The Great Archer

Get ready for an encounter with The Great Archer on the slot from D-Tech, powered by Microgaming. According to Chinese mythology, Hou Yi shot down nine out of ten suns, saving the world from the apocalyptic scorching caused by them. The immortal deity is now appearing on a set of slot reels together with wild substitutions and a free spins round with multipliers wilds that can lead to wins of up to 3,840 times your bet in a single spin.

Slot Details

The Great Archer is a video slot with five reels, four rows and 1,024 ways to win. Pays are awarded for two to five matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can delve into Chinese mythology on desktop or mobile from 0.40 to 40 credits per spin. The game has medium volatility (2/3) with a generous RTP of 96.81%.

Founded in 2017, D-Tech is still a young game studio based in Hong Kong but has established itself as a specialist for Asia-focused games. Its titles incorporate Asian heritage, mythology and events into modern video slots, combining them with exciting bonus features and big win potential. The Great Archer is built on the tale of Hou Yi, who fought the 10 suns that would scorch our planet every day and shot down nine before the king and the mother sun pleaded with him to leave on in the sky. Accordingly, a serene nature scene is in the background of an intricate game window that is framed with two structured columns and dominated by typical mythological icons connected to Hou Yi. the soundtrack is rather rudimentary with only reel and win count noises providing the audio.

The pay symbols start at the low end with the card royals from 9 through to A, awarding 1x to 1.25x your bet for a single five of a kind. The premiums are a snake, a practice target, quiver and bow and a pink jewel case holding a pearl. Hit five across the reels to win 2.5x to 3.75x your stake. The fabled Great Archer is the only symbol appearing fully stacked at all times and also pays 3.75x for a five of a kind.

The purportedly last sun left in the sky by Hou Yi is the wild symbol, appearing on the three centre reels only and substituting for all regular symbols. A crow acts as the scatter on this slot.

The Great Archer Slot Features

If you ever played Raging Rhino from WMS or Raging Rex from Play’n GO, then you will know what to expect from this creation. Microgaming is jumping on the bandwagon of those popular slots with the wild multiplier mechanic in the free spins and as expected has employed again an outside studio to do the hard work. The game will be hosted on the Quickfire platform, making it available network-wide wherever Microgaming is listed in the casino lobbies.

Hitting three, four or five scatters anywhere on the reels will trigger 8, 15 and 20 Free Spins respectively. You can win an additional 5, 8, 15 and 20 free spins if you land two to five scatters during the feature, no limits. Any wild landing in a winning combo will reveal either an x2 or x3 multiplier. With the symbol appearing on the three middle reels, you could be looking at an overall multiplier of x27.

Final Verdict

The Great Archer is probably completing the third dozen of similar titles, all using the immensely popular multiplier wild mechanic in the free spins. The question that comes up is why it took Microgaming that long to join the frenzy; after all the original Raging Rhino was released online in 2015 after it caused an uproar in landbased casinos. Well, here they are now and the game looks good and runs smoothly, a testament to the quality coming from the young D-Teach studio. The overall win potential in a single spin coming in at 3,840x your stake for a full screen of Hou Yi symbols is surely high enough to give it a spin in your next session.

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