Tsai Shen 10K Ways Dream Drop

Tsai Shen 10K Ways Dream Drop Review

The God of Wealth has many names across Asia, and the same goes in the world of online slots. He’s sometimes referred to as Caishen or Tsai Chen, but this release combines the two into a release called Tsai Shen 10K Ways Dream Drop. The 10K Ways engine is basically a static version of a popular engine, and you get a top horizontal reel that contains wilds and regular symbols. Visually, the game is pretty typical for this genre, but you get nice firework effects when you win.

This is why the cascading or avalanche mechanic is called Win Explosions in this game, and the pace is pretty pleasing as well. The Dream Drop Jackpot feature is a pick game in this release, and it can trigger at any time in the main game. You can win life-changing jackpots, and the Mega Jackpot starts at a significant amount. It can grow, and you can win up to 2,561x your stake in the hold & win style Respins Bonus feature.

Tsai Shen 10K Ways Dream Drop Slot Features

You need matching symbols on adjacent reels from leftmost to right to win, and this can also include symbols on the top horizontal reel. The premium symbols pay a certain amount for 6 of a kind wins, and the Tsai Chen Wild steps in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins. The Wild does not hold any value of its own, however, and it can appear on the top horizontal reel only.

The Win Explosition system, which is just another name for the cascading mechanic, kicks in after each win. Winning symbols explode like fireworks, and are thus removed from the grid. New and/or existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps, and this goes on as long as you keep landing new winning combinations.

You need 6+ scatters in the same win explosion sequence to trigger the Bonus Respins feature, and the triggering scatters become sticky on an otherwise cleared grid. Only blanks or new sticky scatters will land, and you get 3 respins. The respin counter resets for each new sticky scatter you land, and scatters come with cash prize values between 1 and 2,000 x your stake. Your total win is summed up when you either run out of respins, or fill the grid with scatters.

The Dream Drop Jackpot Game can trigger at any time, and it presents you with 15 coins to choose from. You pick coins to reveal different jackpot tokens, and you win the first jackpot you’ve revealed 3 tokens of. All the jackpots are progressive, and they seed at different amounts. These are the Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, and Mega jackpots, respectively.

In the non-Dream Drop Jackpot version of this game, you can trigger something called the Fortune Bonus instead. It too triggers at random times, and it can also happen when the Coin Stack is full. Either way, you get to choose between 15 coins, and revealing 3 of the same kind awards the corresponding prize. The prizes pay different multipliers of your stake, respectively, and they are known as the Mini, Minor, Major, Grand, and 10K prizes.

Review Summary

Tsai Shen 10K Ways Dream Drop is a typical Asian-themed release when it comes to the visual presentation, so you’re either into it or you’re not. It comes across as a tad generic, which is not unusual with themes like this, but the Win Explosion fireworks is admittedly satisfying to behold. As usual, the game revolves around some kind of wealth and/or good luck deity, and the 10K Ways engine mimics a well-known engine, albeit in a static way.

The Bonus Respins feature is a classic hold and win style bonus round, and it comes with nothing extra to make it stick out either. You get prizes up to 2,000x though, which is not too shabby, but what you’re really waiting for is the Dream Drop Jackpot game. It can be an expensive chase, given that a percentage points goes to feed the jackpots, and the RTP is already well below average. However, that’s how it is with this jackpot system, and it’s best to wait until the big one reaches life-changing levels.