Dynasty Empire Slot
There’s an impressive 1024 different ways to land winning combos across the 5 reels of Dynasty Empire. It’s a Chinese themed online slot game from the Toptrend Gaming developer, who have packed it full of extras such as wild substitutions and a special free spins round where the chances of claiming some wins is improved.
Like many slot machines with the 1024 Ways to Win format, there’s 4 rows of symbols, rather than the more usual 3, and spinners will need to land matching symbols in any places on adjacent reels to get paid a win. As the game loads up, we are treated to a view of a huge palace, flanked by statues of ferocious lions, but the view quickly changes to the main reels, which in a style that’s become fairly standard for Oriental slots, there’s a pagoda roof above them, columns to the sides, and a couple of dragon sculptures thrown in for good measure.
It all looks good and is sure to attract a wide audience who enjoy the classic format and potential to grab lots of wins when symbols stop in the right places. The amount won naturally depends on the size of the bet, and while free Dynasty Empire video slots can be found, if you’re playing for real cash prizes, then the minimum stake is set at 0.80. The high limit is 200.00 per spin and there’s a couple of further betting options, such as Turbo mode and a useful Autoplay function.
Chinese Earns
Colourful symbols, in a fairly simple cartoon style, range in value from the high-card Q, K and A, which each return 5, 10, or 50 coins depending on how many reels they land across, through the pink flower, turtle and lion statues, lucky coin and temple, each of which is worth a little more than the last. The best wins are awarded by a dragon symbol, and when this golden beast lands across the reels, there’s payouts of 100, 250, or 1,000 coins to be claimed.
Some anime-style characters make up the bonus symbols of Dynasty Empire, with a Princess being the wild symbol that’s able to complete winning combinations by acting as any of those above. If you have a break in a run of matching symbols and the wild is on the right reel to bridge the gap, it will count as the missing piece and you still win a prize.
Because of the 1024 Ways to Win system, it’s easy for the wild to complete several combinations at once, making this an especially useful icon to see on the reels. She will only land on reels 2 and 4 though and won’t be able to act as the scatter symbol of a Prince.
Princely Rewards with a Scatter Symbol
The Prince (or maybe he’s already an Emperor, we don’t really know), is worth a win of 40 coins when he’s in any 3 positions at once, plus you earn 5 free spins, while any 4 of this symbol sees a win of 200 paid out, followed by 10 bonus games, and the best scenario is for 5 or more scatter symbols to appear, which is worth a 2000 coin prize, plus 20 free games.
Although the standard wild symbol will still appear in the free spins round, there’s a second bonus wild which is the same character in a multi-coloured headdress, who is added to reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 throughout the games.
It makes it a lot easier to complete continuous runs of matching symbols across adjacent reels, or to extend lines of 3 and 4 symbols further to the right side of the game for higher prizes. It’s also possible to retrigger this round with any 3 or more scatters appearing in a single free spin, potentially over and over again, giving you even more opportunities to grab a few prizes before the bonus feature is done.
Is it Worth Peking at?
While the Toptrend Gaming company isn’t the best-known, there’s still some quality online casinos that carry this range. Although the cartoon-ish style might not suit everyone, there’s plenty of punters who will find the bright mix of primary colours and relatively simple picture symbols to be very attractive. The features are certainly attractive, especially as it’s fairly easy to land matching symbols across the reels in any of 1024 different combinations, and that’s not counting the various ways in which wild substitutions can affect the outcome of a spin.
Extra wilds in the free spins round are going to be quite useful, almost guaranteeing a few payouts before the games finish, although we found that triggering 5 bonus spins was quite common, but getting 10, or even 20 was far less likely. It’s a slot game with a good return to player percentage, that’s been certified for fairness and reliability, so whether you are in the base game or free spins, there’s a fair chance of claiming some great prizes.
The Dynasty Empire video slot has been produced in HTML5, which makes it compatible with smartphones and tablet computers, while still working just as well on PC’s and Macs.
