5 Dragons Online Pokies Review

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Reels

5

Paylines

243

Jackpot

NORMAL

Bonus round

NO

Overall rating

90 /100

Because the game is produced by Aristocrat, 5 Dragons' online pokies rating is already looking up. Aristocrat has been a part of the casino industry for many years, dating all the way back to the 1950s, and started by producing offline gambling machines.

They've brought all of that experience to their online games, often porting popular land-based machines for use online. 5 Dragons is an example of this, and is one of Aristocrat's most popular offline titles. If you've ever been in a land-based venues in Australia, online pokies/5 Dragons fan or not, you've probably seen it before.

Fun stat for you? The 5 Dragons brand accounts for a huge 10% of pokies spending in New South Wales. On the web, 5 Dragons faces much more competition but it's still hugely popular. Let's find out why.

How To Play

5 Dragons has much in common with other standard 3 row 5-reel online pokies. Australia-based players will already be very familiar with this format, so there's no learning curve here. 5 Dragons also features:

• 243 paylines, thanks to the addition of Reel Power, though you may not notice much more impact than in a standard 50 payline game
• Bonus features – Aristocrat standards like scatter rewards and free spin bonus rounds
• Decent max jackpot with potential bonus wins that are even higher

Getting started is as easy as choosing how many credits to bet per line—with the total bet rather frustratingly falls on numbers like 240, 300 and 450 rather than 250, 500 etc.—and hitting spin, or AutoPlay if you want the game to do all the work.

The red/black mini-game allows you to gamble your winnings on the colour, or suit for a higher reward, of a random card. It's possible to rack up some serious winnings with a string of lucky guesses, but I didn't seem to master this aspect of the game too well.

Graphics/Sounds

5 Dragons' Oriental theme is bright and colourful, with lots of attractive themed symbols that are pleasing to the eye. However, there are so many different symbols that it can be difficult to keep track of them all until you've been playing for a little while.

Still, it's nice to lose yourself in the theme, and the game looks almost as good on instant play/no download casinos as in a downloadable client.

Bonus Features

Hit the coin scatter bonus and you'll win a series of free spins. When you hit this bonus, you'll be prompted to choose a wild dragon that determines how many free spins you get and the figure any wins you net during your free spin session will be multiplied by.

In theory, this is a recipe for some really impressive wins, but it never seemed to work out quite that way for me. I had to play for quite a while before triggering a bonus round and, when I did, the winnings I came out with on the other side weren't as impressive as those I've won on other Aristocrat titles. That may have just been bad luck on my part though.

Once your free spins have finished, you have the option of gambling it all on the red/black mini-game. Hit a lucky streak, and this gives you the chance to boost your winnings by thousands or tens of thousands of credits. Choose wrong though, and you could lose it all.

5 Dragons' pokies rating for its bonus features is pretty good in that its bonus rounds give you some degree of control over your potential winnings. If you'd rather play cautiously, you can take a lot of free spins with a lower multiplier but, if you're really trying to hit it big, you can take a risk on the yellow dragon.

5 Dragons Online Pokies Review

5 Dragons has a great maximum jackpot on offer and you can enjoy some fairly regular small wins thanks to there being 243 ways to win, but it's easy to burn your way through your bankroll pretty quickly chasing what sometimes feels like an elusive bonus round.

When it does arrive, the scatter bonus round can be very lucrative especially if you decide to take a chance on gambling your winnings on the red/black mini-game. The graphics are very nice, even on no download casinos, so 5 Dragons' pokies rating definitely gets some points for that.

The game is probably so popular because it's been around for so long in land-based venues and, while it's a lot of fun to play, there are plenty of other titles out there that can be more lucrative.

Reviewed By: OnlinePokies.org