Dragon Gold 88 Slot Review

The Dragon Gold 88 Slot Game

I recently reviewed another oriental slot, Running Sushi, created by the Reel Kingdom and Pragmatic Play duo. However, unlike that earlier release, this video slot features dragons and koi fish, typical Asian influences.

The look of Dragon Gold 88 is generic, with a mountainous backdrop and an animated dragon popping from the right-hand side of the reels. Meanwhile, the pagoda-styled reels resting on a stack of golden coins cement the Chinese influence. If you thought that was it, you should activate the sounds for an even greater ambience.

Further, the user-friendly interface offers an effortless experience that should appeal to everyone, including first-timers. And yes, you can play this game online through a mobile, notepad, or desktop platform!

Symbols and Payouts

This online slot has twelve symbols, all of which have a thematic influence. Here's an in-depth review if you’re curious about the paying sequences and wins. Also, you can complement it with the game’s paytable for the advanced payout rules!

First, I should decode how to complete a win and the number of symbols needed. You have to aim for at least 3 (or 2 if stated otherwise) matching symbols on successive positions of a valid payline from the leftmost reel.

Coinciding wins from different combinations are added, and all payouts in the Dragon Gold 88 depend on the selected stake.

The 10s, Js, and Qs, pay the least wins worth 0.2x, 1x, and 5x stake, while the Ks and As award 0.2x, 2.5x, and 10x bet for 3 to 5 of the same!

Further, the Dragon Ball pays the mid-valued wins worth 1x, 5x, and 20x stake for three-plus of its kind. It also serves as the Money symbol, taking random 2x to 5,000x values per spin, which you can win in the free spins.

Now for the high-priced symbols, they include:

• Goldfish & Golden Frog - 2x, 10x, and 50x stake.

• Golden Turtle - 3x, 15x, and 100x bet.

• 88 Dragons - 0.5x, 5x, 20x, and 200x stake for 2+ of its kind!

Put more focus on the Dragon Head wild, which appears on all reels during the free spins and substitutes for all symbols except the Free Games scatter.

Dragon Gold 88 Slot Bonus Features

This game’s main action happens in the free spins, where you can collect Money symbol values and progress through different levels for increased multipliers.

Free Spins

Whenever you hit 4, 5, or 6 scatters, Dragon Gold 88 will trigger 10, 15, and 20 free spins, respectively. However, when 2 scatters land in the base game, the third one can appear through:

• A random respin, where the reels with scatters move down a position without leaving the grid and the reels without scatters respin.
• A claw pulls one of the reels upwards to reveal another scatter.

Before the bonus starts, you receive up to 5 modifiers that apply to the subsequent round:

• More Dragon Balls on the reels.

• More Dragon wilds on the reels.

• Increased chances of hitting Dynamites, Crackers, and Claws.

• Level Up, which starts the progressive feature from level 2.

• The subsequent round starts with +2 more free spins from the beginning and +2 more spins per retrigger.

Every wild during the free spins also collects all Money values on-screen. All the wilds during the feature are collected until the end of the round.

Every 4th wild collected retriggers +10 additional free spins and increases the multiplier for the Money symbol collection to 2x, 3x, and 10x for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th levels, respectively! However, the feature cannot be retriggered after the 4th level.

This Dragon Gold 88 feature also has the following modifiers randomly hit when there are Dragon wilds but no Dragon Balls at the end of the free spin:

• Money symbols can hit randomly via the dynamite spin feature.
• A claw may pull a random reel upwards to bring the Dragon symbols onto the screen.
• A firecracker animation can change all the symbols from the screen to something else, except for the Dragon symbols.

Ante Bet & Bonus Buy

You can instantly activate the free spins from the base game by buying it for 100x the current stake! However, the ante bet becomes disabled when using the buy feature.

Meanwhile, you can increase the bet multiplier by +50% to enable the ante bet. In return, the chance to win the free spins naturally grows because more scatters appear on-screen.

How to Win at Dragon Gold 88 Slot

Hats off to this slot’s creators for creating simplistic gameplay. It adopts 5 reels and 3 symbols per reel, and you win on 10 paylines. In short, it’s an ideal option for both beginners and seasoned players.

I’ve detailed how to win in the symbols and payouts segment above. So, I’ll just describe how to play here.

Choose a stake by pressing the “+” or “−” buttons on the screen’s bottom right. They open the bet selector, and you can adjust between €0.10 and €375 bets.

Afterwards, close the panel and hit the crowned circle to play one Dragon Gold 88 Spin. Otherwise, you can use the Autoplay feature and choose several rounds to run automatically. Be careful with the stake amount picked since it deducts your bankroll proportionately for every spin.    

Initiate the Turbo or Quickspin if you prefer speedy spins, and use the “i” button to reveal the paytable.

Dragon Gold 88 Slot RTP & Volatility

If you’ve been waiting for the game’s stats, here we go! First, the default RTP of 96.71% doesn’t change, even when using the ante bet or buy features. Then, the slot has a high variance and a 5,000x win cap!

The Final Thoughts

In the motoring industry, several vehicles share the same engine and parts but with different model names. That’s precisely what Pragmatic Play & Reel Kingdom did in this oriental-themed slot.

Although it isn’t a Big Bass sequel, its mechanics and features are a replica of what Big Bass Splash is. So, Dragon Gold 88 may not be the best choice for enthusiastic, seasoned players who gambled on the earlier creation.

But if you’re new to the gambling world or haven’t played any Big Bass releases, you’re in for a thrilling experience.

Although the base game offers nothing exciting, its increasing multipliers and plenty of modifiers in the multi-level free spins are your fortune tellers. In short, they boost your chances of hitting the 5,000x top prize. Myself, I found the gameplay so generic. But whether you like this oriental adventure depends on whether you’ve played a similar setup before or not.