Tomb of Gold Reimagined

Tomb of Gold Reimagined: Slot Overview

Play'n GO has designed a lot of ancient Egyptian slots, it might even be the most prolific developer in the industry to do so, having built entire franchises around the theme. Book of Dead is arguably their most successful example of this style, but the studio is also pouring time and resources into developing its blossoming Tomb of Gold range. We've already encountered Tomb of Gold and Tomb of Gold 2, which were similar in many ways; now it's the turn of Tomb of Gold Reimagined to show what it can do, as it deviates quite drastically from its two predecessors.

Tomb of Gold Reimagined doesn't deviate drastically in the looks department, though. The background visuals, behind the grid, the jackpot prizes, etc., look about the same as before. Flames, crossed-armed statues, hieroglyphic columns, that sort of thing. The light show is quite impressive. Not so much in the main game, but when the Lock'n Gold is active, the background comes alive as if the game is travelling forward through a warm golden light, contributing to a nice-looking ancient Egyptian slot, done in a recognisably shiny metallic Play'n GO style.

One of the several changes to have taken place in Tomb of Gold Reimagined is that the volatility has been pulled back from the high settings in the previous two games to the current slot's low setting. The maximum RTP is more or less the same, clocking in at 96.24%. Players may stake $/€0.10 to $/€100, and the gaming area remains a 6x4, 4,096 ways to win matrix.

Going from lowest value to highest on the paytable, there are 10 to A royals, ankhs, scarabs, and two character symbols. Hitting 6 matching royals pays 1x-1.4x the stake, while hitting 6 matching picture symbols pays 3x to 8x the stake. Wilds appear on all reels in the base game. They substitute for all symbols except Gem scatters, and land as regular wilds or as multiplier wilds with a value of x2 or x3. Wild multipliers are added together.

Tomb of Gold Reimagined: Slot Features

Tomb of Gold Reimagined's feature is its Lock'n Gold bonus. The Gem scatters may appear on any reel. When blue, red, or purple Gem scatters land in the base game, they are collected by the corresponding pots above the reels, increasing their size, though this is a visual effect only, and does not reflect the chase of triggering anything. Instead, the Lock'n Gold may randomly trigger with 1-3 Gem features when one or more Gem scatters land. The Gem features are:

• Double Horus - Blue Double scatters may land to select 1 to 3 Coins, doubling their value.
• Serpent's Surge - Red Ignite scatters may land to select 1 Coin and increase its value throughout the whole of the round.
• Bonus of Anubis - Awards instant bonuses when three purple Bonus scatters are collected by the respective bonus meter. Purple scatters reveal one of the bonus prizes when they land. Instant bonuses are the 20x Mini, 50x Minor, 100x Major, and the 1,000x Grand.

The Lock'n Gold awards 4 respins when triggered, which spin on a grid that does not land regular pay symbols. Coins may land (revealing values of 1x to 10x at the end of the round, unless already flipped by pot features), and stick when they do. The respins count is reset when 1 or more Coins/ scatters land up to 104. A full screen of Coins awards an extra 500x plus the total multipliers on the grid. During respins, non-active scatters may land to randomly unlock their feature.

Tomb of Gold Reimagined: Slot Verdict

Tomb of Gold Reimagined feels like it was made, in part at least, to cash in on the three-feature bonus/three collection pot craze that is sweeping the gambling industry at the time of writing. The base game is awash in blue, red, and purple scatters flying to their respective collection pots, and not a whole lot else. The Stack of Gold feature, which was introduced in Tomb of Gold 2, has been pulled out, not that it was a particularly exciting add-on. The free spins round has been axed as well, so no free spins with a win multiplier in this game, either. There are a lot of ways to win, so them, wild multipliers, and scatter collection are it until the bonus round triggers.

The Lock'n Gold was, alright, nothing special. Coins land, stick, and reveal values at the end. Individually, their values aren't massive. In which case, the three Gem features are critical for squeezing out any sort of sizable result. On the positive side, the Lock'n Gold did seem to trigger quite often, though on the less positive side, the payouts were typically modest to the point of being demoralising. Not saying lucky players won't be able to achieve better success, and winning potential is 10,000x the stake, though with a probability of 1 in 1,664,966,416 of occurring, it might not happen often, if ever.

Don't want to be that one cynical guy, but it felt like Tomb of Gold Reimagined has shed its free spins round and base game jackpot feature to funnel everything into its three-feature Lock'n Gold round in a trend-chasing exercise rather than as a meaningful evolution. Now it's basically Lock'n Gold or bust, and after looping through the bonus round a few times, collecting meagre rewards, it was difficult to find the motivation to keep battling through.