Fortunate Buddha Slots
Fortunate Buddha is a 3x5 reel Asian themed slot with 50 paylines. Developer RTG is well known in the scene for producing quality slots titles. The Asian buddha theme may be overdone, but there's a quality shine to everything here.
With a 50,000x maximum win, a progressive jackpot and sticky symbols - this game promises fortune to the wary slots' player. But does it hold up to the Boss' scrutiny? Read on to find out what we thought when we got on Fortunate Buddha's case.
Features and Wins
Fortunate Buddha's theme should be well known to any long-term slots fan. Think golden fat buddha statues, lotus flowers, bags of coins and lucky frog statues. This is all nothing new. But, in typical RTG style, it's all done with excellent graphics and smooth presentation. Can't fault it really!
In terms of features, Fortunate Buddha has quite a few. But not too many to be overwhelming! You'll find the following mechanics at play on the reels here:
- Random cash payout Fortune Orb symbols, which offer sticky respins after forming a payline win
- A progressive jackpot, with a top prize seeding at $5000, which is triggered by chaining a whole reel of Fortune Orbs
- A free spins round with retriggers
- Wild symbols and Scatter symbols
A decent list of features for sure. But, none of them are particularly difficult to understand. This is one thing developer RTG does particularly well on slots like Fortunate Buddha. Packing in enough features to keep things interesting without going to crazy.
To hit the jackpot, first you gotta get three or more Fortune Orbs on a winning line. Then a respin will trigger with Orbs frozen in place - if you hit another Fortune Orb then you retrigger again. Once you hit a spin with no Fortune Orb, it stops and your paid out the sum of the prizes. However, if you hit a full reel of Fortune Orbs you'll get a random jackpot from the side bar.
Starting at $100 for the Mini and going up to $5000+ for the Major prize. Nice!
Outside of the jackpot the top win of 50,000x is achieved by chaining a whole screen of wilds on a multiplier in the bonus round. Speaking of…
Free Spins & Bonus Rounds
To hit the Fortunate Buddha bonus round, simply collect three golden coin bag scatters on the central reels. See that, and you'll get 6 free spins. Simple as that!
These free spins can retrigger if you hit 3 or more-coin bag symbols on any line during your go. You also have an increased change of hitting the Fortune Orb symbols during the bonus round.
This is a nice and simple bonus round for sure. Maybe a little bit more could have been added though!
The Bosses Word: Final Thoughts
- 5x3 50 payline slot with a tasty maximum win of 50,000x
- Sticky Fortune Orb feature with respins
- Progressive jackpot with $5000+ top prize
Fortunate Buddha slot review take? A decently fresh take on a tired old theme with the usual RTG flair. The developers have smashed the graphics and feel out the park, but there's hardly anything super new here. There's a decent max win and a jackpot prize to add into the equation too. One to check out!