Dragon’s Myth review

Since half of season five of Game of Thrones was leaked onto the Internet, some of us may need to find something to do while waiting another month for the second half of the season to be available. For those who only watch the show for a dragon fix, you are actually in luck as Rabcat have an exciting new slot called Dragons Myth, to keep you busy in the mean time.

The opening audio, featuring mystical and suspenseful sounds, is enough to get us into the fantasy mood as we enter the video slot. This pokies game follows the story of a young girl and four ferocious dragons, which is a story line that sounds quite familiar, except this plot sees her hunting them down, rather than ruling them.

This slot is a result of Rabcat signing up with Microgaming in a partnership who have produced a high-definition slot, which offers crystal-clear 3D graphics, a category in which Microgaming have fallen behind in, especially in terms of their 3D slot competitors. We suspect that it won’t be long before they are back on top of the software leader board thanks to Rabcats input.

The young girl which we follow is quite animated, as we would expect in 3D slots, and dances every time we score a win, creating the interactive experience that 3D slots offer. The five-reel slot with a 20 payline format sits on a landscape of mountains which is intricately woven throughout the reels due to their slight level of transparency.

On the reels

On the animated reels there are all the standard symbols, which are 3D and coincide with the theme. The usual A, K, Q, and J, symbols are there, as well as wilds and scatters. This slot also offers the win both ways format as well as a the gamble feature which we look at below.

• Wild symbol
  The wild symbol is a close up of the girl, also known as the heroine, and she substitutes for all the basic symbols, except the scatter symbol.
• Scatter symbol
  The dragons cave icon is the scatter symbol and like many other slots if you land three or more you will active the free spin round.
• Dragon Bounty
  The dragon symbols represent the higher values on the reels and if you land one in four while you are spinning the reels, you will see the girl defeat a dragon. This will occur every time you land a dragon symbol and once you have landed all four, with the heroine defeating all four, you will receive the Dragon Bounty, which is a large cash reward.

Free spins and bonus rounds

Land at least three scatter symbols and you have triggered the free spins round. Three scatter symbols gets you 10 free spins, four gets you 15 free spins, and five gets you 20. To give you even more opportunities to win, all paylines are activated during the free spins and you can win both ways here (from right to left, or left to right).

Free spins aren’t all you get in this round, with an additional symbol also being unlocked, known as the bonus symbol. If you are lucky enough to land this symbol then you will be taken to a whole new set of reels with an entirely different animated backdrop for the bonus round.

This bonus round is located in the dragons secret cave which transforms once you land the symbol and here you will be prompted to place a fixed wild on the second and fourth reels. This will set up potentially big wins and can even trigger more free spins.

Additionally, you can land the bonus symbol as many times as possible in the free spins round and if you get any further bonus symbols here, you will get another chance at placing fixed wilds for even bigger wins.

Gamble feature

Like many Microgaming slots, this one has the gamble feature, though because it is created by Rabcat too, it is a little bit different than the normal gamble where you are required to pick between red or black to rouble your winnings, or pick a suit colour to quadruple your winnings.

This one involves being able to gamble any win you get by hitting the ‘gamble’ button which will see multiple eggs appearing for you to choose from. Pick the one that you think has the dragon and you will be able to double your money. You get up to five guesses to double any five wins, but get them wrong and you lose your initial winnings.

Our view

This slot produced by Rabcat and Microgaming is an exceptional slot, with high-definition, 3D graphics, unique bonus rounds, generous amounts of free spins and options to re-trigger even more free spins regularly, and an interesting and unique bonus round. With so many ways to win and the crystal clear graphics involved, we think this is a slot worth spinning.

Where to play Dragon’s Myth

Players can find Dragon’s Myth at any Microgaming online casino due to the partnership, which sees their titles offered on the Quickfire Platform. We recommend checking out our suggested Microgaming casinos, such as Royal Vegas, Casino-Mate, 7 Sultans, and All Slots, for the best online slot experience due to their highly regarded reputation.

What’s next for Rabcat Gaming?

Since the announcement of the partnership back in 2012 between Microgaming and Rabcat, we have only seen good things including slots like Castle Builder, Legend of Olympus, and now Dragon’s Myth. Many have the best features from Microgaming, as well as unique aspects and crystal clear 3D graphics from Rabcat.

With the success of these slots, we can only expect more and more great slots produced by the partnership which we will be able to find at all of the aforementioned recommended online casinos.