Legacy of Egypt

There is definitely an abundance of online slots that use themes inspired by Egyptian culture. The Legacy of Egypt slot by Play'n Go is one of them, but it stands out from the pack because of how it handles the graphics and the feature set. This is the type of thing that players are often skeptical of before they play, but this is also the type of game that has a lot of replay value, so you could find yourself coming back to it over and over again if it fits the type of gameplay that you're looking for overall.

Game Format

You'll see when you first look at this game that there are five reels and three horizontal rows. Players will have 30 paylines to bet on, but things are made a little easier when it comes to choosing your bet because there are a clear number of options available instead of dealing with coin sizes, numbers of coins per payline, lines that turn on and off, etc. The available wagers run from the $0.30 level up to $90 per turn, and there are plenty of options between, so you won't have an issue finding a size that fits what you're comfortable with.

Note that all of the win sizes we discuss here will center around having a wager of $1.50. All prizes are multiplied by the total wager, so if you increase or decrease how much you're betting, those payouts will adjust accordingly.

Wild Scarab Symbols

The scarab symbol is a blue beetle with yellow and green wings that's holding up a red orb. Five of a kind of this wild pays out 25x. Likewise, you can earn 5x or 1.5x prizes for lining up four of a kind or three of a kind on a payline. This wild scarab symbol will substitute for anything but the scattered pyramid symbol, so it can definitely help you to get extra pays that you wouldn't have gotten without it.

Scattered Pyramid Symbols

The three-segment pyramid with the Eye of Horus on the sides is the scatter symbol for this game. It appears on each of the five reels, but it has an atypical characteristic where any amount of three or more anywhere on the game board will all give you the same payout of 7.5x. Aside from that, if you get at least three of them on the board, then you'll activate a free spins bonus feature.

The Wheel of the Gods will appear and give you a random number of free spins up to a total of 20. This will be along with a multiplier that's chosen that all of your free spins winnings will be multiplied by as well. During the free spins mode, the pyramids count as extra wilds instead.

Pyramid Spins Feature

During the free spins mode, you can also trigger a set of Pyramid Spins if you get at least two of the pyramid scatters on the reels at once. This gives you up to eight extra spins with the same multiplier. Additionally, you can double the values of the free spins and multipliers if you get at least three of them during the Pyramid Spins feature.

Symbol Set and Payouts

Cleopatra is the highest-paying symbol, and she's the only lady to appear on the reels, so she's easy to spot. A 15x prize is yours for five of this symbol. A win of 12.5x is your reward for lining up five of the pharaoh symbols, and five of the bird Ra gets you 10x. The jackal is worth 6.25x for five of a kind, and you can make it 5x for five of the blue cat or the green crocodile.

The A, K, Q and J symbols round out the bottom end of the pay table, and they each get you 2.5x for five of a kind.

Overview

What you see with the Legacy of Egypt slot is that Play'n Go has put a lot of effort into the graphics and features so that this doesn't just feel like another boring, generic entry into an already over-saturated sub-genre. Instead, it stands out for being particularly exciting, and it has more depth than most slot titles in general thanks to the multi-stage free spins mode and how the scatters and wilds get tied together. The bottom line is that we think a lot of players, if not a majority, would enjoy this game because of its presentation and gameplay style, and that's in spite of the theme that they chose to use.