Paws of Fury is very easy on the eye. The setting is the interior of a traditional Chinese building - the lucky colours of red and gold dominate the design. Symbols on the reels include A to J playing cards alongside bowls of food, money books, a cat dressed in full martial arts uniform and a pagoda. The Paws of Fury logo is the top standard symbol, awarding payouts of up to 500 coins per payline. The wild also offers payouts of up to 500 coins per payline. As usual, the wild substitutes for everything apart from the scatter.
You’ll notice a meditating panda next to the reels. When he comes into life, he can randomly award 1 of 5 modifier bonus features:
- Pandemonium Wilds feature - the Panda will give the reels a boot which brings extra wilds into play. He can also trigger re-spin with the wilds frozen in position.
- Belly Smash feature - the Panda flops onto the reels and fills between 1 and 5 reels with stacked wilds.
- Golden Super Spin feature - the Panda drops a range of mystery symbols onto the reels which can transform into matching symbols.
- Eye of the Panda feature - this can be triggered after a successful spin. The winning symbols are locked and a re-spin follows. If a symbol that matches the original winner or a wild hit they join the cluster. The re-spins continue until there’s a spin with no new match.
- Panda Mind Trick feature - the Panda uses his magical powers to add extra Bonus symbols to the reels making it that much easier to trigger 1 of the main features.
To trigger those features, you’ll need to land 3 or more of the Panda bonus scatter symbol on the same spin. Move up the ladder to win 1 of the following bonus features:
- Win Sum Dough feature - this is variation on the pick me round. Choose barrels to win multiplier prizes. Special icons deliver bigger rewards. Find 3 golden pandas for a shot at winning the Big Money prize.
- Journey of the Panda feature - choose lanterns to work your way along the cash trail and collect prizes as you go.
- Rise of the Panda Free Spins feature - this round is played on a new machine. Collect Ying Yang coins to move to new and potentially more rewarding reel sets.
- Panda Warrior Free Spins feature - this round takes place on a new 40-payline reel set. Wilds are accumulated as you spin. You’ll then play wild spin where the collected wilds are in play. Finally, pick from the lanterns for a chance of a re-spin.
- Enter The Panda Big Money Bonus feature - spinning orbs deliver cash prizes. The more you collect, the more you’ll win.
Finally, Paws of Fury is part of the Jackpot King network meaning progressive jackpots can be won – you need to get 5 Jackpot King symbols on the reels and then you’ll spin the reels to collect 15 or more Crown symbols. If you do so, you will enter the Wheel King Bonus feature – here, you spin the wheel to win a progressive jackpot or big cash prize.
Blueprint Gaming has packed plenty into Paws of Fury. Expect to land the modifiers and the main extras at regular enough intervals. The design here is pretty good, offering a light-hearted take on a very traditional theme. The cartoon visuals are well done and the backing track is a nice fit. Combine the design with the array of features and Paws of Fury becomes a very playable game, especially for fans of the Chinese genre. If you like jackpot slot games, The Naked Gun is part of the same jackpot network.