Lucky Durian

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An Introduction to the Lucky Durian Slot

When someone thinks of fruit slots, they normally think of an old style of three-reel game. That could include the old fruit machines and even some of the earlier five-reel titles. However, with the Lucky Durian video slot, everything is handled in a bit of a different way.

While this is very much a video-style fruit machine, it uses a completely different set of fruits than you’re probably used to.

The traditional set of symbols are gone. Instead, this is one of those Habanero Systems slots where they step outside of the box to offer something fresh. You can see it from how detailed and juicy the graphics are. In fact, it reminds us a lot of Pragmatic Play’s Extra Juicy Megaways slot because of how much the symbols just make you want to lean over and take a bite out of your screen. In other words, the visual appeal is off the charts.

With a game that looks this good, you wouldn’t necessarily expect the developer to put a ton of effort into the gameplay values. However, Habanero definitely did. This title offers some strong wins from the regular pay table, first of all. Additionally, the re-spin feature is set up in a different way that we’ve usually seen. In a lot of ways, it builds on the style seen in certain “Hold and Win” type of games.

Betting and Layout

We like formats that give plenty of ways to win but that also fit the gameplay style. Due to the feature set in this title, it wouldn’t have made sense to go with an overwhelming number of lines. However, they settled on something that fits the gameplay style perfectly. Here’s what you can expect:

• Five reels filled with fruit symbols are used in this game along with three horizontal rows.
• Players have 15 paylines available, and they always pay in both directions.
• However, you cannot change the number of lines away from a total of 15.
• You can choose your bet size by adjusting the number of coins wagered per line (“bet level”). Additionally, the coin sizes themselves can also be changed.
• At the minimum level, you’ll need to wager at least €0.15 on each spin in this game.
• This title is allowed to offer maximum bet sizes at the €150 level as well.

A lot of the volatility in this game is tempered by the fact that it pays in both directions. Additionally, the expanding wilds increase the hit-rate, which further drops the volatility downward. However, the top pays are a bit higher proportionately than the mid-level wins, which brings it up a bit as well. Overall, we place the volatility for this title in the medium range as a result of these elements combining.

We will be breaking down wins in terms of the number of coins you stand to win for each combination. However, the assumption is that you have one coin on each line. If you increase that, then the pays will increase proportionately.

Gameplay and Features for the Lucky Durian Video Slot

Habanero Systems really kept the gameplay straightforward in the Lucky Durian slot without getting too crazy with it. However, the features are a bit different than usual without being too far “out there.” We like how this offers players something that will be familiar but also fresh at the same time. Here we’ll look at each feature, how it works and what the best pays are in the game.

Wild Symbol Payouts

The Lucky Durian fruit symbol is wild in this game. It has a green glowing frame around it that no other symbols have, so that makes it easier to tell which symbol is the wild. Additionally, this is by far the most important symbol in the game as a whole. One reason is that it offers the best payouts you can get, including a reasonable top jackpot:

• Five of a Kind – 1,000x
• Four of a Kind – 60x
• Three of a Kind – 5x

These wilds do a lot of substitution in this game. Since there is no scatter, they actually substitute for everything that the Lucky Durian online slot has to offer. However, they offer a lot more than mere substitutions.

Expanding Wild Symbols and the Top Jackpot

When a wild symbol is included in any winning combination, it then expands. This works a little differently than other expanding wild symbols, but it makes sense. However, since this game also pays in both directions, it creates an interesting scenario for five of a kind wild wins.

If you get a five of a kind combination for wilds on a given payline, they will then all expand. From there, the entire 5×3 grid of 15 symbols will be filled with wilds. Since the payout for five wilds is 1,000x, and there are 15 paylines that each pay both ways, this means the top jackpot is actually 30,000x total instead of 1,000x.

This is a huge payout that brings a tremendous amount of value. It’s also why the volatility isn’t super low considering the rest of the balanced pay schedule.

Locked Wild Re-spin Feature

While you will not have a Lucky Durian free spins feature in this game, what you will have is an atypical re-spin feature. In particular, this re-spin feature gives you more opportunities to get that huge jackpot we noted up above. That’s one way that the features and payouts of this game work together to compound each other’s value.

When you get an expanded wild anywhere on the screen, it activates this feature.

After paying normally, this wild will stay in place while the other reels have a re-spin. You start with three re-spins, but each new wild will reset this back to three total.

Note if all five reels are covered in wilds, then one is randomly selected to re-spin. This helps to continue to give you value and chances to re-trigger the feature after receiving the top jackpot. Habanero has put no limitation on the number of re-spins you can get in this feature as well.

How to Win at Lucky Durian

Something we love about this game is that it combines an average to slightly above-average volatility with real chances to win a massive jackpot. Generally speaking, this would drive the volatility up quite a bit higher overall. However, that’s not the case here at all.

However, if you do want to lower the volatility slightly, an easy betting adjustment is enough to do it. Simply drop your bet size by an amount in the range of 25 percent. That will take the edge off of the volatility and the swings compared to your original bet size.

Payout Structure for the Lucky Durian Online Slot

We absolutely love the gorgeous fruit symbols shown in this game. They remind us a lot of how these same tropical fruits were shown in the Tiki Magic game from SG Digital. The only real difference is that game happens on a beach.

In any case, the five non-wild fruits are most easily identified by color. Five of the red fruit is worth 250x, and you can earn 120x for five of the purple. The win for the orange fruit is 50x for five. Additionally, pays of 20x and 10x are yours for five of the green and yellow, respectively. Note also that these wins are essentially doubled each time you get them. That’s because this title pays in both directions.

Overview

The Lucky Durian slot brings players into an amazing tropical fruit-based setting. You can feel the juices coming off of the symbols, which gives this title a top-tier aesthetic appeal. Additionally, players can get some serious value from the jackpot, the re-spin feature and the expanding wild symbols.

This title actually reminds us a bit of Yggdrasil’s Tiki Runner 2 online slot because of the atypical game mechanics combined with a modern fruit theme. That’s an awesome combination that works really well for modern players despite the fact that it includes elements, to a degree, of a much older style of game.

Most of the first mechanical slots in existence were based on fruit themes. It seems like history repeats itself because now the best games out there seem to use it as well. For whatever reason, we really love seeing these gorgeous, juicy symbols while we play.

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