Chi

Win up to 12 500 times your bet in this Elk Studios slot that has you chilling with pure chi(or qi depending on your preferred pronunciation). The game draws some inspiration from this Asian concept of energy, though mostly it concentrates on cute animals and impressive animations. There are more than enough features to keep you busy in this game.

Theme

Fancy animations and excellent graphics welcome you to the game. The quality is great through and through, even with the music that keeps the atmosphere refreshing and tranquil. The symbols might seem a bit alien, which is a good thing considering that we have all seen all too many slots where half the symbols are playing card ranks. Not here, not in this slot. There are also two main characters to keep an eye on, though they don’t really show up on the reels all that often.

Betting Options and Functions

The reel setup is both strange and familiar. In effect, the reels have been turned sideways, which means that you have three reels with five symbols each, with the reels rolling from left to right instead of the usual up to down.

A rather insignificant change that somehow has not been tried before(at least to my knowledge).

As is usual from Elk Studios, the game is completely compatible with all devices and looks good across the board. There are 27 vertical paylines which pay both ways. Betting starts at 0.20 coins per spin and tops out at 20 coins per spin. The game is optimized for easy playing and small bets.

Features

Three scatter symbols will activate the bonus games, and with full five scatters you get twenty spins that can be retriggered during the feature.

The two main characters come into play here, with the fire spirit Chi offering extra wilds for the reels. The wind spirit Mow awards multipliers. During the bonus games the Chi wilds will stay on the reels for the entire feature, whereas the Mow will award extra multipliers up to five times the original.

The main feature is called Stairway to Fortune. This feature is activated when three bonus symbols enter the reels. In the first part of the game, the player is trying to score multipliers, which can range between 2 and 200. The second feature likewise deals with multipliers but from a different perspective. The maximum multiplier from the second feature is 1500.

Our Take

Chi is an excellent slot, which is something we have all come to expect from this studio. The volatility might be high, but so are the wins. The game is worth trying for the different reel setup alone, with the rest of qualities just reinforcing this point. Rarely do we come across such a beautiful and well-balanced slot. Give it a go!