Tales of a Geisha Slot Machine
Being able to interact with 5 reels of beautiful women is something that many men, and women, will readily pay for without a second thought. And as geishas are seen as some of the most stunning women around, a game that provides the two is the epitome of entertainment. Tales of a Geisha is an oriental feast for the senses, with a progressive jackpot that can be randomly triggered.
Casino Web Scripts has gone back to its more overzealous design work here, with a real cash slot that is teeming with life from every nook and cranny; probably not one for those who favour simplicity and plainness. Hiding away among all that flamboyant artwork is a medium volatility and low end variance slot machine, relying on classic conventions rather than modern ones.
Underneath All the Make-Up
By stripping away all the aesthetics and decadent details, we get to see that this real cash slot relies on scatters, wilds and jackpot prizes. Rather than implementing a clever bonus round, users remain forever in the base game of this 2014 activity.
Even though there’s a simple beauty about having a set of features as limited as this, there’s no denying how disappointing it will be to come across such a visually stunning game, only to find the gameplay doesn’t match.
Concealed Beauty
Geishas not only showcase their beauty openly, but also conceal it by using fans, usually ones that have been delicately created; in Tales of a Geisha these tools of the trade are most important to the progress of the game. This is because of the number of free games that the accompanying symbol carries.
To be in with a win, you’ll need at least three of the fan icons, and even then you’ll only unlock the basic win of three extra games. This amount will grow to 15 rounds if you get four, and then a massive jump ahead to 100 if you get all five of them.
What ups the ante here, and makes that concealed beauty all the more enticing, is that a multiplier of x7 has been included with the tile. In the past Casino Web Scripts have provided a x3 multiplier, but never one so generous, and so we can’t help but be excited. Even pitiful wins will now look bulkier.
Lighting the Lanterns
A performance such as this won’t do with a couple of features, and so a lot of luminosity has to come from the mundane tiles upon the paytable, the symbols that reward only cash. After all, what is a slot machine without its big money wins?
Out of every tile, you’ll notice how the traditional looking building is the highest paying of them all, priced between €450 and €1,000. While you can see this information for yourself, it doesn’t explain how tedious it is to actually secure a five of a kind win here; users only have 15 winlines, which isn’t that many in truth. Therefore, you only have 15 different ways to get a combination, and even then the likelihood you’ll get five matches is improbable. After all, the win rate is said to be only 35.96%.
As a result, you’ll probably be seeing a lot of missed opportunities and/or a plentiful supply of red lanterns, which happen to be the smallest payout of the entire game. It doesn’t seem that your bet size has an impact on the values here, and so increasing your stake from €1 to €50 (as one example) doesn’t look to be worth the cost.
When the Tale Comes to an End
Tales of a Geisha wasn’t the game we had thought it would be, given its size. Usually with the brand, games that have 5 reels and an average size of winlines normally has a well-rounded set of features, yet here the brand chose to have very few.
The progressive payout and the excitement of when it will trigger, if at all, is thrilling in its own way, but it would have been nicer to have alternative means of securing a rush from the gameplay.
