River Empress — play at bet365 Casino
Play Now →River Empress Specifications
| Launch Date | 2020-12-01 |
|---|---|
| Software | Playtech |
| Type of Slot | Video slot |
| Theme | Chinese |
| RTP | 96.50% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reels | 5 |
| Paylines | 30 |
| Paylines Type | Fixed |
| Mechanics | Paylines, Cascading Reels |
| Min Bet | £0.10 |
| Max Bet | £500.00 |
| Max Win | 2,500x |
| Max Multiplier | 25,000x |
| Bonus Features | Free Spins |
| Scatter Symbols | Yes |
| Bonus Rounds | Yes |
| Free Spins | Yes |
| Wild Symbols | Yes |
| Max Jackpot | 1,000,000 |
| Progressive Jackpot | No |
| Practice Play | No |
| Autoplay | No |
Playtech seems to be producing more Asian-themed slots and the latest release River Empress is a nod in the Asian direction. With a clear Chinese theme, the slot comes with 5 reels and 30 paylines, and an excellent RTP of 96.50%. Wagering starts from 10p up to. £500 per spin and available to play across all devices.
About River Empress
Developed by Rarestone Gaming, a company Playtech acquired in 2018, the slot incorporates the Fire Blaze Jackpot feature with the main attraction being the Hold & Win jackpot feature.The theme is set around a beautiful Chinese mountain area with houses, trees, and a hazy purple mist around a river. Usual royals occupy the reels along with birds, fish, lotus flowers, pearls, and a riverboat.
Gameplay
Triggering the Hold & Win feature requires you to land a number of pearl symbols. The pearls turn sticky and three re-spins commence. More pearls landing resets the re-spins back to three. After all the re-spins are used or if you fill the reels with symbols you are awarded the cash prizes attached to the pearl symbols. However, if you fill all 15 positions on the reels, you’ll get the bigger of the fixed jackpots.The wild is the River Empress, she can only land on reels 2-5 in the base game but is present on all reels during the free spins feature.Free spins trigger after 3 or more scatters, you’ll receive either Fire Blaze re-spins or between 4 and 10 free spins, plus up to a 50x multiplier. If you get the free spins, more wilds are added to the reels. Land another 3 scatters to retrigger the feature.
Conclusion
If Asian-themed Slots are your thing, then River Empress is a decent game with some fairly good returns. The design is similar to many titles in this particular genre which is generally high definition and extremely colourful. RTP is pretty good here and max payouts could exceed 2,000x the bet.
