Gold Factory Pokies
Gold Factory is one of the biggest pokies from the Microgaming developer, and has earned its place thanks to a fun theme, quality graphics, decent jackpot and multiple bonus rounds. Set in a world that looks like the sort of thing Jules Verne would have thought up, the style is often referred to as Steampunk, with fantastic machines, cogs, pipes and valves all over place and a flamboyant factory boss that all add up to a great looking game.
Lots of shiny gold coins and bars add to the appeal, while coming from Microgaming means that it will pay out fairly and can be found on PC’s and mobile devices with no software downloads needed.
A Factory Tour
5 reels and an impressive 50 paylines give players lots of winning opportunities, while all of the symbols are related to the theme, so there’s none of the playing card icons that feature in so many games.
Instead, in order of value we find gold coins, gold bars, a mine cart, and some Victorian- style modes of transport like a balloon, submarine (not very Victorian, but it still looks good), and a train. The highest value regular symbols are the elaborately designed factory itself, the assistant, and the factory boss. To win a prize, players will need to land 3 or more of the same symbol across an active payline, running from the left reel, with all payouts being multiplied by the coins bet per line.
There’s a couple of special symbols that trigger extra wins and bonus rounds, and while there’s nothing unusual about this, it’s always nice to see some bonuses to break up the run of play.
Gold Factory
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First we have the Gold Factory logo, which is a wild symbol and acts as any other except the scatter, if that means a winning combination can be formed. It’s also the highest paying symbol when making up a line on its own.
An image of the factory boss on a gold coin is the scatter symbol, so whenever 3 or more stop on the reels, in any positions, not only do players get a big win that’s a multiple of the total bet per spin, they also get to enter the bonus rounds of the game.
The bonus games are a two-level affair, which start of in the boiler room. Players are taken deep within the factory and will see a strange-looking boiler that has 12 bits of machinery attached to it. What are they? Who knows, but the boss invites players to click on any 4 of them to uncover hidden prizes.
These can be cash awards, or entry to further bonus rounds that play out as soon as the relevant symbols are revealed, and once finished, players are returned to the boiler room if any more picks are still available. Uncovering the free spins symbol triggers a random number of extra games that can be anything between 10 of them and 35, but however many are triggered, all winnings during them are doubled in value.
The other bonus round takes place when the reactor symbol is uncovered. This takes place in another part of the factory, where players get to click on the 12 parts of the reactor, with cash prizes awarded for each one. Uncover the malfunction symbol however, and the round ends, although if it’s the first selection, a consolation prize of 1x the triggering bet amount will be paid out.
Betting Options
Players have a wide choice of bet size available to them, starting with playing just 1 line at a single coin of 0.01. This means that on average 49 out of 50 potential winning combinations won’t count however, so to cover all lines, the minimum wager is 0.50. The value of a coin can be adjusted up to 0.50, and up to 20 coins can be staked per line. This gives an impressive maximum bet per spin of 500.00, so Gold Factory should appeal to the casual player just as much as the serious high-rolling gamblers.
Pure Gold?
There’s a number of good reasons why Gold Factory is one of the more popular online pokies. It looks great, with quality animations and well-designed symbols, has a wide range of betting options, and of course comes complete with some decent bonus rounds.
There’s not much missing from this game. Perhaps wild substitutions could have come with a multiplier prize, and the gamble game that features on so many Microgaming pokies is missed out here, but anyone searching for a fun, feature-filled game should be more than happy with what Gold Factory has to offer.