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Rainbow Gold: Slot Overview

Rainbow Gold, developed by Pragmatic Play, dives headfirst into Celtic folklore, immersing players in a world filled with leprechauns and traditional symbols. This theme choice might seem safe or even uninspired, especially considering the studio's recent release of a similarly themed slot called Gold Party. However, let's not rush to judgment just yet; if Pragmatic has saved its creative flair for the slot's features and gameplay, there could still be something worthwhile here. Unfortunately, both the features and gameplay are also rather ordinary, featuring a Top Tracker Prize feature and Super Free Spins, which can be played across up to 4 game grids.

In the base game, only one grid is utilized, portraying the Emerald Isle with its lush greenery, towering mushrooms, trees, and abundant leprechaun-related symbols across a 5-reel, 3-row layout. There's not much else to say about the game's presentation—it's cheerful, leprechaun-filled, and painfully familiar. Most players will find themselves navigating through this terrain with a sense of déjà vu, having encountered similar themes countless times before.

Rainbow Gold boasts impressive numbers, particularly when you're playing with the optimal RTP version of 96.45%. This figure remains consistent whether you're playing in regular mode, with bets ranging from 20 pennies/cents to $/€100 per spin, or with the Ante Bet activated, which bumps up stakes by 25%. With the Ante Bet, the chances of landing leprechaun symbols increase. As a highly volatile game, Rainbow Gold is available for play on mobile, tablet, or desktop devices.

The paytable of Rainbow Gold is adorned with various symbols related to leprechauns. Alongside the standard J-A card ranks, you'll find higher-value symbols like beer mugs, wells, horseshoes, green top hats, and golden four-leaf clovers. All symbols pay from left to right across the game's 25 paylines. Five low-paying symbols are worth 1.25 to 2.5 times the stake, while five high-paying symbols can reward you with 4 to 20 times the bet. Completing this section is the wild symbol, which appears on all reels and can substitute for any symbol except the leprechaun. Wilds can fetch up to 25 times the bet for landing a five-of-a-kind combination.

Rainbow Gold: Slot Features

Rainbow Gold shares similarities with Bounty Gold, but it also brings its own unique features to the table, including more action in its base game.

Top Tracker and Prize Collection

Displayed above the standard 5 reels is a tracker showcasing 5 random prizes. This tracker shifts one reel to the left with each spin, causing the leftmost prize to disappear while a new one appears on the right side. The prizes featured here include:

1. Direct Money - offering cash rewards ranging from 2x to 100x the stake.
2. All In View – granting all the prize values currently visible on the top tracker.
3. Super Free Spins – triggering the free spins bonus round.

To claim these prizes, players need the leprechaun symbol to land on the reels. Whenever the leprechaun symbol appears, the prize above it is awarded. These prizes are saved at each bet level, so modifying the stake alters what appears on the top tracker.

Super Free Spins

When activated from the top tracker by the leprechaun symbol, the Super Free Spins round unfolds across up to four 3x5-sized grids. In the base game, the symbol on the top tracker displays a number from 1 to 4, indicating the number of active grid matrices at the start of the bonus. Similar to the base game, each grid matrix during free spins features a top tracker with potential prizes. These prizes include:

1. Direct money - offering prizes ranging from 2x to 500x the bet.
2. All In View – granting all the prizes visible on the grid where it was activated.
3. Super All In View – granting all prizes visible across all grids on the screen.
4. Retrigger - awarding additional 2, 3, or 5 free spins.
5. Rainbow Boost – unlocking one of the inactive locked game grids.

Comparison with Other Games

Game Design of Rainbow Gold

Rainbow Gold invites you to explore the end of the rainbow, where mythical creatures and hidden treasures await. This five-reel, 20-line slot game combines classic Irish-themed symbols with innovative features, promising an exciting gaming experience.

Game Mechanics

• Reel Setup: The game features a standard five-reel layout with 20 fixed paylines.
• Symbols: Expect a vibrant mix of traditional Irish symbols, including clovers, mugs of beer, horseshoes, and a cheerful leprechaun.
• Bet Range: Players can choose bets ranging from 0.20 to 100.00 credits.

Visual Design and Atmosphere

• The game’s design features a green color scheme, gold trimmings, and a backdrop of pots of glittering gold and lucky four-leaf clovers.
• The cheerful soundtrack adds to the Irish charm, creating an immersive experience.

Rainbow Gold: Slot Verdict

As expected given its theme and execution, Rainbow Gold doesn't offer much that players haven't seen numerous times before, and to be frank, it didn't generate much excitement upon loading. The basic setup and cliched visuals, which have been used repeatedly in similar slots, tend to have that effect.

From a gameplay perspective, Rainbow Gold is somewhat more enjoyable than its predecessor, Bounty Gold. This is mainly because Bounty Gold lacked any features in its base game, which could make the gameplay feel stagnant while waiting for the bonus round to trigger. In contrast, Rainbow Gold benefits from intermittent prizes from the top tracker. While most of these prizes are small, the frequent adrenaline boosts keep the momentum going, to some extent. Once triggered, Rainbow Gold's bonus round offers a different experience compared to both Bounty Gold and Gold Party, despite all three games being played on up to four matrices. Players who enjoy streak respin features and chasing top jackpots may find Bounty Gold and Gold Party more appealing. However, all three slots have similar maximum payout limits, capping at around 5,000 times the stake.

Perhaps if Rainbow Gold offered gameplay that was truly captivating, it could have attracted those who are less enthusiastic about yet another Irish-themed slot. However, while the prizes from the top tracker provide some brief excitement and the four-matrix bonus round occasionally delivers thrills, Rainbow Gold is unlikely to bridge the gap between fans and critics. While there are positive aspects to Rainbow Gold for certain players, the overwhelming sense of genericism might deter others.