Eye of Dead

Theme and Design

Retro Production and Sounds Won't Appeal To Everyone

Eye of Dead is like a trip back in time to the 70s. Where Play n Go have been updating the production style of their Book of games to make them slicker each time, Blueprint have forgone any plans to bring Eye of Dead into the modern age. Instead, we get a kind of retro-style design with classic Vegas casino slots sounds to accompany every spin. It’s not my cup of tea but it might be yours. If you like the old cabinet video slots then you’ll love this.

There are some good moments where the wild lands in the bonus round and fires a laser beam at a row of pay symbols above the reel set, upgrading them as it does so. Blueprint have tapped into the supernatural element of these Ancient Egyptian games there and it actually looks quite cool. But to be honest, this is one of those marmite games that you will either love or hate depending on your tastes.

RTP and Variance

Eye of Dead has a an RTP of 96.31%. That is about average for an online slot so we can have no complaints there. Of course, like all good Book of … slots, Eye of Dead is a volatile one so whilst it can produce huge wins it can also be frustrating, holding much of its RTP back for the all-important free spins round.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout on Eye of Dead is a whopping 50,000x per spin. That is big, even for a Book of game and shows that Blueprint have sought to stamp their mark on this genre of games.

Symbols and Paytable

Win Up To 50x For Five Premiums Or Wilds

The traditional model for Book of games is 5 reels and 3 rows and 10 paylines. Blueprint Gaming have made no effort to deviate from this. Paylines pay out for 3 or more identical symbols from left to right and there is some great value in the paytable.

Low pay symbols are the cards, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. These pay out between 0.5x for 3 of a kind up to 10x for 5 of a kind. The mid-range symbols are scarabs, and ornaments with values of up to 25x for 5 of a kind. And finally, the top level premiums made up of a god, a pharaoh and the hero are all valued at between 30x and 50x for five of a kind.

The most important symbol however is the Wild which has multiple functions. As usual for these games, it subs in for other symbols to complete winlines. It will also expand to full reel height if in doing so it can complete winlines.

Features and Gameplay

The gameplay in Eye of Dead couldn’t be simpler. The scatter is the Book symbol. It is valued at 2x, 20x or 50x for 3, 4 or 5 landing anywhere on the reels on one spin. And it also gets you 12 free spins.

The difference between the bonus round and the base game is that now the Wild expander has even more value. When 1, 2 or 3 wilds land it adds 1, 3 or 5 more spins to your total.

And it also triggers a symbol transform in which the lowest premium is upgraded one place in the paytable. This continues until ONLY top premiums, the hero, and low paying cards are in play. As you can see in this screenshot, when the upgrade happens, a laser beam appears out of the expanded wild. It passes over symbols displayed above the reels, upgrading them as it does.