Golden Eggs (CQ9) Demo Slot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Game Theme & Storyline

Eggs hold a special place in many cultures, and the Chinese are no exception regarding eggs as a symbol of fertility. Chinese red eggs are given out to celebrate a baby’s birth, usually two for a girl and one for a boy.

But these aren't ordinary eggs - look closely and you’ll see a dragon inside. In Chinese mythology dragons remained in the egg for 3,000 years - 1,000 in water, 1,000 in the mountains and 1,000 in the land of men. It’s even said that one Chinese monastery preserved a dragon’s egg with the embryo inside. Once they hatched the tiny fledglings would grow to full size in an instant, destroying any building as they crashed through the roof to fly off into a thunderstorm.

Graphics & Sound

This highly unusual slot celebrates eggs, eggs and more eggs. In fact they’re the only things on the reels either in 3D gold or as a dark silhouette. Look closely though and you can just see the silhouettes of the baby dragons curled inside.

It’s an effective and unusual design, though you’ll need to adjust to the fact that the reels aren’t packed with symbols. It’s a strange sensation when the screen comes up filled with black eggs. Keeping everything rolling is a jaunty traditional Chinese tune that you can disable in the settings menu if you prefer.

How To Play

The Any5 pays mechanism takes all the guesswork out of this slot. Quite simply, if you land at least one golden egg on each reel you’ll earn a payout. If not then it’s a blank spin so there are no prizes for matching 3 or more symbols unless you land one of the blue scatter symbol eggs. Otherwise these golden ovals rain from the top of the screen hopefully landing you a decent prize.

This unconventional game engine means you don’t have to remember paylines or complicated rules. But you’ll want to look out for the blue scatter egg as this has the potential to boost your rewards and we’ll explain how it works in the bonus features section.

There are 5 green numbered eggs between 4 and 20, 4 blue numbered eggs between 30 and 80 and 3 red numbered eggs between 160 and 2,000. These potential prizes are multiplied by your bet.

If you’ve played CQ9 Gaming Slot Machines before you’ll appreciate how sleek the user interface is. Optimised for mobile play it’s easy to switch between customisation features like autoplay and turbo spins to up the pace and really pack in those games.

Bet Sizes And Maximum Win

You can play this slot from as little as 0.8 credits a spin to 1,600. Setting your bet is easy - just adjust the plus and minus symbols above and below the spin button to arrive at the level you feel comfortable at.

The maximum win on offer here is 3,000x your stake when you land 5 blue scatter eggs on the reels, although higher payouts are possible if they combine with golden eggs. Either way this feature is incredibly difficult to land as you’d expect from such an unusual high volatility slot.

Bonus Features

There’s only one bonus feature in Golden Eggs and it wins the maximum prize in the game.

Scatter feature: Look out for the blue scatter 6 eggs symbol to land anywhere on the reels. 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols will award the player 3x, 150x or 3,000x their stake.

The scatter egg wins two different kinds of credits when it features in both the Any5 and the scatter feature.

RTP & Volatility

The RTP of this slot is the average for this developer at 96%. This is a hypothetical number only representing a possible long term return when playing this slot. Be aware that your personal RTP is likely to show quite a lot of variance from this figure.

This high volatility slot pays out infrequent but high value awards. It can also burn through your bankroll fast as you wait for the highest value eggs to land.

Other Games You Might Like

CQ9 Gaming has a fantastic portfolio of Chinese themed slots packed with beautiful and potentially rewarding games like Funny Alpaca, Oriental Beauty and Sky Lanterns.

Golden Eggs with Jackpot: if you enjoy Golden Eggs this version takes it to another level with the addition of 4 Dragon Jackpots that can trigger randomly after any base game. 12 coins will appear and once 3 matching coins have been chosen, that jackpot will be won. Gameplay is identical to the original Golden Eggs slot.

Our Verdict

Golden Eggs is a unique slot that will leave you baffled and delighted. It’s incredibly easy to get the hang of as you’ll only win a payout in the majority of spins when you land 1 or more golden eggs on every single reel. It’s also not unusual for no eggs to land at all which can be disconcerting for fans of more conventional games.

We enjoyed our time playing Golden Eggs and it undoubtedly offers some great potential, though it’s not easy to release. But if you’re looking for a slot with the promise of big wins, simple pick up and play gameplay and some great looking graphics you could do a lot worse than give Golden Eggs a spin.

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