Book of Panda Megaways™ Slot Review
This game has gathered almost all the features beloved by many. There is a Wild/Scatter special symbol, multiplier, Megaways & Book mechanics, free spins, and two 'Buy bonus' functions. Due to the popular Megaways mechanic, there are as many as 117,649 pay lines maximally that let you win a max prize of x10,000 by the stake. High volatility to your help!
As for plot and look, that's an oriental-themed slot featuring iconic symbols and a serene, authentic melody. If you're seeking an exciting gambling experience with meditative notes, this slot is exactly it!
Book of Panda Megaways™ General Characteristics
- 64 - 117,649 pay lines
- 6 reels and 2 - 7 rows
- Extreme Volatility
- RTP: 96.95%
- Hit Frequency: 24.81% (1 in 4.03 spins)
- Bet amount: 0.1 EUR - 25 EUR
- Maximum win multiplier: x10,000
- Maximum win value: 250,000 EUR
- 9 main symbols
- Additional symbols: Wild/Scatter
Book of Panda Megaways™ Bonus Features
Those include a special symbol, FS, multiplier, and buying functions. Let's observe them more thoroughly in the following part of this review.
Wild/Scatter
There is just one special symbol here, which is used as Wild and Scatter at once. It hits only within 2 - 6 reels and is the most valuable paying picture here, granting up to x100 for 5 corresponding symbols on the screen, regardless of their positioning.
As Wild, it substitutes for any payable symbol in winning combinations. As Scatter, it starts an FS round. To begin the bonus game, you will need at least 3 of them landed on the play grid at once.
Free Spins
3+ Wild/Scatters landed anywhere on the screen begin a bonus game with 12 starting free spins. Moreover, at least 3 other Scatters landed simultaneously within the FS round will add extra FS in the quantity of 12.
Expanding Symbol
Before the FS round starts, there is a random choice among all paying pics, except for Wild/Scatter, for a special Expanding symbol used only within the bonus game. Its specialty is its ability to fill over the entire reel it landed on with the corresponding identical pictures. But only when this will make it possible to get a win. Notably, those reels with Expanding symbols don't have to be adjacent ones to give a cash prize.
Multiplier Symbol
Wild/Scatter during bonus FS game brings some random multiplier (x2, x3, x5, x10) that applies to the win of the current FS. Multipliers are summarized if there is more than one in sight.
Buy Bonus
There are two available choices to buy a bonus FS game:
- With an Expanding picture selected from the 4 most valuable pictures (x150).
- With the randomly chosen Expanding symbol among all paying pics (x100).
This option is not available while the ‘Buy Chance x2’ function is on.
Buy Chance x2
Its activation will cost x0.5 of your current stake level but raises twice the odds of the FS round beginning. While this mode is on, despite the actual x1,5 bet, wins are still evaluated as if the stake is x1.
Our Experience Playing Book of Panda Megaways™
We decided to play this gambling game for money to introduce you to this slot more closely. We made 300 spins using a €200 game balance. During all of those, we were betting exactly €1.
We got the FS round within the first hundred spins. Yet, it brought us not that much — €25.5. Besides that, we also had 16 regular wins, ranging from €0.2 to €5. Here, we got the lengthiest period without wins that were prolonged during 17 spins. The final balance amount after the 100th spin totaled €138.6.
During the following 100 spins, we have had more regular wins (21), varying from €0.2 to €4.5. Sadly, this time, we had no one FS round. As a result, the game balance amounted after the 200th spin to just €70.8.
Taking the critically shrunk balance amount, we had reasonable doubts about going through the all-300-spin session. Fortunately, these last 100 spins turned out to be the luckiest ones. This time, the FS game gave us an incredible prize of €170.4. Base win quantity also was the highest — 32, including the max regular win of €20. All of those let us finish with a positive balance result due to its amount totaling €207.8 (total income — €7.8).
For a brief analysis, we want to highlight the most remarkable things about this 300-spin session. First, the base game proposes not that frequent wins. Moreover, almost half of them are less than the current bet. But the bonus game made us cheer up due to 2 FS activations that brought up nearly €200 altogether. If only the first bonus FS game was more successful, we could earn more than several euros.
Here are all the meticulously gathered statistics about these 300 spins:
Book of Panda Megaways™ Verdict
We were well impressed by this slot's sound and visual performance. It looks great and has tons of pretty cool animations. Now, we will go to the more essential stuff like income and FS triggering frequency.
There are two available modes — a base and a bonus FS game. As we saw, the first one isn't that generous due to Very High volatility and many payouts that are less than the betting stake. Second may face you to a grand win thanks to the multiplier and an Expanding symbol. Moreover, as we demonstrated, the FS triggering frequency is high enough. That gives you a real chance to reap some income playing this slot.
To sum up, this is a good-looking video slot with adorable paying symbols, which will entertain you with its FS round and even maybe let you get a generous cash prize. So, if you are keen on oriental-themed gambling games, you should try this one, too.
