Dragon Hatchby Pocket Games Soft

Dragons are everywhere. Everywhere in fiction, books, movies, and games. Not in real life, thankfully.

These mythical creatures with a fondness for hoarding gold are a permanent fixture in many cultures.

From old myths to new media, people just can’t get enough of these fire-breathing reptilians.

Now dragons have gone mobile-friendly in Dragon Hatch by PG Soft.

Theme

As is expected from this developer, the graphics are top-notch and lively. Not content with static backgrounds, the software producer has put an animated dragon above the reels.

She is sleeping but let sleeping dragon lie as the saying goes.

Little details add a lot to the fidelity such as the smoke coming out of the dragon’s nostrils when she exhales.

The dragon is female for a reason…

…because this offering is all about dragon eggs – hence the “hatch” in the name.

There is an egg next to the feature activation gauge that’s rumbling and ready to hatch with the baby dragon peering from a crack.

Overall, PG Soft definitely knows what they’re doing when it comes to presentation. All their offerings have a very high level of polish, and this one is no different.

These are the kind of graphics that just until recently were reserved for high-end mobile videogames.

And it’s great to see developers step up their game to create video slots that are very nice to look at.

Betting Options and Functions

Instead of classic paylines, the company has opted here for a more innovative approach.

Specifically, this is a title in which winning combinations are formed by four more symbols touching vertically or horizontally.

And once that happens…

…the winning combinations clears from the board and new symbols drop from above. In this way, it’s possible to have some pretty long win chains.

That is exactly the objective of the game…

…as creating these combos is what activates the special features.

Special Features

And speaking of features…

…there’s quite a few of them.

All the gimmicks in this offering are tired to the collect gauge at the top. As winning combinations cascade the gauge fills up and various effects are activated.

The effects are based upon the elemental dragons from Chinese myths.

Activating first after 30 winning symbols are collected is the Earth Dragon. This feature, activated at the next non-winning spin, removes all low paying symbols from the grid to facilitate a higher payout.

After this, the Water Dragon takes over and four wilds will be added to the reels.

Well into the cascade, the Fire Dragon will appear and add a randomly chosen symbol in a checkerboard pattern across the whole board.

Once punters manage to collect 70 symbols, the Dragon Queen will awaken and turn all low paying symbols into high paying ones or into wilds.

Our Take

PG Soft has knocked it out of the park again. This up-and-coming developer has been making highly engaging offerings with stellar graphics for quite some time now.

Just like their previous efforts such as Peas Fairy, the title we’re reviewing here is full of charm and life.

It’s an excellent way to feel the thrill of gambling while looking at something nice.