Red Chamber Slots
Red is the colour of Oriental-themed slots, of all the Oriental-themed slots, because that’s just the way the world has decided to interpret 4,000 years of Chinese history. Red is the colour of the tiles on the temple roofs and red is the colour of the rich tapestries and carpets that they’re furnished with. Red is also in the name of SimplePlay’s latest Asian slot, Red Chamber. It’s a 5-reel effort with a typically lush background that’s filled with bamboo, ornate temple structures and all things lush.
Not so lush is the design of the board and symbols themselves, which aren’t quite as impressive. This game isn’t an abomination by any means, but there are certainly way smarter games on the market whose symbols and typography looks much more sleek and contemporary. Red Chamber by SimplePlay is a 50-payline slot which has a varying coin sizes. You can set a minumum 0.25 stake and a max bet of 500 coins per spin, so with its generous number of paylines, Red Chamber is not a low limit game. It is, though, a game that’s still liable to attract high stakes players thanks to its progressive jackpot system.
A Triple Whammy
The Red Chamber video slot is a game which has three progressive jackpots built in, a Mini, Minor and Major. The Mini is likely to sit around 10,000 coins or less, with the Minor climbing to 10x that and the Major to 10x that again on average. As a result, it’s not unusual to see a top prize of half a million coins or more with this game. That alone might give you enough of an incentive to see past its faults and go for broke, shovelling in as many coins as it takes to finally trigger one of those progressive pots.
The free Red Chamber slot is a mobile-compatible game that also works well on desktop. It’s been built in HTML5, but you might encounter the odd issue when trying to load the game in Chrome. It works fine in Firefox though and looks good on Android and iOS devices. The playing card symbols for the game are draped in red roses, which helps to enhance the floral theme of this slot and tying in nicely with the Chinese water garden in the background. There are also symbols of different pink flowers on the reels plus a scroll, a gold shield and some other Oriental symbols. The game has a max bet button plus an autoplay option that can go as high as 1,000 spins or can even be set to infinite – or until your money has ran out at least.
Chamber of Secrets
If you’re playing with the max bet enabled, the playing card symbols will earn you 100 coins at best for 5 on a line. There are then six themed symbols including the flower, green and gold shields and harpsichord. The most you’ll earn for any of these is 300 for 5 on a line. The game comes with two special symbols, scatter and wild. Wild appears as a pair of red and gold temple doors and will appear as a stacked symbol on reels 2, 3 and 4. It will substitute for all other symbols except for scatter. The scatter symbol is a Chinese prince or possibly a warrior in traditional attire clutching a fan. Three of these will award 2x your total bet, four are worth 10x and five are worth 20x. Depending on the number of scatters you land, you’ll also be awarded 8, 15 or 20 free spins.
Other Options Open
Gamblers seeking games that play similarly to Red Chamber have loads of other options at their disposal. Online casinos are loaded with Asian slots which often feature the same sort of temples, treasure and symbols. Many of these have better graphics, animations and audio than Red Chamber – not to mention more inventive features. Try something like 100 Pandas, an IGT release which has 100 paylines fittingly and an RTP that can rise to as high as 96.52%.
Red Chamber Summary
Red Chamber is a so-so game that does its job but doesn’t offer anything novel. The backdrop for the game is arguably the best bit, though there’s a few reasonable looking symbols too. It’s just a shame there’s no creativity or originality on display here. If you’re considering giving Red Chamber a try, you might want to play for fun before deciding whether you’re willing to put some of your own money into this strange slot that doesn’t quite gel.
