Triple Dragons - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Triple Dragons graphics

We like the look of this Chinese themed slot, with its retro slot machine look. That’s partly down to the 5 x 3 layout and partly the way the reels are rendered to look like reels on a slot machine - there’s no tumbling symbols or innovative grid layout here. But the symbols themselves, from the four suits to the tanguu (ceremonial drum), the lucky red money bag and the perfection of the lotus flower, are beautiful and we love the slightly cartoonish green and gold dragons on the reels and either side.

This slot is relatively unadorned, with the paytable symbols and your potential payouts at the top of the screen, and the standard Pragmatic Play interface at the bottom. The classic rich red and gold adornments give an instant visual clue that this is one of this developer’s Asian-themed Slots - obviously, the dragons are a bit of a giveaway, too! All in all, this slot does a great job of bringing together a classic retro slot machine feel with a sophisticated Asian style.

As is usual for Pragmatic Play slots, the soundtrack and sound effects are really well integrated with the game. That creates a nice immersive feel, but if it gets too much, you can toggle sounds off and on through the intuitive interface.

How to play Triple Dragons

Triple Dragons uses a traditional 5 reel, 3 symbol grid with just 5 paylines to keep it strictly old-school. You’ll need to land 3 of any symbol to land a payout, and these are calculated in multipliers - one of the features we like from this developer is the easy and intuitive staking interface that shows you at a glance the return to expect from your staking choices.

Hit the + or - buttons either side of the main spin button to adjust your coin value and coins per line. Coin values range from 0.1 to 1.00, while coins per line vary from 1 to 10, giving you a minimum bet of 5 coins and a maximum bet of 50 - perhaps not big enough for the high rollers, but there’s plenty of range available and this slot works out all the permutations for you, which we like.

Triple Dragons is a really simple slot to play and with autoplay and QuickPlay you can adjust your experience even further. We particularly like QuickPlay for a few cheeky spins or to play through our recommended 150 spin experience in no time.

Triple Dragons payout ratio and volatility

This is another high volatility slot, so be prepared to see a lot of those hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades, however pretty. In 150 spins, we hit the bonus wilds and respins 3 times, but your experience could be very different. Theoretical RTP here is 96.51%, which is about right for a slot of this volatility.

If you like your slots hot, then this is one you’ll want to play. Variance is extremely high, which means you’ll have to be prepared to watch your payroll drop dramatically before you hit that bonus action. This is definitely a slot for those of you who like a high risk to reward ratio.

How to win at Triple Dragons

This slot is simplicity itself - hit 3 winning symbols across one of the 5 paylines to pick up a multiplier win, depending on your line bet. Diamonds pay a 1x multiplier, up to 5x for three spades. The drum delivers a 10x prize, the money bag 20x and the lotus flower 40x your stake. Obviously, the biggest rewards are delivered by the dragons - three across a winning payline deliver a 60x reward.

Triple Dragons bonus features

Unlike some other Pragmatic Play Slots, like Da Vincis Treasure, the bonus play on offer here is quite simple and perfectly in keeping with the retro slot style gameplay.

When one or two stacks of Dragons land on your reels, they’ll turn Wild and kick off the respin until you win feature. The sticky wilds stay on the reels and any other dragons you spin up during the feature also become wild, to potentially trigger that 1000x top prize.

The respin feature is simple and lucrative. The wilds stay in place as the other reels respin until you land a winning combination. Theoretically, that could be indefinitely. During our 150 spin experience, we managed a lotus flower combination that netted us a 2,000 coin bonus.

Max-win 200x

Volatility High

RTP 96.51%

Triple Dragons mobile play

One thing we really love about this slot is the fact that it's optimised for HTML5. What that means in reality is that there are no slow and clunky downloads to clutter up your phone or tablet storage, because these games load directly to your mobile browser. The result is instant play games that don’t waste storage or battery life, letting you play for longer - that’s a definite win-win. So you can be up and running with mobile and tablet play in seconds, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re on iOS or Android - the results in terms of graphics and gameplay are equally great.

Triple Dragons review

There’s a lot to love about this slot, from the subtle homage to Chinese culture and symbology to the big payouts on offer. A recreation of a bricks and mortar casino slot, this game uses clever and beautifully detailed retro graphics and a compelling bonus to hook you in from the first spin. As a high volatility slot, landing that bonus is never going to be easy, but when the roaring dragons turn wild on a reel and the respins start, you’re in for a potentially huge 1000x win.

Staking options are as generous as ever with games from this developer, and the slot does the calculations for you. That means you can fine tune your stakes and see at a glance the potential payouts on offer - useful if you’re using free spins to get comfortable with the idea of playing for real money. Graphics are sumptuous renderings of traditional Chinese symbols in lucky red and happy, joyful green, with accents of gold, considered to be the most beautiful colour.

If you like your slots old school, you’ll enjoy the stripped back simplicity of the 3x5 grid and the 5 paylines. If you love high volatility slots, you’ll be in your element - so expect plenty of arid spells where you stare at the card symbols followed by spectacular action when the dragons roar.

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