Book Of Dead – Play’ n GO
Egypt has been a popular theme for slot developers for many years and the list of slots with this theme is as long as your arm. The theme suits slots quite well, as ancient Egypt still to this day is wrapped in mystery.
Most developers have one or more Egyptian slots in their portfolio, but no one has as many as Play’n GO. The Swedish developer is the unofficial king of the Egyptian slots and it all started with the slot Book Of Dead, in 2016. The slot is a straight up clone of Novomatic’s Book Of Ra from 2004, but that has not stopped the slot from becoming one of the biggest slot successes in Play’n GO’s history.
Play’n GO has had to handle a lot of criticism over the years for the way they beg, borrow and sometimes steal from other developers. They have been taken to court by other developers several times and in the last few years both NetEnt and Big Time Gaming have been after Play’n GO for cloning their work. Personally we don’t like cloning and a developer like Play’n GO doesn’t really need to clone others because they have proven time and time again that they can develop unique slots such as Wild Rails, Fu Er Dai Big Win Cat, and Battle Royal.
Book Of Dead – Free Spins and Features
Looking past the fact that Book Of Dead is a clone, there is not a better slot to represent Play’n GO in all their glory. The slot looks amazing and even though it’s a fairly simple slot with just five reels, 10 paylines and only a couple of features, it offers an RTP of 96,21%, a max payout of 5,000 x weger and phenomenal graphics.
A slot with a theme like this needs some special features to build up excitement and Play’n GO kicks it off with a symbol of the book, which acts as both a wild symbol and a scatter symbol. As a wild, the symbol can replace all other paying symbols, and as the scatter it will ensure you win free spins.
A nice bonus is that the symbol also has its own coin prize. Land five scatters anywhere on the five reels and you win 200 x wager. Additionally, three or more of the scatter symbol on the same spin will activate the bonus game with free spins.
You’ll be given 10 free spins to start off with and one of the normal paying symbols will be picked as “Special expanding symbol” during the bonus round. The slot picks the symbol at random, but will always pick a high value symbol to ensure you bigger wins.
When the selected symbol lands on the reels and is part of a winning payline, it will expand to cover any reel it’s on so that you can land even more paylines. If the slot picks the symbol of Rich Wild, the star of the slot, you could win the max payout of 5,000 x wager.
Gamble your win
The last feature on Book Of Dead is the classic gamble feature, which gives you the option of gambling any win in the main game. Simply guess the color of the next card in the deck and you double your win. If you want a bigger win, you could have a go at guessing the suit of the next card. Get it right and you quadruple your win. If you don’t guess correctly, you lose it all.
Design & graphics
With Book Of Dead, Play’n GO invites you to join them in the Valley Of The Kings in Egypt in search of great riches. It’s basically the same setting as any other Egyptian themed slot over the last years.
Personally we are getting a bit fed up with the whole Egypt theme, but we can’t deny that Book Of Dead looks smashing and the graphics kicks ass compared to Novomatic’s Book Of Ra from 2004. We all know Play’n GO is able to produce great graphics and Book Of Dead really shows off just how it’s done.
The graphics are crisp and the colors are bright. The slot doesn’t have as many details as newer slots from Play’n GO with the same theme, but that doesn’t change the fact that Book Of Dead is still one of the very best “book” slots around. Great graphics combined with simple, but effective features makes Book Of Dead one of the best Play’n GO slots ever made.
Where to play Book Of Dead?
Book Of Dead is one of the best known slots ever and you’ll find it at just about every single casino offering slots from Play’n GO.
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What’s happened to good old slot machines?
Our spinning tin of joy has come a long way indeed; from chrome, gears, and levers, to lightning-fast buttons, reels, and pay lines – all masterfully blown into life thanks to some real state of the art video graphics. Many new video slots sport up to 5 reels. When it comes to how many pay lines a video slot can have these days, the numbers are as easy to predict as the winning numbers of a jackpot, they’re simply up in the air. Some games come with fixed pay lines, while other slots give you the possibility to bet on paylines. New paylines can suddenly pop up and offer something fun and exciting while playing, like free spins, for example, all video slots are a bit different, just like the number of pay lines and your gaming options. At Casino Hacks we think this is just great, because players are different, and we all favor different games and features. Just remember, before you spin away, go a little easy on the betting. If you’re new to the online casino and slot games, a free spin run is a smart way to start, just so you get the knack of the game and different features.
New slots = new options
Options and new chances really are the name of the game here, so naturally, slot providers are constantly working on finding new smart ways to add surprising and fun bonus features. We see this all the time when new popular slots hit the casinos, packed with new options – all there to give you as a player another chance to win for example via an extra free spin or an entertaining boost option, like a multiplier feature.
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What we look for when reviewing slots
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– RTP: Return to player figures are at 96.51, not bad at all.
– Volatility: High. You might want to stay calm and wait for the bonus game when that comes along, you can get lucky.
– Overall impression: A gem of a game. Stay cool and stick to your game plan and this can be a winner.
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