The Walking Dead 2 Demo (Playtech) Slot Demo & Review

Game Overview

If you haven’t watched it already, then you will probably have at least heard of the television series The Walking Dead. This zombie apocalypse show has taken viewers through eleven seasons of trials and tribulations and has been immortalised in numerous online casino slot games. Today’s version we’re putting under the microscope comes from Playtech and is a follow-up to their initial Walking Dead slot, which came out in 2021. So, let’s kick things off with some stats. The Walking Dead 2 slot is a 5-reel game, offering 25 paylines, an RTP rate of 95.84%, and a maximum win of 1,000x the bet.

Included in The Walking Dead 2 online slot are some special features to assist your gameplay. For starters, we have the wild symbol appearing as a zombie’s hand, substituting for all other symbols wherever it lands. There is also a Wild Walker symbol, which can cover entire reels and apply multipliers to wins. However, the main attraction comes via the free spins and bonus rounds, where five different variations can be triggered, and we’ll cover each of these and what they offer in more detail further into our review.

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Some slot themes instantly resonate with players, and the zombie apocalypse is one of them. Playtech have first-hand experience with this already, as The Walking Dead 2 is the sequel to the studio’s initial release of The Walking Dead, so if you want to get up to speed with the slot series so far, make sure you take that for a few spins, too. It’s not just Playtech that has had success in this niche, though, with Pragmatic Play doing well with Wild Walker and PG Soft gaining more fans with their excellent Zombie Outbreak release. Hmm, maybe we’re all a bit obsessed with a post-apocalyptic world; what do you think?

Okay, let’s move on to the game’s pays section. The top symbol, unsurprisingly, is Rick, who will award 20 x the bet for a winning combo of five. He is followed by Negan at 12x, Michonne valued at 10x, and Beth worth 8x. Daryl completes the premium pays, awarding 6x for a five-of-a-kind win. As for low-value symbols, these are made up of the classic playing cards where the Ace will pay 4x, the King and Queen share returns of 3x, and the Jack and Ten have equal payouts of 2x if five match across a payline.

Finally, we end this section with the betting options. Players can spin the reels on The Walking Dead 2 from a minimum of €0.05 a spin, up to a maximum of €500.

The Walking Dead 2 is played on a 5×3 reel matrix with 25 fixed paylines active. Wins are paid out when at least three matching symbols land across an active payline starting from the leftmost reel first.

Split Reel Feature

When you create a win in the game, the Split Reel mechanic springs into action. This shifts all reels from reels one, two, or three, one position to the right, and respins reels one, two, or three, respectively. Should another win form, the feature triggers again for you. This continues until no additional wins can be created.

If you manage to spin three scatters into view, you will enter the Feature Select screen. This consists of five walker heads hanging from a tree, and upon clicking on one of them, a corresponding free spin or bonus round is revealed. They are active in the following formats:

Walking Wilds Free Games

10, 15 or 25 free spins are awarded, depending upon the number of triggering scatter symbols. Each spin resulting in a win will trigger a respin with a wild walker displayed on any of the reels. Each respin will see the wild walker move one position to the left, and another respin will take place.

Multiplier Free Games

Again, up to 25 free spins can be awarded, and each free spin resulting in a win activates the Split Reel feature. Should a wild walker land on any of the reels, it will apply a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier to your win.

Super Stacked Free Games

Once more, up to 25 free spins can be one, and before the round starts, a symbol is randomly chosen to appear in stacks. This symbol will always appear in such a way throughout free spins.

Sticky Wild Free Games

Up to 15 free spins can be won for this bonus, and any wild symbol that lands during it will stick in position for the duration of the feature.

Coin Bonus Game

When this round is triggered with four or five scatter symbols, it starts with a 3x or 5x win multiplier, respectively. Win multipliers apply to all wins, excluding Walking Dead bonus symbols. Copper, silver, gold, bonus symbols and multipliers can appear on reels 1, 2, 4 and 5. If the same type of coin symbol is present on both sides of the central reel, they are collected. The coin bonus game ends when no coin symbols match on each side of the middle reel. Multiplier symbols being present anywhere when a win forms will apply themselves to the payout. Three or more bonus symbols will reward you with one of the bonuses displayed on top of the reels.