Blood & Shadow slot machine

Although we are now used to NoLimit City's irreverent and decidedly exuberant themes, this provider continues to surprise us with each new release, offering players settings that are outside any scheme. This time, with Blood & Shadow, it takes us to a particularly dark context, inspired by ritual symbols that could belong to some sect from the best horror film. The slot consists of a grid with 5 mobile reels and 4 horizontal rows, with variable paylines ranging from 1,024 to 3,125, challenging the dynamics of Megaways slots. The volatility is high, coupled with an RTP of 96.13%.

Blood & Shadow slot machine: features

The background of Blood & Shadow shows a sect's ritual room, adorned with candles and dozens of skulls positioned on the floor. Whatever purpose the group aims to achieve certainly has to do with the world of the dead, in fact among the game icons we find a zombie, the symbol of evil depicted by a goat, Eve's serpent, a werewolf and a raven that has just feasted and continues to play with the remains of a human eye. The major icons seem to be the result of an evolution of the previous ones, representing the same symbols with multiple eyes and a decidedly more threatening attitude.

Blood & Shadow paytable

The payout remains classic, in fact the payment icons must be at least 3 of the same type to offer a win. The lowest bet is 0.20€, while the highest reaches 100€. Perfectly in line with the presented setting, the highest possible win reaches x6666 value, referring to the devil's number. The symbols and their maximum payouts are:

• The priestess pays up to 8x;
• Fierce wolf pays up to 6x;
• Fierce goat pays up to 5x;
• Fierce serpent pays up to 4x;
• Fierce raven pays up to 3x;
• The zombie pays up to 1.5x;
• Animal icons pay from 0.9x to 1.2x;
• Rune icons pay from 0.15x to 0.6x.

Blood & Shadow slot bonus features

Reel Area and Ritual Bar: the game grid offers falling function, replacing winning combinations with other symbols that fall from above. The ritual bar, instead, is placed under the main screen and fills up as medium-high value winning combinations or Scatter symbols appear. You can reach 5 progression levels and, each time, lower value symbols are eliminated from the grid and medium value icons are converted into high value icons.

Candle/Cursed Spins: a second bar linked to the Ritual Bar progression, which offers free spins every time a progression level is completed. It can offer from a minimum of +2 free spins to a maximum of +6 free spins. These are called Cursed Spins.

Sticky Wild: the sticky wild can only appear on reels 2 - 5. The icon remains on screen, moving down one position spin after spin, until it participates in a winning line or the base bet value is changed.

x-Split: the function activates during Cursed Spins and, when it appears, multiplies x2 the size of the symbols that are on the row or reel where it landed.

Baphomet Rite: Purchasing the Baphomet function at 66x cost instantly brings the Ritual Bar to level 3 and awards +6 Candle Spins, which replace 3 low value symbols with 3 high value symbols.

Cursed Spins: when accessing these free spins, the Ritual Bar is removed, which becomes an additional position on the grid (which acquires 5x5 dimensions) if high value symbols land. Each Scatter that lands adds an additional free spin. Purchasing the Cursed Spins function at 500x cost offers 10 free spins immediately.

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Pros and cons of Blood & Shadow

As always, NoLimit City knows how to trigger the adrenaline of those who play their products. This time they thought of all those who, having a somewhat dark soul, want to have fun with dark figures and settings: the graphic realization of the game couldn't be better in this sense. We also notice a certain simplification in terms of bonus functions which, while still being many and well varied, can be easily understood even from the regulations, without necessarily having to see them in action. Those looking for a dynamic and modern slot can always count on NoLimit City, while Blood & Shadow might not be appreciated by those who prefer more basic gameplay.