Compared to many online pokies with Ancient Egypt themes, Cleo’s Wish is a lively game. The design is bright and sharp – with a jazzy theme tune replacing traditional music. You’ll find an animated cartoon Cleopatra to the left of the reels, reacting to the game.
Cleo's Wish Features
The Cleo’s Wish pokie has the following features:
Bonus feature fills the reels with special symbols combining the highest paying symbols.
Bonus feature guarantees wild reels in the base game.
Free spins game lets you accumulate super spins, with potentially huge multipliers
Wild reels move across the screen, with further wilds possible
This is a bright pokie, which keeps many of the traditional Ancient Egypt themes and adds some stunning graphics and animations. You’ll find an animated Cleopatra to the left of the reels, and a view of the Nile and pyramids behind. Cleo has the look of an anime character, with oversized eyes.
Symbols which stand out include the vividly coloured scarab beetles and the golden bracelet. The soundtrack/audio effects might surprise you. Jazz certainly livens up the free spins bonuses – though, I’m not so sure this genre was around in the days of the Egyptian empire.
Cleo’s Wish Gameplay
This pokie has 25 lines, which cross over the usual 5-reels-by-3-symbols grid. You can’t adjust the win lines, though your bets are flexible. The minimum bet is just 30c, with $50 possible for the high-rollers.
Individual line hits are on the smaller side. Your big wins come via the Super Spins multiplier or by covering many win-lines in a single spin. Cleopatra wilds have the biggest prize. These are worth 500 coins for five of a kind. Logo symbols, scarab beetles, ankh symbols and golden bracelets complete the high-paying symbols.
Bonuses and Promotions with Cleo’s Wish
In addition to regular wild symbols (which show Cleo), you will randomly get wild reels with the Wish Upon a Wild symbol. You’ll see sparkles over one or more reels, which will become fully wild for that spin. Extra single wilds can also be added to the reels.
The Sands of Time feature starts with a golden treasure chest appearing over the reels. You now get special symbols which show the name of the slot. These are a combination of the four highest paying symbols. You still need to line them up on a win-line – though if you do the payouts can be huge.
Bonus games are triggered when you hit pyramid symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5. There are two variations of the free spins, which are chosen at random. You’ll see two big golden cards appear over the reels – and simply choose one of them. This will reveal either Eternal Riches or Cleo’s Parade.
Eternal Riches Free Spins: You’ll get 10 free spins, which can be retriggered. These pay at the same amounts as the base game. Any time you hit a scatter, you get between 1 and 3 ‘Super Spins’, which accumulate in a meter on the top left of the reels. Wild symbols give a boost to your multiplier for these super spins. This can go as high as 20x on all the extra spins.
Once your regular free spins are completed, you’ll see a message over the reels showing that the Super Spins are starting. Each of the spins you earned in the regular game will have the full multiplier on any wins.
Cleo’s Parade:This free spins bonus does not have a set number of spins. Instead, you get the 5th reel wild and will see this move one reel to the left for every spin. There are stacks of wilds on the reels, and each time you get a full reel wild, this sticks in place and also starts moving to the left. If you get three scatter symbols – reel 5 becomes wild, starting the process again.
You will keep spinning until you have no more wild reels in play.
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The Bottom Line
This NextGen Gaming pokie is a fresh take on a slot theme which has been around for decades.
Bright and sharp designs and plenty of animations give this game a very up to date feel. With two on-reel features, plus two different free spins bonuses, there is plenty to keep you entertained while you spin.
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