Rainforest Dream Pokie
It’s the turn of the Amazonian jungle to be the setting for an online pokie machines, with Rainforest Dream by WMS Gaming taking players on an adventure up river where they will find hidden treasures such as stacked wilds, bonus wild symbols, and a free spins game where winnings are guaranteed.
As you would expect from a game set amongst the colourful wildlife of South America, Rainforest Dream has lots of beautifully-presented creatures filling the 5 reels, along with beetles, flowers and there’s even a princess in there, awarding players with some of the top wins. The rainforest stretches out into the distance behind the reels, complete with an animated waterfall to one side, and a couple of spears framing the control buttons.
Because all 40 paylines are permanently active, bet options range from 0.40 per spin to a high limit of 200.00, and the game works in a conventional way by awarding a prize any time 3 or more identical symbols stop across one of these lines on adjacent reels from the left side. Anyone not sure about whether it’s their type of game can try free Rainforest Dreams video pokies at many online casinos, and only make their bets if they like the way it plays. Next to the controls, there’s a red Big Bet button that enhances the bonus rounds, although it costs a little extra to activate it.
Playing Rainforest Dreams
The quality of the picture symbols is absolutely stunning, with a slight 3D graphics effect, rich colours and a great attention to detail making them look like actual photos. All of them are related to the theme and a review of the paytable outlines what each is worth, plus there’s information on how the bonus features are triggered.
At the low end of the payscale, we see purple, red and pink flowers, that keen gardeners may recognise, but whatever they are, they look very nice, while higher up is the yellow beetle, a bright green frog and a toucan.
Rainforest Dream
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Bonus Features
These six symbols are the only standard icons in the game, as the princess is the wildcard, acting as any of them if she can complete a winning line, or turn a run of 3 into higher value 4 or 5 combinations. She turns up again in a super-sized symbol that will only appear on reel 1, and when this happens 2 randomly picked reels will fill with an expanding wild, hopefully creating an extra winline or two.
The monsoon is seen as a time of plenty in many countries, and the Monsoon Feature should help players collect plenty of coins as it randomly adds extra wilds to the reels for a guaranteed payout. Further guaranteed wins come from triggering the free spins bonus games, which start when a picture of some flowers stops in any 3 or positions at once. Although only 8 spins are initially awarded, if any of them fail to land a winning combination, further spins will be added, until players have had a total of 8 wins. The round can’t be retriggered though, and the other bonuses won’t be active.
Big Bet Bonus
Anyone choosing to press the Big Bet button will get 5 extra spins during the Monsoon feature, and wilds will stay locked in place throughout them, while the number of guaranteed winning free spins will be raised to 10. Although it cost a little more, and the overall return to player percentage is unchanged, it’s a nice way for players to get a few more payouts along the way.
The Verdict
Few online casino pokies look as good as Rainforest Dream, although for anyone who doesn’t like plants and animals, maybe that won’t matter. The rest of us however, are sure to appreciate the care and attention to detail that WMS Gaming have lavished on it, but the even the best-looking pokies need to back their design up with some decent features, and this one has them in abundance.
The downside of having so many features is that players can’t just test the game with a tiny bet, so all 40 lines are always in play and this could put off those who like to make smaller wagers. Higher-stakes gamblers will be more than happy though, especially as the Big Bet option can add even more winning spins.
Having a guarantee of at least 8 wins during the free games is quite an unusual feature, but of course, a very welcome one that will only serve to attract even more players to the top quality, stunning-looking reels of Rainforest Dreams video pokies.