Charming Chic Slots
This mobile compatible slot is low intensity compared to many titles these days. The theme is luck symbols, and many of these from different cultures are included – for example a Chinese golden coin and a 4-leafed clover. Don’t expect stunning graphics, this is a plain and simple slot where the emphasis is firmly on the gameplay. There is a free spins round, which can retrigger, though the main reason for choosing this slot would be the potential for a big win for a small investment. Up to 9000 coins can be won in a regular spin, and your wins will be tripled during the free spins round.
I found the graphics and name a little confusing. The lucky charms I get, though the ‘Chic’ bit I do not really understand at all. There is what would be leaves behind the reels for this title. The symbols themselves are a mic of blocky and plain shapes (with a little in the way of light work and shading) to quite complex graphics. These include a crystal ball, with a ship inside it (no explanation as to why!), a ladybird and what looks like a wizard. There are no real animations, more a flashing kind and coloured lines between the symbols when you hit a winning combination. These symbols are distinctive enough that you will be able to play this slot on a smartphone without any problems.
While you are playing a laid back tune plays. This is on a long enough loop that it does not sound like it is repeating too often. It is more lounge music that anything too dynamic. Other sounds are computerized beeps and clunks – pretty much standard online slot sounds.
In addition to the free spins round, it is possible to get scatter wins and there is a wild symbol in play too.
Setup and Play for Charming Chic
This is a 5 reel video slot with 3 rows of symbols. There are 9 win lines in total. When I first played this was defaulted to 1 line – which made me wonder why it took a while for wins to come in. Once corrected the winning combinations were much more frequent. The minimum spin per line is 10c, or 90c for the full number of lines. You can go up to 50c per line, or $4.50c for all. Auto-spin is not the usual configurable Viaden setup for this game, this simply starts when you click and stops when you click again.
The raven haired woman in the circle is the biggest regular symbol. You will win 9000 coins for 5 of these on a line, and 2500 coins for just 4. This symbol is also wild, substituting for every symbol except the scatter. If you make up a win with any of the other symbols which includes this wild, then that playout will be doubled. When you are enjoying the 3x free spins multiplier and also doubling wins, the prizes start to get very high indeed.
Next from the regular symbols come the crystal ball and the ladybird, each of these pays 750 coins for 5. The horseshoe pays 400 and the clover and gold coins pay 250. Playing cards are in their usual role of making up the smaller wins.
The symbol you’ll want to see the most of is the wizard framed by a big golden chalice. This is the scatter and has separate pay-outs as well as triggering the free spins bonus game. You can win up to 500 times your total bet for 5 of these anywhere on the reels and 20x your total bet for 4. In addition you will get 15 free spins each time you get 3 or more of these. The free spins look like exactly the same reels, and do not even total your wins. The key difference is that you’ll not pay for the spins 15 times in a row and that any wins you hit will be tripled from what is listed in the pay table. You can retrigger these spins while playing with 3+ of the wizards.
Charming Chic – Conclusion
Nothing in particular distinguished this slot. The main reason to play is to turn those small spin amounts into big wins. Other than that the average graphics and general lack of features mean that the appeal is limited. This is adapted for mobile phone use, and may be a great choice to while away some time with that big-win potential always present. Not a slot that is destined to become many people’s all-time favourite though.
