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Admit it, you took one look at the name of this new slot from Realtime Gaming and wondered exactly how it is pronounced and whether you could offend anybody in the vicinity by stating the name. Well the good news is that there's nothing to be worried about on that score as the Fucanglong slot is simply the name of a famous dragon in Chinese culture.
In Chinese myths, Fucanglong is the name of the 'long' dragon who lives in the underworld and who acts as a guardian over a vast swathe of treasures and trinkets. So what you have here is not a badly misspelled colloquialism, but instead another exciting Asian-themed slot with this fire-breathing entity at the beating heart of the slot.
Let's now take a closer look at the Fucanglong slot in brief, before we take a more in depth look at how the slot shapes up.
Quick overview
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Presentation
The presentation of the Fucanglong slot is nicely done and the eastern/Oriental theme is clearly visible here. The game is set against a backdrop of what appears to be a pagoda of some form, with two statues of what appear to be dragons either side of the reels. The room is lit by paper lanterns in red, which is of course the colour associated with good fortune in eastern cultures.
The soundtrack is a somewhat confusing fusion of eastern sounds mixed with strings and while perhaps not typical of the Eastern culture, it does provide a simple and rather easy on the ear audio backdrop to the slot.
The information on the game is accessed by clicking on the two banners that dangle either side of the reel, the left banner bring up info on the slot, its bonus games and the winning paylines and there are help and rules detailed in the banner on the right. Other than that it is very simple to understand, you have your coin selector (which goes from 0.30 up to 7.50 per spin) and then you can adjust the speed of the spins, use the auto-play feature, or click the spin button or space bar to play.
What's on the reels?
When it comes to what is on the reels, then you will need to have good eyes, a solid understanding of Asian culture or the Fucanglong legend to fully grasp what is on the reels. The symbols are, to be frank, a little bewildering to western eyes initially, but here's what we have managed to discover.
The lowest value symbols are the three symbols shaped like medals in gold silver and bronze pertaining to luck, fortune and health along with the treasure chest and a green brooch-like item. These offer payouts of up to 88 coins for five on a line.
You can get slightly higher payouts from the large toad and fiery symbols as they offer up to 188 coins for a win but the highest value standard symbols are the Dragon Mother symbol which offers payouts for just 2 symbols on a line as well as a top prize of 288 coins for five on a payline. The God of Wealth offers the highest prize of 388 coins for five on a line.
The three other symbols on the reels relate to the key features of the slot, the Wild symbol and two Scatter features, and all these symbols are very nicely created and very easy to spot in among the high and low value symbols.
Wild Features
The Wild feature in the game sees the Dragon Fucanglong himself acting as the Wild symbol. The symbol appears on the second, third, fourth and fifth reels only and you can use the symbol to replace any of the high or low value symbols to create a winning payline. However, there is no specific win for landing all Wilds across the reels.
You can land more than one Wild across the reels when playing the game which helps increase the value of a win, but there are no additional features associated with the Wild, which is a little disappointing to be honest.
Free Spins Features
The basic free spins feature is the Dragon Mountains scatter which is triggered by landing three or more of the same symbols on the reels. During this bonus round you will receive eight free spins and an additional three free spins each time you can land additional three or more scatters on the reels. Furthermore, on every successive spin, the value of the multiplier you receive increases by one up to a maximum of 8x.
During this bonus feature, you can also see the Wild expanding across the reels if you manage to trigger the bonus with either four or five scatters rather than three. If you land three, then you still can land Wild symbols, but they do not expand.
Other Bonus Features
The other feature is another free spin feature and is the Dragon Pearl Free Spins which is unlocked when you land three or more of the Dragon Pearl scatter symbols across the reels. When you land 2 or more of these scatters you also win a cash prize which can be 2x, 3x, 10x or 888 x your triggering stake which is a bonus on top of the free spins.
During this bonus at the start of the game you receive a dragons pearl with a value of between 3x and 88x the triggering wager. You then play through your eight free spins and at the end of them, if you don't receive at least the value offered by the pearl at the end of free spins (which is when the value of the pearl is revealed), then you will continue to spin the reels until your prize at least matches that offered by the pearl. This is known as the Fucanglong feature and on each extra free spin, the value of the pearl increases by a multiplier of 1 from 1x up to 8x the original value. You can, using this feature, hit the jackpot prize of 888x your wager in this feature.
Furthermore, during the Fucanglong bonus, any dragon wild symbols landing on the reel will expand to cover the reel to give you a greater chance of landing that big prize.
Best feature of the Fucanglong slot
Although the Fucanglong slot boasts some interesting features, the Dragons Pearl bonus going into the Funcanglong bonus is without doubt the best feature of the slot. Not only does it offer you a chance at the top prize in the game (and considerably more than you can land in the base game or other bonus features) but it is more fun to play, especially when you hit a decent amount behind the Pearl and trigger the additional bonus.
The payouts in the Dragons Pearl bonus tend to be slightly better on average than the Dragon Mountain bonus, but they are both pretty varied and you can hit either bonus and win just a small amount from time to time, which can be disappointing, but the really sizeable wins do tend to come in the Pearl Bonus, rather than the Mountain one.
What does Fucanglong slot lack?
Before I discuss what I think this slot lacks I think it is only fair to say that as an eastern-themed slot the game works very well. It has elements that will certainly appeal to anybody with an interest in myths and legends in general, not just specifically eastern tales. However, where it falls down is simply that it doesn't follow through with the promised drama.
When you imagine a slot about a Dragon protecting a hoard of treasures in the underworld, you are expecting drama, fire and brimstone. Instead, you have a somewhat sweet and inoffensive slot that plays out somewhat meekly, which is at odds with what you may be expecting with the game.
The bonus things do liven the game up a little, but in truth this is a slot that would have benefited greatly from a little more thought in the planning stage to design some features or bonuses that would have added a little excitement to proceedings.
Conclusion
If you want an enjoyable, easy to follow slot that offers a couple of bonus features, that is high variance and which offers the chance of some big wins, then Fucanglong is well worth a closer look. The game is gently paced (although you can alter the speed) and is priced to attract the lower stakes gamer who wants to win a big prize with its somewhat higher than usual variance.
However, don't think this is a game going to be packed with drama and tension. This is definitely one chilled-out dragon and if you can get past that then you should enjoy the slot, although it has to be said that players who enjoy lower variance games and more regular wins will probably not be so enamoured with what the game offers.
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