8 Tigers Gold Megaways

8 Tigers Gold Megaways: Slot Overview

Isle of Man-based studio Skywind Group might have come to the Megaways soiree a little later than some, but after reviewing Alive! Megaways it was clear the studio was keen to craft unique gaming experiences with it. Alive! Megaways combined a brilliant B-movie feel with a couple of new features to create a game the likes of which hadn't been seen in Megaways before. Next off the production line is 8 Tigers Gold Megaways which isn't quite as original. However, it definitely fulfils a certain demand, and there are sure to be plenty of players in its target audience ready to lap up this celebration of Asian culture.

There's nothing particularly special when entering 8 Tigers Gold Megaways for the first time from a visual standpoint. It has a very traditional look, with a restrained dark pattern background, sitting behind a 6-reel Megaways game panel. It does have a few extra buttons and icons than usual, though, such as the Extra Chance, feature buy choice, and Bank It features sitting on the left, plus the tiger animations are pretty neat. Equally traditional symbols litter the reels, so if this style is your area of interest, you'll be right at home here.

One deviation from the norm is that each reel can hold up to 8 symbols each rather than the usual 7. This means potentially more ways to win, and 8 Tigers can hit 262,144 payways when the game grid is maxed out. Bets can be set from 20 p/c to $/€20 per spin, on any device, or activating the Double or Triple chance increases the stake by 25% or 50%, respectively. As the name suggests, doing so doubles or triples the chance of triggering free spins. The rest of the numbers point to a high risk/reward game with volatility rated 5/5, and an RTP of 96.5%.

Card royals 9-A make up the low-value symbols at the bottom of the table, worth 0.5 to 1 times your stake for a six of a kind hit. Better returns are possible from the premium red envelopes, turtles, fish, lions, and Phoenix's. These tiles pay 1.5 to 10 times your stake when six land across the grid. Appearing on the middle reels 2-5 is the Tiger wild, which substitutes for any symbols except the scatter.

8 Tigers Gold Megaways: Slot Features

If you're the sort of person who gets overwhelmed by too many choices, maybe steer clear of 8 Tigers Gold Megaways since its bonus game comes with no less than 8 options. In addition, players get cascades, two base game modifiers, and the Play It Your Way feature.

Cascades

When wins hit, the respective symbols are destroyed, and new symbols fall down to fill the vacant spaces. This may lead to new wins forming, and cascades keep going like this until no new combination appears.

Base Game Features

Two features show up in the base game, completely at random. One is Fa Fa Fa SuperWays which may trigger while the grid is spinning to force 8 symbols onto each reel, creating 262,144 ways to win. The Tiger Multiplier is the second modifier, possibly triggered when a wild is used in a winning combination and applying a win multiplier of x2 to x25 to the win.

Free Spins

Be on the lookout for Yin & Yang symbols as 3 or more of these in view trigger the free spins feature. Here a line-up of 8 options is presented for players to pick one of. Options include 25, 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, or 5 free spins where the Tiger wild multiplier starts at x2, x3, x5, x7, x10, x13, or x25, respectively. Picking the eighth Mystery Option randomly selects a combination of free spins and starting multiplier from the list.

When wilds are used in free spins, their multiplier increases by it's starting value. Keep in mind, only one multiplier is used in a win, even if two or more wilds are involved in the combination. Lastly, an additional 5, 10, 15, or 25 free spins are awarded when 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters land in view.

Play It Your Way

When free spins conclude, the Play It Your Way feature begins. Here, players are given the choice of collecting their free spins winnings, gambling it for the chance to win free spins, or bank some of it and risking the rest for a chance to win free spins.

Bonus Buy

8 Tigers Gold Megaways comes with 2 bonus buy options. Shelling out 100x the bet triggers free spins on the next spin as normal. Or, for 328x the bet, you can win a random combination of 15, 20, or 25 free spins with starting Tiger wild multipliers of x10, x13, or x25.

8 Tigers Gold Megaways: Slot Verdict

Considering how many Asian slots Skywind has popped out since its inception, it's no shock to see the studio combining the theme with Megaways. After doing so, it's actually kind of surprising we don't have more of these sorts of games. Sure, Asian themed Megaways are nothing new, but there aren't many using the full on traditional dynastic look that is rampant in slots elsewhere. Perhaps not quite so numerous as they used to be, this style nevertheless remains popular amongst certain gamblers. One possible competitor is Pragmatic Play's 5 Lions Megaways, yet if anything, 8 Tigers Gold Megaways has a more traditional look.

One obvious similarity between the two games is their multi-choice free spins bonus rounds. Trigger them, and players have a lengthy list of free spin/multiplier combinations to choose from. A tough choice, or maybe not, as hardcore gamers can rush straight for the lower spin higher multiplier option, while those who prefer longer bonus time can head in the other direction. The way Tiger wilds increment their starting value is huge and might even be enough to attract players not enamoured by the theme in for a spin or two. Such dizzying multiplier potential helps 8 Tigers Gold Megaways on to its max win of 20,000x the bet, four times what 5 Lions Megaways had to offer, just saying. There is also the interesting Play It Your Way feature catering for players enjoy the thrill of gambling more, knowing some of their winnings are already banked.

These sorts of games tend to cater directly for a pre-set theme-specific audience, and anyone in this category should be thrilled by the gaming served up by 8 Tigers Gold Megaways. It's steeped in Asian culture, has the 'right' look, decent tiger animations, and an enticing multiplier increment system to create big win possibilities.