Burning Xi You Demo Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

It can be a challenge to distil a novel as infamous as Journey to the West into 5 reels and 9 paylines. CQ9 has more than risen to the challenge, creating a bright, exciting slot full of character and bonus features. A mix of multipliers, free spins and Expanding Wilds mean this game isn’t just fun, but full of opportunities to win.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

Xi You Ji is the Chinese name of Journey to the West, considered one of the four great classic novels of Chinese literature (the others are Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin and Dream of the Red Chamber). Published in the 16th Century and possibly written by Wu Cheng’en, its characters and stories have since spread around the world, taking on an iconic status that has brought them to television, film and other games including the Journey to the West slot.

In the original Journey to the West, a monk known as Tang Sanzang travels across Asia in search of legendary Buddhist texts. Along the way he encounters various companions and protectors, including Sun Wukong the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie the Pig/Pigsy and Sha Wujing (also known as Sandy), a former general nicknamed the Water Buffalo.

In Burning Xi You, each of these characters is drawn in bold and colourful fashion, the 3D cartoon style adding a sense of fun fitting for some of the novel’s more comical adventures. In the background you can see beautiful mountains half hidden in the mist, ready for you to cross, while there is a distinctly Chinese tone to the soundtrack.

Burning Xi You RTP and Variance

It’s not as much of a worry if you’re playing CQ9 free play slots, but you probably still want to know what you could win. There are no guarantees in slots, but in the case of Burning Xi You there aren’t even any estimated averages, as CQ9 have not released the official RTP and variance. That means the only way to set expectations is to give the free demo a few spins, using the same budget and limits you would in a real money game.

How to Play Burning Xi You

If you want to take part in this epic quest, here’s where you start:

1. It’s a fairly easy to navigate the main screen, which sticks to a few simple buttons to choose between. First there’s the menu button, at the bottom left corner. This will give you a few more options.
2. The new set of buttons starts includes the info button that leads to the paytable, a speaker to mute and unmute the volume and a link back to the homepage. 
3. Most important is the info button, which can take you through a series of pages explaining the values of each symbol and how every bonus feature works.
4. When you return to the main screen it’s time to look right of the reels. There are + and - symbols above and below the spin button that you can use to adjust your bet to your preferred level.
5. Your bet level is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen. Under the reels there are also displays for total bet, most recent win and overall credits. These are the figures to be aware of when you set your budget.
6. Spin is the biggest button of all, you can’t miss it. Before you press, however, and set those reels turning, you may want to press the little tab at the side. This will turn the bet adjustor into autoplay and turbo buttons. You can switch them on and off, but can’t set limits.

Bet & Win Sizes

The bet level display in the bottom corner goes from x1 to x2000. That means a total bet between 0.9 and 1800.

You win when you match 3, 4 or 5 regular symbols across 1 of the 9 paylines. There is also a special multiplier for each symbol if you trigger the Full Reel Bonus:

Pearls - 2, 5, 20 (25x)

Rake - 3, 9, 40 (50x)

Bracelet - 5, 15, 60 (75x)

Scroll - 6, 20, 100 (125x)

Sandy - 9, 30, 160 (240x)

Pig - 15, 40, 200 (300x)

Monkey - 20, 80, 400 (600x)

Tang Sanzang - 50, 200, 1000 (1500x)

You can also win if you match the wild 5 times, for a value of 5000. It’s multiplier with a Full Reel Bonus is 5000x.

Burning Xi You Bonus Features

Free Games

Three Scatters = 8 free games
Four Scatters = 15 free games
Five Scatters = 30 free games

Three or 4 scatters on the second reel during the free games round can retrigger 8 or 15 free games respectively, up to a maximum of 100. This round also has the opportunity for at least 1 reel to be completely populated with wilds.

Expanding Wilds

When you hit 2 or more wilds on different reels, they can expand to fill entire reels and therefore give you more chances to complete a line.

Full Reel Bonus

This is triggered when you fill a reel with a single symbol, an exciting variation on the traditional stacked symbols bonus feature. You will then be awarded you total bet with a special multiplier, as shown in the paytable above.

Burning Xi You Review

This slot has charming, colourful graphics and a host of exciting bonus features. What’s not to enjoy? There are lots of opportunities to win and increase your prizes, while the base game remains fairly simple and easy to play. Maybe you could have a little more control over the settings, especially in autoplay, but that’s the tiniest of complaints.

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