Wu Lu Cai Shen Slots
There’s no need for the luck of the Irish when you have a Chinese themed game covered in lucky symbols and cheerful imagery; Wu Lu Cai Shen is just one of the many Asian slot machines to come from Playtech.
Despite having created quite a few, all of them feel unique and different, and over the course of this review, we’ll show you how this particular activity manages to achieve that.
There’s nothing unusual about what will greet you when the screen loads: there are 5 reels and 15 pay lines, all of which seem to be fixed into place. On the one side you have the controls and on the other a list of figures, later revealed to be jackpot totals (though we’ll come to that later on).
As there’s not much to look at, initially, it’s easy to dismiss this as a low quality game that has medium graphics and little else, but try to look past what you see. If all else fails, simply play the demo mode for now whilst we walk you through the paid version of the activity.
Happy Chappy
Seeing as we’ve only just mentioned the jackpot totals on the left hand side, let’s return to them now while they’re fresh in everyone’s mind. You’ll have undoubtedly noticed that they’re linked to the smiling men upon the grid, their colors that of red, yellow, green, purple and blue. The colors indicate the value of the symbols, with the red the highest and blue the lowest.
For one (or all, if you’re blessed) of the jackpot totals to be yours, you need five of a kind, which is like the holy grail of slot machines; threes and fours can come easily, but five matches tend to be something you keep working for. At the time of writing this, the blue jackpot stood at just €12.40, while the red one was at a much higher €200, whether these figures change we can’t say.
If they don’t change and aren’t progressive, then these are rather low pay outs indeed, however not every Playtech game is going to be a high roller, and so you could argue that at least a couple of their titles need to be less generous.
Set Off Those Firecrackers
There’s free games on top of the jackpots, symbolized by the wind chimes of the table – you need but three of these for them to trigger. According to the rules given by the brand, users receive unlimited extra games, and yet you can’t reactivate the rounds once they’ve been played, so how they remain ‘unlimited’ is beyond us.
What we are certain of is that should the golden pot of the wild appear in a grouping of five or more, then the Wild Super Spins begin. This is when the wilds are placed across the reels, at random, and then locked into place for the duration of the super spin.
How Much Is This Going to Cost Me?
We all want something for nothing, but we also know that virtually never happens, but at least with the pay-in of €0.04 for the smallest bet, it feels like you’re getting something for free. Yes, that’s right, your bet can be as little as €0.30 in total and still have you seeing in €5,000 wins. There’s room to increase the wager if you so wish, but we’ll leave that to the brave among you.
There doesn’t seem to be a maximum bet widget, which makes betting a little more taxing, but not to worry, for there’s an auto spins option which brings back normality to the game once more. It sounds mad, but when a traditional control is removed from an online slot, you really feel it when you start interacting with the interface.
Speaking of the interface as a whole, it’s incredibly user friendly, though it’s been spread out across the screen rather than positioned in one place, which does sort of counteract ease of use.
A Little Pinch of Luck
We felt lucky throughout our play through of Wu Lu Cai Shen, and we have no clue as to why. We didn’t exactly win a lot, nor did we land big wins when the reels sided with us.
The only reasoning we can think of is that all those smiling faces had an impact on us. Not that it matters, this game is good and it’s as simple of that; another job well done by Playtech.
