5 Lions Megaways slot runs on 5 reels and up to 200704 paylines that runs on Pragmatic Play software. It is the fourth Lion instalment, and it was only fair that it is revamped as Megaways. The slot features already famous lions who are bringing luck and fortune, and are representing the 5 elements – water, fire, earth, metal, and wood. Enjoy the company of these traditional creatures here for fun or at any Pragmatic Play Casino for real.
How to Play 5 Lions Megaways Slot
Set your bets and enter the Forbidden City that these beasts are guarding.
- Hit +/- buttons will take out a draw panel to help you set your bets.
- Hit the Spin button to send the reels into spinning motion.
- Autoplay opens up a panel that lets you choose the number of automated spins and whether and when do you want them to end.
- Bet Double ON/OFF is the ante bet option that increases your chances of winning the feature.
Slot Features
Gold Lion Wild can sub in for all the symbols in the game except for the Yin Yang, and it can appear on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 only. In addition, the game offers Wild Multiplier that kicks in whenever at least one Wild hits as a part of a win combo. Once that happens a random multiplier will be applied, and multiplier values can be x2, x3, x5, x8, x10, x30 and x40.
Tumble
After each spin with a winning combo the symbols involved will disappear form the grid and the remaining symbols will tumble down to make room for new ones to fall onto the grid. As usual, tumbles continue for as long as the wins are present on the grid.
Free Spins
Yin Yang is your bonus symbol that triggers the round if you hit at least 3 of them on the grid on the same spin. Once triggered, you will get to choose one of the available options for the free spins round, and there are 7 of them with different combo of spins and wild multipliers.
You can choose 25 spins with x2, x3 and x5 multipliers, 20 spins with x3, x5 and x8 multiplier, 15 spins with x5, x8 and x10 multiplier, 13 spins with x8, x10 and x15 multiplier, 10 spins with x10, x15 and x30 multiplier 6 with x15, x30 and x40 multiplier and last, but not least is the Mystery which awards a random number of spin and multipliers.
Summary
5 Lions Megaways is designed as bursts of vibrant colour with great graphics, and in that manner it does not fall behind the other instalments. The changes the Pragmatic’s team made are minimal, and we believe that this will guarantee the success of the slot because why change something that works. It is highly volatile with 96.50% RTP and max wins that reach up to x5000 your bet. If you liked the saga, then this should not be missed as it delivers as just much as any other before, if not even more.
5 Lions Megaways is a slot game by Pragmatic Play that was released earlier this year. And from the name itself I figured that it's the megaways version of their game called 5 Lions. I remember it being Asian themed with different Lions so I wasn't too surprised when I saw 5 Lions Megaways incorporating these elements in the slot.
The game came out around the time when Pragmatic Play was taking their best-selling slots and creating megaways versions of them. But I have to say that before trying 5 Lions Megaways, I wasn't expecting much as I was never a big fan of the original game. But after spending a few sessions with it, I can say that the game has grown on me a bit.
In terms of the game design, it's a quite typical Asien theme slot that has lion symbols, letters and numbers as low paying symbols, dragons, turtles and lastly Ying & Yang symbols that work as scatters. In the base game there's not too much going on- the game has a tumble feature, so after every winning combination, the symbols cascade and new ones land in their place. I have had a few big base game hits simply due to the fact that it's a megaways game and I had a good hit with one of the premium symbols all across the reels. But I can't say that the base game is anything special or unique- but if you like Megaways games, this one is a good option.Â
Then there's also a free spins bonus round, which you trigger by 3 or more scatter symbols. Then you need to select your special lion - each lion has a different free spins amount and special multiplier. The lowest amount of spins is 6 and the highest one- 25. But I usually take the middle ground - 13 free spins with 8x, 10x or 15x multipliers or 10 free spins with 10x, 15x or 30x multiplier, as I feel like the multipliers are great yet you still get a decent amount of spins.Â
However to hit a good win you need to get a win with a wild multiplier in the bonus round, as only then you get one of the 3 multipliers. I believe that's what makes this game volatile- unless you get wilds in a winning combination, the bonus round is the same as base game. But I've had a few great wins due to the wilds in free spins, my best win being 400x bet so far. So it's definitely a game that can pay.
Overall I think that the only thing that really sets this slot apart from any other megaways ame is the free spins bonus with different multiplier wilds. Other than that, it's a regular Megaways game but with Asian theme. I'll be honest, while I think that the game has a nice bonus feature, I'm not a big fan of the game design and if I'm in the mood for a megaways game, this wouldn't be my top choice.