Play Cleopatra Last of the Pharaohs for Free

Cleopatra may well have been the last of the pharaohs, but this 5-reel game will certainly not be the last of the Ancient Egyptian themed video slots. In fact, this title sits among a vast number of games which look to the ancient North East African civilisation for its thematic inspiration and, as such, it's got a lot of great predecessors to live up to.

Visually speaking, the game doesn't particularly offer anything that we haven't seen before, or anything overwhelmingly exciting in terms of graphics for that matter. The game's reels are made up of the usual symbols with images of pottery, Egyptian jewellery, scarab beetle pendants, statues of the dog shaped god Anubis, and a golden sphinx, all of which are presented as rudimentary computer generated artwork.

There isn't even any animations to speak of when these icons fall into winning combinations and the reels are shown as drab, grey slabs of stone – fitting with the archaeological aspect of the theme, no doubt, but not exactly catching to the eye! Players will find their senses piqued on a few occasions, however. That is because the slot machine will play some authentically exotic music whenever the game's bonus features kick into gear.

First up on the bonus roster is a special sandstorm feature that is awarded to players completely at random following an unsuccessful spin of the reels. This will cause Cleopatra to pop up on the reels to blow a sandstorm whirlwind across the game screen, potentially changing the icons into a winning combination. Well, we knew Cleopatra has the beauty and political skill to rule a civilisation, but we never knew what a good set of lungs she had!

Blowing up tornadoes of sand isn't her only party trick either. That is because Cleopatra will appear on reels 1, 3 and 5 to acts as the slot machine's wild symbol and replace all other icons. Not only that, but she will play as a bonus-triggering scatter, meaning that three Cleopatra symbols appear simultaneously in any reel position will activate a round of free spins.

Before players begin those free spins, they will have to make their way to the top of a towering pyramid, picking up stacked wild symbols along the way to add to the free games. Starting from the bottom of the pyramid, players must select a block to reveal the symbol behind. Arrows mean that you can go up to the next level where there are more lucrative stacked wild rewards. As a matter of fact, punters who make it all the way to the top of the pyramid will find five stacked wilds. Safe to say, that's going to payout some royal wins indeed!

There are also two unique symbols which appear during the free spins. The first of this is an Ankh icon – a cross-like symbol which represents eternal life in hieroglyphics. Players will get some eternal benefits if the Ankh appears on reel 5, because it will lock the free spin counter while also awarding a x5 multiplier to all wins. The other icon depicts a black cat - or the warrior goddess Bastet – and it will unlock the free spin counter and remove the multiplier when it appears on reel 5.

Cleopatra: Last of the Pharaohs has 10 fixed paylines, meaning that spinners simply have to select a wager from the “Bet” options beneath the reels. These options range from 40 to 10,000, which essentially means that the minimum stake per line is 4 credits and the maximum stake per line is 1,000 credits. The reason why this is important knowledge is because all of the wins in the paytable below are calculated as line bet multipliers.

With two symbols which have the potential to payout 750,000 credits, plus a 50/50 gamble game with a maximum payout of 5,000,000, it is safe to say that Cleopatra: Last of the Pharaohs is up there with the most rewarding of the Ancient Egyptian slot machines. Unfortunately, however, this Mazooma game doesn't offer anything new or exciting when it comes to the visual aesthetic – which is always a bit of a let down with any video slot machine.