Ronin Popok Gaming Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Ronin (Popok Gaming) Review

With the Ronin slot, developer PopOK Gaming once again returns to Asia, but this time taking players to medieval Japan. As the name implies, the game is devoted to ronin, masterless samurai warriors who traveled the country offering their service to anyone who needed a sword to hire. Here, players are offered to join a legendary ronin and his partner in their journey across the land of the rising Sun and hunt together for fame and rewards up to 5,000x the stake.

Design-wise, there’s really nothing new to except, as the Ronin slot makes use of a familiar Asian environment. Dominating the view here is a traditional pagoda building where the 5x3 reels are sitting, and the background showcases lovely Japanese scenery of colossal mountains. Although the game obviously lacks originality, it looks pretty nice with detailed anime-style graphics. Plus, animated symbols add a touch of life to the action, while the soundtrack captures the essential Japanese vibe.

Ronin Slot - Reel Screen

There are 10 regular symbols involved, paying when at least 3 of the same kind appear on consecutive reels starting from the leftmost along one of the 20 fixed win lines. The symbols are split into three categories: they start at the lower end with three dolls, followed by tiger, dragon, and three Oni masks, and end with ronin and his fellow lady warrior at the higher end.

Five-of-a-kind combinations of the lower symbols are worth 1x your bet, and combinations of the mids pay from 2x to 5x your bet. Meanwhile, matching 5 of the higher symbols awards 10x your bet.

The Ronin slot can be played on any device, and bets from €0.1 to €100 per spin are accepted, so that should appeal to most. The volatility tends to the high side of the spectrum, but wins should occur fairly often, roughly in every 3 spins in accordance with the 33% hit rate. The maximum win value is 5,000x the stake, and the RTP is also decent at 96.02%, which is a whisker above average.

Ronin Slot Features

Purple samurai masks are Wild symbols, available at any stage on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. In the base game, they simply substitute for any of the regular symbols, helping you out in achieving payouts, yet in the free games, they have another much more important special function, covered below.

Landing 3 Lucky Cat symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 simultaneously during the base game awards 10 Free Spins.

Each Wild symbol that appears during the bonus is collected to the special meter, and if 10 or more instances are collected, a Super Spin will be awarded on the last free spin. All collected Wilds will be placed on random positions on the grid, and if multiple Wilds are placed on the same position, they acquire Multiplier values, equal to the number of Wild symbols in that position.

Ronin Slot - Free Spins

Once the free games come to an end, players have an opportunity to increase the winnings in the Super Bonus. A wheel with four dragon symbols is presented, and players need to pick one to reveal their bonus prize, which can be one of the following:

• Multiplier - applies a 2x or 3x multiplier to the total free spins win.
• Cash Prize - awards an additional payout of up to 9x the total bet.

Ronin Slot - Super Bonus

Players can activate the bonus game immediately via the Buy Feature for the fixed cost of 50x the stake. Additionally, there’s also a Bonus Bet option, which increases the odds of triggering the free games by 2 times. The trade-off, however, is a 25% increased bet.

Finally, Ronin offers players to win one of the four progressive jackpot prizes, namely Mini, Minor, Major, or Mega. The jackpot bonus game can be triggered at random after any paid spin. When activated, a selection of boxes is presented, and players need to pick those one after another until they reveal four matching jackpot symbols to win the corresponding prize.

Review Summary

All up, PopOK Gaming might not have gone to town with the theme, but they’ve surely put plenty of effort into the gameplay, which is fun and pretty lucrative. The jackpots are also a plus and may be the main reason why players might feel drawn to spin the reels on it.

Add up a well-balanced math model, and you get a highly enjoyable slot to play, so be sure to consider Ronin as a decent option when looking for some intense Japanese blockbuster.

Pros

• High-end anime visuals
• Exciting Free Spins bonus
• Four different progressive jackpots
• Well-balanced math

Cons

• Common Japanese theme

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