Jewels Of The Orient Slot Review

We’re back off to the Orient for this slot release from Microgaming. Another excellent release with some big cash prizes to be won if you can trigger the Oriental Bonus with at least three scatters.

I’ve never quite managed to make it to the Orient, Leyton Orient yes, but the nearest I get to the real thing is playing slot games and going to the local Chinese Takeaway.

This game has a really attractive look to it and that’s always part of the enjoyment as far as I’m concerned. In the background you can see some Oriental landscape and a couple of temples and palaces all adding to the feel of the game’s theme.

‘Jewels of the Orient’ has a total of five reels and three rows of symbols. You can spin the reels to try and get wins on nine pay-lines. Those pay-lines aren’t a fixed amount so there’s a few decisions to make before each spin of the reels.  If you want to activate all the pay-lines the minimum cost is going to be just €0.09. The maximum cost of the game per spin is €100. Don’t let the game cause you any financial problems, just gamble an amount you can afford to lose.

Gorgeous Girls Galore

The symbols in this game are a mixture of those that are theme-related and others that aren’t. These come from a number of countries with an Indian girl in a gorgeous looking blue dress, a Thai girl in orange, A girl from China in ravishing red, the Japanese girl is in pink and it’s the Korean girl in green.

Palace Prizes

The wild symbol is the Jewel of the Orient logo and this can substitute for other symbols in the game. Doing so really helps you get some winning combinations so keep a look out for it on the reels. If you are lucky enough to get five of these on an active pay-line then that wins you 1,200x your line bet. It’s not able to substitute for the scatter symbol which is the Palace. I’m not sure what it’s made of, well we’ve had Leyton Orient so perhaps this might be a Crystal Palace, who knows. That’s because doing so would make it a lot easier to get into the bonus game.

The game can be played in either regular or expert mode. That’s something which is quite common in slot releases by Microgaming. The difference between the two modes is the ability to set an autoplay in the expert mode.

As you’ll shortly read, the bonus game here is a bit complex. It’s important then to read our review and take a good look at the paytable. Have some free games too as that will give you the chance to see this game in all its glorious action.

Oriental Bonus

To get into the Palace bonus game you need to get at least three of the Palace scatter symbols. These can be anywhere on the reels and just how many of them appear to trigger the bonus game is really important. Three award you 10-15 free spins, a multiplier that can be between 1-5x and between 5x and 25x your total bet on the spin of the reels that triggered the bonus round.

Four Palaces triggering the bonus round sees the choice between 15-20 free spins, a 1-5x multiplier and between 20x and 100x your total bet. If your luck is really in and it’s five Palaces that trigger the bonus round your choice goes up to between 20 and 40 free spins, the multiplier stays at 1-5x and you could win between 50x and 120x your total bet.

Just what award you receive depends on some Oriental gentlemen who are lined up What happens is there’s some Oriental gentlemen lined up and you have to pick a box. That determines the awards that you’ll receive. Hopefully your luck will be in but when the free spins do begin you’re unable to re-trigger it. That’s a shame but there are definitely some good wins to be had here.