Prosperity Palace Pokie Machine
Online casino games developer Play N’GO have gone down the popular Oriental-themed route with their new Prosperity Palace video pokie, which features lots of Chinese-inspired symbols, from the classic Buddha statues and gold coins, to the frankly weird pictures of children on goldfish that seem to turn up now and then across the 5 reels of this game.
Although some players may think the whole Chinese theme is overdone, there’s still plenty of demand for it and Play N’GO are sure to have another hit on their hands, especially as Prosperity Palace has already been available at bricks and mortar casinos for some time, so has a built-in fanbase. It also comes with some nice bonus features including a valuable wild symbol and free spins with extra wilds on the reels for the potential to get lots more winning combinations.
In normal play, those combinations come when 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols land on adjacent reels across a payline running from left to right. There’s only 10 of those lines and the low limit stake on this game is set at 0.10, with high rollers able to raise their bets from there on up to suit their bankrolls. There’s free Prosperity Palace video pokie games provided for those who want to play for fun, or test it out first.
Playing Prosperity Palace
It’s a beautifully-designed game that seems to be set inside the palace of the title and gives the reels a red tiled roof, while ornate columns stand to the sides of them and everything is given rich hues to give an impression of prosperity.
Like many pokies, the high-card symbols will create lower value wins and in this game, each is brightly coloured to stand out from the reels and presented in an Oriental typeface to help enhance the overall theme. The 10 and J symbols will return wins equal to 5, 20 or 100 coins when a 1-coin per line bet is used and players see 3, 4 or 5 across the reels. The royal trio of Q, K and A will each pay out 10, 40 or 150x when landing across a payline, and then we move up in value to the picture symbols.
These only need to appear on reels 1 and 2 on a line to be worth 5 coin wins, while the lucky charm symbols pay out 250 when filling a payline, the boy on an orange goldfish is worth up to 500 and the girl on a yellow fish returns 1000 coins to anyone who sees 5 right across the reels. There’s some lovely animations accompanying any picture symbol win, and we see the kids waving or lucky charms jingling for example.
Prosperity Palace
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Bonus Features
A jade green dragon is a beautiful wild symbol which pays out some fairly attractive wins as well, ranging from 10 to a huge 5000x when it stops on between 2 and 5 reels of a payline at once. Because it’s a wild symbol, it can replace all others, with the exception of the Buddha, to help finish lines of symbols if needed.
A cheering Buddha will take punters to a free spins game whenever at least 3 appear in a single spin, without it needing to be on a payline. An initial award of 10 bonus games will begin, but if this happy character lands in any 3 places again, another 10 free spins will be added on to the end of any still left in the current round.
To help players to get extra payouts during the bonus round, the Buddha will also become a second wild symbol along with the dragon, although it’s not worth anything on its own.
The Verdict
This pokie has all the traditional Chinese imagery that fans of this genre are looking for, along with the high return to player percentages and reliable gameplay which are an essential part of a modern machine. Smooth animations are another feature that punters like to see and while we’ve still no idea why those kids are riding on giant goldfish, the animations that accompany them help to bring it to life, while in another nice touch, a rich red scroll appears when players get a win to tell them how much they have claimed.
It’s not mobile-optimised yet, although that may come later, but this pokie has already been a big success at land based casinos, so anyone who has caught before will be pleased that they can now enjoy this game at online sites.