Rise of Samurai III

Rise of Samurai III Review

Samurais were powerful and honourable warriors from medieval Japan, they followed the bushido code, which emphasized courage, honour, loyalty to the daimyo, and skill in the martial arts. You can experience this lifestyle while playing Rise of Samurai III. The graphics look fantastic, they help to accurately recreate the vibe of the Japanese dojo. The “battle” takes place in a dojo, where your skills will be put to the test, and if you successfully pass it, you might end up becoming quite rich by the end of it.

In the heart of the dojo, you can find the 5x4 grid with 40 fixed pay lines. You can bet from £0.2 to £100 per spin in this game. The volatility in this slot ranges high, and the max win is capped at x10000 of your bet. The RTP in Rise Samurai III is set at 96.57%, which is somewhat above the average of the industry.

The Rise of Samurai III Slot Features

There are 11 regular symbols, a wild, and a scatter in Rise of Samurai III. High-value regulars consist of a samurai, a monk, a kunoichi, a shinobi, and 2 different katanas, symbols with low value include A-10 royals. To secure a win in this game, you will have to drop at least 3 matching symbols on a pay line per spin, starting with the leftmost reel. The paytable in Rise of Samurai III is dynamic, it changes based on your current bet, for example, you will receive from £1 to £20 per 5-of-a-kind win if you bet £1 per spin, each line win is multiplied by the bet per line.

You will only be able to profit from Wilds during the base game of Rise of Samurai III. The wild in this game is depicted as a chest, and it can stand in for any other symbol, besides the scatter, you can only drop wilds on reels 2, 3, and 4 and each dropped wild will always have an x2, x3, or x5 multiplier attached to it, which will be applied to each line win that wild is part of, and if more than wild is part of a line win, multipliers will then be added together before being applied to the win.

You will trigger the Free Spins mode in Rise of Samurai III when you drop 3 scatters on reels 1, 3, and 5 per spin, you will then be awarded 8 free spins. The scatter is depicted as a dragon crest. During this bonus, every dropped wild becomes sticky until this feature ends, and the yin-yang scatter overlay can appear on top of any symbol, and you will be rewarded from 4 to 20 additional free spins by dropping from 2 to 5 symbols with the yin-yang overlay per free spin. This bonus will end when you either score the max win of x10000 of your bet or ran out of free spins, and if your total win from this feature is below an x10 of your bet, you will then be awarded an x10 of your bet.

Review recap

Rise of Samurai III is a solid third instalment in the series, both technically and visually. The visuals of this game help to create a calm vibe, fitting for the honing of your skills. Technically, the game is quite fairly balanced, high volatility is balanced out by the max win of x10000 of your bet and above-average RTP value, even though there are only 2 bonus features present in this slot, they were designed quite well, so it can only be considered as a “minor downside”. Overall, you should consider giving Rise of Samurai III a shot, the slot has fantastic graphics and fair technical balance.