About Floating Dragon at BC.GAME
The Pragmatic Play has given Floating Dragon a light, open feel. The transparent 5-reel, 10-pay line video game grid is set above orange-lit clouds in a clear blue sky instead of a Macau casino location. The plinking soundtrack provides a touch of tradition to the Asian-themed game, which players in the Macau casino would be satisfied with. In many ways, Floating Dragon is one of Pragmatic Play's friendliest slots; there are no warning symbols after the first impression, and that's good news for the players. Floating Dragon offers a wide range of bets for every gambler's taste on any device. Stakes start at 10 percent for lower rollers and go up to $250 for those with deeper pockets. One nice feature is a generous expected return rate of 96.71 percent. At the same time, medium-high volatility means you might have long waits without winning spins; however, several significant features are often triggered enough to compensate for downtimes.
Introduction to Floating Dragon
Floating Dragon is a video slot game from Pragmatic Play and part of their hugely-popular "Hold & Spin" series of games. The Oriental-inspired theme should appeal to players looking for something different. The game has a calming, relaxing look and feel to it - and from the moment you first load up the slot, you'll notice that the software provider has worked hard to put together a theme that takes inspiration from the Oriental world. The game's reels are set on a backdrop that features a clear blue sky, and orange-lit clouds can be seen on either side of the reels - making for a great-looking game. There is also an enjoyable soundtrack that accompanies each spin.
Symbols and Payout. You win the main game in this slot by land-matching symbols from left to right from the leftmost reel. The 10 to A royal symbols, fish, kites, butterflies and bird symbols each need three or more to payout; the ship needs two or more. The game pays out prizes worth 20 to 200 times your stake when five of a kind is achieved.
The lady is wild and doubles the value of any fish money symbols when she appears on the same reel. She can be collected as well. The Dragon represents a Scatter in this game.
Money Symbols. A gold coin money symbol is a special symbol that appears only on the middle reel. The amount these symbols multiply the total bet by can range from 1x to 20x.
Hold & Spin Feature. Three hits at once trigger the Hold & Spin feature. When the feature starts, all other symbols fade away. You start with three respins, and new symbols add their values to the existing ones; then, they reset the counter. In an exciting twist, sticky symbols remain on the reels and repeatedly pay their values each time a new coin lands.
Diamond Money Symbols. You want to see money symbols and diamond symbols on a respin. Diamonds take a value of 100x to 5,000x your total bet when they land on a respin. Three more are awarded if you don't win at least 20x your stake during the initial respin.
Fish Paying Symbols. The fish-paying symbols are also FISH MONEY symbols, which take a random money value at every spin. You can win money during the FREE SPINS feature.
Free Spins. The triggering feature is activated when three, four, or five "Dragon Scatter" symbols appear on the reels, and 10, 15, or 20 free spins are awarded. During these free spins, a new lady symbol joins the game. Not only is she wild (allowing her to replace other symbols to form winning combinations), but when she hits in conjunction with fish money symbols (scattered throughout the game), she collects all of their values. In turn, she is collected as well. Every four collected fish money symbols retriggers the feature and awards +10 more free spins. At random during free spins and when there are no active pay lines, a multiplier is applied to collected fish money symbols randomly by increasing their value by 2x, 3x, then 10x for the second, third, or fourth retrigger.
Strategy for Floating Dragon
Floating Dragon is based on a 5x3 grid with ten paylines. A payline is triggered only after you land at least three symbols of the same kind. Lines are read from left to right, as usual. High-paying symbols are treasures you might encounter while looking for the enchanted floating Dragon. The value of each symbol varies depending on the number of identical symbols appearing in a row: five-of-a-kind premium symbols pay out a prize worth 20 to 200 times your stake.
Summary
One of the first things we noticed when playing Floating Dragon is that it's the game developer's first Hold & Spin slot to come from their development labs, not to feature the iconic fruity theme. However, we were pleasantly surprised by how much fun we had with this slot once we started playing. We also liked how some decent wins can be made: you can win as much as 5,000X in your total stake. While this is less than we've seen in some recently released slots, it's still a decent amount - an amount many players would be happy to scoop! Sure, the free spins bonus round is heavily influenced by classics like Fishin' Frenzy, but Pragmatic Play has put its spin on things. While Floating Dragon offers nothing overly intuitive or creative, it's a slot worth checking out.
