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If you spent any time grinding Zeus vs Hades – Gods of War, a lot here will feel familiar: the same two-sided volatility choice and the same expanding wilds, this time in Egyptian dress, with a 25,000x max win where that game stopped at 15,000x.
But is bigger always better? I sat down for a few lengthy sessions to find out. Here is the good, the bad, and the brutally volatile truth about this new release.
The Paytable Reality Check
Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: the standard paytable on this 5×5, 15-payline grid is absolutely terrible. Three matching royals will hand you back a measly 0.1x your bet, and even a premium line of cobras or lions barely covers your spin cost.
But the base symbols are just window dressing. You are playing this game for exactly one reason: the VS expanding multiplier wilds.
These wilds can carry multipliers up to 1,000x, but there’s a massive downside that dictates the entire flow of the game: they only expand if they complete a winning line. Because the game pays left-to-right, a wild landing on Reel 1 is a dream, sitting at the start of all 15 paylines. Conversely, a wild landing on Reel 5 with nothing connecting in front of it is a total dud; it won’t expand, leaving you with a dead tile.
Pick Your Poison: Ra vs. Osiris
Before you even spin, the game asks you to choose your volatility. You can flip between the Kingdom of Ra and the Underworld of Osiris at any time via a toggle on the screen.
Under the hood, both modes share the exact same paytable and an RTP of about 96.5% (96.53% on Ra, 96.54% on Osiris). What changes is the hit frequency of the bonus and the pricing of the feature buys. Ra is highly volatile, but Osiris is an absolute beast, designed to give you fewer bonuses, but with higher average payouts when they do hit.
Playing on the Ra side, the base game was a desert. I started with nearly 20 dead spins in a row. When a hit finally did arrive, it was entirely thanks to the wild multipliers. In one lucky spin, I landed wilds on Reels 1 and 3. They expanded, combined for a 5x multiplier, and turned a plain four-of-a-kind into a 50x win. Without those wilds, expect a lot of 0.1x payouts.
The Main Event: Walking Wilds
Trigger the bonus with 3 to 5 sun-disc scatters, and you’re awarded 6 free spins. You’re also given a pre-round gamble wheel where you can risk your bonus to raise the minimum wild multiplier up to 100x. (Word to the wise: this wheel is a heartbreaker. Gamble at your own risk).
This is where it parts ways with Zeus vs Hades. Instead of locking in place, expanding wilds in the bonus become Walking Wilds.
Once a wild expands and reveals its multiplier, it triggers a free respin and takes one step to the left. It keeps walking, and respinning, until it falls off Reel 1. Crucially, these respins do not consume your 6 free spins.
This mechanic is the likeliest road to that 25,000x max win cap. If you land a 100x wild on Reel 5, it will walk four steps to the left, potentially paying on every single stop, before spending its final respin on Reel 1, where it sits at the start of all 15 lines and multiplies every win running through it. It is incredibly thrilling to watch unfold.
The Feature Buy Warning
The game offers Ante-style special bets that guarantee a wild with a random multiplier on every spin. However, I have to issue a warning here: they are expensive, and the “must connect to expand” rule still applies.
Paying a massive premium for a guaranteed wild, only to watch it land on Reel 1 with absolutely no matching symbols behind it, is agonizing. It’s high-risk gambling in its purest form.
However, if you are a high-volatility chaser looking for that one magical spin, the mechanics here are brilliant. The leftward march of a massive multiplier wild during the free spins is one of the most exciting features I’ve played this year. Treat it with respect, manage your bankroll, and pray to the gods for Reel 1 connections.
