The Egyptian gods have changed their ways a little in the gameplay of the Book of Immortals™ video slot, as their main ambition is to offer us a fabulous journey through time. Certainly not in the air of past millennia but in the future and with Scarab Swap and Free Spins to gradually trace the path to a sacred treasure. Beautiful graphics and a cloud of colours that jump out at us to give us the green light to live an unprecedented story and lead us through the paths of wealth. The Egyptian theme is used quite often in internet casino games but we have to admit that in this new version from iSoftBet, Book of Immortals™ takes on a whole new dimension!
To set the context of the game, we find ourselves exported to the year 2240. Under the ruins of an Egyptian pyramid appear hybrid gods. After a great wave of destruction of many cities by the work of aliens who can no longer bear to see from the stars the humans destroy each other. These beings from the Andromeda galaxy decide to do their bit and annihilate all traces of dominant life on the Earth's surface in order to settle down. A mothership is sent to land next to this famous pyramid.
Complex shapes emerge and eventually descend from their ship. These entities decide to enter the pyramid to see what they find. They end up in a large room where several Egyptian gods are represented and decide to take the form of 4 of them. The first one transforms into Anubis who was the patron saint of embalmers characterised by his appearance of a jackal but obviously with the clothes of the future which makes for a rather strange mix (like in Book of Immortals™).
The second one takes the appearance of Horus. The icon of royalty that had always been discussed by Set his uncle, and it must be said that the transformation is spectacular. The third is transformed into Bastet, goddess of the cat, of love, of fertility and protector of humanity. Finally, the fourth character takes on the appearance of Khnum, represented as a man with the head of a ram, he personified the generative power, presiding over the birth of children and assuming the fertility of the herds.
The four entities come out after their transformation and they discover the stupidity of the humans who are still alive: as soon as they see them, they prostrate themselves before them, and bring them all the things that have resisted the attack as gifts. Indeed, they test their theory that all humans are sheep and that they need to be subjugated by a pyramid system to be happy.
Features and game mechanics of Book of Immortals™:
The wild symbol substitutes for any other symbol to form winning combinations, but it also acts as a scatter. If no specific payout is displayed for wild in the paytable, a combination formed exclusively with wilds will pay as the highest paying symbol if that combination is the highest winning combination on a line. Three or more scatter symbols on the reels will trigger 10 free spins and also pay out a number of coins that will be shown later in the paytable.
During the free spins, a horizontal reel will be unfolded on the 5 reels. At the beginning of the free spins the horizontal reel rotates once to determine a special symbol, this is the symbol that lands in the centre of the horizontal reel. When at least 2 images of the special symbol land on the normal reels (not stacked must be on 2 or 3 or more reels) during the free spins, the cases expand to cover all the reels where they landed and will also pay out on non-adjacent reels.
If wins are awarded as a result of the special symbol expanding, the horizontal reel moves one position to determine a new special symbol. If the special symbol is a plus free spins item, additional free spins are awarded and the horizontal reel moves one position to determine a new special symbol. If the special symbol is one of the higher paying symbols (the gods), this symbol will also be highlighted on one of the obelisks displayed on either side of the reels and will expand each time at least two images of this symbol land on the reels and not stacked, until the end of the current free spins.
During the free spins, the bet value cannot be changed and the feature cannot be retriggered. Scarab Swap is a feature that randomly, at the end of a normal pay spin, before all winnings are paid out a swarm of beetles can fly over the reels and attach to random symbols turning these symbols into the same symbol. Not all initial winning combinations are paid out and only winning combinations resulting from symbol transformations are paid out.
Review of Book of Immortals™:
The iSoftBet provider offers us a beautiful 5 reels, 3 rows, 10 paylines free slot bearing the name Book of Immortals™. The theme used is that of the Egyptian gods but remixed with a futuristic feel that gives a blast to this kind of gambling. The graphics are incredibly beautiful, great special effects, colours and light effects that capture our eyes in an inescapable way.
There are not too many features, only two, the Scarab Swap and the free spins, which is not much. No jackpot, no winnings multipliers for this machine that could be a hit. The return to player is not excessive either. It's 96.31% and the volatility is pretty average but you don't have to wait forever for the features to kick in either, so the negatives are lessened a bit.
The denomination values range from €0.01 to €1 which gives us bets ranging from €0.10 to €10. Not very high but good for players who are shy, not too experienced or have a small gambling budget. It allows them to enjoy themselves for longer, as they are players who like to bet big to win big it's not really their corner, but if the theme is appreciated there is no problem we play and that's it.
When it comes to graphics the iSoftBet provider has done a great job, it's true that the Book of Immortals™ free slot is beautiful but it lacks a bit of everything to make it a queen video slot. The Egyptian gods theme with a futuristic feel is very successful and impacts us but there are some ingredients missing from the recipe which is a shame. If you like this type of slot machine, iSoftBet can also entertain you with Kings of Gold (2022) and/or Pyramid Pays (2022). Lately, the iSoftBet software had accustomed us to better. I am a little disappointed except for the interface which is really beautiful.
