The game is played using a 3x4x4x4x3 game engine. Central to the action is the dragon symbol - if it lands fully stacked to fill all 3 rows on reel 1, you'll trigger the Dragon's Stack Respin feature. The dragons and any wilds that are on the reels on the triggering spin are held and you'll receive 3 respins. Any other dragon or wild symbols that land during the respins will also be held for the respins that remain. The payline payouts are awarded following the third and final respin.
Dragon Shrine also comes with a Free Spins feature - to trigger it, you'll need to land 3 bonus scatter symbols on the middle 3 reels on the same spin. You'll then be awarded 10 free spins which play out using a new win both ways game engine where winning combinations can be formed from right to left as well as left to right.
You can also trigger the Dragon's Stack Respin feature from the free spins. As well as landing a set of stacked dragons on reel 1, you can also trigger the respins by landing a stack of dragons on reel 5. Land them on reel 1 and they mirrored on reel 5 and vice versa. Finally, you can retrigger the feature giving you 20 free spins in total.
Visually, Dragon Shrine has a Chinese flavour - as well as the golden dragon on the red backdrop, the bonus symbol features a classical Asian temple.
On the variance scale, Dragon Shrine sits in the medium range - there's enough action to keep the base game interesting but this slot game really springs into life with the features. The frozen dragons and wild respins can really pay dividends, especially in the free spins feature where the mirroring symbols and win both ways game engine can quickly get the coins flowing. There’s up to 871 times your stake to be won.
The Chinese theme is an extremely popular one - Dragon Shrine shows that even though a genre may be jam packed there always room for something new if it offers some fresh features. Dragon Shrine does that and is well worth further investigation. If you like the look of Quickspin, I suggest you the volatile Spinions Beach Party and the prehistoric Razortooth.