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Game Review
This game tweaks its cash system with each release, hoping something will stick. While there are decent installments, a smash hit that stays high on the charts is yet to be seen. This game takes you to an ancient Egypt city, but the dimly lit backdrop keeps your focus on the action playing out on the 5x3 grid.
The base game is simple, and you’ll benefit from an x2 boost whenever at least one wild is involved in a win. The bonus round makes this installment stand out, as all wilds are converted to instant prize symbols or Meter increment symbols regardless of whether or not they are involved in a win. This system is somewhat innovative, but it’s also done in a way that slows down the pace of the feature.
Game Features
The Wild symbol steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combos, and it’s also the most valuable symbol in the game. Landing 5 wilds on a payline awards 100x your stake, while the regular premiums pay between 8 and 15 x your stake for the same. All wins involving wilds are subject to an x2 multiplier, but this is not the case for pure wild symbol wins.
You get 10 free spins when you land 3+ scatters to trigger the Bonus Round, and you also get an upfront scatter win of 2, 5 or 10 x your stake for 3, 4 or 5 scatters, respectively. You win +10 extra spins the exact same way during the feature, and the scatter payout remains the same as well.
All wilds that land during the bonus round are turned into either prize symbols or Meter symbols. The prize symbol adds a smaller payout to your total immediately as they are revealed, while the Meter symbol increments the Meter seen above the reels by 1 per Meter symbol that is revealed.
You win the following prizes by collecting up to 20 Meter symbols in the Meter:
- Collect 3 Meter symbols to win 10x your stake.
- Collect 6 Meter symbols to win 20x your stake.
- Collect 10 Meter symbols to win 100x your stake.
- Collect 15 Meter symbols to win 200x your stake.
- Collect 20 Meter symbols to win 1,000x your stake.
Non-UK players, and anyone eligible, can take advantage of the Bonus feature. This allows you to pay 73.25 or 188.25 x your stake for 10 or 20 free spins, respectively. The bonus buy feature increases the RTP to 97.12 or 97.41 % for the 10 and 20 spins options, respectively.
The Game Experience
There were plenty of dead spins in the base game, but you get to see at least one boosted wild win before the bonus round purchase. The outcome of this bonus round will be up to chance.
Review Summary
The game does something a bit different with its cash feature, and it’s basically paired the traditional bonus round with elements you might recognize from hold-and-win style features. That being said however, it gets a bit annoying to wait for the usually small prizes to be revealed one by one, as you land wilds on most spins. The pace of the game would have suffered less if prizes were summed up and paid in an instant.
The Meter is another twist, although many similar games offer instant jackpots instead. Here, you need to collect 3 Meter symbols to win even 10x your stake, and 20 to land the 1,000x top prize. The overall 2,400x potential isn’t all that impressive for a medium to high volatility release, but it can, in theory, be cracked also in the base game thanks to the x2 multiplier boosts you get from wild wins.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Wild wins are subject to x2 multiplier | Overall 2,400x potential is a bit low |
| FS wilds turn into prizes | Beware of adjustable RTP ranges |
| Win prizes up to 1,000x |
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