Quick verdict: Buffalo Blitz II is Playtech Origins' 2020 sequel to the studio's long-running Buffalo Blitz series, keeping the original's American-plains wildlife theme and 4,096-ways base game while adding a new "Ways Boost" free spins feature that expands the grid to 14,400 ways to win. At a sourced 95.96% RTP, a high volatility rating, and a max win reported at 10,000x stake, it's a game aimed at players who liked the original Buffalo Blitz's stacked-symbol chase and want a bigger free spins ceiling without a reinvented format.
The Story
Buffalo Blitz II arrived in July 2020 as Playtech Origins' sequel to the original Buffalo Blitz, one of the studio's longest-running slot franchises. There's no elaborate narrative here — Playtech Origins' own launch material frames the sequel as a deliberate continuity exercise rather than a reinvention, stating the team "made an extensive effort to maintain the 'Buffalo Blitz experience' while making it even better." In practice that means the sequel keeps the wildlife-on-the-plains setting and the stacked-buffalo base game players already knew, and concentrates its actual innovation into the free spins round via the new Ways Boost feature covered below.
Theme, Gameplay & Symbols
Buffalo Blitz II runs on a 6-reel, 4-row grid with 4,096 fixed ways to win in the base game — a step up from the original Buffalo Blitz's 5-reel layout, giving Playtech Origins more grid space to work with. The theme stays firmly on the American plains: a herd of buffalo thunders across grassland at dusk, with a supporting cast of plains wildlife — cougars, raccoons, bears and deer — filling out the mid-value symbols alongside card royals (9 through Ace) at the low end. The buffalo itself is the top symbol, appearing stacked across reels in the way Playtech's "Blitz" family is known for, so a single spin can line up several buffalo symbols across two or three reels at once.
A gold-outlined Diamond symbol acts as the game's scatter and wild-adjacent trigger: landing three or more anywhere on the reels starts the Free Games round, which is where Buffalo Blitz II's sequel-specific mechanics come into play (see Features & Mechanics below). Outside of free spins, the base game plays like a straightforward ways-to-win slot — there's no cluster-pay or tumbling-reel mechanic here, just adjacent-reel matches read left to right.
Presentation & Sound
Playtech Origins has given Buffalo Blitz II a noticeably more painterly art style than the flatter, more cartoon-leaning original — the buffalo and background wildlife are rendered with realistic fur shading and lighting rather than a stylised or caricatured look, set against a naturalistic dusk-lit grassland rather than anything bright or fantastical. It's a deliberately grounded, adult-aimed presentation: the wildlife is depicted the way a nature documentary might frame it, not as cartoon mascots. The soundtrack leans on a low, rolling drum-and-strings score that builds pace during bigger wins, with a distinct swell when the Free Games trigger lands, but nothing that reads as garish or aimed at a younger audience.
How to Play Buffalo Blitz II
- Set your stake using the bet selector — Buffalo Blitz II's own betting range runs from £0.20 to £250 per spin, though UKGC rules cap online slot stakes at £5 per spin (£2 for 18–24-year-olds), so UK players won't be able to stake anywhere near the top of that range regardless of what the game itself allows.
- Spin the reels. Wins pay out on any of the 4,096 ways when matching symbols land on adjacent reels starting from reel one.
- Watch for the buffalo symbol landing stacked across multiple reels — this is the game's headline symbol and the main source of bigger base-game wins.
- Land three or more Diamond scatter symbols anywhere on the reels to trigger the Free Games feature.
- During Free Games, watch the reel grid expand under the Ways Boost feature (up to 14,400 ways) and keep an eye out for further scatters, which retrigger extra spins.
- Check the paytable (accessible from the game's menu) for the current symbol values and confirm the RTP configuration live at whichever licensed brand you're playing on, since operators can run different builds.
Features & Mechanics
The headline sequel mechanic is the Ways Boost feature: once Free Games trigger, the reel grid expands from its base 6-reel, 4-row shape to a wider 4-5-6-6-5-4 configuration, which is what pushes the number of ways to win from 4,096 up to 14,400. Playtech Origins' own launch materials describe this as a "massive revamp" of the free games round compared with the first Buffalo Blitz, rather than a like-for-like reskin.
Buffalo Blitz II also adds base-game wild multipliers of up to 5x — according to Playtech Origins' launch material, these can land on wild symbols during the regular base game (not just inside a bonus round), adding a multiplier kick to an otherwise ordinary spin. The Free Games round itself can award up to 100 free spins on a strong trigger, with three scatters awarding a base 8 spins and additional scatters landing during the bonus round adding further retriggers on top. There is no bonus-buy option on Buffalo Blitz II, and none of the UK-licensed brands on this site would offer one even if the underlying game supported it — the UK Gambling Commission's 2020 guidance led operators to withdraw feature-buy mechanics for UK players industry-wide, and that applies here as with any other slot.
Volatility & Win Potential
Buffalo Blitz II is rated high volatility across the sources we checked, consistent with a stacked-symbol, low-hit-frequency format: expect longer stretches between meaningful wins, with the bulk of the game's return concentrated in the Free Games round rather than the base game. The RTP most consistently reported for the game's reference configuration is 95.96% — we did not find a Playtech-published RTP range for regional variants, so treat 95.96% as the figure to check against the in-game info screen at whichever licensed brand you play on. Reported maximum win sits at 10,000x stake, achieved through a heavily stacked buffalo-symbol hit inside an expanded Ways Boost free spins round. Playtech's own hit-frequency figure for this title isn't published in any source we could verify, so we haven't stated one rather than guess. The game's own betting range runs £0.20–£250 per spin, though as above, UK players are capped at £5 per spin (£2 for 18–24-year-olds) under UKGC rules regardless of that native maximum.
Pros & Cons
- Pro: A genuinely expanded free spins round — the Ways Boost jump from 4,096 to 14,400 ways is a real structural upgrade over the original Buffalo Blitz, not just a cosmetic refresh.
- Pro: Stacked buffalo symbols keep the base game's core appeal (the chance of a big multi-reel hit) intact for players who liked the original.
- Pro: A realistic, documentary-style wildlife art direction that reads as clearly adult-aimed rather than cartoon or family-styled.
- Con: High volatility means long dry spells in the base game are common — this isn't a slot for players who want frequent small wins.
- Con: Some of the game's own published stats (notably an exact maximum win figure) vary across industry sources, and we couldn't verify a single authoritative number directly from Playtech.
Final Verdict
Buffalo Blitz II does what a sequel to a well-liked slot should do: it keeps the format players already recognise — the stacked buffalo symbols, the ways-to-win base game, the wildlife theme — and adds one genuinely meaningful upgrade in the Ways Boost free spins feature. It won't convert players who found the original's high volatility too punishing, since that hasn't changed, but for anyone who wants a bigger free spins ceiling on a familiar format, it's a reasonable step up rather than a token refresh.
