Pyramid: Quest For Immortality Pokie Machine
Online casino games developer Net Ent have done a bit of clever thinking with their Pyramid: Quest for Immortality video pokie, as the 5 reels are actually in a pyramid shape, with the outer ones each containing 3 symbols, the next ones in being 4 symbols high and the middle reel having 5 symbols on it. It’s little touches like this that have made this Swedish company so successful and like many of their online pokies this one comes with some unique bonus features to make it stand out from the many, many, many other games themed around ancient Egypt.
Net Ent are not in de-Nile that this is perhaps an over-used subject matter, but there’s clearly a lot of people who can’t wait to try out the latest pokie that’s filled with typically Egyptian symbols like decorated beetles, winged gods and so on. They could have just promoted the reel layout and got away with it, but his game also has 720 ways to win, symbols that vanish when they make up a winning line, wild substitutions and multipliers.
Because there are no conventional paylines, and wins come whenever 3 or more matching symbols appear in any positions on adjacent reels from the left, players can’t test it out with just a line or two, but fortunately, free Pyramid: Quest for Immortality video pokie games are available. The low limit to play for real money is only 0.10 anyway, and the maximum bet is 200.00 per spin.
Playing Pyramid: Quest for Immortality
This is another beautifully-designed game from Net Ent and has a pyramid standing out in the night sky behind the reels which are flanked by huge statues of Horus the bird-headed god and Anubis the dog-headed god of Egypt. Stone columns support the roof which sits on top of the reels to give the appearance that they are contained in a special building and each symbol position is made to look like a block of stone.
On these blocks, we see symbols such as the 10, J, Q, K and A which are all in a simple but colourful style, while the main symbols consist of a cobra head, the winged god, beetle and at the top of the table we have an Egyptian Queen along with the Pharaoh who is worth 5, 8 or 50 coins when he lands on 3, 4 or 5 reels at once.
Rather than spinning down reels, the stone blocks thud into place with each game and if a winline is created, any symbols that made it up will shake a bit, explode and leave empty spaces for any above to fall into. New symbols appear from above the game and should any new winning combinations then be created; the process get repeated. If players see 3 successive winning games, they will also get a multiplier which goes up to 2x and will keep on increasing with every third win from a single triggering spin up to a potential 10x. This system is named Avalanche Reels by Net Ent and it’s featured on a number of their top pokies including Gonzo’s Quest and Fruit Case.
Pyramid: Quest For Immortality
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Wild Features
A gold ankh is a wild symbol which can acts as all others and help to complete combinations, either plugging the gaps in a sequence across reels or stretching a win further across to the right side for a higher value payout. Because there are no paylines and it just needs to be anywhere on the right reels, it’s easier for the wild to do this, although it isn’t worth anything on its own, even if players see a full run of wilds right across the game.
A special Wild Generation feature has any of the upper positions on the reels that created a winline becoming wild symbols following an Avalanche and this makes it easier to get further wins and subsequently trigger the multipliers.
The Verdict
Although there are lots of Egyptian-themed pokies out here, Pyramid: Quest for Immortality is without doubt one of the better ones. It looks great, has a high return to player percentage and of course, comes with some outstanding bonus features. There’s no scatter symbol, or bonus symbol, or even a free spins round, as the combination of Avalanche Reels and those extra wilds that can appear will often lead to multiple bonus spins anyway.
It may seem a bit of a stretch to get to a 10x multiplier, which because it increases on every third successive Avalanche means players would need 30 wins in a row, but we managed to get it to the 4x level, so it’s not impossible.