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Golden Glyph 2 Review
The first game marked a milestone, as it was the very first cluster pays grid slot. They came up with their own unique Power Glyph modifier system, and this is also central to the gameplay in Golden Glyph 2. Instead of the more common winning symbol meter charging system, you get 3 unique modifier types by landing wins with the power glyph wild.
The juiciest modifier is saved for last both in the base game, and in the bonus round, and there are 6 power ups to plough through before you reach those. Visually, the two games are equally solid, with majestic pyramid backdrops that can take your breath away. The same can be said about the 29,500x your stake potential, which is more than twice what’s on offer in the first game.
Golden Glyph 2 Features
The regular ‘W’ wild steps in for all pay symbols, and this helps you form winning clusters with between 5 and 15+ matching symbols. All winning symbols from a cluster are removed, and the Tumble Reels feature allows for existing and/or new symbols to drop down to fill the gaps. This also spawns a ‘blue orb’ Power Glyph wild in one of the empty positions.
Whenever you land a winning cluster that involves the Power Glyph wild, you will get a Power Up modifier from the sliding reel below the regular grid. If you win more than 1 power up, they are chosen in the order from left to right, and the power up reel slides one step left on each spin to bring in new power up symbols.
You get 7 power up symbols on the sliding reel per spin, and the last one to become activated is always the 2x3 mega wild modifier in the base game. The other 6 power up symbols that come first in line are either random wilds or symbols removal patterns. Here is an overview:
- Golden Scarab modifier - award between 4 and 11 wilds to random positions on the grid.
- Patterns of Horus modifier - each symbol is removed in a unique pattern resembling a Cross, Ankh, Bird, Eye, Hourglass or Snake. This triggers a new tumble.
- Gigantic Wild modifier - awards a 2x3 mega wild somewhere on the grid, and triggers only after you’ve gone through 6 of the above modifiers first.
The Bonus Round is triggered when you land 3 scatters anywhere in sight, and this awards 7 free spins. You get +5 extras spins when you land 3 scatters during the feature, and the 7th modifier is now always an extra power glyph wild added to the grid.
You get a single roaming power glyph wild from the start, and it moves randomly to a new position per spin. New power glyphs can be won from the 7th position of the power up reel, and up to 4 can be active on the grid at the same time.
As usual, the power glyph serves as a wild symbol, but now it also comes with a progressive multiplier that increases by +1 per winning cluster it’s involved in. The multiplier can go as high as x50 per symbol, and the multipliers are added together if more than one power glyph is involved in the same win.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you can take advantage of the bonus buy option. This is not for UK players however, and it will set you back 50x, 150x or 275x your stake. This awards direct access to the bonus round, with 1, 2 or 3 starting power glyph wilds, respectively. It also increases the RTP to 96.30 %, 96.49 % or 96.60 %, respectively.
The 200 Spins Golden Glyph 2 Experience
You get to see the golden scarab modifier at the very beginning, before we purchase the bonus round. Of course, we went with the highest tier option, starting us off with 3 juicy power glyph roaming wilds. The feature plays out for more than 5 minutes, and you can check it all out in the highlights video below.
Review Summary
A lot of things have been done right with this follow-up title, and fans will hardly be disappointed. The biggest drawback in Golden Glyph 2 is the somewhat lower symbol values. However, having up to 4 progressive multiplier power glyphs active in the bonus round is certainly solid compensation. Not least since the 29,500x potential has been more than doubled since the first game.
Visually, both games are stunning depictions of ancient egyptian architecture. All the unique symbol removal patterns might be cool to watch, but in the end it amounts to one modifier. We would have preferred a bit more variety and innovation perhaps, but they get the job done of prolonging your winning streak. All in all, this is a follow-up well worth checking out, both for fans of the original game, and grid slot buffs in general.
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Golden Glyph - is the original 7x7 grid slot, and in this game you win the bonus round from the power up reel. There are also 3 other modifiers to look forward to, but only 1 increasing multiplier power glyph roams around during free spins. The max win is 13,185x your stake.
Vault of Anubis - is a 6x7 cluster pays effort, and it comes with cascading wins, random wilds and mega symbols. The bonus round sports an unlimited progressive win multiplier, and this can lead to payouts up to 5,469x your stake.
Golden Osiris - is a 7x7 grid slot, and cascading reels uncover multiplier wilds underneath the regular symbols. A chosen symbol will expand when the pyramid is fully charged, and you can get a multiplier up to 30x on the recharge. The pyramid is always charged in the bonus round, and you stand to win up to 12,000x your stake.
