Dragon Shard (Stormcraft Studios): Review

5 by 5 grid slots can’t thrive in mediocrity. In order for a slot of this kind to please its player base, there needs to be something about it that is both different and compelling. From Microgaming partners Stormcraft Studios, we get Dragon Shard Slot Game, a world of mystery and magic that’s being held hostage by a sad army of 40 paylines. This rather pointless setup is as distressing as it is annoying because, let’s face it, when even 5×3 slots can offer you 243 ways to win, a mere 40 of them is pretty damn ridiculous.

Dragon Shard is a fantasy-themed slot that is based on the Fortunium engine, a futuristic steam-punk type game released in 2018 that quickly fell into oblivion. Instead of a world of mechanical wonders, you get an equally strange world featuring mythical creatures and mighty heroes. Playable from as little as 5 cents up to 200 Euros per spin, it comes with a Win Booster feature, Mystery Symbols and Free Spins with up to 3 mystery reels on each spin.

Set in a fictional universe, Dragon Shard is quite pleasing on the eyes and visually more attractive than its sibling Fortunium. Symbols on the reels include lower value spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. You’ll also come across the more valuable Dragon Shard, Ice Dragon, Fire Dragon as well as the King and Queen. The latter two appear fully stacked on the reels and are also the most rewarding, giving you 8 times your total stake for 5 on a full payline. The wild symbol is represented by the Dragon Shard logo and yields 20 times your stake for 5 of a kind.

Dragon Shard (Stormcraft Studios): Features

There is a Mystery Symbol feature waiting to happen in Dragon Shard. When these symbols appear on the reels, they’ll transform into the same randomly chosen symbol, including the wild.

Before anything else, however, you have to decide whether to activate the Win Booster feature or not. If you decide against it, the slot will play as slots usually do, paying from left to right. If, on the other hand, you activate the Win Booster, you’ll benefit from left to right and right to left payouts. It’s not free though – enabling the feature will cost you 2 times your stake (the 100€ max stake becomes increased to 200€). Moreover, with the Win Booster in play, Mystery Symbols will only morph into high-value symbols or wilds, which significantly increases the potential.

Review by bigwinboard.com.

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