Thai Blossoms

Thai Blossoms Overview

For this exciting new product from the BetSoft studio, players are welcomed to a peaceful corner of rural Thailand. Amongst the rice paddies and exotic fronds lies a slot game that promises plenty of playing options and a maximum payout of 922x the stake. Mechanically this is a five-reel game with four rows and 100 active pay lines. The RTP is 96.21%, and the volatility rating sits somewhere within the average range. Will you find fortunes in the leafy glades of the Thai countryside? There’s only one way to find out.

The features for this game revolve primarily around the free spins feature, which is triggered when players land three or more scatter symbols on the reels simultaneously. The more scatters you land, the more spins the game provides you with. A bonus of this free spins round is that every wild that lands throughout the feature becomes sticky, helping you form more wins. The only other real feature here is the bonus buy option that allows players to purchase their entry to the free spins round for a multiplication of their stake. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Theme and Symbols

If you hadn’t already guessed, the theme for this game is Thailand, or perhaps more specifically, the Thai rural ideal and the many interesting fruits and flowers that can be found there. The theme takes full advantage of the natural beauty of Thailand, one of the most varied and stunning countries in south-east Asia. Across the reels, players will see a collection of native fruits, including the jackfruit, the purple mangosteen and lychee. These are joined by more recognisable mangoes and coconuts. The pleasant verdant background combined with these colourful and tropical fruits provides a varied and interesting aesthetic that is easy to enjoy.
The background is a typical Thai scene of a rice paddy plantation located in the heart of a thick jungle. In the foreground are the extremities of the dense jungle overhanging into the fastidiously maintained farmer’s plot. At the centre of this plot is a traditional Thai dwelling made from bamboo, and rushes sat high on its stilts above the rice paddy. Surrounding the house are a few outbuildings, including a simple yet elegant pagoda that looks like it would be a nice place to sit and watch the jungle life go by.

The playing board is a bamboo construction of poles and ties that make a classic rectangle shape.

The symbols for this game are split into low-value, high value and special symbols. The low-value symbols are the 10, J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The A is the most valuable of these, worth 0.32x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the more lucrative symbols are the mangosteen, the jackfruit, the mango, the coconut, the lychee, and the Thai woman. The woman is the most valuable, worth 4x the stake for the top combination. The specials are the elephant scatter and the lotus flower wild.

Game Play

Thai Blossoms is played on a 5-reel, 4-row machine with 100 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.
The betting range for Thai Blossoms is 25p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stake up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.
Volatility for this slot is rated in the medium range. The return to player percentage of Thai Blossoms is 96.21%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 922x your stake.

Features

There are three features at play in this game. The first is the wild feature. This concerns the Lotus blossom symbol. It can substitute for any other symbol barring the scatter to help form more wins.

The next feature is the free spins feature. It is triggered when players land three or more scatters on the reels at the same time. The more scatters you land to activate the feature, the more free spins you are granted. Activating this bonus will also trigger an immediate cash win proportionate to the number of scatters that you landed.

The best combination you can achieve is 20 free spins with a high cash payout. When you land wilds in the free spins game, these icons will stick to the reels for the duration of the feature. This means a higher chance of scoring wins in the free spins game.
Finally, a bonus buy option is available that allows players to purchase access to the free spins round. However, this option is not available in the UK.

Conclusion

This calm and tropical Thai game is a fun and straightforward slot from one of the most established providers in the market. Its aesthetic is very pleasing, and the playing experience is high quality too. Win potential wise, things aren’t too bad either, with a respectable RTP and a decent hit rate. The only real letdown is the relatively low top win which means the top end payouts aren’t all that exciting.