4 Dragon Kings - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

4 Dragon Kings Slot Review

Take a dive into Chinese folklore with the 4 Dragon Kings slot from KA Gaming. This is an innovative offering that doesn’t even have reels, let alone paylines. You just have to man the cannon and take aim at the fish. Catch the special symbols and you may trigger bonus features. It’s original even compared to a creative format like that in the Jammin Jars slot. For the full lowdown, here’s our 4 Dragon Kings slot review.

Theme

Dragon Kings of the Four Seas

It was once said that each of the four borders of China was marked by a sea, and that each of those seas had its own dragon king: Ao Guang, ruler of the East China Sea; Ao Run, found in Qinghai Lake (the West Sea); Ao Quin of the South China Sea; and Ao Shun, lord of Lake Baikal (the Northern Sea). They appear not just in myth but in famous texts like Journey to the West.

As you may know if you’ve played Asian-themed slots before, dragons in Chinese folklore aren’t like the fire-breathing European lizards. They’re creatures of waters and storms, known for controlling the weather. That explains why the 4 Dragon Kings slot takes place underwater surrounded by fish. This isn’t, however, a base game like any you’ve seen before. We definitely recommend starting with demo play while figuring it out.

Gone Fishing

You know something’s up when you see that instead of a cursor you have a target, like you’re aiming a gun. Then you pick which room of the underwater temple you’re going to enter. You’ll see seaweed growing over stone flags. Small fish swim past and then larger lobsters acting as armed guards, complete with spears. There’s a wise old turtle too. As for the music, it's adventurous to say the least, getting the blood pumping as you aim.

4 Dragon Kings RTP and Variance

It’s a bit hard to judge 4 Dragon Kings like other slots when the format is so original. That includes RTP and payout potential comparisons. The standard for a KA Gaming online slot is a fairly low 94%, and it may be the same here, but really this slot is about much more than its returns. Plays in demo mode and the risk is reduced anyway, as well as giving you the chance to assess its unknown variance.

How to Play 4 Dragon Kings

The 4 Dragon Kings slot is not like other slots, so brace yourself:

1. For instance, the first thing you do is pick your room. There are bronze, silver and gold options, and as you go higher your bet, but also your possible total win, increases.
2. Then we get to a slightly more normal phase of picking your bet - always a balancing exercise weighing budget and risk. Use the plus and minus symbols.
3. There are other buttons we’d expect in normal slots, like the paytable, sound (in the top menu) and game history (with switch room on the left)
4. Auto is also something from regular slots, though in this case instead of automatic spins it’s automatic firing.
5. Lock is different, because it means you can fix your target on one fish.
6. Strangest of all, there’s no spin button. When you’re ready to play you just move your cursor to aim and click to fire, hoping to hit a fish rather than line up winning symbols.
7. Normal rules about budget, limits and breaks apply. Have fun!

How to Win at 4 Dragon Kings

No, there are no reels to spin. You don’t match symbols in a line. Winning symbols are the ones you manage to fire on until they explode to reveal gold coins and your win value, based on your bet and winning multiplier. The 4 Dragon Kings slot is isn’t like other slots, so you can’t chase the max win like normal.

Top Symbols

The seven regular fish are at the bottom of the paytable; the sea creatures with human traits are at the top. Most valuable here is the wise turtle with a 20x - 50x win multiplier. There’s no ordinary scatter symbol or wild symbol, but the four kings themselves are both paying and special symbols. Of these, the most valuable is the East Sea Dragon King with a win multiplier of 38x - 388x.

Bet Range

Your bet range depends on your room:

• Bronze = 0.01 - 0.10
• Silver = 0.10 - 1.00
• Gold = 1.00 - 10.00

Max-win 458x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 94.00%

4 Dragon Kings Bonuses

When the base game is so unusual, you can’t expect the 4 Dragon Kings Bonus features to be ordinary. There’s no free spins bonus, for example, because there are no reels to spin. There are special symbols, however, with the power to freeze fish, create flames or even trigger storms:

• Alchemy Furnace: freeze all fish on the screen.
• East Sea Dragon King: flame column allows you to collect more fish.
• West Sea Dragon King: super storm allows you to collect more fish.
• South Sea Dragon King: flame explosion allows you to collect more fish.
• North Sea Dragon King: lightning storm allows you to collect more fish.

4 Dragon Kings Review - Our Verdict

Wow. It’s not often we see a video slot like this, so willing to throw aside the normal constraints of slots. You might feel more like you’re playing a shoot-'em-up computer game, which we’ll admit isn’t why most people visit online casinos and load reels. It may take a while to adjust to the format of the base game, but we really do recommend at least trying the innovative 4 Dragon Kings.

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