Geisha Story Slots
Live out your own Oriental fairy tale with Geisha Story by Playtech, a 5-reel slot machine that follows the love story between a beautiful Japanese Geisha and a heroic, handsome samurai.
The 15-payline game is full of twists and turns, and we're not just talking about the spinning reels! Instead, we're talking about a range of bonus gameplay elements such as wild symbols, scatter icons and a bonus side game which will award up to 20 free spins with potential multipliers to quadruple your wins. It's enough to make you fall in love with spinning all over again!
A Blossoming Romance
The leading role in this Playtech slot machine is taken up by a beautiful Japanese entertainer, known as a geisha, who spends her days wandering between the cherry blossom branches of a traditional oriental garden. Watching from a far is a handsome young samurai warrior, who is resting his mind, body and soul after a long year of fighting in honour and service to his kingdom.
Oh, and there's also some little old bloke – he could be a withered old master of the ancient martial arts, or he could just be on his way to the corner shop to pick up a pound of rice. What we do know is that this old fella acts as the game's scatter symbol, popping up in any reel position to award prizes.
Meanwhile, the samurai characters plays the role of the wild icon to help complete line wins and the leading geisha character will trigger a bonus side game when she appears on the first and fifth reels simultaneously.
These three characters are all designed to emulate the aesthetic of contemporary anime films and manga comic, putting a modern spin on the age old tale of love in this ancient Japanese setting. Plus, will a whole host of game symbols which depict fans, umbrellas, teapots, banzai trees, cherry blossom and koi carp, players will be instantly transported straight into the beautiful Japanese garden environment of the game.
Place your Bets
Those ornamental reel symbols are actually the most common appearing icons in the base game of Geisha Story, appearing across the 5 reels to form rows over the 15 paylines. If that happens, an amount of prize money will be awarded in accordance to how many of which symbol is involved in the winning combination and the size of the stakes that are placed on the line. When it comes to choosing their bets, players can place up to 10 coins on up to 15 paylines with coin values ranging from 0.01 to 1.00, making for a total maximum bet of 150 credits.
The line bet wins begin from as little as 5x, which is awarded when three pink umbrellas align on a payline. The biggest line bet, however, is a worth a whopping 10,000x and it is given to players who manage to line up a full row of five handsome samurai characters.
Free Spin Bonus
As well as being heroic, good-looking and the most lucrative line bet paying symbol of the game, the samurai icon is also a wild symbol which will substitute for all other line bet paying icons to complete wins.
However, he's not quite Mr. Perfect, because this wild symbol won't be able to replace the old master scatter or the bonus triggering geisha character. That is because these symbols don't abide by any paylines to reward players, with the master character awarding total bet prizes of 5x, 10x, and 50x when three, four, or five appear in any position. The geisha character, on the other hand will trigger a pick 'em bonus game when she pops up on reels 1 and 5, giving players the chance to select from a range of Asian hand fans to reveal up to 20 free spins with multipliers up to 4x.
Progressive Jackpot
Those wager-less spins could land players in some serious prize money. However, punters can also try their luck with a special Dollar Ball lotto game in this slot machine for a chance to win the progressive jackpot bounty which keeps on rising in value until someone comes along and wins it. In this side game, players simply have to choose five balls from a pool of 49, and if they match all five with the lotto results then they will take home the progressive jackpot kitty.
A Slot for Lovers – and Jackpot Hunters!
This isn't the first video slot machine to reveal the grace and majesty of the geisha girl, and it certainly won't be the last. However, Playtech do move slightly away from convention by introducing other characters into the equation, giving the theme a subtle love story narrative. Even if you're not in the mood for all of that cheesy nonsense, this game is still worth a spin with a 10,000x line bet jackpot, free spins with 4x multipliers and a progressive jackpot. Those are some features that we can all fall in love with!
