Dead, Dead, or Deader Slot Review
Nolimit City’s Dead, Dead or Deader paints the town red with blood as the latest in their fierce Wild West series. Dead, Dead and Deader follows on from the hard-to-beat and even harder-to-fathom Tombstone Slaughter, a volatile beast of a game that made most of their other titles look tame in comparison.
The Wild West saga has been one of growth. The humble beginnings of Tombstone and Deadwood build the mighty foundations that later became the aforementioned monster, as well as Tombstone RIP and Deadwood RIP.
Could it be that Nolimit City is emptying the chamber once more with yet another extreme volatility titan? Dead, Dead or Deader is actually fairly tame, but still extremely deadly.
Base Game & Features
Dead, Dead, or Deader is a 5-reel, 3-row Video Slot featuring 243 ways to win and a variation of bet sizes between £.€0.20 and £.€100 per spin. This game includes an ‘Extreme’ Volatility rating (10/10), an overall RTP of 96.09%, and a max win cap of 19,349x your bet.
Wins are calculated when 3 or more identical symbols land from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. There are a total of 11 paytable symbols, including card suits, (A-10) 5 Wild West icons, and a Wild Skull symbol. Each symbol type awards a payout between 0.1x and 1.2x your bet.
Wilds
Starting from left to right, the first Wild symbol to land on a reel will reveal a Multiplier of x1. Further Wilds on the following reel will reveal a Multiplier of x2, and so on. Multiple Wilds on the same reel will reveal the same Multiplier, up to a maximum of x5.
xNudge Wilds
xNudge Wild symbols appear stacked on reels 2, 3, and 4 only. When in view, an xNudge Wild will always nudge up or down until fully visible. Each nudge increases the Win Multiplier by +x1. After nudging fully into view, the following outcomes can occur:
- The Hanging: The character at the bottom of the xNudge Wild is hanged. This awards a Respin with the xNudge Wild staying in position throughout the spin.
- The Deadlock: At the end of a Respin, the hanged character can either receive an additional neck snap or the deadlock, doubling the Multiplier and making the xNudge Wild sticky for another Respin. After each Respin, the Multiplier will reveal the upcoming respins xNudge Wild Multiplier.
- The Dropout: The character at the bottom of the xNudge Wild is hanged, but drops off, unable to award a Respin. If you receive the Dropout after a Respin, the Multiplier will revert to its former value and no additional Respin is awarded.
Nolimit Booster
- xBet: Guarantees a Scatter symbol on the second reel per spin (1.5x your bet)
- 1 Spin, 1 xNudge Wild: Guarantees 1 xNudge WIld on reels 2, 3, or 4 (7x your bet)
- 1 Spin, 3 xNudge Wilds: Guarantees 3 xNudge Wilds (799x your bet)
Bonus Buy
- Dead Spins: 99x your bet
- Deader Spins: 499x your bet
- 50/50 Dead or Deader Spins: 299x your bet
Free Spins
Scatters appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the base game. Landing 3 Scatters will trigger Dead Spins, awarding 12 Free Spins. Alternatively, landing 4 Scatters will trigger Deader Spins, awarding 12 Free Spins.
Dead Spins
In this round, xNudge Wilds are sticky for at least 1 additional spin The xNudge Multiplier is doubled immediately before the next spin begins. Landing a Scatter symbol on reel 5 will upgrade the current round to Deader Spins, awarding +2 Free Spins.
Deader Spins
In this round, xNudge Wilds maintain the same behaviours as seen in Dead Spins, only the sticky xNudge Wild Multiplier is tripled instead of doubled.
Just Die Already
The maximum payout for this game is 19,349x your bet. When the total win exceeds this amount, the round will end and the max win cap is awarded.
Just Die Already can also be achieved in the base game by landing a Stacked Casket symbol on any reel. A partial Stacked Casket is a dead symbol with zero value.
Our Verdict
Dead, Dead or Deader is a game that in many ways returns to the roots of what Nolimit City set out to do with Tombstone. It’s a good old-fashioned shoot-out, complete with Nolimit City’s xNudge Wild feature to bolster its potential to extreme heights.
Here you’ll find no quirky mechanics, no mind-boggling features and no unthinkable concepts, and we kind of like it. We’re up there with Nolimit City’s number-one fans, but to see something so simple but effective is a breath of fresh air.
The xNudge Wilds have been boosted to further their appeal, doubling or tripling multiplier values immediately before the next spin. This gives Dead, Dead or Deader capabilities that older games didn’t have, with multipliers that related purely to the number of spaces they could nudge by.
The maximum potential here is 19,349x the bet. It feels low compared to other NLC slots, but it’s quite a formidable figure indeed.
Overall, Dead, Dead or Deader isn’t a game that reaches new heights but rather brings us back down to the ground to remind us that simplicity is still beautiful, or in this case beautifully deadly.