China River Slot Review 2024

China River

Bally Gaming's China River is a 5 reel, 30 payline slot with a maximum payout of $1,000. A combination of wild symbols and free spins complete the features that this game has to offer.

The action in this game takes place in a Chinese setting, on the banks of a river from this great country. You can actually see the river behind the reels of the game, a beautiful sight with a fisherman in a boat and with lots of green vegetation on the sides. A beautiful tree with bright red flowers and a large colorful bird complete the design outside the game area. As for the reels, they have a dark red image behind the symbols, which for the most part are influenced quite a bit by the Chinese culture. The outside area is better looking than the reels are, but it's still a good design all things considered. The symbols of the slot include playing cards unfortunately, starting with the Nine and going up to the Ace and they have no special design. The Chinese themed symbols have images of Chinese characters, lotus flowers, a gold pot, a jade frog, a bird and a coin.

The bets in China River go up to $30, in which case the line wager would be at $1. While the number of lines is not selectable, there is the option to change the line bet from $0.01 to $1. The betting range in this case is between $0.30 and $30. The top payout available here is at $1,000.

A Chinese coin symbol will be used as a scatter in this case and it can appear on all the reels. If you get a minimum of three symbols during the same spin you get 8 free spins, while four symbols will get you 10 spins and five symbols will award 15. The free games all have multipliers of 2x, so prizes double in value. In addition to the free spins the players also get cash prizes if they have 2+ scatters present.

The beautiful bird that sits right next to the logo is the wild feature in this case, appearing on the reels 2-5.

The mystery stacked symbol is an interesting addition, a feature we haven't seen too often. You basically get a stacked symbol that turns into one of the other icons of the game. You can get multiple Chinese sign symbols on the same reel, or they can be a playing card or another regular icon or scatter. The wild is the only one that the mystery symbol can't turn into.

China River is a good choice overall, especially if Chinese themed games are favorites of yours. The bets are not too large but so too are its payouts, which may deter some from playing it.