Dragon Shard

This release by Stormcraft Studios is a 5-reel, 5-row video slot with 40 paylines. The game includes features like Mystery Symbols, Win Booster and Free Spins.

Theme

Dragon Shards is set in a fantasy-themed environment filled with dragons and legendary heroes. Dragons have become very popular during the past few years and there is a great fanbase who will definitely enjoy this slot. Symbols depiction includes clubs, diamonds, hears and spades, Dragon Shard, Ice Dragon, Fire Dragon, the Ice King and Fire Queen. The animations are amazing and the graphics are really good. An interesting and popular theme combined with stunningly good graphics is certainly a recipe for success.

Betting Options and Functions

There are 4 low paying symbols; clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades. The Ice King and Fire Queen symbols, when double stacked, are the most valuable symbols and they give you 8 times your stake for 5 stacked across the payline…

…the wild symbol in this game is the Dragon Shard logo and it gives you 20 times your stake for landing the same 5 shards.

The lowest stake is 5 cents and it goes up to 200 Euros per spin and you will be able to control your bets easily using the well-designed user interface where you will also be able to find the AutoPlay button…

…the AutoPlay button will especially help you during the free spins feature!

Features

The Mystery Feature is the crown jewel in this Stormcraft Studios release. Once these mystery symbols appear on the reels, they will be able to transform into the same randomly chosen symbol, including the wild.

Another feature Stormcraft Studios included in Dragon Shards is the Win Booster, which is can be activated or not. If it is not activated, the game will run as slot games usually run, paying from left to right, however…

…if you turn the Win Booster on, the game will pay from left to right and right to left.

The downside of this is that activating this feature is not free. The activation will cost you 2 times your current stake.

And that’s not all…

…having the Win Booster active, Mystery Symbols will turn into high-paying symbols or wilds only, which can increase your winnings exponentially.

The Free Spins feature is activated once you land 3 or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. You will be initially rewarded with 10 free spins and you’ll also benefit from Mystery Reels. If you trigger this bonus with 3, 4 or 5 scatters you will get 1, 2 or 3 Mystery Reels respectively…

…these reels appear only on reels 2, 3 and 4 and contain mystery symbols on every spin.

Summary

The main issue with this game is that it has only 40 paylines on a 5x5 grid. It is too bad that a game with this kind of grid setup has an amazing theme, filled with legendary heroes and dragons and amazing fantasy lore. All in all, it is a well-balanced slot with amazing visuals.