Eternal Love Slots
Real Time Gaming has announced that they are committed to releasing one new game a month, at the least, for the duration of 2016. Such a major commitment is not just impressive, but exciting too. Real Time Gaming has been in the online casino industry since 1998, creating ever-improving slot offerings for the modern gamer.
Never shy to show off a few new tricks, Real Time Gaming plans to release a game special for Valentine's Day. The game, called Eternal Love, will explore the popular theme of supernatural romance. While the genre has permeated nearly everything these days, the timeless feel and darkly sensual overtones are a perfect place to incorporate a re-vamped gaming experience, especially if it features vampires. A direct competitor to Microgaming's Immortal Romance, Eternal Love will draw on the libidinal and gothic associations of the vampire, familiar to fans of Twilight or True Blood, to create suspense, drama, and an enticing storyline.
Theme
This Valentine's Day release already shows quite a bit of promise. From just a short peak, the graphics and video representations are top-notch. The music, passionate and heavy, touches on the animations delightfully, drawing its audience in. Each reel is animated with misting blood. Off in the brooding distance is a grave upon a very haunted seeming mound. Creatures of the night and classic victorian dress only add to the sumptuous visuals.
Gameplay
The game-play components are a step up too. Playing card low-value icons are etched on headstones that fall creepily into place. The magnificent jewelry of the main characters count as high pay symbols, a gold coin for the scatter, and a blood-filled heart illustrates the life force multiplier meter.
Like many popular Any Way Pays systems, Eternal Love will feature a bonus round. However, Real Time Gaming has spiced things up with a unique option to fit the feel of its suspenseful Valentine's Day release. Generally, three or more scatter symbols generate free spins. During Eternal Love gameplay this number is ten. Hidden behind the life force multiplier heart, during the spin, another spin has already begun. Revealed to the player after the completion of the spin, if the hidden spin value does not exceed your life force value, you can play more spins until your wins exceed that same value. Your bonus multiplier can rise from one to ten times your original bet, while the life force multiplier can reach 1,000.
Not stopping there, a null spin outcome opens up a secondary feature with stacked wilds on even-numbered reels, in addition to classic 243 Any Way Pays outcomes, for a very rewarding and potentially massive combination win. The moving volatility in the wins allows for a steady payout while keeping the game heart-racingly interesting. And, if that is not exciting enough, Eternal Love has a variable speed option to enliven the experience. In the lower left-hand corner are three candles. Each lit candle represents an increase in speed, culminating in instant reel spins.
Overview
All of the above proves that Real Time Gaming is not interested in cookie-cutter gaming experiences and low quality, time-wasting, products. While they certainly could have made just another worn-out vampire game they did not. Real Time Gaming succeeded in bringing the blood back to an arguably overly popular theme that even detractors can enjoy. Such a great start to a year committed to monthly game releases is truly exciting and something to keep paying attention to both for the player and the industry.
It will be hard to wait until Valentine's Day for this new spin on a classic genre.