The Great Ming Empire Slot Review

Last Updated
November 17, 2022 6:21 pm PST

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Playtech is great at creating entertaining and exciting video slots with historical events or periods as inspiration.

The Great Ming Empire is Playtech’s homage to one of the greatest empires and dynasties the world has ever known.

The video slot is lavishly decorated and features iconic scenery and objects that all typify the period, including the Ming Palace, Ming vase, the Emperor Hongwu and female Empress Xu.

The structure of the video slot is a study in minimalism and consists of a simple 5 reel and 5 payline structure. While the game lacks a free spins feature, it does include a multiplier, scatterand wild symbols and a bonus round.

Another distinguishing feature of The Great Ming Empire is that wins pay from left to right as well as from right to left.

Features

Launch: 2016
Slot Type: Video slot
Pay Lines: 5
Reels: 5
Genre: Historical adventure
Software: Playtech
Min Coin Size: 0.01
Max Coin Size: 100
Multipliers: Yes
AutoPlay: Yes
Scatter: Yes
Wilds: Yes
RTP: 96.15%
Mobile Play:
Progressive Jackpot: No
Free Spins: No

Bonus Rounds and Payouts

One of the most exciting bonus round features found in The Great Ming Empire is the Treasure Room Bonus round. To get this round triggered, you will need to collect a set of three scattersymbols.

There are three different sets of scatter symbols in this game including a Ming vase, scrolls and a globe. Simply match three of the same to trigger the Treasure Room bonus round.

You will then be presented with eight different mystery treasures

and will have to pick three from this collection.

However, if you trigger the bonus round with four of the same scatters, your wins will be multiplied by three. If you trigger the bonus round with a full set of five scatters, your multiplierwill be worth x20.

The Treasure Room bonus game is the only real bonus game in The Great Ming Empire but can pay out quite handsomely depending on the number of matching scatter symbols you manage to collect aswell as the amount or value of the treasures that you pick from the eight options in the room.

Look out for the Forbidden City symbol which is the most valuable symbol in the game and if you manage to land five of these in a row on an active payline, you will walk away with the highestpayout of the game at 2,000 times your stake.

Additional Game Features

Forbidden City Symbol: The Forbidden City symbol is essentially the games wild card and can replace both the Emperor and the Empress symbols during the base game.
Symbols: Ming Emperor, Forbidden City, Ming Empress, ship, Ming vase, scrolls, globe
Wilds: Forbidden City
Scatter: Ming vase, scrolls, and globe
Free Spins: N/A

Summary

The Great Ming Empire slot from Playtech may not be the most exciting or indeed, the most complex video slot in their range but it certainly is addictively entertaining.

With a simple setup of 5 reels and just 5 paylines, the game is simple and easy to understand and put winning combinations together quite quickly. The game is generally described as a mediumvariance game, meaning that, while it may not pay out a lot, it does so quite frequently.

Another noteworthy feature of The Great Ming Empire is that it pays in both directions.

While most video slots will generally only pay winning combinations from left to right, some games will pay winning combinations both ways, left to right and right to left.

This can drastically increase your chances of winning as well as the frequency at which you put winning combinations together.