Green Jade Studios takes an unusual route in their latest slot title Book of Babylon. Inspired by the ancient city of Babylon, once the largest city in the world and famous for its hanging gardens, one of the seven wonders of the world. The slot is designed superbly with a mysterious soundtrack that fits the theme well.
About Book of Babylon
The new title has been created with 5 reels with 10 paylines and available to play across all devices from 10p up to £25 per spin. RTP for Book of Babylon is above average 96.12% with a pretty decent hit frequency. Volatility is medium to high and a top prize of 5,000x the total bet can be achieved.Set in a beautiful courtyard, the reels sit firmly in the centre of the screen and flanked by two huge carved columns. Royal card suits set on stone slabs represent the low-value symbols. Alongside these, are four icons related to the Babylonian era. Two characters a bearded King and a mysterious woman who’s the most lucrative, she pays 500x for 5 on a payline.
Gameplay
The free spins feature is the only bonus round in the game and comes with expanding symbols.The Book of Babylon is the wild/scatter. Landing three or more of these on the reels awards 10 free spins. A symbol is chosen at random before the spins begin. If the chosen symbol lands during the spins it will expand the fill the full reel, or multiple reels if more than one of chosen symbol lands on more than one reel on a spin.The chosen symbol does not have to land next to each other to form a win. Landing the expanding symbol on reels 1, 3, or 5 in the base game for example awards a win. The same combination in the free spins awards a decent payout. These payouts depend on the value of the symbol chosen to be the expanding symbol, the higher the value the bigger the payout.The free spins can be retriggered after landing 3 or more chosen symbols in the free spins and another 10 spins are given. Up to 40 free spins are up for grabs in the feature.
Conclusion
Apart from the excellent graphics and visuals, there’s nothing innovative in terms of gameplay. Countless slot games use free spins with expanding multipliers, and this is Green Jade Games version. It’s definitely worth a look if not only for the design.
