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Set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the legend talks about the two young people who felt a strong affinity for each other the moment they met. As in all tragic love stories, on the day Zhy and Liang confessed their eternal love to each other, Zhy’s family declared that she was already to marry a wealthy merchant.
Because of that, Liang dies and Zhy comes to visit his grave. She begs the gods to open up the grave, which they did. Zhy jumped into the open grave, joined Liang, and they turned into two butterflies, joined together for all eternity.
You will rest your eyes on the green background and the soothing creek flowing behind the reels. The two lovers will keep you company while you play the game. They also act as the Wild. Joined together, they form the Wild symbol.
You will come across blue and pink butterflies, jade jewellery, lotus flowers, and pomegranates. Low-paying symbols are represented by playing cards, which are painted like Chinese symbols.
Butterfly Lovers does not offer the classic set of rules. It is played on a 4×4 grid and pays everywhere. Just land 8 matching symbols anywhere on the reels, and you will win a payout. When it comes to Wilds, they pay even for 6-of-a-kind.
The betting range is extremely wide. Betting starts at $0.20 and you can bet as much as $10,000 per spin. The Wild is the top-paying icon, offering 40x the bet for 16-of-a-kind. The maximum payout is 1,600x the bet.
The 2019 release comes with custom volatility. You pick the volatility of the game, so set it either to low, medium, or high. Butterfly Lovers’ RTP is 96.16%.
I was surprised by the amount of action in the Wazdan title, given the fact that this is a tragic love story. Frankly, I expected a boring pokie. Each winning spin comes with locked symbols. There are two types of butterflies you collect, and each of them triggers a different feature.
Pay attention to the sacks that appear on the reels because they may take away some of the butterflies you collected. However, sacks also trigger an additional feature, called the Magic Sack Bonus.
Each time you land a winning combo, the winning symbols will lock in place, while other symbols respin. You only get 1 respin per winning spin, which can improve your wins. This feature can really boost your balance. At least, that was the case with me.
Whenever you land a blue butterfly, it will be collected and placed in the corresponding position at the Liang Shanbo Bonus Spins Matrix Table. Once the Table is full, you need to land 5 pink butterflies on the reels to trigger the Liang Shanbo Bonus Spins feature.
During the following 16 paid Bonus Spins, each Wild that lands on the reels is locked. When you end the feature, Wilds will pay according to the paytable.
It is not that hard to trigger this feature. However, I don’t like the fact that the Bonus Spins are not free. Sometimes, you don’t win as much as you spend on these Bonus Spins.
Every time you land a pink butterfly, it will be collected and placed in the corresponding position at the Zhu Yingtai Free Spins Bonus Matrix Table. When you fill all 16 positions in the Table, you will need 5 pink butterflies on the reels to trigger 16 free spins.
Free spins come with rising win multipliers, starting from 1x to 16x on the last free spin. I had a lot of fun with the Free Spins feature. I triggered it several times. My biggest total win was 750x the bet.
Above the reels, you will find a Sack Meter. You need 8 sacks to fill the Meter. Each sack may take away the collected butterflies. On the other hand, once the Meter is full, you get 8 Magic Sack Bonus Spins. They are paid spins.
Before the feature begins, 5 random Wilds are added to the reels. One of the low-value icons is randomly selected to be a sack symbol. Each time that symbol appears on the grid, it turns into a Wild and increases the win multiplier by 1x.
All Wilds that land are locked until the end of the feature, which is over once you use all 8 Bonus spins. This is probably the hardest feature to trigger in the 2019 release. Also, it is not that generous. My biggest win here was 32x.
I love a good love story. I also love a good story from Ancient China. Butterfly Lovers provides a perfect combination of the two.
To be honest, I did not know about the legend in question before, so I packed a sad when I found out that those two had to die to be together.
As for the pokie, I gave it only a squiz to see that it is a wicked game. Several interesting features and most of them are easy to trigger.
The only thing I did not like is the Magic Sack Bonus. It was hard to trigger and not worth the trouble.
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