Babylon Riches Slot Review

13/08/2024 | Categories: NetEnt Slots | Published by: Joe | Last updated: 13/08/2024

NetEnt’s game library has exceeded over four hundred and twenty slots – believe it or not. We do not see much news about this brand anymore. Of course, aside from the usual game-related press releases. What we found interesting is that NetEnt’s novel products now get promoted also on Evolution’s site. If you are not aware, Evolution has been the parent company of NetEnt for a few years now, and this famed Swedish studio keeps setting loose two to three games per month. Their second July 2024 release is Babylon Riches, which we will review here. Their first one for this month is Mermaids, which we already looked at, so head over and check out that analysis right now.

Babylon Riches is what NetEnt calls a game that attempts to allure you with lush gardens and sparkling statues, among which rest ancient riches. They have given this historical spinner some sort of astrological spin, and it is not doing extremely well anywhere in the first two weeks following its debut. It seems that players outside of Scandinavia do not care about what this company churns out as they once did. Nonetheless, that will not stop us from giving this game our standard scan and rendering a verdict regarding how good we think it is.

Theme & Design

We guess that the correct motif categorization of this game is Ancient Civilization. For those not history savvy, Babylon was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Located in modern Iraq. Its historical span covers several periods, from around 2,300 BCE to 651 CE, where it largely had fallen into ruin when the Muslims conquered it. During its heyday, it was famous for – the immense tower of Bable, mentioned in biblical stories that was going to stretch to the heavens. The city’s hanging gardens also considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and its Ishtar Gatee was allegedly a sight to behold, featuring dragons and bulls, adorned with various other iconic imagery.

Concerning online slots set in Babylon, we can think of a few noteworthy ones. There is a Babylon game by SmartSoft Gaming. We can remember playing Towering Pays of Babylon from GameLabs. And we know of a Greentube slot with a name similar to this game. That is Riches of Babylon.

Audio-visually, we can say that Babylon Riches looks and sounds standardly decent for a NetEnt creation. It has polished graphics rich with color and an Ancient Egypt-style subtle soundtrack. The gaming entertainment here unfolds in a temple in this game heavy on symbol animations, where the reels spin inside a stone monument that features two winged person statues on each side. The spin function with the feature buy one hover right off the reel grid, and below it, you will find the bet selector, auto-spin option, and the settings icon. Lastly, in the right and left corners of your screen, rest your win and balance information. In full screen mode, all functions should relocate under the game grid.

Overall, we did not find the presentation in Babylon Riches overly appealing, but it was competent.

Specs & Gameplay

The symbol layout in Babylon Riches has five reels and three rows. That setup is home to twenty paylines where prizes get awarded for three to five matching tokens hitting on adjacent reels, with this game paying out rewards for combos landing from the leftmost reel onward. You can find Babylon Riches in three RTP variants. These are 92%, 94%, and 96.13%. The last one is the default version. Plus, it is the one you are most likely to come across. Yet, we have seen some platforms carrying the 94% iteration as well.

The variance level in this slot is medium-high, and the max exposure of this spinner that features a betting range from $0.10 to $10 per spin is x7,250. That is acceptable, but we would have expected a higher top prize, given the medium-high math model in play.

The low-pay tokens of Babylon Riches are four card suits in different colors. They look like jewelry gems and produce rewards from x1.5 to x3 for five-of-a-kind combinations. The premiums of this slot are different animal status symbols, generating wins of x4 to x50 when five identical ones from this group hit on the 5×3 grid on the same spin.

The W Hammurabi (we assume) is the wild here, and it can only appear from frame reveals, replacing pay symbols, and paying out wins of x50 when five land in view.

Bonus Features

Now, let us get into the bonus features of this game. Know that the base gameplay here happens in batches of eight spins. You will see a spin counter above the reels. There is a special symbol in this slot, a sun-type golden medallion. Landing it leaves a frame, and on the eighth spin, all framed positions morph into regular wilds, multiplier wilds that pay up to x8, or symbol multipliers that go up to x16.

A blue orb is a scatter in Babylon Riches, and you need two to materialize on the same spin to activate the free spin mode, where eight on-the-house gaming rounds get provided, and framed spots from the base gameplay do not transfer over in this round. That said, you get two to eight frames per spin here, and extra prizes of up to twenty times your bet can be awarded in this mode.

GOSU Verdict

What do we think of Babylon Riches? We think that this is a pretty run-of-the-mill online slot from NetEnt. It is not remarkable in any way. We cannot think of any reason why you should go out of your way to look for this game at your chosen crypto casino. Its cycling mechanic is cool, but something we have seen in other spinners, better ones. And we are keeping things one hundred with you, telling you that we got pretty bored in our session playing this title. We hope to see this renowned provider up his game in the future and branch out into making more exciting reel-spinning releases.