Bruce Lee Kung Fu Wilds Slot – Free Demo

2,000 credits in, 1,955.20 out

Having played Bruce Lee Kung Fu Wilds, I can't claim I got hugely thrilled. I played at a stake of 1.00 from a starting balance of 2,000.00. Yet there was something appealing about it that kept me awake that evening. The balance finished the session at 1,955.20. Fine, not truly.

Bruce Lee Kung Fu Wilds is a 6-reel slot with a 3-4-4-4-4-3 configuration and 20 paylines. A win needs 3 to 6 matching symbols on a payline, counted left to right from the leftmost reel. It takes wagers between 0.20 and 150, and core to this slot is the Kung Fu Wilds mechanic that enters into play in the base game. A Super Bet option raises the bet by 50% and increases the chance of landing Wilds. In matters of volatility it seems to be quite high up on the scale. My longest run without a win lasted 25 spins, ending on spin 296.

But outdated graphics is not necessarily a deal killer when it pertains to slots. You know that if you like playing Nvomatics or WMS for instance, and after all, not even Dreamworks themselves could rescue a slot with a lousy maths model. Moment to examine Bruce Lee Kung Fu Wilds on a deeper plane.

Royals, Nunchucks and a Fist of Fury

The slot arrives with a collection of 4 small-win symbols and 3 mid-win symbols, and the lower-value symbols are depicted by J to A royals. A and K pay 1.5 times the stake for 6 of a kind, and Q and J pay 1.2 times the stake. The higher ones arrive in the shape of Chinese Symbols, Nunchucks and Fist of Fury. Nunchucks pay 3 times the stake for 6 of a kind and the Chinese Symbol pays 2 times the stake. The latter is the premium symbol, granting 4 times the stake for 6 of a kind. The Wild pays on its own as well, at 6 times the stake for 6 of a kind.

Bruce Lee Kung Fu Wilds also features a Dragon Mystery symbol and a Jackpot symbol. All Dragons on a spin turn into the same symbol, which can be a high-paying symbol, a low-paying symbol or a Wild. Both are only accessible on reels 2 to 5, and the wild symbol substitutes for all paytable symbols. When Wilds land on reel 1 or reel 6 they nudge to fill the whole reel, with a multiplier equal to the number of Wilds that originally landed on that reel.

The Minty Summary: Over 340.00 wagered the game paid back 295.20, a session return of 86.8% against the stated 96%.

Locked Wilds, a Hollywood Spin and twelve pots

Bruce Lee Kung Fu Wilds is all about the Kung Fu Wilds mechanic. The two rounds I triggered paid 158 and 54 times the stake, which came to 72% of everything I won in the session. It is the sole portion of the slot where you can hit respectable wins, as the base game is really weak. Outside those rounds my biggest win was 10.00 on spin 8, with a Jackpot symbol showing on reel 3.

In the base game, 6 or more Wilds trigger the Kung Fu Wilds, and the Wilds lock in place with their multipliers of x1 to x3. My first round arrived on spin 149, when the balance stood at its session low of 1,884.20. They award 3 respins. Each fresh Wild is held and resets the count to 3. The second round came 27 spins later, on spin 176, and lifted the balance to its session peak of 2,078.40.

The mechanic concludes with the Hollywood Spin. There the locked Wilds stay fixed and the remaining positions spin for ordinary symbols. A Buy Pass at 70 times the bet triggers Kung Fu Wilds directly, and a Super Buy Pass at 200 times the bet starts it with guaranteed x3 Wilds on reels 1 and 6.

Landing Jackpot symbols on reels 2 to 5 fills the Warrior's Gold Pot. The four jackpot tiers are Mini, Midi, Major and Mega. It carries you to a pick from 12 pots, where 3 matching symbols award that jackpot and punters can win between 10 to 1,000 times the stake if fortunate. Between those two ends sit the Midi at 50 times and the Major at 100 times the stake.

63 paying spins out of 340

What Light & Wonder might have stumbled with here is to instantly make it apparent for punters where the upside is and precisely how it's attained. This is especially damaging, I reckon, to a volatile slot with meagre payouts in the base game. Only 63 of my 340 spins paid anything, and 33 of those paid less than the stake. It's a tad convoluted, as you could probably discern from reading the write-up. It should be called out, though, that it makes more sense when truly playing it.

The bonus is capable of delivering a blow. The 158x round on spin 149 alone accounted for more than half of the 295.20 I won. Still, it is nowhere near what I have grown to expect from decent slots these days, and furthermore, the 20 paylines on the 3-4-4-4-4-3 reel arrangement yields a lot of dead spins and meagre payouts, making the base game sluggish and repetitive without much energy. After spin 8, the next-best wins were 9.60 on spin 157 and 6.80 on spin 260. The Kung Fu Wilds mechanic activated just twice in my 340 spins. That grows a tad wearisome after a time, particularly considering the meagre upside.