Cleocatra: Slot Overview
In Ancient Egyptian times, all manner of animals were revered for a variety of reasons. Dogs were important, ☀️ partly because of their hunting prowess, while Apis bulls were apparently honoured with an embalming and burial process when they ☀️ died. That brings us to the focus of today's review, cats, which Ancient Egyptians were said to have believed brought ☀️ good luck. Oftentimes, cats are represented in online slots by the goddess Bastet, but in Cleocatra, developer Pragmatic Play has ☀️ gone completely feline and made cats the stars of the show.
In doing so, Pragmatic Play has taken a humorous approach, ☀️ presenting cats in an adorable way to create a chucklesome mood. The rest of the game is fully Egyptian, though, ☀️ meaning sultry music, plenty of sand, desert, warm skies, and pyramids. In fact, the sights and sounds would be pretty ☀️ generic if not for the clowder of cats swarming over Cleocatra's 5x4 reel set and standing guard on either side ☀️ of it. Aside from the cat characters, Cleocatra is essentially business as usual from Pragmatic Play, so players can expect ☀️ an almost physical-like slot experience that's as shiny and smooth running as they get.
As well as the largely familiar view ☀️ comes a batch of dependable Pragmatic Play stats. RTP comes in three settings, topping out at 96.2%, though it can ☀️ be found at the lower levels of 95.5% or 94.5%. In all settings, the action is highly volatile (rated 5 ☀️ out of 5) and includes trying to link wild multipliers with line wins. The game provides 40 fixed paylines to ☀️ do so, and wins occur when three to five matching symbols land across them, starting from the leftmost side. Any ☀️ device can be used to play Cleocatra, and bets range from 20 p/c toR$/€100 per spin.
Time for a closer look ☀️ at the kitties who are used as the four highest paying premium symbols. After the four cats come an Ankh, ☀️ a crook and flail tile, then 10-A card ranks as the lower value symbols. Landing a five-of-a-kind winning line is ☀️ worth 1-1.5 times the bet for the lows, 2.5-3.75x for the two mids, and 5-20 times the stake for five ☀️ cat symbols. Wilds can be pretty exciting in Cleocatra. They land on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5 to substitute ☀️ any pay symbol. They also have multipliers of x2 or x3 when they land, which gets applied to any win ☀️ they are part of. When more than one multiplier wild is used in a win, the values are added together.
Cleocatra: ☀️ Slot Features
There's been a bit of mixing and matching of previous slot features in Cleocatra, where we find such extras ☀️ as a Respin Feature, plus a round of Free Spins with sticky Wilds.
Respin Feature
In the base game, when a full ☀️ stack of cat symbols lands on the first reel, the respin feature can trigger. All matching cat symbols or wilds ☀️ in view are locked into positions, and all others are respun. Respins will continue to be awarded until a winning ☀️ result is produced.
Free Spins
Paw print scatters appear on all reels, and when 3, 4, or 5 of them are in ☀️ view, players win 5x their bet, plus 8, 12, or 16 free spins, respectively. While free spins are active, whenever ☀️ wild symbols land on reels 2, 3, 4, or 5, they remain sticky on the screen for the rest of ☀️ the bonus round. Like the base game, wilds land with multipliers of x2 or x3. If a full stack of ☀️ cat symbols lands on the leftmost reel, +2 additional free spins are added to the remaining amount.
Buy Free Spins
For the ☀️ cost of 100x the total bet, eligible players can instantly trigger free spins from the base game by landing 3, ☀️ 4, or 5 scatters.
Cleocatra: Slot Verdict
Given the respect cats had in Ancient Egypt, their focus makes sense in an Egyptian ☀️ slot, and using them so exclusively gives Cleocatra a measure of individuality. The overall effect is similar to 3 Tiny ☀️ Gods, except we got the impression Foxium put more energy into being original with their game, whereas Cleocatra kind of ☀️ feels like Pragmatic Play took a collection of stock Egyptian
and sound files then tossed in a few cats. ☀️ This is because the rest of the game is almost a textbook example of an Ancient Egyptian slot, which, will ☀️ be a positive or negative thing, depending on personal tastes.
Another factor is while the gameplay is fairly unique-ish when viewed ☀️ as a whole, each individual feature comes across as a modification of an earlier device. This isn't a criticism so ☀️ much as an observation of Cleocatra's inner workings and an indicator of what to expect. The Respin feature, for example, ☀️ has Great Rhino connotations, while the sticky wild feature is straight from The Dog House's playbook. Where it builds on ☀️ The Dog House is that wild multipliers can appear (and stick to) reel 5 in Cleocatra, not just the middle ☀️ three reels - there are also double the paylines. By adding these two things together, you'd assume bigger thrills are ☀️ theoretically possible from Cleocatra than in The Dog House, though we'll let the cat and dog enthusiasts duke that one ☀️ out. One final caveat is that despite the extra ways and reel for wilds to land on, potential comes up ☀️ slightly short when compared to its canine compatriot, Pragmatic Play, having put a 5,000x the bet win cap in place.
So, ☀️ high production values, proven features, and adorable felines mean Cleocatra should have all the necessary ingredients to entertain Egyptian fans ☀️ or those looking for a replacement for The Dog House. It has to be said, in the spirit of objectivity, ☀️ Cleocatra, minus the cats, does give off a sense of having seen most of it before. Clever name though.
