TAO QUICK START GUIDE
In days gone by, Asia was a continent that was ruled by powerful emperors. These emperors lived large but at the same time, they made tremendous strides to ensure that all of their subjects also lived comfortably.
As a way of paying tribute to the great Asian emperors, KA Gaming released the Tao online slot machine, a five reel and 40 paylines pokies game. Before we slide deeper into the finer details of this review, players ought to know that Tao game enables them to play on any device they so wish including all handheld devices as it is 100% mobile friendly on our site.
Tao is a KA Gaming slot game, it was first released for online casino players on 20th December 2018, it has a RTP of 95.99%, a 5 x 3 reel format, 40 ways to win and a medium variance level.
SLOT LAYOUT
A stairway leading to a wooden house acts as the background graphics. On the right side of the reel section is a three-legged pot that’s oozing flames to an orange ball directly above it. The reel section is slightly transparent thereby enabling players to see the exquisite background graphics as they spin the reels.
REEL SYMBOLS
The icons that players will encounter when spinning the reels of Tao slot game include the three-legged pot, the lion statue, the icon written WILD, the hand fan, a blue statue, a green lamp, an umbrella, a green and white artefact, a book, a green and gold artefact, a purple lamp, firecrackers, and a scroll.
BASE GAME SYMBOLS AND PAYS
- The hand fan: The hand fan carries the game’s highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 20.00 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 10.00 coins and for matching three of these the player wins 6.00 coins.
- The icon written WILD: The icon written WILD carries the game’s second-highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 12.50 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 5.00 coins, for matching three of these the player wins 4.00 coins and for matching just two of these the player wins 0.50 coins.
- The blue statue: This icon carries the game’s third-highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 10.00 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 5.00 coins, for matching three of these the player wins 3.00 coins and for matching just two of these the player wins 0.10 coins.
- The green lamp: The green lamp carries the game’s fourth-highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 10.00 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 5.00 coins, for matching three of these the player wins 2.50 coins and for matching just two of these the player wins 0.10 coins.
- The lion statue: The lion statue carries the game’s fifth-highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 7.50 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 3.75 coins, for matching three of these the player wins 2.50 coins and for matching just two of these the player wins 0.10 coins.
- The umbrella and the green and white artefact: These two symbols carry the game’s sixth-highest payouts. For matching five of the same kind the player wins 5.00 coins, for matching four of the same kind the player wins 2.50 coins and for matching three of the same kind the player wins 1.50 coins.
- The book and the green and gold artefact: These two symbols carry the game’s seventh-highest payouts. For matching five of the same kind the player wins 2.50 coins, for matching four of the same kind the player wins 1.25 coins and for matching three of the same kind the player wins 0.75 coins.
- The purple lamp: The purple lamp carries the game’s eighth highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 1.25 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 0.75 coins and for matching three of these the player wins 0.50 coins.
- The mirror icon: The mirror icon carries the game’s ninth-highest payouts. For matching five of these the player wins 1.25 coins, for matching four of these the player wins 0.75 coins and for matching three of these the player wins 0.25 coins.
- Firecrackers and the scroll: The firecracker and the scroll icons carry the game’s lowest payouts. For matching five of the same kind the player wins 1.00 coin, for matching four of the same kind the player wins 0.50 coins and for matching three of the same kind the player wins 0.25 coins.
BONUS GAMES AND FEATURES
- Wild: The icon written WILD acts as the wild symbol. The wild add a 1x multiplier for all spin wins.
- Scatter: The hand fan represents the scatter symbol.
- Free Games Feature: Landing three or more scatter symbols will see the player trigger the Free Games Feature. When triggered, the player receives 12 free spins. All free spins start with a 3x multiplier for all wins; this is coupled by a 1x multiplier for each win line that consists of a wild symbol.
- Element Feature: Five element symbols of different colours are stacked in the cauldron during gameplay. Any element icon may appear on top of a game symbol and if it happens that the element on a symbol matches the one (in terms of colour) to the element icon in the top right section of the cauldron, the symbol will transform into a wild.
SUMMARY
Tao is a average online slot machine to play that comes with two bonus rounds. In as much the game is entertaining but not so rewarding in our testing, it is also educative in some ways as players get to learn more about the emperors who lived in the past. In light of this, Tao by KA Gaming receives a 6.7 point rating from 10 in our review.