Phoenix Paradise: Slot Review & Theme

The Thunderkick gaming company has previously explored many different mythological aspects in its games, but Phoenix Paradise is more of a jungle explorer slot than an ancient Greek adventure. The mythological bird, famous for rising from the ashes after a crash landing, apparently is alive and well in this game, and it figures as the all-important wild symbol.

The studio's experience with the Beat the Beast range has allowed it to hone its presentation skills, and Phoenix Paradise is another exquisite example of the Thunderkick style. Five reels and three rows make up the game grid, surrounded by lush greenery, giving a classic feel to the symbols. Visual effects add a magical touch.

Phoenix Paradise: Slot Feature

The game board is covered in fifteen fixed pay lines, which create wins when at least three identical symbols land across them. The lower-paying tiles are nine-A card ranks, whereas the higher-paying ones are a Red Tiara, Blue Urn, Green Dagger, and Adventurer.

Other symbols you may encounter while playing Phoenix Paradise include colorful wilds and Walking Wilds, phoenix eggs, and scatter symbols.

About Phoenix Paradise at BC.GAME

Phoenix Paradise is a jungle adventure slot from Thunderkick, available online and on mobile devices. The game has five reels, three rows, and fifteen win lines. Wild wins are multiplied by up to 32x (depending on how many wilds are involved), and they can turn into walking wilds at random times. All wilds are walking wilds in the bonus round, leading to payouts up to 10,000x your stake.

The maximum RTP value is respectable, coming in at 96.13%, though beware, Phoenix Paradise can be found at three lower levels – 94.12%, 92.14%, and 90.11%. The game offers wagers of 10 percent to $100 per spin, likely better suited to players who prefer highly volatile action backed by a potential payout of 10,000 times their initial bet.

The Rules of Phoenix Paradise

Playing the game Phoenix Paradise is a relatively simple process; here is an overview of how to play.

• The Thunderkick Phoenix Paradise slot machine has 15 pay lines and allows you to bet from 0.10 coins up to 100 coins per spin; the lower right-hand corner shows the coin symbol that you can click on to adjust your bet size, and the nine dots in the opposite corner display the paytable.
  
• Autoplay is available by pressing the triangular symbol beside the spin button.
  
  

Paytable and Bet Size

You can play from 10p to £100 a spin by clicking on the Bet box to bring up all bet options on one screen. Non-UK slot players can use AutoPlay, which allows up to 5,000 auto spins.

The lower-value symbols are A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9 royals. With a combination of five-of-a-kind, these pay 4x your total bet; Q, K, and J pay 5x, 6x, and 7.5x your total bet. The higher-value symbols include:

• Green phoenix daggers
  
• Blue urns (3, 4, or 5 of these pay 10, 15, or 75 x your total bet).
  
• Red tiaras (3 or more awards 15 or 75 x your total bet).
  
  

The adventurer is the best-paying symbol, with 3, 4, or 5 awarding 10, 15, or 75 x your total bet.

Feature of Phoenix Paradise

The game's wild symbol on all five reels substitutes for any ordinary symbol to create winning lines. In addition, when wild symbols are used, they also grant a multiplier that increases payouts. When 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 wilds are in a pay line, they create a win multiplier of x2, x4, x8, x16, or x32, respectively.

Mystery Wild Activation

Mystery Wild Activation is a feature that can be triggered at any time during the base game. It turns all present wild symbols into Walking Wild symbols, which move one step to the left each time a respin occurs. The respins continue until the final wild symbol has walked off the grid, ending the bonus round.

Free Spins

The Bonus Round triggers three bonus scatters in view, which awards eight free spins. All Wild symbols become Walking Wilds during the feature, and you win four extra spins when you land three scatters on the same free spin. Non-UK players and anyone eligible may purchase the Bonus Round for 1x to 100x their bet stake, increasing the RTP from 96.33% to 96.39%.

Phoenix Paradise: Summary

Thunderkick fans will appreciate the similarities between Thunderkick's Phoenix Paradise, Lava Lava, and Pyramyth. All three games boast the same wild pay line multiplier system. In addition, these three games include many of the same core elements, such as Thunderkick's superb audiovisual presentation. However, Phoenix Paradise is less innovative than previous releases from the Swedish developer.

Thunderkick continues to provide players with various innovative features, but this time, the game is more straightforward than usual. We don't mind, as the game is entertaining and compelling when things go your way. Multiplier and walking wilds keep the base game interesting, and everything is taken up a notch when all wilds are walking in the bonus round. The 10,000x potential is also solid—another strong release from Thunderkick.