Kensei Blades - Game Review

The Theme and Storyline

Kensei Blades is a fantasy anime game that takes players on a magical journey through an enchanting forest filled with emblems and medieval magic. The game features an iconic knight and an enchantress on a quest and is perfect for fans of anime and multiplayer role-playing games.

The Graphics, Sounds, and Animations

Kensei Blades offers ambient sounds of birds and a delicate soundtrack of whistling notes that add a sense of mysticism to the atmosphere. Players will find glowing crystal stars, hearts, moons, golden suns, swords, and mysterious characters on the reels, all animated in a classic anime style. The game also features a young knight and a pink-haired enchantress, adding to its mystical charm and offering players an immersive anime fantasy experience.

The Gameplay

Kensei Blades has a 3-4-5-4-3 reel structure with wins awarded to players for landing matching reels in any positions on adjacent reels from left to right and from right to left. Only the longest combination of symbols is paid out on a given spin.

The Wilds, Bonuses, and Free Spins

The Wild symbol only lands on reels 2, 3, and 4, substituting for all symbols except the Scatter symbols and the Free Spin symbols. The game's Free Spins feature is triggered when players land a Free Spin symbol on every reel, and they are awarded 8 free spins every time they land a combination of 5 Free Spins symbols across the reels. Players can be awarded up to 96 free spins per win, with a total number of free spins capped at 240. Landing at least 3 Scatter symbols awards players a win of x2 their total bet, 4 Scatters awards x10 their bet, and 5 Scatters awards x50 their bet.

The Bet Sizes, RTP, and Variance

The game's return to player (RTP) is 95.12%, which is lower than our average of roughly 96%. The site we tested offers a betting range from $/£/€1.00 up to $/£/€50.00 per spin. Kensei Blades has medium volatility, making it a less ideal match for our preferred slot machine strategies, which target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

We do not recommend Kensei Blades, primarily because of its low RTP and moderate volatility. While the game's theme and animation are aesthetically pleasing, the RTP is too low to merit a strong recommendation. Mathematically minded players may also remain unmoved by the game's moderate volatility. While some anime fantasy fans may enjoy the game, they may benefit from exploring other slots that offer a more favorable RTP.