The imagery in Xuan Pu Lian Huan is bright and colourful and works very well - the setting is a Chinese festival. Set against a backdrop made up of traditional buildings, the reels include jade-style playing cards and a collection of 5 cartoon animals. You’ll see herons, panda and tortoises spinning around the reels. The most rewarding of the animals are the guitar-playing monkey and the cheeky looking tiger with the firecrackers. Both of these offer awards of up to 30 times your stake per payline.
Potentially far more rewarding is the cat hiding inside the dragon costume which is the wild. Payouts of 400 times your stake are on offer if you land 5 of on a payline. When the wild forms part of a winning combination made up of standard symbols, the payout is doubled.
The other symbol to look out for is the firecracker which is the scatter - find 3, 4 or 5 of these anywhere on the reels on the same spin and you’ll pocket an award of 5, 20 or 500 times your total stake. You’ll also trigger the Baozhu Bonus feature.
You’re guaranteed at least 8 free spins with a 2x multiplier here. Light a couple of firecrackers though and the number of free spins could reach 33 with multipliers topping 15x! You can re-trigger this round too unlimited times which can result in an infinite amount of additional free spins.
Life changing sums of cash are also on offer via the Dragon Jackpot which can hit at random on any spin. Once triggered, spin the wheel to win the Mini, Minor, Major or Grand jackpot.
There’s endless choice when it comes to Chinese themed slot games. Xuan Pu Lian Huan isn’t the most impressive when it comes to fresh features. It’s a perfectly solid offering though, combining excellent sound and visuals with a potentially exciting bonus round.
If you’re an Asian slots fan, then Xuan Pu Lian Huan is certainly a game to consider. It’s highly volatile so you need to tread carefully – in fact, the favourite Great Blue (by Playtech) is exactly the same in terms of gameplay just without the jackpot element.