The Golden Serpent’s Treasure Slot Machine
Sorry, Cleo ol’ gal, but you’ve been replaced as the main character of this Egyptian themed slot, as Casino Web Scripts has decided to make a serpent its protagonist. Or maybe antagonist is the more appropriate word.
What we find most unusual, but in turn also innovative, is that the serpent doesn’t have much impact upon this real cash slot until the bonus round; too often slots make their reasoning behind a design obvious. But not here. As a result, there’s an enigmatic quality about the game, which keeps the fires of interest burning for much longer.
Even though the bonus round is probably the cherry on top of The Golden Serpent’s Treasure cake, its inclusion of free games and wilds help to fill the void for those never fortunate enough to activate the feature. In fact, even the staple five of a kind wins can be generous, ensuring that a game without having experienced the bonus isn’t a dull one.
Writing on the Walls
In this game, everything you need to know is on the walls of this lost tomb, or what we assume is a lost tomb given the dusty stoneworks. Each of the hieroglyphs are of unique value, with some of them adopting traditional Egyptian symbols to make the novelty theme of the slot a lot more authentic.
Take the Ankh icon as an example of this, although it’s more aesthetically pleasing, it has little monetary value, priced at between €10 and €40. However, the star symbol of the scatter, which is a modern construction, is hugely rewarding and can gift up to 500 free spins. We have to admit, we don’t think we’ve ever seen that many extra games offered to players, not even for a match of five symbols, which makes this part of The Golden Serpent’s Treasure very exclusive indeed.
What isn’t so unique, but will be a welcomed familiar face, is the multiplier applied to every win during this time. The brand often sweetens the pot with a multiplier, with their favourite amount being x3 the size of your initial win, which is precisely what you get here. That could turn that dull looking €40 into €120, in one swift move.
Snaking Your Way in
As fun as the paytable can be, it’s nothing like the bonus round, mainly because the element of risk isn’t nearly as high as it is there. The bonus is arguably the most volatile part of the slot. The reason for this is because you get three attempts to land a decent sized prize, the only issue is, you can’t guarantee your second or even third choice will end up being better than the first.
The serpent is covered in different values, with gamers needing to start the round and wait for the flashing red light to land on one of the yellow figures. When we played we landed on a prize that was worth €0.02, yet when we tried again we landed on x500, but rather foolishly we chanced it and ended up with an even lower €0.01. Think of this round as a gamble option and pick me bonus rolled into one, making it more deadly than any viper.
Let’s Play for Real
Casino Web Scripts provides an even lower threshold than usual with a much welcomed 0.02 credits pay-in, which although placed on each of the 10 winlines, still makes for a measly stake of 0.20 coins. That is the cheapest game from the brand so far, or at least out of the ones we’ve played.
As always, those with money to spare haven’t been forgotten, with the peak bet rate that of 1,000 credits. We can’t imagine anyone playing with the full 10,000 coins of the final stake amount, but if you’re that rare player, you have the Max Bet widget.
A Slippery Customer
This is a hard online slot to place on the ratings scale, for there’s so much we like about the game, and then an equal amounts of issue, such as the the unimaginative gamble option when compared to the clever bonus round.
If we have to draw some semblance of a conclusion, it would be that The Golden Serpent’s Treasure is a middle ground slot, that has attempted to think outside of the box, but only half succeeded.
