Eternal Empress (Pragmatic Play) Slot Demo & Review

We don’t need a time machine to tell us that time travel is a topic that is almost certain to remain popular in the movie industry or, indeed, slot space well into the future. It certainly would throw up endless possibilities should it ever become something possible – or would it just mean people start vanishing in our photographs? Aside from Pragmatic Play, other developers have played with time travel and time manipulation as themes for their slots, with Time Spinners from Hacksaw Gaming a good example. Microgaming’s Timelines and Yggdrasil’s Time Travel Tigers are two others to check out if time-traveling-themed slots sound like something you could get into. 

As for the payouts on Eternal Empress, they will hardly make time stand still, but at the same time, they’re not overly bad. The Empress has a 7.5x return for 5-symbol combinations, while the Green-Eyed statue will deliver 5x. The Globe, Ring, and Potion symbols top out at 4x, 3x, and 2.5x, respectively. As for the low pays, these are the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten, which pay up to 2x, 1.5x, 1.25x, 1x, and 0.5x. 

Bet sizing is handled similarly to many Pragmatic Play slots. You can select from 40 denominations this time, with the lower and upper limits set to €0.20 and €100.00 per spin.

The base game of Eternal Empress uses the familiar 5-reel and 3-row layout you’ve probably seen in countless slots over the years, and rather than paylines, the slot uses the popular 243 ways to win mechanic to determine wins. That means you’ll need to land three or more matching symbols on consecutive reels to land payouts rather than specifically across a payline. 

Wild Money Collect

Wild symbols on Eternal Empress substitute for regular symbols when winning combinations are possible and hold cash values of between 1x and 250x the stake. You’ll receive those instant cash prizes whenever Ruby symbols appear on the first or last reels. 

Scatter symbols can appear in any position across the reels, and you’ll need at least three of them to land on the same spin to trigger the slot’s free spins bonus.  No matter how many triggering scatters there are, you’ll receive 10 free spins of the reels, although you’ll receive plenty more should the bonus game’s Freeze Time mode trigger.

Free Spins Feature

If the Clock symbol lands on the first reel and the Padlock appears on the fifth reel during the spins, the Freeze Time mode kicks into action. All Wild Money symbols on the reels lock in place, while all remaining positions receive re-spins. These do not count as regular free spins, so your counter does not increase. The Freeze Time mode continues giving you free spins until the same combination of Clock and Padlock symbols land on the first and last reels. At that point, the regular free spins continue.