Vampire Desire slot review (Scientific Games)

Vampire Desire is a Scientific Games slot where a beautiful vampire can give you expanding wilds, a Lock it Link bonus and extra paylines!

Scientific Games is one of the biggest game makers in the world. This US company is the owner of providers like WMS, Bally, Shufflemaster and Barcrest.

Many Scientific Games slots are found in brick and mortar casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and online casinos.

Some video slots are released exclusively to the online casino market. Vampire Desire is one of those slots.

Vampire Desire is a typical Barcrest slot: it has lots of paylines and an extra Vamp It Up betting option. The variance is low.

What makes this slot stand out is the famous Lock it Link bonus and the extra features. We explain these features further below.

Gameplay and features of the Vampire Desire slot

In the first instance, you play Vampire Desire on 5 reels with 5 rows of symbols. It has 50 paylines.

Above the default (standard) playing field, you’ll see 5 extra rows of symbols hidden behind an iron fence. These are anxiously waiting to be unlocked.

Once a bat (the wild symbol) appears on one or more of the reels, it changes into a vampire. More importantly, the symbol folds out over the entire reel. When this happens, the 5 hidden rows of symbols are unlocked. Now, the number of paylines is doubled to 100 paylines.

The minimum bet is $€0.10 per spin, and the maximum bet is a staggering $€500 per spin.

Vampire Desire has a variable RTP: it is either 94% or 96%

The theoretical RTP is 94% if you bet less than $€2 per spin and 96% if you bet $€2 or more per spin.

This difference is explained by the Vamp it Up feature (where you can get the Lock it Link Bonus), which you can activate, only with bets of $€2 or more.

Effectively, this leaves you with no choice but to place bets of at least $€2 per spin.

• If you have to choose between an RTP of 94% or 96%, it is clear that you need to play the version with an RTP of 96%.
• Besides, the eye-catcher of this slot is the Vamp it Up feature. If you cannot activate it, the slot loses pretty much all its attractiveness in terms of the features and entertainment.

What are the variance and the maximum win of Vampire desire?

The highest possible win is 500 x the total bet, which is not too high. Thrill-seekers aiming for massive variance are not going to find what they want with this slot.

The Vampire Desire slot variance is low. The top wins are in the range of 250x to 500x the bet. The chances of winning anything above 500x the bet are marginal.

The high maximum bet of $€500 per spin confirms that we are talking about a low variance slot. The advantage is that there are relatively lots of wins, in the range of 50x to 100x the bet.

In any case, wins are capped at $€250 thousand.

Symbols and payouts

The highest paying symbols are the roses. For a 5-of-a-kind, you get a win of 5 x the bet.  A full screen of roses yields a win of 250x the bet (as there are 50 paylines).

All other premium symbols pay between 1.5 x and 4 x the total bet for a 5-of-a-kind.

The four card symbols barely pay out anything, and their primary use is to fill up the screen.

Activate the Vamp it Up option

You can choose to activate the Vamp It Up option if your bets are $€2 per spin or higher.

With this option, all payouts are halved, but with every winning spin that pays out at least 2.5 x the bet, you have the chance to multiply your win.

First, the slot makes a whirl on the wheel. If you are lucky, you get a multiplier of x5.

But there is more.

Instead of giving a multiplier, the wheel can provide you access to the attractive Lock it Link Bonus.

Lock It Link Bonus

The Lock It Link Bonus can be won in two ways:

• Via the Vamp It Up wheel, as just described above.
• By spinning three or more hearts on a horizontal line

If you have won the Lock It Link via the wheel, you will find out how high your multiplier (to be applied to your bet) will be.

The idea is to spin as many yellow coloured hearts as possible in 3 spins. Each heart that is part of the chain yields a cash prize (or win) up to x 10 the bet.

If you have a large chain (cluster) of hearts, you can imagine that your cash prize multiplier becomes significant. Moreover, the multipliers of all hearts increase by +0.5x the bet each time a new heart joins the chain. Your free spins counter is reset to 3 each time a new heart becomes part of the cluster.

The bonus ends when all positions are filled or when there are no free spins left.

In simple words: the more hearts there are in the chain, the higher the result.

You are guaranteed the win you received in the first place, so the Lock It Link Bonus only gets you a potentially higher win.

Our verdict on the Vampire Desire video slot

If you are not too keen on staking $€2 per spin, you should stay away from this slot. The RTP is only 94% if you place bets below $€2 per spin. Besides, the most attractive feature of this slot is not activated.

If you are comfortable spending $€2 per spin (or more), there is a fantastic slot waiting for you. Especially the Vamp It Up option provides extra depth and excitement.

This slot stands out for the high frequency of wins in the range of 50x to 200x the bet.

3.5 stars out of 5.

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