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The action takes place in a temple placed on a mountaintop. Here, you will find a panda training to become a kung fu master. Sounds familiar, eh? Truth be told, you will not meet any of the masters or other warriors. The panda is the only character to appear in the temple.
As you try to find your inner peace and concentrate on your next spin, you will listen to native music in the background. It will make you feel calm and ready for action. Also, you can rest your eyes on the beautiful landscape. Well, Asian temples are usually built on lovely spots.
The moment the young master panda appears on the reels, he will use his abilities to expand and add multipliers to your wins. That’s because he acts as an Expanding Wild Multiplier. His dream is to become a dragon warrior. Hence, the dragon represents the top-paying regular symbol.
Among high-value icons, you will find traditional drums, blades, and paper fans. The Yin and Yang icon is the Scatter that triggers the Free Spins feature. Classic playing cards are used for low-value symbols.
Well, you do not have to be a master of martial arts to play the Panda Strike pokie, eh? The rules are quite simple and easy to understand. The 2024 release is played on a 5×4 grid with 40 fixed paylines. The slot pays left to right, beginning from the leftmost reel.
To win a payout, you need at least 3 matching icons on a payline. Set your bet somewhere between $0.40 and $160 and you are ready to go. As in almost all other Endorphina titles, you will find the Turbo mode and the Autoplay section. Panda Strike RTP is 96.07%. The maximum payout is 2,000x per spin.
Like every other martial arts movie, Panda Strike offers a decent amount of action and excitement. The young master panda will perform his tricks almost every time he appears on the grid, including expanding and adding multipliers.
Another way to benefit from win multipliers is to trigger free spins. During the feature, you can boost your wins with multipliers of up to 5x. After each winning spin, you can gamble your winnings. Also, you have the option to buy free spins.
The young master panda has some abilities that are perfect for pokie machines. The panda Wild appears only on reels 2, 3, and 4. When part of a winning combination, he can boost your win with a 2x or a 3x multiplier.
If you land the Wild on the bottom of the reel, he will expand to cover the entire reel and also expand to cover certain cells on adjacent reels. If the panda appears in the second or the third row, then he will expand vertically upward and spread to the higher positions on adjacent reels.
The only situation in which the Wild will not expand is when you land the panda on the top cell of a certain reel. I had so much fun with the young master panda. It appeared quite often and brought me decent wins. He usually boosted my wins with a 2x multiplier. My biggest base game win that included 8 Wild cells was around 60x.
Scatters appear on reels 2, 3, and 4. When all 3 Scatters land on the same spin, you trigger the Free Spins feature. You get to pick between 4 options. The first option comes with 28 free spins and a 1x multiplier. The second option offers 16 free spins and a 2x multiplier.
Go with the third option and you will get 11 free spins with a 3x multiplier. Finally, the fourth option gives you 7 free spins and a 5x multiplier. Of course, during free spins, you can land panda Wilds and you can retrigger the feature.
I triggered the feature several times. Each time I went for the biggest multiplier, I didn’t win much, up to 30x. For me, the best option was the one offering 11 free spins and the 3x multiplier. Each time I went for that option, I won plenty and got some extra free spins along the way. My personal best was 21 free spins and a 717x payout.
If you are not satisfied with your winnings, you may play the Risk Game. Here, you gamble your win by trying to reveal a bigger card than the dealer’s. To be honest, I was very bad in this section, I gambled almost all my winnings and lost almost all of them. That’s why I do not recommend this option.
Bonus Pop is the option where you can buy the Free Spins feature for 53x the bet. I tried the option several times while I tested the game and I never won more than I have paid for the feature. My biggest win via the Bonus Pop option was 45x.
Once again, the good people of Endorphina met my expectations with the Panda Strike pokie machine. It houses excellent visuals, a fitting soundtrack, and offers wicked features that may come with delicious payouts.
My personal favourite is the Panda Wild. The happy panda appears quite often and expands to help you land wins. I also liked the Free Spins feature, even though it takes time to trigger.
It would have been better if there were more characters included, instead of classic playing cards. I rate Panda Strike 7.7. If you like the theme, then make sure to also try Shaolin Panda.
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