If you haven’t seen The Mummy co-starring Tom Cruise in 2017, you’re not alone. It was very haunting. I wish they would bring back the old Brendan Fraser and his Rick O’Connell character. I loved the old Mummy trilogy. The first movie was scary to me as a 10-year-old, and it’s still relevant now that I’m in my 30s, albeit a little more comical than scary. But with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz at their best, who cares about shaky CGI?
But the graphics of Backseat Gaming’s The Cursed King slot don’t falter. The undead pharaoh is really scary. This would be a great Halloween slot.
Go hunting the undead
When one of the slot’s golden Pharaoh Death Mask symbols appears on the reels, it expands to create stacked wilds featuring undead mummy characters. In addition to expansion, wild symbols also come with a multiplier value that applies to all winning combinations associated with them. Multiplier values start at 2x and go up to 100x.
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The slot’s expanding wild symbols can appear both in the base game and during free spins. During the base game, symbols remain on the reels only for those spins on which they appear. Then it will disappear.
The free spins round of the slot starts with 3 or more bonus symbols. Expanding wilds that appear during the free spins round remain on the reels and move one space to the right or left with each spin. Expanding the wilds also activates the re-spin feature, which does not affect the number of free spins remaining. The reels will continue to spin until an expanding wild lands on the right or left side of the reels. When two expanding wild symbols meet each other, they are combined by adding the two multiplier values together.
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If you don’t want to hunt around a cobweb-filled tomb to trigger the bonus feature the old-fashioned way, you can opt to purchase a round of the slot’s free spins feature.
Is The Cursed King slot scary or forgettable?
With a maximum multiplier of 12,500x, The Cursed King slot gives you the chance to win up to $250,000 when you bet $20 per spin. However, if your balance cannot keep up with the maximum bet amount, slot bets start at $0.10. The slot has an RTP of 96.28% and has medium to high volatility.
If the slot is named The Cursed King, you should make sure that the king in question is displayed more prominently. The characters offer a very powerful appeal when they appear on the reels within the expanding wilds. The problem is that without him, the slot is a bit lifeless. It would have been nice to always give at least a hint about the main character. Maybe a hand with rotting bones is wrapped around the reel. Just something. However, this is a minor criticism. The slot is great, with fantastic graphics and some attractive bonus features. I give this a 9 out of 10.
If you’re looking for a few other fun slots from Backseat, we recommend giving Blade Master and Commander of Tridents a try.