Panda King Pokie Review
Having established quite a name for themselves in the land-based casino world, it is hardly surprising to see that Ainsworth are eager to cement their place amongst the best online casino software developers.
That is exactly what you will find they have tried to do with their Panda King pokie machine game. Panda King is a bit of a disappointment graphically. Even its features a very so-so.
Once can see exactly what Ainsworth was going for, and the effort they have made to try and make Panda King likeable. If it were another theme, perhaps it would be. There is just too many other panda themed pokies out there – and better ones at that – for many players to take too much of a liking to Panda King.
How to play
Players are going to find that the Panda King video pokie offers one of the broadest wagering ranges of any pokie out there. All 20 paylines are not fixed into place, and players can alter their line bets from a floor of $0.01 up to a ceiling of $100 a pop.
This, in turn, will see players able to choose bets them stem from as little as $0.01 per line per spin, up to a whopping $2,000 per spin. As rich as you may be, few players are going to want to drop two grand playing a pokie such as Panda King.
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Features
Wild symbols: Wild symbols appear as giant pandas in this pokie machine game. As wilds, the giant pandas can replace all other symbols in the game, barring bonus icons (scatters). These symbols are not exactly responsible for the non-progressive jackpot in the game but can pay out handsomely if they land on the pokie’s paylines.
Scatter symbols: What you really want to do is land the Yin & Yang symbols. These are scatters (bonus symbols). It doesn’t matter where they land on the reels, they can offer you scattered wins, and potentially a non-progressive jackpot to boost, as well as a bonus round.
Free spins bonus: If you were fortunate enough to land 3 of the scatter icons anywhere on the reels of the game, you will be taken to a screen which allows you to choose from 3 bonus features. On the one hand, you can opt to claim 8 free games with up to 5 extra wilds.
You could choose to play with 10 free spins and up to 4 extra wilds, or you can select 12 free spins with up to 3 extra wilds. If all that all sounds confusing to you, just opt to go down the middle and select the neutral option. Players can prosper from Fortune symbols in this bonus round, which can add 2x or even 3x multipliers to your winnings.
Maximum pay-outs
There are roughly 200,000 coins to be won in this pokie. Players can snap up that cash prize by landing 5 or more Yin & Yang symbols anywhere on the reels – you should know them by now, they are the scatter icons. That certainly won’t be terribly easy to achieve, though.
Summary
Panda King is not the best pokie ever devised, though nor is it a total bore. There are many better pokies out there with pandas as their central theme, with superior graphics and features.
Ainsworth may have failed to win us over this time, but just because they haven’t created a world-beating pokie machine game, doesn’t mean that Panda King is a woeful pokie. Give it a whirl if you like, but don’t expect too much from it.
