Cat Wilde in the Eclipse of the Sun God

Theme and Design

Excellent Production And Epic Day/Night Design For Free Spins

Eclipse of the Sun God is a top-quality production with two phases. The first, the base game, is during the day. The backdrop is a crumbling stone Aztec temple surrounded by thick forest vegetation and overlooked by a blue sky with birds circling and a burning sun positioned center above the reels. The reel set is transparent, so you can see the temple behind as you spin.

Eclipse of the Sun God - classic Aztec-themed slot actionThat’s nice, but it gets more interesting in free spins as night falls and we enter the temple. You can see the moon shining down from above now. Meanwhile, a classic adventurer slot soundtrack picks up as the tension builds too.

It all looks and sounds superb and more than does justice to Play n Go’s epic game franchise.

RTP and Variance

Typically for a Play n Go slot there are 5 RTP settings in Eclipse of the Sun God – 96.22%, 94.26%, 91.27%, 87.24% or 84.25%. Most slot sites will run the game at one of the higher settings, usually 94.26% or 96.22%, but some chose lower. Therefore, I recommend that you check the RTP in the game info screen before you start playing. Just click the ‘?’ to the bottom left of the reels and scroll down the page to see the RTP at your casino.

I verified the RTP at Barz Casino (White Hat Gaming) where it is set to 96.22% so that is a good option for you.

Regarding volatility, this is a medium variance game so it has a nicely-balanced maths model with regular wins and the occasional run for glory in the free spins round.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout from one spin here is 5,500x. That is about average for a medium variance game. If you do want to chase down higher potential at a medium volatility then I would recommend playing Raging Rex 2 which has a superb max win of 30,000x.

Symbols and Paytable

Eclipse of the Sun God has a simple format of 5 reels and 3 rows with 20 paylines. Wins are triggered by landing 3 more identical symbols from left to right along those lines.

There is good value in the paytable too with a 37.5x win for 5 of the Cat Wilde premiums. At the low end you have the 5 cards, from 10 through to Ace. These are valued at from 0.1x for 3 10s up to 3x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the compass, key, skull and Cat Wilde. These start at 0.5x for 3 compasses, and max out with the hero at 37.5x.

Look out as well for the Wild, represented by a Sun God. He substitutes for any other symbol to complete paylines and has a 50x payout if you land 5 on a line.

Features and Gameplay

This is a very straight-forward game. The format closely follows that of NetEnt's famous Gonzo’s Quest slot in fact, though the free spins round is more exciting in my opinion.

Cascading Wins With Progressive Multipliers

Central to the whole game is the Cascading Wins mechanic. Here, after any win, winning symbols are removed from the paytable and new ones drop in to replace them. Each time this happens, your multiplier increases from 1x to 2x, to 4x, to 6x, to 10x. It won’t go any higher than 10x.

Free Spins With Up To 70x Multipliers

The free spins round turns the dial up considerably in Eclipse of the Sun God as I found out in testing. There are much higher multipliers and opportunities to just keep piling on more free spins.

To start, you’ll need to land 3 or more Moon Goddess Scatters in the base game. They land on reels 1, 3 and 5, giving you 10 spins. Of course, the Cascades are still in full affect, with their multipliers. But now, the Moon Goddess Scatter ALSO acts as a Wild to give you more chances of triggering wins.

And, in a nice progressive style, you can add more spins by collecting 5 more Scatters. These are displayed in a meter on top right of the reels. They don’t re-set at any point, so you just keep adding more. Each time you hit 5 in the meter, you add 5 more spins, up to a a maximum of 40.

But the best part is, each time you get 5 more spins, you also get a better progressive multiplier configuration. And at the very top level – i.e. 40 spins – your multipliers move through 7x, 14x, 28x, 42x and 70x with each successive cascading win. When you hit that level, every win is multiplied by at least 7x, which turns the game into a cash machine!