4 Seasons Introduction
4 Seasons is a pokie from developer Betsoft, which specialises in 3D cinematographic presentation. Betsoft focuses upon creating robust, engaging gaming solutions. The developer started off with the slot3 games for iOS, but is now expanding to make high quality games with the appearance of short animated movies.
Betsoft uses teams of professional artists, musicians, and developers to produce its games. It's available to play for free at Online Pokies 4U - just like the many other Free Pokies we have on the site.
Theme
This stunning Chinese-themed game allows you to experience winter, spring, summer and autumn all in one beautifully designed pokie. The Chinese zodiac is the foundation of this game, which is realised with cartoonish characters against a realistic background of mountains, waterfalls, and trees.
There are 12 animals on the reels, one for each sign of the Chinese zodiac: there’s a tiger, a rat, an ox, a rabbit, a dragon, a monkey, a snake, a horse, a pig, a dog, a rooster, and a sheep. All of the animals are really cute, designed with large eyes and cheerful animations when included in a winning combination.
Format
There are five reels in this game, with three rows and 30 fixed paylines, and given that the coin sizes range from 0.02 to 1, 4 Seasons should suit all players. Each of the animals pays out fifty coins for five, twenty for four, or ten for three, unless they are multiplied by the Zodiac Wheel.
There is also a Golden Cat, which acts as a wild, and a Yin & Yang symbol, which is the scatter. The Zodiac Wheel can be found in the bottom left corner of the screen, and it rotates to signal a new golden animal each 30 spins. The golden animal will pay out 10 x the normal rate while it is selected, and the animals directly to the left and right of this animal on the wheel will become silver and pay out 5 x the normal amount.
The three animals on the left and right of the silver animals also become bronze and pay out 2 x. Every 90 spins, the animals change up, and the seasons change too. Each spin is marked off by a counter signifying the number of ‘days’ you have been playing. 4 Seasons also offers a block win combination feature, which happens in addition to the Zodiac Wheel multiplier.
All three rows, at least two reels across, will be multiplied depending on the size of the block. The Golden Cat symbol is wild and can stand in for any other symbols, except for the Yin & Yang scatter symbol - you can also win a jackpot of 10,000 coins by lining up five Golden Cats on the reels.
If you spin three or more of the Yin & Yang symbol anywhere on the reels, you’ll win some free spins: three of these symbols will get you eight free spins, while four will get you 12, and five will get you 20. You can re-trigger the free spins within the feature. You can also gamble on your winnings: after any base game payout, you have the opportunity to click the ‘Double Up’ button and see if you have the ability to predict whether the next flip of a coin will be heads or tails.
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