Dragons vs GigaBlox

Dragons vs GigaBlox Slot Review

Two gilded dragons coil around the pillars of a Chinese temple terrace, craning in over a 6×6 grid as the maples go red. Most slot mascots just watch. These two clock in: Dragons vs GigaBlox is built so that the dragon you pick before your first spin, ReelPlay‘s twist on the GigaBlox formula, does more for your base game wins than the paytable itself, and that’s a bolder bet on player choice than most large-grid games are willing to make.

It runs on a 6×6 grid with 50 paylines, at 96% RTP with high volatility and a ceiling of 13,770x the stake, which puts it in the same territory as Atlantis 10K Ways and Hercules 10K Ways from the same studio. Bets run from 0.30 to 15 per spin. The dragons do the watching; the pearls do the paying.

Base Game & Features

Wins pay left to right across the 50 paylines, coinciding wins are added, and only the highest combination on each line counts. With six rows on every reel, there’s a lot of room for things to land in, and the game fills it.

GigaBlox

Any symbol except the BONUS and the WILD can arrive as a Gigablox: an oversized block in a 2×2 up to 6×6 formation that functions as that many individual symbols. A big block of a premium symbol can therefore cover half the grid and pay on multiple lines at once, which is where the base game’s bigger moments come from.

Dragon Selection

Before playing, you choose between the Ruby Dragon and the Jade Dragon, and the choice sticks until you change it. When the Ruby Dragon appears as a Gigablox fully within the reels, it drops two, three or four Wilds at random onto the screen. A Wild that lands on any Gigablox turns the entire block Wild, and two or more Ruby blocks on one spin each drop their own set. Ruby’s Wild drops never land on existing scatter or Wild symbols.

The Jade Dragon works the other way. When a Jade Dragon Gigablox lands fully within the reels, it grows, taking up more space and more symbol positions. Bonus symbols it swallows still count towards the respin trigger. A 6×6 Jade block already fills the reels, so it doesn’t grow further.

The WILD itself substitutes for every symbol except the BONUS, and the respin round covered below starts whenever five or more of those BONUS symbols appear anywhere in view.

Paytable

Values below are shown at the game’s default 1.20 stake:

• Top symbol: 6 for 6.00, 5 for 2.00, 4 for 0.80, 3 for 0.60
• Second symbol: 6 for 3.00, 5 for 1.20, 4 for 0.60, 3 for 0.48
• Third symbol: 6 for 2.00, 5 for 1.00, 4 for 0.48, 3 for 0.32
• Fourth symbol: 6 for 2.00, 5 for 1.00, 4 for 0.48, 3 for 0.32
• Fifth symbol: 6 for 1.60, 5 for 0.80, 4 for 0.40, 3 for 0.32
• Sixth symbol: 6 for 1.60, 5 for 0.80, 4 for 0.40, 3 for 0.32
• Low symbols, all four identical: 6 for 1.00, 5 for 0.40, 4 for 0.20, 3 for 0.08
• WILD: substitutes for all symbols except BONUS, pays as the top symbol combination
• BONUS: five or more anywhere triggers the Respins feature

The premium end is modest, then. Even a full six-of-a-kind of the top symbol returns five times the default stake, so the base game is carrying the theme rather than the payout, and the respin round has to do the heavy lifting.

Dragons vs GigaBlox Bonus Features & Free Spins

The respin round begins the moment those BONUS symbols hit the five-symbol threshold. All triggering symbols fall to the bottom of their reels and are held, and three respins are awarded. Every position without a held symbol respins, and any symbol that lands resets the count back to three.

• Trigger: five or more BONUS symbols anywhere in view
• Starting count: three respins, reset to three by any symbol that lands
• Bottom five rows: BONUS and BONUS SPECIAL symbols only, held on landing
• Top row: BONUS MULTIPLIER and BONUS SPECIAL symbols only, held in place
• Round ends: no respins remain, or every position is filled
• Stake: respins play at the triggering bet

Any BONUS or BONUS SPECIAL that lands in the bottom five rows falls to the next available position in its reel and sticks. Each held BONUS shows a prize equal to the total number of held symbols in the bottom five positions of its reel, so prizes grow as the screen fills.

The top row is where the multipliers live. A BONUS MULTIPLIER doubles every prize in its reel; a BONUS SPECIAL quadruples them. When two or more top-row symbols sit on consecutive reels, their multipliers are added together and applied to all held prizes across those reels. A BONUS MULTIPLIER on reel two next to a BONUS SPECIAL on reel three therefore pays x6 on every held symbol below them.

There’s a compounding effect too. Every time a BONUS SPECIAL lands, all other BONUS SPECIAL symbols already on screen increase their multiplier by x1. Only one BONUS SPECIAL can occupy the bottom five rows of each reel, which keeps a lid on how far that builds.

When the round ends, all BONUS prizes are added together and multiplied by the triggering bet. Filling the grid is the dream scenario: every position holding, every reel multiplied, and the sort of total the 13,770x ceiling exists to cap.

Bonus Buy

Where it’s offered, the respin round can be bought outright:

• Cost: 65x the current bet per spin
• Guarantee: the purchased spin contains between five and twelve BONUS symbols, so the feature always starts
• RTP: 96%, the same figure as regular play

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.8/10

Playing Dragons vs GigaBlox is a long apprenticeship in patience, broken up by the occasional dragon doing something spectacular to the grid. That’s the reason to choose it: no other GigaBlox game hands you a mascot that rewrites the reels mid-spin, and picking Ruby or Jade genuinely feels like a decision rather than a menu.

Its strength is the respin round, which escalates properly: pearls that grow per reel, top-row multipliers that add across neighbouring reels, and specials that feed each other. It’s a round with a real ending worth chasing. The weakness is the base paytable, which is thin enough that the long stretches between features pay almost nothing to write home about.

This is a game for players who enjoy a long build towards one big grid-filling moment, and it isn’t one for anyone who wants steady wins along the way. When the pearls finally stack and the reels fill, the wait was the whole point.

Dragons vs GigaBlox FAQs

• How is the Respins feature triggered in Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  Landing five or more BONUS symbols anywhere on the grid starts the round. Those symbols drop to the bottom of their reels and lock in place, then three respins begin.
• What do Gigablox symbols do in Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  Gigablox are oversized symbols in formations from 2×2 up to 6×6 that behave as individual symbols, so a single large block can produce many coinciding wins at once. Every symbol except the BONUS and WILD can appear as one.
• How much does the Bonus Buy cost in Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  The respin round costs 65x the bet to buy. The spin that follows is guaranteed to carry at least five and up to twelve BONUS symbols, and the buy plays at the same 96% return as normal spins.
• What is the RTP of Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  The overall theoretical return to player is 96%, and the Bonus Buy runs at the same figure.
• Is Dragons vs GigaBlox high volatility?

  Yes. It’s a high volatility game with a hit frequency of 27.8%, so roughly one spin in four returns a win.
• What is the maximum win on Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  The maximum win is 13,770x the stake.
• What is the bet range on Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  Bets run from 0.30 to 15 per spin, with a default stake of 1.20.
• How do the Ruby and Jade Dragons differ in Dragons vs GigaBlox?

  You pick one before playing. A Ruby Dragon Gigablox drops two, three or four Wilds onto the reels, turning any block it lands on fully Wild, while a Jade Dragon Gigablox grows larger after landing and increases its prize.