Microgaming brings exotic world of the Orient to slots players in their Jewels of the Orient online slots game.
This five reel, nine payline game features beautiful graphics that illustrate not only the treasure of the Orient but the grace that lies with the women of the Orient as well. All five depictions of traditional costume are rich in their coloring but not in a bright flashy way. The visual design of this online slots game is one rich colors and quiet beauty.
Five of the symbols are five different women in five different types of Oriental dress. All though I must say that two of the women’s costumes look to be more from India than China or Japan. There is also Treasure Box and a Pot of Coins. But it is the Logo and the Temple that offer slots players the most opportunity.
The Jewels of the Orient is the Wild of this game. It will substitute for all five ladies and the two symbols representing monetary riches. Like any other Microgaming online slots game, the Wild also offers the highest payout: 2,500 coins.
The Temple is the Scatter that triggers the Free Spins Bonus game. Depending on the number of symbols landed to trigger the Free Spins Bonus Game, it will determine the number of the spins, the multiplier used and the multiplier on the total bet as follows:
3 Scatters = 10-15 free spins with a 1x-5x multiplier and a 5x-25x bonus amount
4 Scatters = 15-20 free spins with a 1x-5x multiplier and a 20x-100x bonus amount
5 Scatters = 20-40 free spins with a 1x-5x multiplier and a 50x-120x bonus amount
When the bonus game is triggered, players are first presented with the choice of one of three gifts presented by three men. This reveals the number of free spins. Then players are shown another three men and offered the choice of one of their three gifts. This one reveals the multiplier for the free spins. Finally three more men appear with three more gifts, from which players can choose one more of the gifts. This one reveals the bonus amount.
The Free Spins Bonus game is not as easy to trigger as other bonuses, and the Scatters can appear anywhere on the reels. Typically when a bonus can only be triggered with the Scatter or Bonus symbols appear on an active payline it is harder to trigger the bonus game; likewise it is generally easier when the symbols can land anywhere on the reels. But this bonus game seems to be as hard to trigger as an active payline bonus game.
In one bonus game, when wagering one coin per line, I won 180 coins—45 of which were the bonus amount. And unfortunately this online slots game does not payout small wins as often as other either.
So while this is a beautiful game graphically speaking—one of the best looking games to come from Microgaming in terms of visual appeal—it is probably best played for fun rather than for its payouts.
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