Quest West - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction to Quest West

Quest West is an oriental themed slots game with a generous RTP of 96.45% and high volatility to keep things exciting. It's an attractive slot and has smooth gameplay. There is a free spins round which offers extra stacked symbols for greater win potential, but this isn't a particularly ground-breaking slots game and Playtech has far more enjoyable games out there. It's still worth a play, however, and fans of high volatility slots will want to try out this Playtech demo slot.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

This is an oriental themed slot with an attractive design and minimal soundtrack. The game's backdrop is a stunning mountain-top scene, while the game's symbols are a mixture of human characters and generic playing card symbols. Gameplay is smooth, as you would expect from Playtech, and it's a fast slot to play.

The soundtrack is pretty low key. There is no music, but you do get sound effects when you spin the reels or trigger a win. The sound effects are traditional physical slot machine sounds, which do jar slightly with the look and feel of the game. If you enjoy this, take a look at our Journey to the West slot.

Quest West RTP & Volatility

The RTP (return to player) of Quest West is 96.45%. This is towards the higher end of the RTP spectrum, and should satisfy most gamers. Most slots tend to fall between 95% and 97%, with 97% being considered very high. While the RTP is only a rough guide because it is calculated over many, many thousands of spins, the higher the RTP, the better your chances of winning over a long playing session. The game's volatility level is high. This generally means that the game is capable of large payouts but that these will be few and far between. Although all slots vary, and every playing session varies, high volatility games can often deliver a lot of dead spins without wins.

How to Play Quest West

As with most Playtech slots, this is easy to play. Having fixed paylines - a total of 50 of them - means you don't need to worry about which lines to choose as you will always be betting on all of them. Every bet you place will be a multiple of 50. Here are full instructions to get you started playing Quest West.

1. Launch the game and wait for the intro screens to finish.
2. Locate the betting controls.
3. Using the plus and minus buttons, cycle through the available bet sizes until you find a bet you're happy with.
4. Hit the spin button and watch the reels spring into action!

That's all there is to it. It really is a very simple game to get started with. There is also an autoplay function for those times when you want to set up a number of spins and then sit back and watch the reels go. To activate this, all you need to do is click on the autoplay button (two arrows in a circle) and a small pop-up menu will appear. Choose how many spins you want and then hit the spin button. You can halt this function at any time if you change your mind. Simply click on the spin button again and the autoplay function will stop.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins of Quest West

The smallest bet is 50 coins. Every bet you place will be a multiple of 50, and the smallest coin size is one. This might vary across different sites, particularly if different currencies are used.

The biggest win available in Quest West is 1,000x your coin size and this comes courtesy of landing five wilds on a single payline. Of course, there are 50 paylines and multiple wins are possible in any given spin. Added to the fact that wilds sub for all other symbols (except scatters), then it becomes apparent that five wilds would mean multiple wins so the actual biggest possible win is far bigger than this.

Max-win 20x

Volatility High

RTP 96.45%

Quest West Bonus Features

There is just one bonus feature in this slot - the free spins round. This is triggered when you land three scatters (a lotus flower) on the reels. The scatter only lands on the three central reels - 2, 3 and 4. When the three scatters have landed, you will instantly be awarded seven free spins. You'll then be invited to choose one of the scatters. This will either reveal an extra three spins or one of the game's main character symbols. You'll then pick another scatter, and will continue to pick scatters until two matching symbols have been revealed. Your free spins round will then start. During the free spins, the same symbols as in the base game are used, but the matching symbols you revealed hidden behind the scatters at the start of the bonus round will appear more frequently as stacked symbols, boosting your chance of landing big wins. For other games with a free spins round, take a look at our free spins section.

Overall Review of Quest West

7.5/10. While it's an attractive slot and has decent win potential and a high RTP, it can become a little dull over a long playing session. Of course, if you get lucky and have a profitable session, this is unlikely to be an issue!

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