Red and gold dominate the reels in Pearl of the Orient. Flanked by a pair of golden dragons, the reels are set within a traditional pagoda-style building. There you’ll find A to J symbols, each of which offers awards of up to 10 times your stake per payline.
They’re joined by money wallets and lanterns that pay up to 20 times your stake followed by the coin, frog and bowl which offer awards of up to 25, 30 or 40 times your stake per payline respectively. The best paying standard symbol is the golden dragon face. Land 3, 4 or 5 of these on a payline and you’ll pocket 10, 25 or 50 times your stake.
The woman is the wild. She can appear on the middle 3 reels only and substitute for all other symbols bar the scatter. Whenever the wild woman hits, she’ll expand and fill the whole of the reel.
Pearl of the Orient comes with a Free Spins feature - it’s triggered by landing 3 or more of the yellow and green yin and yang style symbol. After a payout of 2, 20 or 50 times your stake, you’ll be awarded 12 free spins. Every time an expanding wild lands during the feature, it will deliver a symbol upgrade.
The first wild turns all the money wallets into lanterns. The next time all the lanterns become coins and so on. Land a good number of wilds and you could see giant stacks of higher value dragon face symbols which can lead to some very impressive results. Basically, the wilds make it easier to achieve the maximum 500 times your stake max win on every free spin.
Pearl of the Orient is a simple but enjoyable game. The visuals are excellent and the gentle soundtrack fits the theme perfectly. The gameplay is very straightforward with the best winning chances coming in the Free Spins feature where the upgraded symbols can quickly work their magic.
There’s nothing too flamboyant on show in Pearl of the Orient. For simple, understated action with an Asian theme, you won’t go too far wrong. If you want something more volatile, Fortune Diamond (also by iSoftBet) is recommended.