Dracula
There are lots of vampire-themed pokies around, so games developer Net Ent must be feeling pretty pleased with themselves for grabbing the rights to call their game Dracula. They have every reason to be proud of the gameplay as well, as this online casino pokie has stylish computer graphics, stacked wild symbols, free spins and a fun Bat feature that turns random symbols into multiples of the same type.
Like all Net Ent games, it’s fair and reliable, with a good return to player percentage, and the Dracula video pokie is also mobile-optimised. The main man sits brooding in a chair to the left of the 5 reels, slowly drumming his fingers as he waits for nightfall, while a woman, who could be the unfortunate Mina Harker from the book, stands to the right, looking over her shoulder in fear. It sets a nice scene and ensures that this pokie looks as good as it plays.
Symbols are in 4 rows, rather than the more common 3, while there’s 40 fixed paylines running from the left side. A low limit of 0.20 will be needed to play, although free Dracula video pokies are also available, while the maximum stake (no pun intended), is 200.00. Gamblers will want to land 3, 4 or 5 of the same symbol across any payline, on connected reels starting from the left to get a win, but wilds and Bats work in different ways. Like many Net Ent games, there is the option to test out how it all works via the free Dracula video pokie versions offered at most casinos, and while no real winnings are going to come from this, it’s a useful way to decide if a game is suited to an individual players’ prefernces.
Dracula
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Playing Dracula
The playing card symbols J, Q, K and A are there to create the lower-value winlines, but to help them fit with the overall theme, each is inscribed on a shield that looks more ornate with each icon. The J and Q are worth 5, 10 or 40x the line bet when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels, but once the character symbols fill paylines, gamblers are in for some bigger rewards. The two male characters, and a rich-looking lady are each valued at 10, 40 or 60x, and if Dracula or Mina appear, they will help boost wins even further.
Each of these are worth payouts of 20, 80 or the top award of 200x, but can also appear stacked, and if Dracula lands on reel 2 or Mina on 4, they expand to increase the chances of getting a winning combination, paying out the higher values as well.
A blood-red W is the wild symbol, which is able to act as any standard one and therefore help to complete lines, although it only lands on reels 2, 3 and 4 and has no value on its own.
Bonus Features
Although Dracula spends much of his time sitting in his chair at the side of the reels, he will randomly stand up, let out an anguished cry and transform into a flock of bats. These will then fly across the reels turning lines of mixed symbols into matching ones, creating a guaranteed prize-winning combination. This can happen to any symbol, including the wild, so fortunate players will get a high value icon transformation, but as a win is certain to happen, anything is a nice boost.
If the stacked Dracula and Mina symbols appear at the same time, 10 free spins are triggered. A couple of extra treats are waiting for players, as the bat feature will occur in every spin, plus landing a symbol of Dracula and Mina together will award a further 2 bonus games. This means that there will be 10 or possibly 12 winning spins, but also means that it’s not triggered very frequently, otherwise the house edge would vanish quicker than a vampire in the Sun.
The Verdict
Net Ent are an innovative casino games developer, known for creating pokies that are a little different from others, and it looks like they have done it again with Dracula. The high-quality graphics are an obvious plus point of this game, but the appeal goes far beyond this as there are some impressive bonus features in there as well.
The Bat feature seems to happen with every few spins, while wild substitutions are another common occurrence, although we only triggered the free games after a while of spinning the reels. This apart, Dracula is a highly recommended online pokie that has some real bite.