Novomatic slots are many things but they're not usually noted for being beautifully designed - it's a pleasant surprise to say that Dragon's Wild Fire is very easy on the eye. Set against a traditional Chinese temple backdrop, the reels include a selection of stylised playing cards as well as a quartet of coin-shaped symbols that feature an assortment of letters, firebirds and dragons.
There is also a flame backed wild that substitutes for all other symbols apart from the bonus. Land between 2 and 5 wilds in a payline for a payout of between 2 and 500 times your line bet.
The yin and yang sign is the bonus symbol - when it lands on reels 1, 3 and 5 on the same spin, you'll trigger the Free Spins Bonus feature and be awarded an initial 7 free spins. The feature comes with stepping wilds - before each spin, you can choose left, right, up or down.
After the spin is finished, any wilds on show will step along to the edge of the reels in the direction that you selected. In the process, they'll turn the symbol in their way into wilds. Land more yin and yang symbols during the feature and you'll receive 7 more free spins – giving you 14 in total.
Keep a special eye out too for the dragon symbol - when it appears as stacked on 3 reel positions, you'll be awarded a re-spin with the stacked dragons and any wild symbols locked in place – this is known as the Flaming Re-Spin Bonus feature.
The re-spins keep on coming as long as more dragons or wilds are added. When you get a spin where neither are added, the re-spins will end and a payout will be made with all the extra dragons and wilds in place. The re-spin can hit in both the base game and the free spins feature which helps.
Dragon's Wild Fire is a volatile slot with the variance in the medium to high range - the best chance of securing a big win comes via the 2 features naturally. There is no shortage of Chinese-themed slots and Dragon's Wild Fire is a very playable one - it's well designed and comes with a pair of quality extras making it well worth a look if you're a fan of the Asian slot genre. I also recommend you try Katana (from Novomatic) which is probably their most volatile offering.