Theme of The Game
The latest product coming from Novomatic’s creative kitchen is taking us on a trip to ancient Egypt, where we will try to discover the hidden riches of the dynasty of Ra.
This five-reel slot with 10 adjustable paylines is set on a temple wall, decorated with hieroglyphs, and features an interesting Free Games Bonus, offering riches fit to gods, while the Gamble feature is available after every winning.
The Eye of Ra is the central symbol of the 2016 release, while the goddess of warfare Bastet, the daughter of Ra, is the highest paying symbol of the slot. The Dynasty of Ra slot is playable across all devices for a starting price of 4 credits per spin.
Developer
Novomatic is considered to be one of the largest manufacturer of land-based gaming machines in the world, spread around 70 countries, and employing more than 19,000 people. In 2011 the Austrian-based company started their transition to iGaming industry with the purchase of Greentube.
Visually speaking, Novomatic video slots are not as sharp as product from other leading online gambling software providers, but they offer plenty of innovative and rewarding features, which is why their army of followers is increasing on daily basis.
How To Play It
The 2016 release features a standard 5×3 layout and offers 10 adjustable paylines. Gamers can choose for themselves whether they want to play with 1-10 paylines.
The minimum number of credits you can place per payline is 4, while the maximum is set at 1,000, meaning that betting starts at 4 credits, provided you play with a single payline, while gamers cannot place more than 10,000 credits per spin.
In order to start winning payouts, simply land at least two symbols on an active payline, starting from the far left reel. This does not apply on playing cards symbols, because for them you need at least three matching symbols in order to win. To activate the Autoplay option, press and hold the Spin button, then set the desired number of automatic spins.
When talking about symbols populating the reels, we already mentioned that the Goddess Bastet is the highest-paying symbol of the Novomatic product.
You will also come across a Panther, Cat Mask, Necklace and a Fan, while the low-value symbols are represented by J-A playing cards. The Eye of Ra is the Wild, substituting for all symbols during the base game, but also functions as a Scatter, and at least three of them will trigger the Free Games feature.
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Special Features
Apart from functioning as a Wild and a Scatter, the Eye of Ra will also reward you with some nice payouts once you land at least three of them on the reels.
Three Eyes of Ra will get you 2x the bet, four will reward you with 20 times the bet, while all five are worth 800 times the initial bet. At least three Scatter will award you with 10 free spins, during which the Eye of Ra will not function as a Wild, but Novomatic prepared a neat addition instead.
Symbols that form a winning combination starting from the leftmost reel will expand and cover the entire reels, making plenty of additional winning combinations, provided you play with all 10 paylines. For example, if you land five of a kind, you will fill all the reels with identical symbols.
The slot also offers a Gamble feature after every winning, where spinners can try to multiply their winnings by guessing the correct colour of the hidden card.
Maximum Payouts
The Goddess Bastet will reward you with 1,000 times the triggering bet for five of a kind, so if you land this combination during the Free Spins feature, you can win a whopping reward of 10,000 times the bet, since Bastet will cover all the reels.
The Black Panther will pay 500 times the bet for the maximum combination, which is also pretty generous. As you may suppose, hefty payouts can be expected during the Free Spins feature.
Summary
Taking everything under consideration, we can say that the Dynasty of Ra is nothing more than a decent slot, boasting pretty good graphics and not so good soundtrack.
Gamers can benefit from a single special feature, which is not triggered that easily, so be prepared to dedicate your time and money to the 2016 release if you want to have a chance with the Free Spins.
Our impression is that there are far better slots themed after ancient Egypt, and that Novomatic could have done much more in order to make the 2016 release stand out from the crowd.