What are players’ favorites in online slots? Well, special features, of course! This is thanks to the fact that special features bring us prizes without requesting us to invest any money into them. Having this in mind, Playtech has decided to present us an offering that would exceed all expectations in terms of special features, with their new branded slot “The Mummy.”

You surely remember the movie about British explorers seeking thrill and more data about a period in the history of the Ancient Egypt, who while doing so trigger a curse and release the mummy which tries to change the course of history and take over the rule over the world. In Playtech’s “The Mummy” you will see all the major characters from the movie, including the Scorpion King, the high priest, the Pharaoh’s unfaithful wife, as well as the two explorers who fall in love, played by Rachel Weisz and Brandon Fraser.

Apart from them, the slot also involves a horde of special features, including a bonus round which may bring you one of the selectable features, a wild symbol, and a scatter, whereas the features earned in the bonus round include virtually everything you’ve ever seen in the world of online slots – a range of wild features, scatter features, free spins, multipliers, collapsing symbols, super spins, re-spins, etc. The only “problem” that may arise among players is grasping the exact purpose and rules of each of the features, but once the game gets going, it takes only minutes to figure out how it all works.

In regard to the monies you’ll need to play this game, there’s a decent range of bet amounts, but not many for highrollers, as the maximum bet is $25. As for the other bet amounts, this five reel, 25-payline slot supports coin denominations between $0.01 and $1, which on the maximum number of lines means that bet amounts start from as little as $0.25.

Special Features:

Apart from the wild mummy which appears quite regularly on reels 2, 3, and 4, and a logo scatter which only awards a multiplied bet amount, the slot also has a bonus feature titled Lost City Adventure Bonus, which appears randomly. This is the feature that takes you to a secret room in the Lost City, where you need to break treasure boxes to reveal cash prizes, until you break a box that contains the Collect symbol. The Collect box will also contain a black book that will award you with one of the side special features. During the game, each time you hit the Lost City Adventure Bonus round, you will get one of the eight features (until you collect them all), which include: Scorpion Scatter, which pays any, but with a special paytable;

Expanding Mummy, which makes the mummy expand into the whole reel whenever it appears in the main game; Scarab Attack - when the mummy appears on reel 3, the feature turns two other random symbols wild; Collapsing Reels – after a winning combination, the winning symbols explode, making room for new symbols to fall into their place and trigger more wins; Mummy Power – 1, 2, or 3 mummies in a winning combination will multiply the win by 3, 6, or 9, respectively; Mummy Re-spin – appearing anywhere, the mummy wild will freeze the reel and award a re-spin, as a chance to win more prizes; Free Games with Super Spin – Three free games symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 will start a round of five free spins and one super spin. During the free spins, any wild mummy symbols you get (up to nine of them) will be saved and then added to the super spin for massive prizes! Mummy Hunt Bonus – Mummy Hunt symbols on reels 1 and 5 will start a bonus round in which you are taken to a pyramid to hunt mummies (maximum 10 mummies to be hunted) by choosing the right direction at every crossroads you encounter. A wrong choice will result in an ambush, while a successful hunt will bring you a cash prize.

You will see all the features you’ve collected on the lefthand side of the reels, and you can select to stand a chance at winning any of them by clicking on their symbol at any point.

- reviewed by Latest Casino Bonuses, last updated 2012-02-02