Dead or Alive Pokies
Stunning 3d graphics, some great bonus features and a fun theme all come together in Net Ent’s Dead or Alive video pokie, which sees a variety of Western-themed symbols spinning up winning combinations across 5 reels and 9 paylines. They are set against the backdrop of an old frontier town where a cloud of black smoke suggests that outlaws are at work, and these rough characters turn up during a free spins round, along with a long-suffering sheriff to award players with extra wins.
Everything in this pokie, from the background image, to the wood-effect surrounding of the reels, to the symbols themselves has been designed with a great attention to detail and the whole game looks like an animated movie.
Even though there are just 9 paylines, players still have the option to stake just 0.01 on a spin, activating a single line, but to get the whole game in play and qualify for all winlines, they are looking at a low limit of 0.09, while the most that can be wagered on a single spin is a relatively low 18.00. Free Dead or Alive video pokie games are offered at many casinos, so potential players can still test it out without risking a cent.
Dead or Alive
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Playing Dead or Alive
Playing card symbols, designed to look like rivetted metal, will pay out the lower-value wins, and will need to be on 3 or more reels across a payline, starting from the left side to be worth anything, although the wild can help complete lines if needed.
The 10 pays out 2x the line bet when landing on 3 reels, while a line of 4 is worth 10x and a full run across an active payline sees wins of 25x paid out. The J, Q and K symbols each pay a little more, and the top value playing card icon is the A, which is worth 10, 20 or 100x.
Other symbols are more directly related to the Western theme, starting with a shot glass of whiskey then moving up in value through some cowboy boots, a hat and holstered six-shooter. The top payouts in the normal run of play come from the sheriff’s badge and this star-shaped item is valued at 20x the line bet when landing on 3 reels of an active payline, 125x for 4 in a row and a huge 1000x if it completely fills the line.
Bonus Features
The picture of a Wanted poster is worth even more, paying out 1500x the line bet for a full run of 5, while it’s also the main wild symbol of Dead or Alive. It can act as all except the crossed pistols scatter, so when players have a break in a sequence of matching symbols, and the wild is in the right place, it will substitute for the missing piece and they still get paid out for a win. It can also extend prize-winning combinations further across a line for higher payouts.
This isn’t the only wild however, as players will find out when the free spins bonus games are triggered by 3 or more scatter symbols turning up in any positions at once. If just 2 scatters landed, a basic prize of 2 coins is paid out, while 3, 4 or 5 not only starts the bonus games, but also awards initial payouts of 4, 25 or even 2500 before they begin.
Free Games
During the free games, there’s a new set of wild Wanted posters in the mix, each containing a character, and whenever any land on the reels they will stay locked in position until the end of the round. This has the effect of improving the odds of a win with every wild that appears, so that by the end of the bonus spins, players could have multiple winlines completed with each. What makes this even more exciting is that all wins are doubled in value, while landing any 3 or more scatter symbols at once will retrigger the bonus games, keeping the existing wilds in place throughout the new spins. They can only be retriggered once however, but this should be more than enough to make the round extremely profitable.
The Verdict
Dead or Alive has become one of the most popular online casino pokie machines from Net Ent for a couple of very good reasons. The most immediately obvious reason is simply the way that it looks, but if the gameplay was poor, players wouldn’t keep coming back to it over and over again.
Standard spins can be rewarding, but once the bonus round has been triggered, this pokie really starts to hand out multiple wins, and remember, these are on top of the substantial payouts from the scatter symbol even before the free spins commence.