Mahjong Way 2 Slots
Mahjong Way 2 is an easy to play video online slot game and is the sequel to the very popular Mahjong Ways slot game released by the same renowned gaming software developers PG Soft (Pocket Games Soft). This popular iGaming studio always brings originality and some great storylines with great animation and is responsible for several premium video slot games in their impressive repertoire including well known hits such as Midas Fortune, Lucky Neko, Cocktail Nights, and Hawaiian Tiki.
What is Mahjong you may ask? It is very popular and beloved board game which developed in the 19th century and is still widely played across China and Asia and which uses a set of 144 tiles that depict dots, sticks of bamboo, and Chinese characters. It is a essentially a matching game with a simple set of rules which requires some strategy and where the goal is simply to remove all the tiles from play by matching identical pairs.
Mahjong Way 2 was released in December of 2023 and although the atmosphere has been replicated from the original principles of Mahjong Way PG Soft have managed to increment some great win potential for players thanks to the cascading or avalanche reels in addition to an increasing progressive Multiplier feature and a free spins bonus feature. Additionally, the Return to Player win potential (RTP) has been improved which here sits at 96.95% and plays with medium volatility so players can expect some decent and consistently sizeable wins with an impressively generous maximum win potential of 100,000x their maximum wager if they set and match their tiles right.
The action at Mahjong Way 2 slot takes place across 5 reels, with rows set in a fixed 4-5, 5-5 and 5-4 format which creates over 2,000 paylines (ways to win). All wins are calculated when players land matching combinations of three or more symbols across consecutive reels irrespective of their position.
Players are able to make their wagers to get playing from between a minimum bet of 0.20$ and a maximum bet of 50.00$ so there is a plenty of range here which allows players of all budgets to enjoy this thrilling slot game from both the casual/novice punter to the high rollers keen to exercise their gaming skills and flex their strategy experience. Players are able to clearly see the paytable and the game rules as soon as the game loads and also to turn on the auto play function to automatically set up the number of spins if they want to go handsfree or to control their gaming strategy and budget.
A light green coloured background with a rising golden dragon greets players with golden tiles and coins seen in the foreground to the reels and of course the gaming board of mahjong. The graphics are simply rendered and gameplay is complemented with an suitably oriental soundtrack. The visuals remain relatively unchanged from the original so players can expect to see the traditional mahjong symbols that match the classical game. Gameplay is kept super simplistic and navigation is intuitive.
Where gameplay gets interesting and win producing is with the cascading reels which can help players gain several wins from just one spin. This mechanic knits well with the increasing multipliers that increases after successful win and therefore boosts the win potential considerably.
The nine regular symbols in Mahjong Ways 2 slot game feature various mahjong tiles with distinct values alongside the special symbols which are the wilds and the scatters which enhance winning opportunities for players as they activate the bonus features in the game. The highest paying symbol is the Green hieroglyph tile which with 5 aligned across the reels comes with a 50x multiplier and provides the most significant rewards. Other lower paying symbols are the red hieroglyph which provides 40x the line stake and the purple one which provides 30x and the lower paying red hieroglyph which hands out 15x the line stake. During any spin all wins will be multiplied by the multiplier shown above the reels starting with x1 in the first round. Any win in this first round will increase the second round’s multiplier to x2 and likewise any win in this second round will increase the multiplier to x3 and so on.
When three scatter symbols appear anywhere the Free Spins Bonus Feature is duly triggered and provides 10 free spins. Each additional symbol that lands will trigger 2 more free spins for players and these free spins are retriggerable. It is here during the free spins when the win multipliers are boosted from between 2x to 10x and all the tiles on reel 3 except wilds and scatters will transform into a gold plated form. These free spins add extra winning opportunities where the rewards multiply drastically.
Evidently the true winning feature and the one that players need to look out for at Mahjong Way 2 slot are the gold plated Mahjong symbols which when they form part of a win are transformed into wilds. The wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols with the exception of the scatter and can appear anywhere and these golden plated symbols appear on reels 2, 3 and 4. The golden plated symbols participate in winning combinations and they leave the wilds in their positions when they disappear.
Mahjong Way 2 slot is fully mobile optimized allowing players to play across smaller screens including compatible devices such as Android, Samsung and iOS including desktop browsers for convenient and flexible instant play from wherever and whenever.