Gems of Egypt Connecta Ways

Dare to enter Cleopatra’s palace for an exhilarating reel heist on the slot from Boomerang Studios in collaboration with ReelPlay and powered by Relax Gaming. Gems of Egypt Connecta Ways is showcasing a new mechanic with six dynamic reels and up to 961 connecting win ways. Wild substitutions and a free spins round with expanding wilds can lead to wins of up to 4,818 times your stake.

Slot Details

Gems of Egypt Connecta Ways is a video slot with six reels, 5 to 10 rows and up to 961 connecting win ways. Pays are awarded for two to six matching symbols landing horizontally or diagonally connected on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can enter the ancient palace on desktop or mobile from 0.25 to 35 credits per spin. The game has medium to high volatility (3/5) with an RTP of 95.60%.

The imposing entrance to an ancient Egyptian temple flanked by massive columns and eternal flames serves as the backdrop to a hanging game window, that progressively expands towards the bottom, holding five symbols on reels one and 10 on reel five. Two Anubis statues together are guarding the entrance while an oriental soundtrack provides the main audio.

The pay symbols are all gemstones, starting at the low end with plain pieces in brown, ivory, turquoise and purple colours, awarding across the board 4x your stake for a single six of a kind. They are complemented by more elaborate stones held in a golden frame and in green, blue, red and diamond colours. Hit six across the reels to win 6x to 10x your bet. Cleopatra herself is the wild, substituting for all regular pay symbols. Lastly, a scarab acts as the scatter, yielding 5x to 100x your total bet when three to six land across the reels.

Gems of Egypt Connecta Ways Slot Features

Payways, Noble Ways, Dynamic Ways, xWays, Megaways – the names and trademarks for dynamic reel mechanics are slowly piling up. Newcomer Boomerang Studios in collaboration with ReelPlay is the latest to throw the hat into the ring with Connecta Ways.

At the core of the mechanic are curtain-style reel covers that will slide up and/or down in distinct patterns at the start of every spin in the base game and bonus feature. Each reel will always be higher or lower by one symbol than the adjacent reel to the left. For example, if reel two as 3 symbols, then reel four will have either 2 or 4 symbols uncovered for the current round. While the first reel always has a minimum of three symbols active, all other reels range from 2 to 10, creating up to 961 ways to win on a full grid. Pays are evaluated for matching symbols landing on adjacent reels that connect either horizontally and/or diagonally.

Hitting three to six scatters will trigger 8 Free Spins, which can be indefinitely retriggered. Alternatively, the feature may be randomly awarded on any losing spin in the base game. During the round, Cleopatra wilds are stacked on reels two to six, providing the extra potential to score big wins.

Final Verdict

Gems of Egypt Connecta Ways is the debut for Boomerang Studios on the Relax Gaming platform. The young developer partnered with ReelPlay to create an authentic Egyptian-themed slot, adding another type of dynamic reels to the existing ones. It is well-executed and plays rather smooth, although something extra in the base game would provide some additional nailbiting moments. As is, most of the big win potential is in the free spins, peaking at just below 5000x bet.

Bonuses

Winners

Comments

Remember, you can play Gems of Egypt Connecta Ways here