Legend of the White Snake Slots
While a slot machine based on legendary Chinese monsters would normally be filled with scary creatures to fill players with dread, the Legend of the White Snake video slot from GamingSoft has presents these demons as attractive young women. Well at least their top halves anyway, as they are half snake, but let’s not worry about the anatomical details, as these are some high-paying symbols, along with a brave warrior and wise wizard.
It all plays out against a beautifully-designed background of mountains, animated waterfalls, castles and cherry blossoms, with symbols spinning down 5 reels and with luck, lining up on adjacent reels from either side across any of the 9 paylines to create a winning combination. There are special wild snake symbols on the reels as well, completing extra lines and awarding free re-spins, while a bonus side game leads to instant coin payouts and any of the 4 progressive jackpots shown above the reels can be won in seconds when the jackpot symbol appears.
To fully understand how it works, some players may like to try free Legend of the White Snake video slots, or this review will also detail how it all works. Playable from just 0.09 per spin, it has a good bet range, decent return to player percentage, and an assurance of fair play, with all results determined at random.
Enter the Lair of the White Snake
Each potential win is detailed on the paytable, with prizes calculated as multiples of the amount staked per line. The top wins are claimed when the white snake girl stops on a line, with payouts ranging from just 20x when she’s on 3 reels, to 200x for lines of 4 and a huge 2,000x if she’s across all 5 reels.
Other characters will make up high-value lines, while the smaller and therefore more frequently seen wins, come from various inanimate objects including a vase, pink lotus flower and green jade pendant. Landing this, or the flowery umbrella will see wins of just 3x, 15x, or 200x the line stake, depending on how many reels they stop across, and don’t forget that this is a win both ways slot, so the runs of symbols can start from either the left or right sides.
White and Gold Snake Wild Features
There are 2 wild symbols in this game, both being basically the same picture of a hissing snake, but it can be coloured either white of gold. The white snake is a straightforward wild, substituting for all except the scatter and jackpot symbols if it’s in the right positions to complete a winning line, or to extend a win across additional reels.
Although it only stops on reel 3, the golden snake can be far more valuable, as it will complete any win-lines, then becoming a sticky wild that stays in place while the other reels re-spin for free. If any more winnings come from this spin, wilds will then also be locked on reels 2 and 4, and award one more re-spin.
Climbing the Storm Pagoda
A huge pagoda building, in the middle of a raging lightning storm is the dramatic symbol, that starts the main bonus feature when landing on reels 1, 3 and 5 at once. Gamblers will be shown a closer view of this towering structure, that has 4 levels to it, and 5 doors at each floor. Starting from the bottom, players simply pick a door, which will open up to reveal a coin prize and they can then move up to the next set of doors and repeat the process.
The bonus game ends when the last level is reached, or at any point when a sealed door is revealed, and while it’s possible that this booby prize is on level 1, the developers of this game are usually quite kind, and you would be very unfortunate to end the round without at least some sort of award.
Taking a Bridge Over to Jackpots
An arched bridge in a beautiful garden is the attractive jackpot symbol that launches a very lucrative round when it’s on reels 1, 3, and 5 at once. Rows of wine jars are lined up in a cellar, and rather than finding something to drink inside them, players who click each jar will discover either Mini, Minor, Major or Grand jackpot levels within.
Once 3 of the same jackpot has been found, the relevant prize is awarded, although players at the lowest stakes get just 10% of the total prize, with ever-higher percentages for higher triggering bets, until anyone on the maximum wagers gets to cash out the full 100% of the award.
The Verdict on Legend of the White Snake
This good-looking casino slot machine has many of the features that make GamingSoft online casinos slots so popular, with a nice selection of traditional symbols from Chinese culture, along with some potentially rewarding bonuses.
Although there’s no separate free spins round in the Legend of the White Snake video slot, we found the golden wild slithered onto the middle reels quite often, starting a free re-spin that could easily lead to a further win. The bonus game is a nice and simple way to collect a few more prizes, and while most players won’t qualify for the full jackpot payouts, at the higher levels, these can still add up to considerable sums.
