Rise of the Genie

Rise of the Genie Overview

Rise of the Genie is an online slot game from iSoftBet. It is a 3-reel, 3-row game with five pay lines. The game has a genie theme and features symbols such as lamps, carpets, and mysterious golden flowers. The game’s main attraction is that you can collect cash on three meters throughout the game, making each spin more valuable as you progress. You can cash out these wins anytime, but you must be aware that there is an ever-present threat of an evil genie who can sweep into the meters and take all of your aggregated cash until that point.

The features in this game start with the wild bonus that concerns the wild icons. These symbols replace other symbols in the game barring specials to help form more wins. Players will notice that the game has three prize ladders, too, each of which has different levels of prizes available at each rung. Below these ladders is the cash pot, which is the total of the ladder prizes accrued at any one time – this money does belong to the player but is not safe and cashed until players hit the collect button. This game also has an instant pay bonus that becomes active when the player reaches the top of any ladders. However, remember throughout this game that the evil genie may swoop in and take your prizes, so cash out often.

Theme and Symbols

As with most genie themes, this game has taken most of its inspiration from Aladdin and Arabian Nights. This means the screen is full of exotic desert landscapes and colourful characters. The game features the magical lamp as the central symbol and the genie as the main character. Other symbols that come into play and are typical of this genre include flying carpets, swords, and jewels. The game is set to a catchy Arabian-influenced soundtrack and has a fun and energetic feel to it that is infectious.

The background for this game is an image of what is described in the 1992 Aladdin film as the ‘Cave of Wonders’. As Disney tells it, deep beneath the unassuming desert is a vast cavern containing an enormous treasure trove of gold, silver and myriad valuable items collected by the mystical Djinn or Genies over the millennia. The crown jewel of this immeasurable collection is the golden lamp in which the genie has been trapped. The cave, however, is quite difficult to evaluate as the screen is so full of elements such as the playing board and the cash ladders.
The playing board is a square with Arabic art style details on the corners and borders.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the green set of the golden flower, book, and lamp, each worth 2x the stake for the top combination. These are then followed by the blue and red sets of the same symbols- the flower, book and lamp. The red set is the most valuable, with all the icons in this collection worth 4x the stake for the top combination. The only special symbol in this game is the wild icon.

Game Play

Rise of the Genie is played on a 3-reel, 3-row machine with 5 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.

The betting range for Rise of the Genie is 20p to £20 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 for Rise of the Genie is 96.46%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 500x your stake.

Features

The first feature in this game is the wild bonus. The wilds in this game can substitute for other symbols to help score more wins.
This game has three prize ladders, each with a different number of steps. The middle one has the most at 12 and is also the most rewarding, paying out at 120x the stake as the maximum payout.
Throughout the game, you will climb up these ladders by registering wins on the board. Under the ladders is a cash pot box that indicates your total cash amount at any point during the game. This is how much you have earnt so far. All you need to do is hit the collect button to collect it.

However, the longer you leave it, the bigger the pay-outs. Once you collect, all ladders reset, and you start climbing from the bottom again. If you reach any of the tops of the ladders, you’ll trigger the instant cash pays feature.
When this happens, the instant cash amount is displayed in the dedicated indicator box. You must remember to collect the instant cash pay sum before spinning again, or it will be lost. This is a little mean of the designers as usually; this mechanic is automatic. The most you can win in the instant cash win bonus is 500x the stake.

This all sound really encouraging until you discover that on any random spin in the game, the evil genie may appear and take all the prizes you have accrued in the ladders and make you start again from scratch. Therefore you need to be mindful of when and how often you are cashing out to maximise your winnings.

Conclusion

Rise of the Genie is a fun and exciting online slot game that offers players the chance to win big prizes. However, the game does have some drawbacks. The biggest downside is that the game is structured in a way that players can win or lose a lot of money very quickly, thanks to the ladders and genie, so the game may seem more rewarding than it actually is. Additionally, the game does not offer a lot of variety in terms of features, so players who become bored easily may not find this game as enjoyable as games with a greater selection of features.