Banquet of Dead Slot Review 25 March 2024

Play n’ Go released Banquet of Dead on March 7 2024. The slot takes you to Ancient Egypt where it indulges you in the culture including pharaohs, artefacts and hieroglyphics.

The game theme revolves around honouring the departed with a familiarity to the Book of Dead. The other games it may remind you of besides Book of Dead include Ghost of Dead and Legacy of Dead.

In this review, you will get an overview of the gameplay and a breakdown of its attractive features.

General Overview

Banquet of Dead is a 5-reel and 3-row reel with an RTp of 96.2%.  You have the opportunity to win on 10 pay lines by placing a minimum bet of €0.01 and a maximum bet of €100.

The game is also known for having high volatility and a max win of 35000x.

The game has both low-paying and high-paying symbols. The low-paying symbols include 10, J, Q, K and A while the high-paying symbols are a fan, a fruit, a crocodile, a statue and Queen Nitocrit.

You need to hit three low-paying symbols for a win and two for high-paying symbols. When you hit five low-paying symbols, you get from 10x to 20x your bet. For five high-paying symbols, you get a 60x to 150x your bet.

You can expect bonus features too that add to the thrill of the game including the Hourglass scatter, Free Spins and Gamble Feature.

Attractive Features

Hourglass scatter

The scatter plays two roles. One, it substitutes any non-expanded regular pay symbol and secondly, triggers the Free Spin feature.

When you hit 3,4 or 5 scatter symbols, you get a 2.5x, 25x and 150x multiplier for your bet respectively. Additionally, you get 7 Free Spins.

If you hit 2 scatters, you enjoy 0.5x without Free Spins.

Free spins

The feature randomly chooses a special expanding pay symbol. Once all wins are evaluated, triggering this feature will expand the special symbol to cover all the positions on the reel.

It only expands when there is an opportunity to win.

When the symbol expands, the lowest value symbol is eliminated for the next Free Spin and going forward.

If the expanding symbol chosen is low-paying, you need 3 to trigger the expansion. If it is a high-paying symbol, you need only 2.

Gamble feature

You get to go big or go home with the Gamble feature. A player has the chance to increase the prize by guessing the colour or suit of a face-down card.

When you guess the correct colour, you get double the prize. If you guess the suit, you get quadruple the prize.

The hard part to this is if you miss, you lose everything.

Verdict

If you enjoyed Book of Dead, this slot will feel familiar. It offers a great max win of 35000x though the high volatility will make it hard to achieve.

Even if you don’t win the max, you can enjoy great wins from the different pay symbols that have worthwhile multipliers.