Celestial King

Celestial King by Bally Technologies is an oriental slot takes you expressly to a fantasized version of the forbidden city ruled over by the immortal (and extremely cute looking) Monkey King. Flanking the titular Celestial King is a an absolutely gorgeous far-east inspired backdrop with a golden cityscape of pogoda towers and cherry blossom trees; all bathed in the bright and gentle glow of a pink moon with animated mists sliding silently along the foot of the screen.

Adding to the ambiance is a jubilant Asiatic orchestral score with drums crashing rhythmically along, punctuating a melody of interwoven string intruments, bamboo flutes, chime and bells; all of which blend into a rich and authentic feeling sound of the east. Honestly, it’s an actually joyful experience just to listen to this game’s soundtrack which is just long and varied enough that it never really feels like it’s repeating on itself.

That’s lovely, but what about the gameplay? Well while at first glance Celestial King looks like many other 5-reel slots out there, you’ll notice that those reels are housed in just the lower half of the game screen. That’s because during the Celestial King’s two different bonus features separate sets of extended reels which are used, allowing for massively increased potential wins.

The base game features 30 paylines across the original 5 reels with the standard J, Q, K and A card values at the lower end plus an assortment of lucky pigs, temple priestesses, golden medals and lotus flowers denoting higher value symbols. The top paying pictograms are of course the Celestial Monkey King’s own symbols which are wild and will match up to surrounding symbols.

Minimum bets begin at £0.50 and go all the way up to £80 per spin. Over the long term this game’s RTP (return to player) percentage is set pay back 96% of all bets wagered on it. This gives the house a lifetime edge of 4%.

Feature Symbols

As mentioned above, The Celestial Monkey King symbols are wild supporting an array of wins when matching up chains of surrounding symbols. The Celestial King also pulls double duty as a jackpot symbol, 5 of them together on a line will release the game’s Grand Jackpot of up to 1,250 times your bet!

The bonus symbols for Celestial King are Chinese Dragons – when you find three of them on the reels you’ll enter the Free Spins bonus round on the extended reel set with 8 Free Spins, which can be retriggered once for up to 16 free games.

The last notable symbol is the blue and gold scatter symbol. 5 of these anywhere on the reels will begin the Re-spins feature, a 3 spin Free Spins game that re-triggers every time you discover another scatter symbol, which is fairly common! Each scatter locks in place and is assigned a random winnings value (between £1 and £50), these are all added up at the end of the scatter feature dumped on top of your prize winnings.

Bonuses and Jackpots

The scatter feature is also where you can get your hands on the Minor, Major and Mini jackpots posted at the top of the game screen. You’ll see that the three right-most extended reels are labeled corresponding to these jackpots; if enough scatter symbols lock in place during the Free Spins that any (or all) of those reels are completely covered I scatters then you’ll release those jackpots!

Play Celestial King Slot at PartyCasino

If you like your slot games with cutesy animations, inspiring music that sounds like a real adventure and multiple ways to start making big wins then you should really treat yourself to the oriental experience that is Celestial King at PartyCasino. You can even try it out for free if you’d like to see how it works before you commit any hard wagers. Simply open the game on your computer, tablet or mobile phone and choose to use play money.

Bally technologies have done a great job with Celestial King, it’s a beautiful game and well worth looking up if you fancy playing something a little bit more interesting than your run-of-mill slot games.