Year of Fortune

Year of Fortune is a very interesting slot game coming from Real Time Gaming software provider. The theme of the game is the Chinese year of the Ox. According to belief in that year there is good fortune all year long so that’s where the game got its name from.

The slot has a good design and graphic. It is very colorful and it reminds me of some celebration. The game has a good paytable and you can have some big wins during base play. The wild symbol here is the Golden Ox. He lands only on reels 2, 3 and 4 and has a doubling function when in a win. He doesn’t substitute for the scatter Year of the Ox logo or for the jackpot symbol God of Wealth.

This game has a free spins bonus round. It is triggered when you get at least 3 scatters anywhere on the reels. You get 8 free spins which don’t have a multiplier attached but they are played at 88 paylines instead of the normal 25. This is something I found interesting in a slot game, changing the number of lines in the bonus game.

This game can be very fun to play. When I start playing I start on minimum bet and gradually raise it up to 1$ when I see that the wins are more frequent and when I see a lot of 2 scatters appearing on the reels. Sometimes when my balance is down before the bonus game I win 3 God of Wealth symbols which recover everything that I lost so far and if the bonus game comes fast everything I win in it is profit. The free spins in the game are often retriggered but I can’t say that I had some incredible wins in the bonus game. My wins are usually from 20 x bet up to 80 x bet.

Still this can be a good game to have fun and I am still hoping to see 5 God of Wealth on a payline and a jackpot on my balance.

Play on this slot means and exploring some of the traditions of Eastern culture. Year of Fortune is a popular slot game from RTG platform that every day in our homes brings the joy of Chinese holidays. This is one of the few slots on the internet that was created in honor of the Chinese New Year, and is full of elements and personalities that go along with this traditional Chinese holiday. I have not made any significant profit from the game in this atmosphere, but it was here some small winnings in a short period of time. Otherwise I'm very difficult received symbols that we allow free spins, and through the whole game I followed silence of cows, which from time to time bring some coin and so at least for a short time increase my account.

Eastern Lions bring powerful rewards, and make between the Chinese New Year and the year of fortune game a perfect blend of full of excitement and audio effects. I would especially put accent to the sound in this game which is done professionally and could be used in some kind of simulation of realistic nature sounds. Greater difference compared to other popular slots from RTG franchise is that, because this slot has 25 lines, ie. the same number of opportunities for bigger winnings. By default bet per line rule restricts us maximum bet per line to 5$. This means that the maximum bet per spin is exactly 125$, which is significantly more than in other games with a maximum bet of 100$.

During the game I got the impression that in this game we do not have a large percentage gains, and that the name of this slot game in my case, is linked to the return of certain winnings to the casino. Maybe I'm wrong, but whenever he long played this game I would go into a significant loss from which we would not even after multiple interruptions (pauses) and even after a few days. I have never been to positively score on the end of the day, and I always was obtained in the other games. Who knows maybe it's up to me. Rating 6/10

I’m wondering when this is going to be the long awaited Year of Fortune for me, from an oriental game from software RTG, for my greatest win of the century. Yes, Year of Fortune plays with a jackpot, has standard quality graphics and sound, and has 1 star down.

There are other RTG games that use a similarly laid out paytable as for Year of Fortune. The Bull Wild Symbol doesn’t pay anything, the Logo Scatter symbol pays 88 x the total bet for 5 of them, 5 of God of Wealth pay the Jackpot prize, 5 of the castle pay 8888 x the line bet, and so forth. The win values are actually very good for the top symbols, except for the non-paying Wilds, the slightly lower paying scatters, and all the other lower paying symbols. 1 star down.

Feature wise, it is a far cry for Year of Fortune. With only a single free spins feature game, with no alternative Win-Win feature, and no other special feature to aim for either, this game will either get you hooked, or you will not give it a second look! The nice thing is that while in the main game, you’ll be playing with 25 lines, but in the free spins game, the paylines automatically change to 88 lines, for more chances at getting good wins. Only 8 free spins are awarded per each free spins feature game, but retriggers are possible, so the better your luck, the more free spins you can get. But that’s about it, nothing more. 1 star down.

Playing the game can be tedious or it can be quite okay at times, but payouts are usually very small, mostly less than my bet per spin amount. The free spins game can be won within short playing intervals, but these are hardly the big paying ones. The good ones usually come after a long period of playing, trying and waiting. Nonetheless, not even a good paying free spins game could recover back what has been lost, and at the end of the day, it has always been zero balance for me. Haven’t won a single game on Year of Fortune as yet. 1 star down.

Year of Fortune, it's like it's Chinese New Year everyday with this video slot! It actually is the theme for this 25 paylines with an exception to Ox's....well....Chinese New year with Ox's! In this Real Time Gaming video slot, at first it was just this normal 25 paylines slot but when I saw the feature, I was surprised, mind-blown and moderately impressed! I know it's only 8 Free spins but the 25 paylines became 88 paylines!! This is what it's all about in video slots.....surprises and improvements that goes on when these features get triggered!!!

When I'm satisfied to bet through my 4 coins, I begin playing for 6 coins later for a bit more winning action! The Golden Ox's inside my free spins were doubling my combinations. This slot should put in wild Golden Ox's on every reel (Since they appear only for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reels) to make the 8 free spins more entertaining because it's short based on just looking at it and playing through them! I would win on 4 coins $40 if the Golden Ox's allow themselves to appear and on 6 coins around $60 or less as it's "somewhat" difficult in hitting wins on this bet despite the 88 paylines. What I mean is 2 - 3 wasted free spins in a row....surely all of us have been there! The Wild golden Ox's are alright when it comes to appearances and frequency so I don't mind them. All it takes for the 8 Free spins is just 3 Year of Fortune logos. I really don't know what's better? The 88 paylines or the nice wins that came from 88 paylines? It's just so impressive to get this feature!

The 8 Free spins don't have a multiplier for the whole round of free spins...only the Golden Ox's do the work in doubling my combinations. And most importantly, these 8 free spins must count to gain a good total win. Some will be wasted while other triggers will put down a small row of wasted free spins before I gotten to win anything!

You can accuse me of being a bandwagon fan of accuse me of being a bandwagon fan of Year of Fortune and probably you would be right but I quickly loved this game because of my success on it. A casino offered me a no-deposit bonus and the game’s 88 paylines during free games was something that kindled my interest.
At first sight I found its interface nice and liked Asian/Chinese theme that it built around with paper dragons, lamps, fireworks, ox symbols that introduce how people out there celebrate the coming new horoscope year.

The 25-payline game has Progressive Jackpot amount to win but what I like to mention at first is the very unique power that the game has 88 ways-to win when free spin feature is played. Year of the Ox Scatter can trigger 8 free games (and also pay up to 88 times of total bet in lucky situation) where additional free games can be won and although these spins have no more multiplier value than x1 but the 88 lines and Golden Ox really make the tricks. Ox is the Wild and only appears on the middle reels with doubling the wins if it takes part of that but during free spins each Golden Ox doubles the wins if appear in the same winning combination. I know 8 spins don’t seem too much but believe me sometimes you don’t notice that just be satisfied with the final results. It’s a well-rewarding free spin feature, there’s no doubt about it.

The Jackpot of the game – of course besides Progressive Jackpot – is a 5 of a kind win with God of Wealth symbols and to concretize this, it’s an amazing 88.888 times of line bet award, but win with Pagodas and Oxen during free spins also can pay more than x71.000. Not too many slots out there that can show such high number for their theoretically just 3rd best winning combination.

Returning my story, I left the bet at $1 and started playing with it. After some introductory minutes I doubled my stakes and shortly had a more than x1500 winning with a 5 of a kind line including 2 Oxen. Later while playing with just $0.50 and when the reels started to stop, the very first figure was a God of Wealth on the first reel. On Reel 2 it arrived at the bottom position and these two moves repeated on the next 2 reels so I knew immediately I had 4 of a kind from it but the last reel didn’t put it on the right spot. This single spin won for me more than $170 and while I was happy about it the little devil stirred inside of me and thought of what would have been if the last symbol had appeared on the proper position. (That’s the human nature. Something good happens but it’s never enough and always wants more).
I also had some nice free spin results and I think enough to say more than the given money was later transferred to an e-wallet account. Since then though I got some more from the game but never had such great run on it.

Overall, it’s one of the slots that have the biggest potential to achieve something remarkable result. I really appreciated and admire this attribute and combining it with the fact it’s a great all-around game and much fun to play with, I think it’s no coincidence to fall in love with it. Every opportunity when I can spend my time with YoF, it’s a pleasure to me.