Nefertiti’s Riches

Overview Nefertiti’s Riches slot

Nefertiti’s Riches is the latest slot release from the gaming development team at Red Rake Gaming who incidentally are still championing their Million Ways system hard, and this slot relies on this game element for the actual game area. Putting the Ancient Egyptian theme to one side as it is a theme that is found in many online slots; however, few allow players to collect non-winning symbols to unlock a feature or have cascading reels where you can land several wins in one row.

There are many other features on offer, but it depends on whether you are ready to discover the power of Nefertiti the Egyptian Queen and if so, will the riches of Egypt come away with you? Keep reading and you can find out!

Theme and Symbols

The theme covered in this slot is a common one and focusing on the famous queen of Ancient Egypt, Nefertiti and the graphics are befitting of this type of slot. The huge gaming grid sits in a stunning golden frame, with a backdrop that is littered with pyramids and statues that are bathed with the light from the full moon. The game screen really is spectacular although it is packed full of buttons, bet level advice and bonus meters and it can feel a little cluttered.

In this slot you will find that not all the symbol positions are always active, but this will be explained further below. The Queen Nefertiti symbol is a stone carving and takes her place on a random number of places on the reels. There are vibrant playing card symbols, jewels and a royal chair that fills the remaining positions on the grid. Wins are created by landing a minimum of three of a kind on adjacent reels starting from the left.

The level of detail is superb, and thanks to the 6-reels and 10-rows, each position on the grid is on the small size and although you should not be put off from playing this slot using a mobile phone it is good to be aware of these things. The features and gameplay are truly outstanding making this an excellent Ancient Egyptian themed slot.

Ready to Play

Nefertiti’s Riches plays out over 6-reels and there are a colossal number of ways to win in fact as many as 1,000,000 ways but you do have to unlock enough of the symbols to activate this. You can work towards the mini game to begin with where there are free spins, re-spins, and multipliers up for grabs which is enough to ensure that the boredom stays away.

When you are ready to play the first thing you need to do is select the bet that you are most comfortable playing with, and you can bet from 0.20 per spin up to a maximum of 20 per spin, not the greatest for the high rollers. However, with the 10,000x your stake available from a single spin there is no doubt that the rewards are adequate and could equate to a massive 200,000.00 at the maximum bet. I was not enamoured with the return to player which is low at 95.30% and therefore offers less than the competition, but this should not put you off as the features more than make up for this.

This is a straightforward game with automatic spin and fast-play options available should you wish to customize your game play. All the rewards can be seen on the pay table and how many times the total bet you can win.

Bonus Features

The Million Ways system was implemented and therefore you are playing on a 6x10 reel formation, and these are different as there are a random number of symbols active on each one with up to 1,000,000 in the best case. When you have formed new winning combinations, the Cascading Reels come into play and this is a relatively common mechanic that removes the winning symbols, and then introducing new ones and therefore you get even more chances to land winning combinations and all the time the cascades keep landing the feature continues. There is a bonus panel to the left of your reels that fills up with each cascade and when you have landed five the letters “BONUS” is highlighted and you enter the free games with extra cascades that add 2, 4, and 8, extra spins to your total.

When Nefertiti graces your reels, they lock into position and collected as they appear, and it is through this that you can trigger the minigame. There are three spins in the minigame, with the winning positions sticky and new matching symbols are then locked in place too. The number of re-spins reset when the new symbols land, and along the way there are additional spins, multipliers, and additional rows.

If you activate 5+ re-spins in a single round, the free spins feature becomes active, and here you have chance to land up to 25x multipliers as well as more free spins.

Conclusion

Nefertiti’s Riches is an innovative slot that I enjoyed playing immensely as it offers some very smart bonus features. You can play this slot for free which is a great feature as you can see how the game plays without risking any of your own money. When I tested the slot activating the mini game was easy as I just had to play until I collected enough of the queen symbol, however I did find needing to land a minimum of five cascades in a sequence to gain access to the free spins feature was another matter.
This slot is a lot of fun to play and offers some excellent features and ways to win.