Dragon Phoenix

Dragon Phoenix Review

The reels on Dragon & Phoenix slot is set in front of a buddhist temple that looms in the background, and it comes with expanding emperor/empress wilds in the base game. The asian theme is nicely done, and the game’s main attraction is the free spins feature with unlimited retriggers.

It all plays out on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 ways to win, and you can place bets between 20p and £20 per spin across all platforms and devices. The game is on the higher side of the medium to high volatility that’s been subscribed to it, and you really need a bit of patience with this game.

You can win up to 10,000 times your stake, though, so if you have it in you to wait a little, you might just be duly rewarded. You can win scatter wins up to 50x here, which comes in addition to triggering the all-important free spins feature. Perhaps a bonus game or some more features during the base game would have done the trick for this game, cause it becomes a bit monotonous after a while.

What symbols are there?

As you might have guessed, the Dragon and the Phoenix symbol are the most valuable symbols on this game by far. You also have some typical asian themed medium value symbols, as well as the standard low value royal card suit symbols. You need to land between 3 and 5 matching symbols on a payline to win, and here is the paytable for Dragon & Phoenix slot:

• Dragon - Pays 500x for 5 on a payline
• Phoenix - Pays 500x for 5 on a payline
• Gold ingot - Pays 25x for 5 on a payline
• 88 - Pays 20x for 5 on a payline
• Green jade dragon - Pays 10x for 5 on a payline
• Temple - Pays 7.5x for 5 on a payline
• Dragon claw with pearl - Pays 4x for 5 on a payline
• Card suit symbols - Pay between 4x and 2.5x for 5 on a payline

What are the bonus features?

The royal couple, that is the Emperor and Empress, is the wild symbol on this game, and the wild can only land on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 (any reel but the first one). It can also expand to cover the full reel where it lands, and it will step in for any regular symbol to maximize your winnings. You can win quite big if you land get more than one expanded wild during the base game.

There is also a gamble feature you can choose to enter after every win you land. You can gamble only half your winnings, or all of it, that is completely up to you. Whatever you gamble, you will double if you win, but you will also lose it all if you don’t win here. You cannot gamble wins during the free spins bonus feature, however.

Free spins in Dragon & Phoenix

The free spins feature is the main attraction here, and you need to land at least 3 golden money tree scatter symbols on the same spin to trigger this feature. Before the free spins play out, however, you will also get a scatter win of 0.5x for 3 scatters, and all the way up to 50x if you land nothing but scatters on the reels (that is 15 scatters).

You get 1 free spin per scatter you land, which means you can get between 3 and 15 free spins to start with here. Don’t worry though, you can also retrigger the feature by landing at least 3 new scatters on a free spin. There is no limit as to how many spins you can get this way, so the spins might just end up lasting longer than you perhaps would think at first.

What is the jackpot (max win)?

The game does not come with any kind of jackpot, but you can still win quite big here. The max win is 10,000 times your stake, and you win this when you fill the reels with either the Dragon or Phoenix symbols. A pretty solid potential, not least for a medium to high volatility game. Play with the highest possible stake of £20, and you can pocket up to £200,000 on a single spin here.

SlotCatalog verdict

Dragon & Phoenix is a decent asian-themed game, but it not much more than that either. The gameplay gets a bit boring after a while, and not much is really happening unless you trigger the free spins. The potential is good for a medium to high volatile slot, but you will need a solid portion of patience to wait for the bigger wins here.