Glorious Guardians - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

As a stock exchange listed company Playtech is one of the biggest developers in the market in terms of their resources. They also have a vast portfolio of games and you’ll find Playtech free slots on a huge number of casino sites. Glorious Guardians is a Chinese mythology themed slot, a geographical location we have visited before with the very different space themed game Yutu from Playtech. 

Glorious Guardians has a 5-reel, 3-column grid with a 50 pay lines. The minimum line bet is 0.10 and the maximum is 500. There are 5 high paying regular symbols: the Gold Dragon, the Green Dragon, the Phoenix, the White Tiger and the Turtle. The lower symbols are the top 6 playing cards. The scatters are a 1 and a Yin/Yang symbol.

Theme, Graphics and Soundtrack

We’ve seen ancient China feature so often in online slots that it must be hard for developers to find something fresh to do with the theme. Here there’s a pleasant lack of lanterns, teapots and Geishas. Instead there are temples, green hills, blue skies and two monstrous statues. The icons on the reels are appropriately fearsome and the animation is generally good. The mystery puzzle feature generates a visual tension that is quite compelling. The soundtrack is a standard approximation of Chinese folk music.

Glorious Guardians RTP and Variance

According to Playtech, Glorious Guardians has an RTP of 96.49%. The variance is not recorded.

How to Play Glorious Guardians

Before you start the game, take a moment to familiarise yourself with the game:

1. Press the start button to start the game. You can also use the space bar.
2. Press - or + to set the total bet level.
3. Press the lightning bolt to activate turbo mode, making the reels spin faster. 
4. Pressing the lightning bolt again ends the turbo mode session.
5. Press the spin button to spin the reels with the current bet. During the reel spin the spin button changes into stop. Clicking stop ends the spin animation and immediately displays the spin result.
6. In the case of a winning spin, the win field displays the accumulating winnings. On a given payline, only the highest winning combination pays while simultaneous winnings on different paylines are accumulated.
7. Wins are calculated according to the paytable. Payouts shown in the paytable are multiplied by the coin bet. The coin bet is the total bet / 50.
8. In autoplay the reels are spun automatically. To display the list of options, press the button with a play icon and an arrow around it, and select the number of spins to be played automatically.
9. Autoplay can also be set to until feature, which will spin the reels until the Fortune Guardians puzzle, respins or twin symbols free games features are triggered, or you do not have sufficient funds for the next spin. During autoplay, the number of remaining spins is displayed.
10. Autoplay ends when the reels have spun the number of times specified, you do not have sufficient funds for the next spin or a feature has been triggered.
11. Always play gambling games responsibly and if playing for money make sure you stay within the limits of what you can afford to lose. When it stops being fun you should stop playing.

Bet Sizes and Paytable Wins

The bet size ranges from 0.10 to 500. Top pay-out is 2,000x.

The paytable values are from 3x to 5x and the top pay-outs are as follows:

Gold Dragon
5 = 150

Green Dragon
5 = 70

Phoenix
5 = 70

White Tiger
5 = 60
        
Turtle
5 = 60

Ace, King
5 = 5040

Queen, Jack, 10, 9
5 = 30
    

Max-win 1,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 96.49%

Glorious Guardians Bonus Features

Fortune Guardians Puzzle

The aim is to fill reels 1 and 2 with matching guardian symbols to win 3 initial respins. Puzzle symbols form the image. If you land 3 or more you win a cash prize. Nine symbols are needed to complete the image and award the grand prize. Every time a puzzle symbol symbol lands the number of respins resets to 3. If no puzzle symbols land the number of respins decreases by 1. Respins end when the full image is made or the number of respins reaches 0.

Respins

If 3 scatters land during the base game the respins feature is triggered, awarding 3 respins. Any additional scatters reset the number of respins to 3. Scatter symbols stick in place when they land. When the feature ends the numbers on the scatter symbols will accumulate, awarding the corresponding number of free games. Each Yin/Yang symbol can award the Mini, Major or Mega prize.

Twin Symbols Free Games

Free games begin automatically after the respins feature. On every spin all mystery symbols will change into the same symbol type. If the current mystery symbol lands on the reels then that position becomes a locked mystery symbol for all subsequent spins.

Glorious Guardians Review: Our Verdict

Although the gameplay is straightforward and the bonus features not as sophisticated as they sound, the mystery puzzle feature is a nice innovation. As you watch the reels spin and the respins run out, suddenly a piece of the puzzle lands and you get more spins - it’s a clever way of letting you recover winning chances from the jaws of defeat. 

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