Journey to the West Review

What’s happening on the reels

This epic adventure takes place on 5 reels while offering 25 paylines.

The characters that fill this slot are interesting with each one being me eccentric than the next. The reels include 4 lower value Chinese letters and four mythological characters who appear in the book on which this slot is based. They are Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie aka Pigsy, Xuanzang and Sun Wukong aka The Monkey King, who is the most rewarding.

2 other symbols on the reels are the Wild, which can replace all symbols except the Scatter. A free spins gong represents the scatter.

The control panel is neatly laid out below the reels and allows the player to work their way around this game efficiently.  The information icon will take you to the pay table where you will be able to read up on how the game works and what you need to win big.

Free Spins

Should the Scatter land in 3 spots anywhere on the reels you will trigger the free spin round with 5 free spins.  If you land more Scatter symbols during the free spin round, you will receive 3 more free spins.  This option is unlimited.

You’ll then have to choose from 1 of the 4 main characters or the wild. Extra stacks of this symbol will be added to the reels for your free spins. Each 1 offers a special multiplier award when it forms part of a winning combination:

• Wild wins pay 1x
• Monkey King wins pay 2x
• Xuanzang wins pay 3x
• Pigsy wins pay 4x
• Sha wins pay 5x

During regular spins, all symbols can be stacked except the Scatter symbol.

To sum it all up

Journey to the West is an adventure of a Bitcoin slot and a credit to Pragmatic. Not only is it exceptionally well animated and full of interesting and unique characters but it also performed well and offered some rewarding play.  Journey to the West will appeal to the general gaming community as it is a good combination of visual, gaming action and decent wins. A breath of fresh air.