John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen (Pragmatic Play): Overview
John Hunter and
the Tomb of the Scarab Queen 💷 is the third installment in a series of slots from
Pragmatic Play featuring character John Hunter, an avid adventurer who 💷 travels the
world far and wide in search of lost riches. Just like his Play'n GO counterpart Rich
Wilde, who's 💷 best known from the Novomatic rip-off Book of Dead, John Hunter has also
had his fair share of controversies.
With the 💷 first release, Da Vinci's Treasure,
Pragmatic stirred quite a lot of hype by advertising a 48,000x win potential which, of
💷 course, no one ever got even remotely close to winning. The second release, Aztec
Treasure, turned a lot of heads 💷 in the casino community when it was revealed to be a
mix of William Interactive's classic Montezuma and its home-made 💷 take on the Megaways
engine (they're not the first to pull such stunt).
The third game, with the excessively
long title 💷 John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen, takes John to a place that's
as much of an attraction 💷 for game developers as it is for tourists - the great pyramids
of Giza. It's played using 5 reels and 💷 25 paylines and makes use of Pragmatic's
favourite Money symbol feature which not only awards your typical cash prizes but 💷 also
respins, expanding money symbols and multipliers up to 25x. Things become even better
in the free spins game where 💷 there's also potential for unlimited free spins. You can
play John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen across 💷 all devices from 0.20 to
€/$125 per spin.
With a rhythmic Egyptian-inspired soundtrack playing, the game area is
set against a 💷 desert backdrop with ancient pyramids flanking the reels. Symbols here
include lower-value J to A royals alongside more rewarding leather 💷 bags, revolvers,
ancient Egyptian deity Anubis as well as John Hunter himself who is the most lucrative,
giving you 32 💷 times your stake for five across a full payline. The wild is represented
by Cleopatra who appears on all reels 💷 except the first.
John Hunter and the Tomb of the
Scarab Queen (Pragmatic Play): Features
John Hunter and the Tomb of the 💷 Scarab Queen
benefits from a Money Collect feature. During your session, you will see scarab symbols
appearing on reels 1 💷 to through 4 carrying cash values. If you're lucky enough to see a
collect scarab symbol hit on reel 5 💷 together with these, one of the following will
apply:
Collect - all the cash values in view are added together and 💷 paid out.
- all the
cash values in view are added together and paid out. Extra Credit Collect - the value
💷 of this particular symbol is added to all money symbols in view and then paid out.
-
the value of this 💷 particular symbol is added to all money symbols in view and then paid
out. Multiplier Collect - the total value 💷 of all collected money symbols is multiplied
by up to 25x before being paid to you.
- the total value of 💷 all collected money symbols
is multiplied by up to 25x before being paid to you. Expanding Collect - all money
💷 symbols in view expand to fully cover the reel, essentially generating additional money
symbols.
- all money symbols in view expand 💷 to fully cover the reel, essentially
generating additional money symbols. Respin Collect - every money symbol in view is
held 💷 in place while the other tiles spin again, giving you a chance to land extra money
symbols.
Things heat up when 💷 you land at least 3 scatter symbols simultaneously on the
three central reels as this will activate the Free Spins 💷 round with 8 spins to start.
Just as previously described, the money symbol feature applies here as well, but with
💷 an added benefit.
During the round, all money symbol values are collected and added to
a pot displayed in the top 💷 right corner. Once all spins have been played, it's time for
the big finale. A super-massive scarab money symbol is 💷 added to fully cover the first 4
reels followed by a spin of the 5th reel. If a collect symbols 💷 hits, the full pot is
awarded. Keep in mind, this means that your pot can be subject to multipliers of 💷 up to
25x and which can result in wins of over 10,000 times your stake. On a further note,
landing 💷 3 scatters will grant you 8 extra free spins, with no limit to how many
retriggers you can activate.
John Hunter 💷 and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen (Pragmatic
Play): Verdict
Generally speaking, we're not huge fans of cash prize symbol features,
💷 but in this game, as you have seen, there's an extra dimension to it that makes the
whole thing considerably 💷 more exciting. Furthermore, being medium variance, it's not as
brutal as its sibling slots either, especially compared to Da Vinci's 💷 Treasure.
John
Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen is undoubtedly one of Pragmatic's better
efforts as of recent and 💷 possibly the best in the series featuring John Hunter,
although some might disagree, of course. In any case, it's good 💷 to see Pragmatic come
up with a game that feels unique to them, which they have accomplished quite well
here.
