- Why to Buy:Continuing on the tradition of wildly successful slot titles, this hot new game is busting at the seams with bonus rounds, superior sound an graphics, and the quality you have come to love from Phantom EFX! , This title follows on the heels of Reel Deal’s Ghost Town and Blackbeard’s Revenge which both appeared on NPD’s weekly top 10 best-selling PC games list, making this sequel a sure
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Reel Deal Slots: Treasures of the Far East will blow you away with its impressive 3D graphic technology, feature-rich progressive slots, video poker and realistic gameplay. With over 25 never before seen slots this pushes the limits of slot variety…. More >>
I haven’t finished the game yet, but it is the expected mix of fun slots. Reel Deal Slots are always good.
Rating: 5 / 5
This game is ok its better then the reel deal slots adventures but this game lacks excitement like the old reel deal game. I would like to see more exciting games and I would loved to see Phantom add the stop feature on the slots like at the real casinos.Also when you play dream world odds it still hard to win,on almost all of the games it took about 75 spins before i got the bonus round. I recomend this game though it is fun some what but if you are looking for real fun get IGT slots they have actual slot machine like the casinos the have one coming out soon featuring texas tea….
Rating: 3 / 5
I have purchased several pc games and this is by far the worst i,ve ever seen i just wasted 21 dollars on nothing, can,t get game to work,i am very dissappointed and would not recommend this particular game to anyone unless you just want to throw away some money.Phantom should work on makeing some games that are not so difficult to install.
Rating: 1 / 5
09/18/09 Update: Am becoming less enthusiatic as I find more time to play – There are some cool games, but my initial ardor has cooled and stats don’t lie. I did hit my largest ever single payout on a RDS title (94,000+ credits on a single Double Gold Deluxe spin) so it’s not all bad, but it’s not all good either. I believe it’s time to give Masque’s edition of IGT Slots: Texas Tea a try – IGT Slots: Little Green Men wasn’t bad and had great payouts.
Notes for PhantomEFX:
- Why do you bother with the Video Poker games in a RDS tiitle? Is there really a demand for them? IMHO you should leave them in the RD Casino titles and out of the RD Slots titles.
- Would a single unified launcher be too much to ask? How difficlt could it be to code a launcher that shows all the Phantom titles and not just the most recent couple?
Dog list (Games that someone else may like, but just don’t do it for me – All stats are at Dreamworld odds):
Chinese Zodiac – Bonus round would have been much better if they added multiplier before you choose the rocket that selects which zodiac sign gets chosen – took 3+ hours of play to break even (100.68%)
Earthquake – Dull graphics, low payouts, boring
Fairies – Interesting concept but hindered by dismally low payouts – 77.79% after 2 hours of play
Jumpin’ Multipliers – Boring 3+1 bonus reel game – Low payouts – 81.23% return after 2.5 hours of play
Will update again after I get a through a few more games…
Original Review:
Phantom EFX, in my opinion, makes some of the best slot simulations available, period. Are they “real” machines like you will find in a casino? No they are not. But that does not distract, for me anyway, from the excellent gameplay, great graphics, and the overall playability factor. That being said, I do have a few relatively minor issues with Phantom’s games.
As another reviewer stated, there can be issues with installs, but my experience with tech support has always been very positive. I own 11 different Phantom titles, this was the first that refused to run out of the box. As it turns out, a MS security patch broke a dependency in Windows Vista. The patch section of Phantom’s website had both the issue and the fix fully documented, complete with step by step instructions which worked flawlessly – that is after I decided I didn’t know better than they did and followed the directions. (Doesn’t matter if you are running a 64 bit OS – you still need to install the 32 bit Visual C runtime)
I am also personally less than enthused about 3 reel slots. Because Phantom’s editions are built around playing each game for a minimum period of time as one of the steps to unlock all the bonuses and extras, you have no choice but to suffer through the dogs, and there are a few. Speaking of the overall win, I like the way they have integrated a slot machine into the the prize vault process. Gold Rush gave us a shooting gallery, Treasures give us a slot that looks like it came from the set of the Flinstones. Corny yet cool – I like it.
I have absolutely no intereest in recreating the casino experience so I am strictly a “Dreamworld Odds” player. I want to win big and win often, and really don’t care if it’s not realistic. As other reviewers have stated, even under Dreamworld odds, there can be long dry spells, but over time, all machines will pay in excess of 100%. Do I wish the odds were even more strongly in the player’s favor? Absolutely! But I’ve learned to live with it, and even try to remind myself that slot machines have no memory – each pull is at exactly the same odds as the one before. That doesn’t stop me from getting excited about a hot streak, or pissed about a cold one, but the math behind the games is just that – math. It is a game of random chance, pure and simple.
It seems like each game has at least one bonus feature and many have multiple. Again, it depends on what you like, but for me anyway, the ones that let you into a quest style game that itself needs multiple visits to fully conquer are the best. If you liked High Seas Adventure in Blackbeard’s Revenge, be sure to chack out The First Emperor in which you conquer China, one region at a time. One moderate annoyance about bonus rounds – I go completely nuts when you get a bonus, and then get zero credits from it. There ought to at least be a minimal consolation prize. There’s nothing more frustrating than getting a dozen or more free spins and getting absolutely no points.
The last minor issue for me is Phantom’s refusal to let the games be played without the Disc in the drive. There are ways around it (Virtual CD’s, etc.) but IMHO it is a concept long overdue for demise. Yeah, yeah, I get the whole anti-piracy thing, and understand the perspective of the SW publisher, but when I’m on the road, the last thing I want to do is lug around the factory disk for every game I might feel like playing, just so I can slip it in the drive to play a game I purchased. There has got to be a better way.
Overall, Treasures continues Phantom’s record of quality slot machine simulations that are just plain fun to play. Each is unique (unlike some Masque titles) some are an absolute hoot, while others less so. At the end of the day I remain a fan of Phantom’s Real Deal Slots series, own most of ‘em, and will continue to buy the new ones as they are released.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m having a lot of fun with Phantom’s newest release. Unlike the previous poster, my installation went flawlessly. (Windows XP Pro SP3 and all Windows updates.)
I don’t want to give out spoiler information, but there are some very clever new machines that I’ve enjoyed very much. I like the variety in the bonus rounds; especially bonuses that save your progress or level with you. I’m pretty sure that slot is simply titled “Emperor” in this version.
I’ve also really enjoyed what they have done this year with the “Prize Vault”. The prize vault is a signature “side/game” common to many Phantom games. The general theme from year to year is to earn chances at a minigame in the prize vault as you play the slots. Each year the mini-game is a bit different, but it allows you to unlock other game features. This years mini-game is quite fun
My first review, and finding it difficult to do so without containing “spoiler” information. If you don’t mind spoiler info, Phantom does have a web site with forums. There are many reviews of the new games on that site.
Rating: 5 / 5