Huangdi -The Yellow Emperor is a 5 reel pokies by Microgaming that recounts the story of the mythical sovereign of the Asian world and national icon of modern day China. With 25 paylines on the board, this game has number of special gameplay features with stacked symbols and expanding reels, not to mention wild wins and free spins.
As you spin the reels you will uncover key items and characters from the legend of Huangdi, from ancient Chinese scrolls and instruments to beautifully adorned golden swords and treasure chests. With 25 paylines and a low variance gameplay, you will find that these icons form into winning combinations on a fairly regular basis. The downside to this is that the size of the prizes are generally quite low in comparison to other video pokies
Bet Limits
The biggest line bet multiplier in this game is 250x when five of the game’s logo icons appear, which is considerably lower than most games online. After that, the size of the line bet multipliers decrease to 200x for five Huangdi character symbols, 175x for five word icons, 150x for five instruments and 125x for five treasure chests.
The 25 paylines are permanently fixed, meaning that you will be able to place minimum total bets of 0.25 and big maximum bets with a top limit of 125.00 credits.
Symbols
There are some standard icons such as a wild logo symbol that will substitute for any other icon except for the game’s scatter symbol. That is because the scatter doesn’t need to appear on a payline to award wins worth up to 100x the value of the total bet. Not only that, but three scatters will trigger a round of 15 free spins, during which the wild icon will always be stacked on the first reel of the game.
Also there are plenty of other bonus elements during the base game and it involves more stacked reels and expanding symbols. This feature is triggered whenever a full stack of matching symbols appear on reel one, causing all other matching icons of the reels to expand. As such, this gives you the chance to stack up some very big winning totals.
The Start of Chinese Civilisation
The Western world has many mythological origin stories. The Arthurian Legends and the story of George and the Dragon shapes the unique identity of the English people. The Scottish, Welsh and Irish celebrate their patron saints David, Andrew and Patrick every year as their unique national personality. Even in a relatively modern country like America; history has mishapen to throw up exaggerated accounts of key moments in history; such as the time that Paul Revere rode on horseback shouting “the British are coming”. Probably not a great idea to do that at a time when a lot of the American population were pro-British!
This pokie is an origin myth that is perhaps a little less popular with Westerners. However, the Yellow Emperor is popular across the Asian country as a cult figure of legendary status; often attributed as having the stature of a deity in Chinese religion. And while there is much debate as to the historical genesis of Huangdi’s story, the character is responsible for initiating the Chinese Civilization that lasts for more than 2 millennia. Not only that but Huangdi gave credit to inventing one of the earliest forms of football!
Many Ways to Win
As players spin the reels of this Microgaming pokie machine; they will uncover key items and characters from the legend of Huangdi; from ancient Chinese scrolls and instruments to beautifully adorned golden swords and treasure chests. With 25 paylines and a low variance gameplay; players will find that these icons form into winning combinations on a fairly regular basis. The downside to this is that the size of the prizes are generally quite low in comparison to other video slots out there.
The biggest line bet multiplier in this game is 250x; when five of the game’s logo icons appear, which is considerably lower than most slot machines online. After that, the size of the line bet multipliers decrease to 200x for five Huangdi character symbols; 175x for five word icons, 150x for five instruments and 125x for five treasure chests.
In this 25 paylines of online video pokies, you can place minimum total bets of 0.25. The pokie allows you to place some fairly big maximum bets with a top limit of 125.00 credits; perfect for high rollers who want to make the most of this low variance video pokies.
Stack Up the Wins
Not only will this orientally themed pokies machine payout wins on a frequent basis but it also has a number of special gameplay features up its sleeves. Firstly, there are some standard icons such as a wild logo symbol that will substitute for any other icon except for the game’s scatter symbol. That is because the scatter doesn’t need to appear on a payline to award wins worth up to 100x the value of the total bet. Not only that, but three scatters will trigger a round of 15 free spins, during which the wild icon will always stack on the first reel of the game.
This machine has plenty of other bonus elements during the base game and it involves more stacked reels and expanding symbols. This feature activates whenever a full stack of matching symbols appear on reel 1, causing all other matching icons of the reels to expand. As such, this gives players the chance to stack up some very big winning totals.
Worth a Punt?
Huangdi The Yellow Emperor is a one of many new pokies machines that looks towards Ancient Chinese culture for inspiration. GameArt software recently released a whole series of oriental slots such as 88 Riches, King of Wealth and Fortune Lions, for example.
This Microgaming pokiest machine is certainly up there when it comes to the quality of design and the trill of the gameplay. The only thing that might put some punters off is the relatively low range of prize payouts.
