Fire Blaze: River Empress - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Fire Blaze: River Empress review

Rarestone continues its ubiquitous Fire Blaze series with this new title. It focuses on a serene River Empress with the power to bestow good fortune upon those who play or send their winnings up in flames.

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Theme, graphics & soundtrack

The landscape is very pleasing visually. The background is full of soft pinks, peaches and golds, with brighter colours on the reels. This is a warm and slightly leftfield choice of palette for a fiery-themed game, which makes things more interesting than if the developers had flooded the screen with angry reds and oranges.

There is not a lot to say about the soundtrack, as it is chilled and unobtrusive and the game sound effects are fairly retro and bleepy.

Fire Blaze: River Empress RTP and variance

Fire Blaze: River Empress has an RTP of 96.5 per cent. The volatility is high; therefore, if you manage to land a big win, bear in mind that it might be some time before another one comes your way.

How to play Fire Blaze: River Empress

1. First, check the rules and paytable. The i icon to the bottom-left of the screen will reveal this information.

2. You can adjust your bet amount to the right of the i icon using the + and - buttons to either side of the total bet box. You can play between 0.1 and 500 per spin.

3. You can play in autoplay mode by clicking the button with two arrows on the bottom panel. You can select between 5 and 100 spins or until a feature is triggered.

4. You can also play in turbo mode by toggling the turbo button on and off using the green arrow button to the left of the main spin button.

5. To play manually, click the green spin button to the bottom-right of the screen.

Your available credit is displayed to the bottom-left of the screen, with your win amount shown in the centre of the bottom panel.

Bonus features

- Wild

She may seem zen, but it could be the calm before the storm - the Empress is also this game’s wild symbol. As such, she can substitute for any of the other symbols in the game, apart from the scatter and pearl symbols, to create a winning combination. She will land on reels two, three, four and five during the core gameplay and will often stand tall, stacking on the same reel. During a free spins round, she will land on any of the five reels.

- River of Flowers

The lotus flower is the game’s scatter symbol. If you manage to land three or more, you will be asked to choose between four lotus flowers of different colours. You can either win a free spins round or you will open the Fire Blaze respins jackpot.

If you nab the free spins, you will be awarded four, six or ten. During the free spins round, 50, 100 or 200 wilds will be added to the reels. If you manage to land three or more scatters during a free spin, you will receive the same number of free spins as before.

- Bonus symbol

The pearl is the game’s bonus symbol and can appear on any of the reels. This will bestow a multiplier of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15 or 50 times your total bet. These pearls are sticky and will grant you three respins.

- Jackpots

If you land 15 stars on the reels, you can win the grand jackpot. You could also win the major, minor and mini jackpots during the respins feature.

Fire Blaze respins

If you trigger this feature, only jackpot stars, pearls and blanks will land. Each time one lands, you get another three respins. This continues until you have no free spins or the screen is full of pearls.

Our verdict

There is a lot to take in if you are new to the Fire Blaze series. The popular
progressive jackpot bonus is present and correct.

Overall, the features are solid and the only downside is that if you have been playing the other titles in this series, you will find that not much is new.

If you enjoy this kind of game, we recommend that you also check out the Mega Fire Blaze: Legacy of the Tiger slot and look for similar titles from Playtech demo slots.

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