until you get a handle on it. If Donald Trump plays online slots we’re pretty sure he’s found a favorite in The Border, and everything from the spin pace to the ominous soundtrack is top notch. The 44,288x potential is not record-breaking for this developer, but still way above what you get in most releases. The previous Road Rage didn’t quite hit home, but NoLimit City is back on track with this excellent cluster pays debut.

Pros

• Boosted xRip ante bet feature
• 5 xMechanic features (some brand new)
• Mule Spins & Coyote Spins FS features
• Win up to 44,288x your stake

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

 

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The default grid is smaller though, only 4x2 in size with 16 ways, but you got plenty of xMechanics to improve upon those cramped conditions. There are 2 bonus rounds here as well, and the max win clocks in at 75,000x your stake.

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