ABOUT
Floating Dragon - Dragon Boat by Pragmatic Play lets players embark on a beautiful morning during a Chinese celebration of the Floating Dragon Boat Festival. The Asian theme here is a lot less corny than in some other titles, with picturesque landscapes, pastel-leaved trees, and soaring mountains making up its background composition. Regarding the gameplay, the slot wisely brings back all the features that made the original Floating Dragon famous.
Betting Options and Bonus Features
In the base game of the Floating Dragon - Dragon Boat Festival, players are presented with a nice blue sky with a touch of cherry blossom. The default RTP here is 96.07%, and opposite to the peaceful atmosphere, the volatility level is 5/5 and the slot also can produce an earth-shattering max win of 10,000x the bet.
Players spin on a 5-reel, 3-row gaming grid with 10 fixed paylines and 10 regular paying symbols. These include the card ranks as well as higher-paying symbols: fish, a flag, a drum, and a dragon boat that pays 200x for a full line. The Lady symbol serves as the Wild and appears on all reels during free spins. There are also fish money symbols that will prove their value in the bonuses.
If you're already familiar with the original Floating Dragon slot, the bonus features here will be very familiar. First we have the Hold & Spin feature, triggered by 3 Money Symbols. These triggering symbols remain in place while all other symbols fade away. The round starts with 3 respins, and each time a new money symbol lands, it resets the respin count. Additionally, when new money symbols appear, all money symbols on the screen contribute their values to the total win amount.
To activate the Free Spins feature, you need to land 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols, which will grant you 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During the free spins, whenever a Wild symbol lands, it awards the combined values of all Fish Money Symbols visible on the reels. Each time you collect 4 Wild symbols, the feature is retriggered, awarding an additional 10 free spins.
In addition, each retrigger comes with an escalating multiplier going from 2x to 3x and then 10x. This multiplier applies to the Money symbol collections, and the retriggered spins begin once the current batch of free spins concludes. At random intervals, if there is at least one Wild symbol on the reels at the end of a spin, Fish Money symbols may be added to the reels randomly, enhancing the payout potential.
Like many new slots, Floating Dragon - Dragon Boat Festival offers many ways to place your bet. You can bet 0.5x more to increase the chance of scatters appearing. Or if you’re even more impatient, you can just buy one of the bonuses for 100x the bet.
Roshtein’s Take
While scoring no point on the originality front, Floating Dragon - Dragon Boat Festival still knocks it out of the park in terms of excitement. The fish-frenzy type bonus has long been one of the most beloved gaming mechanics, and the Hold & Spin feature is the cherry on top. Moreover, the game’s elegant and soothing ambiance is quite underrated; it can do wonders for those looking for a serene state of mind.
