Forbidden Dragons is a WMS slot with 10 reels and 100 paylines. 1 of the first ever Colossal Reels slots to be launched in land-based casinos, it’s now available online – you can spin away from 50p to £100 a spin across all devices. Anyway, this Chinese themed game benefits from transferring wilds that expand on the Colossal Reel set – this also applies in the Free Spins feature where up to 20 free spins can be won as well as a 5x multiplier.
Visually, you will notice Forbidden Dragons is played on 2 reel sets – you have the 5 reel, 4 row main reel set and 5 reel, 12 row Colossal Reel set. Forbidden Dragons has a land-based feel to it as it’s not the sharpest graphically – in some ways, it adds to the appeal.
With a Chinese theme, symbols on the reels include diamonds, spades, hearts and clubs as well as jade statues, golden dragons and male and female characters. There’s also a green dragon and dragon face – the latter is the most rewarding giving you 5 times your stake for 5 across a payline. Both the green dragon and dragon face symbols can land stacked on the reels.
The yin yang symbol is the wild and replaces all other symbols except the bonus scatter. Now, being a Colossal Reels slot, wilds can land 4 high on the main reel set. When it does, it will transfer across the corresponding reel on the Colossal Reel set and expand to give you a fully wild reel. Furthermore, before a reel spin takes place, a number of adjacent positions on each reel are randomly replaced with a randomly chosen symbol to help you form winning combinations.
Now, the dragon bonus scatter only appears on reels 1, 3 and 5 of both reel sets – when you get 3 or more, you will activate the Free Spins Bonus feature. 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters (they can land on both reel sets remember) will reward you with the following:
- 3 scatters – 2 times your stake and 8 free spins
- 4 scatters – 5 times your stake and 12 free spins
- 5 scatters – 20 times your stake and 20 free spins
- 6 scatters – 20 times your stake and 20 free spins
Like in the base game, a random number of positions on each reel can be replaced with a randomly chosen symbol. However, wilds on the main reel set will also replicate on the Colossal Reels set and expand to give you wild reels. Furthermore, all wins in the Colossal Reel set are subject to a 5x multiplier!
All in all, Forbidden Dragons is another Colossal Reels slot from WMS – graphically, I much prefer Spartacus Gladiator of Rome or Giant’s Gold but the variance is the same (high) and has the same game engine. If you were to get lucky, you could win a whopping 2,500 times your stake on each free spin (500 times your stake multiplied by the 5x multiplier).
