Provider:
Genesis Gaming
Eight free spins on a 4x4 grid that turns through four stops, paying every line at each one: that is where Genesis Gaming put the action in Gods of Giza. My one round, on spin 9, paid 27x the stake, and 98 spins at 25.00 still ended with 2.50 left.
There is no occasion to pause, with the Genesis Gaming slots arriving at me in quick succession, and I have to get directly to business, just like the Egyptian deities featuring in this slot. I played at a stake of 25.00 from a starting balance of 1,000.00.
Gods of Giza is a 4-reel, 4-row video slot with 20 pay lines and a 96.13% RTP, and gamblers can wager between 0.20 and 40 per spin. The 20 lines are fixed, so every spin plays all of them.
In Gods of Giza you will discover a set of 8 regular symbols. 4 of them are low-paying symbols depicted by card symbols, and the 4 high-payers arrive in the shape of assorted Egyptian deities. The Scarab beetle is Wild and substitutes for every symbol except the Golden Ankh scatter.
Altogether, however, the base game does not truly provide much promise. Over my 98 spins, 26 paid something, and 15 of those paid less than the stake. So it all boils down to the free spins mode. The Rotating Free Spins accounted for 675.00 of the 1,452.50 I won in the session, or 46% of the total.
3 or more Golden Ankh scatters trigger 8 free spins, and in the free spins mode gamblers profit from a rotating matrix. After each free spin the 4x4 grid turns a full 360 degrees, stopping every 90 degrees. That means the lines are paid at all 4 positions of every free spin. Across the 8 free spins that makes 32 line evaluations. The game can retrigger for 8 additional spins, but I would not expect huge wins even then. A retrigger needs 3 or more Golden Ankh scatters to land during the round. In my testing the round did not retrigger and returned 27 times the stake. It arrived on spin 9 and took the balance from 875.00 to 1,525.00, the highest point of the session.
Our Minty Verdict: One bonus round paid 27x the stake and carried 46% of everything the session won; the other 97 spins could not hold on to it, and 98 spins at 25.00 came back at 59.3%.
Gods of Giza has a max win potential of 400 times the stake. Line wins are multiplied by the line bet, while Golden Ankh scatter wins are multiplied by the total bet and pay anywhere in view.
Gods of Giza is a slot that appeals more to the conventional crowd. After a win the prize can be taken to a gamble feature, where guessing the card colour doubles it and guessing the suit quadruples it, for up to 5 consecutive wins. Devoted gamblers with a fondness for high volatility and huge win promise probably won't extract much out of it. My session ended when the balance ran out after spin 98, with 2,450.00 wagered and 1,452.50 won for a return of 59.3%.
Will this be the Egyptian slot of the year? Certainly not. But it's a pleasant reminder of the days when slots appeared less complex and more enjoyable.