Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God Review

Cat Wilde is back for yet another daring treasure hunt, and the transparent reels are set against a stunning Aztec temple backdrop with the full moon hovering above. Play’n Go is not exactly attempting to hide their obvious source of inspiration here, and you might as well be blatant about it if you’re gonna clone one of the most iconic video slots ever made.

Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God comes with a superior math model to Gonzo's Quest, that much we can reveal already. However, it’s somewhat lacking in personality, with Cat Wilde only appearing as a regular symbol on the reels. The tone is more serious overall, and the atmosphere is just a bit more heavy. This might be suitable for a more volatile game, but some encouragement from an animated and smiling Cat Wilde would have been the perfect icing on the cake.

Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God Reel Screen

Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God Features

The Sun God wild substitute for all regular pay symbols, and it lands on the 3 middle reels only during base game play. It’s also the most valuable symbol in this game, offering 100x your stake for 5 on a payline. It doesn’t pay for anything less than that, and you will also benefit from Cascading Reels on every win here.

This means that winning symbols are removed, and a fresh batch of symbols drop down from above to fill the gaps.

The process will repeat as long as you create new winning combos, and the progressive multiplier seen above the reels increases per consecutive cascade.

The multiplier starts at 1x for the triggering win, and then it moves through 2x, 4x, 6x and up to 10x for the next 1, 2, 3 and 4 cascades, respectively. Any cascading wins after that will not increase the multiplier further, and the multiplier is reset on the next paid spin.

You need to land 3 Moon Goddess scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 on the same spin to trigger the bonus round. You start with 10 free spins, and now the progressive win multiplier comes with an extra top level of 70x. Moon scatters serve double duty as wilds in the free spins round, and they are collected in a meter above the reels.

You will see the moon being eclipsed as you collect up to 5 scatters in the meter, and you get 5 extra spins whenever it's been filled. You can get 30 extra free spins this way, and the multiplier values are also upgraded each time.

The top 70x multiplier remains the same however, and wilds can land on all 5 reels during the bonus round. Here is an overview of the upgrades available:

• 5 Moon scatters collected: x2, x4, x8, x12, x20 + 5 spins.
• 10 Moon scatters collected: x3, x6, x12, x18, x30 + 5 spins.
• 15 Moon scatters collected: x4, x8, x16, x24, x40 + 5 spins.
• 20 Moon scatters collected: x5, x10, x20, x30, x50 + 5 spins.
• 25 Moon scatters collected: x6, x12, x24, x36, x60 + 5 spins.
• 30 Moon scatters collected: x7, x14, x28, x42, x70 + 5 spins.

The 200 Spins Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God Experience

After some smaller base game wins, we trigger the bonus round at the 1-minute mark of the highlights video you can check out below. We also managed to upgrade the multiplier values one time, which landed us some decent payouts. This, of course, also gave us 5 extra spins, and you can see how it all played out by hitting that play button.

Review Summary

While Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God is a rather obvious Gonzo’s Quest copycat job, at least Play’n Go has done us all a favor and upgraded the multiplier values and overall math model. You can now get up to a 10x multiplier in the base game, and the bonus round comes with a solid 70x top multiplier.

This is in addition to the fact that you can upgrade the rest of the multiplier values up to 6 times, and get up to 30 extra spins to boot. Visually, the game is more realistic, and there are no antics and humor to be found here. Cat Wilde is conspicuous by her absence, and you’ll only see her in symbol form. The eclipse animations are quite neatly done, but the game comes across as a bit too cold and sterile.

Pros

• Progressive base game multiplier up to 10x
• Bonus round with 70x top multiplier and 6 upgradable tiers
• Win up to 5,500x your stake

Cons

• Blatant Gonzo’s Quest ripoff where Cat herself takes the backseat

If you love Cat Wilde and the Eclipse of the Sun God you should also try:

Gonzo's Quest - NetEnt’s flagship title is still going strong after all these years, even though the math model and multiplier values are getting a bit dated.

The features and theme is very similar to the game at hand, and the multiplier meter goes up to 15x in the bonus round.

Gonzo's Quest Megaways - is Red Tiger’s beefed up version of the original blockbuster, and it comes with up to 117,649 win ways. You can reach a 15x multiplier in the bonus round here also, but the max win has been increased to a staggering 21,000x your stake.

Jungle Jim El Dorado - is Microgaming’s blatant Gonzo’s Quest clone. It comes with neat animations, and the same multiplier trail and features as the source of inspiration. You can win up to 3,680x your stake at the most in this medium variance title.

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