Diamonds are hardly a new feature in many slot games. They’ve appeared more times than we care to count. However, they appear a lot because they can offer a lot, so we weren’t surprised to see them again in the Emperor’s Diamonds slot game.
If you’re eager to see what this game might offer, lets get underway with our full slot game review here.
Which game studio released Emperor’s Diamonds?
This slot comes from a massive collection owned by Genesis Gaming.
It does also feature a demo version
This means you’ve got the chance to see what it is like before you sort through any real coins to play with. You can’t receive real prizes from the demo, but you can receive lots of knowledge and insight before you change over to the real thing.
Do diamonds supply the theme?
They do, yes, although they are part of a larger theme that delves into Oriental imagery. It makes for quite the combination.
A maze of a design
Literally, as it turns out – the background offers a circular maze-style image that looks cool but offers little in the way of theme details. The reels themselves have lots of Oriental symbols on them, so you can see turtles, fish, red envelopes (more about those in a second), and lots more too.
How to play the Emperor’s Diamonds slot
We have a standard 5 x 3 game screen to play on when the game loads. It doesn’t look like there are any progressive jackpots in this one, even though the word jackpot does come into play later in the game.
We have a Hongbao wild in play though, and this appears on reels two through five, and can do so in stacks too. We looked up the meaning of this and it refers to a red envelope that contains money. It looks like the usual wild rule applies here too, o
ffering substitute powers for all the standard symbols but not for the scatter. This game uses Lu as the scatter symbol.
How many lines does the game offer?
There are 30 in this slot game.
Begin play from a penny per line
Good news for penny players, but there are other coin values to choose from too if you want to bet a lot more per spin according to whatever budget you’re working with.
Make sure you review the paytable before you begin
It gives you images of the game and lots of information about how to play Emperor’s Diamonds. This should make it a lot easier for you to focus on the game once you get underway.
Look out for diamonds to go through to the bonus feature
This is the Jackpot Diamond Bonus, and you need six or more of the diamonds to get there. All the diamonds spotted stick where they are, and you receive three respins. Whenever a respin gives you one or more new diamonds, those stay in place too and the respin counter goes back to three.
There is more to this round too. If you get certain combinations of diamonds appearing on the 5 x 3 set of reels, the reel set can increase in size. It’s possible to reach a grid as big as 8 x 4. There are four jackpots available for this bonus round, two of which are up for grabs even if your grid doesn’t get any bigger. However, the top two jackpots are only available if you reach the largest 8 x 4 grid, so it’s quite a challenge to get there and scoop one of them.
Does the slot game include any free spins?
It does. Remember the Lu scatter? Find three or more of those and you’ll get eight spins. It doesn’t sound too promising, but the slot game gives you another set of reels for these. Those reels have more wilds and scatters on them than the usual ones, so your chances of wild prizes and possibly more freebies do increase.
Do we have a return to player value to share?
We do – the official Genesis Gaming website confirms it as 96%.
What’s our rating for this slot game?
This is a superb game, although reaching the bonus round proved tricky when we
checked it out. We think it’s a decent 8.5 out of 10 slot game though.
How often do jackpot winners strike?
It’s hard to say, although we guess it must be easier to nab the smallest jackpot than the largest one. None of them trigger too often, but we’ll let you know here whenever we get news of another major winner.
Remember that you can play for practice and entertainment
You may never go beyond this part of the game if you don’t want to. However, if you do want to play the real game, start with this version anyway.
Play for real whenever you see this at a participating casino
Genesis Gaming’s slots turn up on several websites, so check them out and see what you think of the Emperor’s Diamonds game when you spot it.
More mobile gaming too
Genesis Gaming always lets players check out their slots across all platforms. This means you can try this slot on iOS and Android handsets along with computers.
