Are you afraid of vampires? You don’t have to be! There is a vampire hunter in the town! But wait… isn’t he a vampire himself? Yes, he is but only in a half. During his birth a vampire  feasted on his mother and, therefore, passed along certain enzymes to the infant.  As a result the hero gained some quasi-vampiric abilities, such as a greatly prolonged lifespan and an immunity to complete vampirism, as well as the ability to sense supernatural creatures. Do you know who we are talking about? Yes, its Blade – the famous vampire hunter from Marvel comic books, who now kills vampires in a slot game!

“Blade” is a 5 reel, 20-payline video slot developed by Playtech in conjunction with Marvel Movies. The game is beautifully designed. The dark reels are surrounded by a blood red background and the reel markers are red while the buttons are metal with blood splatters across the spin button. The symbols on the reels include Blade himself, a female vampire, the weapons used by Blade, such as firearms, knifes, darts and bullets, as well as high value cards from Ace to Ten. Each of these icons has been given a creepy look, even the royal suit cards were crafted as steely objects with sharp edges. 

There are some amazing animations in this slot game. You will see the female vampire making an angry face with her eyes becoming bloodshot, clawing with her sharp nails leaving streaks of blood. You will be able to enjoy watching the firearm rotating and revealing Blade holding it and then firing with an explosion. Even the high value card symbols animate with lashings of blood when involved in a winning combo. 

Apart from the awesome graphics and animations, “Blade” has also many innovative special features, which will provide you with good entertainment and lots of chances to win big money.

First of all, Blade himself is the Wild symbol and substitutes for all other symbols except the Blade Split and Scatter symbols. Incidentally six of these symbols pay the 25,000 coin jackpot. You are probably wondering how it is possible to hit six Blade symbols if there are only five reels. We will answer this question later. 

Three or more Blade logo Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels will award 15 Free Spins. The Free Spins will start with an initial randomly chosen multiplier between 2x and 5x. Every win gained will increase the multiplier applied to the win in steps of one to a maximum of 5x. However, after every non-winning spin the multiplier will decrease by one, but it cannot go below 2x. Note that the Scatter symbol during the Free Spins round will also act as an Extra Wild symbol, increasing your chances to form a winning combo. The Free Spins feature can be retriggered infinitely.

And now a few words about the most entertaining, innovative and generous feature in this game –  the Blade Split feature. This feature is activated when the Blade Split symbol appears anywhere on the fifth reel. When combined with two or more icons on its payline, it will cause the last symbol of this combination to split. For example if a winning combination consists of four symbols, the fourth icon will be split and the combination will payout for five symbols. That’s why six icons are needed to win the jackpot! All symbols can be split except for the Scatter and this features is available in the Free Spins mode as well. This feature offers an impressive animation where Blade draws his samurai sword from behind his back and splits the symbol. 

“Blade” is linked to the four level Marvel Mystery progressive jackpot. The jackpot is triggered randomly but you will have greater chances to trigger it, if you place larger bets. Once the jackpot is triggered the screen will show a grid of 20 squares with hidden  symbols for the various jackpot levels. You will be asked to click until three identical symbols have been revealed, awarding you with the Power, Extra Power, Super Power or Ultimate Power jackpot.

This slot from Playtech is not lacking in any department. The graphics are amazing, the sound effects are solid, all the symbols are fully animated, the special features are innovative and generous, and the prizes are huge. So grab some weapon, join Blade, kill some vampires and win some cash!