Braindead - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

It has five reels, three rows and 25 paylines The RTP is 95.0 per cent and the game comes with medium variance. It is a horror themed slot based on the early Peter Jackson movie of the same name with killer zombies in the basement. The game features wilds, scatters, free spins and a bonus game.

Introduction

Mancala Gaming is a game development company that has been around since 2019 and brought together several industry experts. As of 2021 they have a portfolio of over 70 games and in a very short time Mancala Gaming slots have become regular features of the gaming world. Braindead revels in the modern zombie mythology created by movies and graphic novels and already successfully adapted to slot games by 4ThePlayer’s 1 Left Alive slot.

Braindead has a five-reel, three-column grid with 25 pay lines. The minimum coin size is 1 and the maximum is 90. The minimum bet size is 25 and the maximum is 2250. There are nine regular symbols: an armed woman, a zombie nurse, a zombie man, a masked man, a zombie dog and the four suits of the card deck. The wild is a gravestone and the extended spin symbol is a downward arrow. The bonus game symbol is a pair of dice.

Theme, Graphics and Soundtrack

The designers have had a field day creating this game. Ever since George Romero invented modern zombie mythology in the film Night of the Living Dead, it has been a fascinating area for visceral horror. The setting here is hugely detailed, with smoking blow torches, whirring chainsaws and disembodied hands. The music has a hint of John Carpenter to it, and the whole conception is thorough and imaginative. The graphics of the bonus game are similarly rich and detailed. Nicely done.

Braindead RTP and Variance

According to Mancala Gaming, Braindead has an RTP of 95.0 per cent and medium variance.

How to Play Braindead

1. Click the Spin button, which turns into a toxic waste warning sign, or press the space bar to start playing using the current total bet value. Click again to stop the reels.
2. Adjust the bet level using the minus and plus symbols either side of the total bet, or click the dollar button to select the maximum bet.
3. The Auto spin function allows you to select the number of automatic spins from 5 to 100. You can also set it to stop if a bonus is activated and specify a loss limit and a single win limit. The auto menu also allows you to set your bet preferences.
4. Your credit balance is displayed at the bottom left and is updated with each spin.
5. Press the lightning bolts button to enter turbo play mode.
6. To calculate your total payline win, add all the wins together. To calculate a payline win, count the number of identical symbols on the line starting from the furthest left and from the furthest right, as lines pay in both directions. Only the highest winning combination per line is paid out.
7. The wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols.
8. If the arrow symbol appears on the middle reel, the reel will continue to spin until the arrow disappears, giving you an extra chance to land a winning combination.

Bet Sizes and Paytable Wins

The minimum bet size is 0.25 and the maximum is 2250. Top pay-out is 10,500x.

Multipliers go from 3x to 5x. The biggest payouts are as follows:

Armed Woman

5 = 36000

Zombie Nurse

5 = 31500

Zombie Man

5 = 22500

Masked Man

5 = 18000

Zombie Dog

5 = 18000
        
Heart

5 = 10800

Spade, Club, Diamond

5 = 9000
        

Braindead Bonus Features

Bonus Game

The bonus game is triggered when three or more dice symbols land on the reels. In the game you will see a wheel of fortune. You have five chances to roll the dice. Each roll offers the opportunity to win money or extra rolls or to double or even quadruple your winnings. If four dice symbols land on a reel, you get a chance to win a bonus worth 9000, and if five dice appear, you could win the megabonus of 90000. If you land on a ‘-1’ segment, you lose one dice roll. The bonus game ends once either you have used all your attempts or the wheel stops on a ‘lose’ segment.

Free Spins

After each spin, if you have not landed a winning combination, you will advance by one space along the free spins progress bar. Once you reach the fourth space you will win three free spins. If you do land a winning combination, you will lose all the free spins you have so far collected. The further along the bar you advance the more free spins you’ll win. If you reach the end of the progress bar, you win 250 free spins. You can use these at any time by pressing ‘Use’. Your average stake is the basis for calculating your winnings.

Braindead Review: Our Verdict

This is a great little game. All the usual features are here, and there’s a proper bonus game with an alternative setting. It looks and sounds good, and despite the low RTP it offers plenty of bonus prize opportunities and a possible 10,500x pay-out. Recommended.

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