Burning Xi You Slot Review & Free Play

Burning Xi-You: Join the Warrior Crew and Ride the Flaming Wilds for Up to 5,000x Awards

Burning Xi-You is a tastefully colorful, inviting entry by CQ9 Gaming that opens onto misty green mountains and a temple perched in the clouds. The five-by-three grid is guarded by four mighty warriors of the old legend. Your job is to join their quest and carry a 5,000x prize back home, spurred on by expanding wilds and up to 100 free spins.

My base game was piercing enough to keep me going as long as possible, paying between 1x and 5.4x my bet and landing something every three to twelve spins. There’s also a feature that makes a visible difference out here in the main game.

Hit two or more wilds, and they spread across their reels to form flaming columns and boost line connections. Thanks to that, my strongest hit left the base game's peak well behind, as it climbed to around 36x my bet when a full reel of wild carried an already decent combo of a green, bearded soldier.

The free game offers retriggers and another handy trick. First off, you’ll need to land three, four, or five scatters to get 8, 15, or 30 free spins. Catch the same scatter patterns again mid-round, and you stack the matching number of spins on top, building up to 100.

Better yet, every free spin hands you at least one full reel of wild, so the expansion that's occasional in the base game becomes a sure thing on every turn inside.

Overall, this is one of the most fun I've had with a CQ9 title, even if the bonus game stayed just out of reach. I joined the company of four warriors and rode out a lively main game, but the highest reward slipped away, and we'll just have to set out again to claim it.