Forget about your day-to-day stress, the downsides of modern life and even about your own mortality, because you are about to experience what it’s like to live eternally, praised like a deity, under the magnificent pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Cayetano Gaming offers an Egypt-themed product (one of a million, you may think) called Wild Egypt, packed with creative features and ancient, forgotten riches. A very, very common theme, we know, but hear us out. We believe Cayetano Gaming does not deliver a flop. Despite the theme being done and redone lots of times, one more version like this does it justice.
Wild Egypt runs on a 5x5 reel set and there are no standard paying lines. The symbols drop from above, as the pharaoh statues stomp their sceptres and all it takes is three matching symbols on a horizontal row to obtain a win. The action does not stop there – the middle symbol from the combo turns Wild and the two on the side vanish. More symbols drop from above to fill the voids and there is a possibility to earn a multiplier which forms according to the number of consecutive drops generated in a single spin.
All the symbols in the paytable are related to the theme. Beautifully designed hieroglyphs and pictograms, as well as sacred objects, are mixed together on screen, and the player is required to match identic blocks. Some of the symbols are pharaoh’s mask, scarab, pyramid and Eye of Horus. These are regular paytable icons which deliver standard payouts, and for special features, you may want to pay special attention to the Ankh symbol.
The blue Ankh appears as a Random Wild on each non-winning spin. Up to 7 Random Wilds could land and boost your earnings, in the moments when you reach some of the darkest corners of the pyramid. The energy of life will light your way and you will see a clear path to a bigger balance. Furthermore, the statues on the side of the reels may award free spins randomly, up to 5 rotations completely free of charge.
Ultimately, the players can take advantage of the Scripture Wins feature, which also happens at random. The scriptures may unroll from above and cover a number of positions on the reels and award an instant win of up to 50x the total stake.
Wild Egypt may offer a lower return rate of 94.27% and medium volatility, but qualities are there. Aside from a plethora of Wilds, progressive win multipliers, freebies and Scripture Wins, Wild Egypt slot users can enjoy seducing, eye-catching graphics and animations. The tomb of the old world is not half as scary as one might think – in fact, it’s loaded with riches as shiny and new as they were the day they were buried!